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COUNTDOWN IS BACK THIS JANUARY, 2019 ... ON rage !!!!! Stay tuned below with regular Countdown full archival information for each Countdown episode rage shall be airing every Saturday throughout January ...
I\\\'m about to start uploading my collection of Countdowns to Filefactory again, so anyone who can put up with the slow speeds is welcome to help themselves
(I think the speed is slightly better if you sign up for a free account)
Out of respect to those who have shared with me over the years I\\\'ll only be sharing episodes I have recorded myself, which basically are the ones broadcast since 2014.
Files are named by original broadcast date in the format YY-MM-DD
Just a heads-up that I have also added some Rock Arena episodes to the above collection on FileFactory. There's the 5 shown this year, plus several episodes from previous retro months that I've just ripped.
Big thanks to everyone who shared files here. I have been pillaging a lot over the last week and loving all the old countdown episodes especially since the ABC let us down by showing so few this year.
I've just discovered this site, Have you got the following Countdown episodes please
20/09/1981 22/02/1981 17/04/1982 any episode with Duran Duran or Adam Ant.
Can they be uploaded to dropbox, as I have trouble with filefactory, if that's ok.
Jumping back on this thread again to ponder- does anyone have any (and I mean any episode) episodes of Countdown that were never aired on Rage? Just a curiosity.
Jumping back on this thread again to ponder- does anyone have any (and I mean any episode) episodes of Countdown that were never aired on Rage? Just a curiosity.
Have a great rest of your week!
18/07/1976 TMG & Sherbet live from Festival Hall.
Don't think this has been on rage. Quality is very average.
Hi- do you know who was on that episode? The date sounds quite familiar to me.
LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
DEAR ENEMY 'KIDS IN THE STREETS';
ELECTRIC PANDAS 'BIG GIRLS';
MOVING PICTURES 'NEVER';
PSEUDO ECHO 'DANCING UNTIL MIDNIGHT';
VIDEO CLIPS:
DUGITES 'JUNO AND ME';
ULTRAVOX 'DANCING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES' AND IV RE TOUR,MUSIC.
MADONNA 'BORDERLINE';
THOMPSON TWINS 'DOCTOR, DOCTOR';
CULTURE CLUB 'MISS ME BLIND';
WHAM 'WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO' (ENDS SHOW);
ELTON JOHN 'SAD SONGS';
5th December 1982 (356) (55 minutes)
Host - Wendy Stapleton
1 - Dragon - Ramona
2 - Mi-Sex - Down The Line
3 - Australian Crawl - Runaway Girls
4 - Sacred Cowboys - Nothing Grows In Texas
5 - Pointer Sisters - So Excited (Music Video)
6 - Belle Stars - Clapping Song (Music Video)
7 - Psychedelic Furs - Love My Way (Music Video)
8 - Toto Coello - I Eat Cannibals (Music Video)
9 - Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie (Music Video)
Sorry Dexter, I don't have a perfect match for you. According to a reference list I have that show has never been repeated in the rage digital era. So unless some person from a rich family managed to tape it onto VHS back in 1982 then it probably only exists in the ABC archives.
Mmmmmmm Retro Month is approaching and the usual suspects are coming out of hibernation. Time to get this thread at the top of the list where it belongs.......
Thanks for bumping this thread up, Kiersey, and reminding me that I still have a few episodes which have alluded me. Can someone be so kind as to put these up on this thread? Please?
17th June, 1979 - Eric Oldfield (Ep. 198)
24th June, 1979 - Russell Morris (Ep. 199)
23rd March 1980 - Robin Scott (Ep. 232)
1st June 1980 - Village People (Ep. 242)
15th June 1980 - Skyhooks (Ep. 244)
24th August 1980 - Xanadu Dance (Ep. 254)
21st September 1980 - James Freud (Ep. 258)
26th October 1980 - The Romantics (Ep. 263)
16th November 1980 - Annie Lennox (Ep. 266)
30th November 1980 - Bette Midler (Ep. 268)
14th December 1980 - Neil & Tim Finn (Ep. 270)
1st March 1981 - Russell Morris (Ep. 274)
12th April 1981 - Dave Mason (Ep. 280)
19th April 1981 - Joe Dolce (Ep. 281)
12th July 1981 - Molly Meldrum (Ep. 292)
19th July 1981 - Marcia Hines (Ep. 293)
26th July 1981 - Kim Wilde (Ep. 294)
20th September 1981 - Adam Ant (Ep. 302)
29th November 1981 - Cher & Fee Waybill (Ep. 312)
Thanks for bumping this thread up, Kiersey, and reminding me that I still have a few episodes which have alluded me. Can someone be so kind as to put these up on this thread? Please?
17th June, 1979 - Eric Oldfield (Ep. 198)
24th June, 1979 - Russell Morris (Ep. 199)
23rd March 1980 - Robin Scott (Ep. 232)
1st June 1980 - Village People (Ep. 242)
15th June 1980 - Skyhooks (Ep. 244)
24th August 1980 - Xanadu Dance (Ep. 254)
21st September 1980 - James Freud (Ep. 258)
26th October 1980 - The Romantics (Ep. 263)
16th November 1980 - Annie Lennox (Ep. 266)
30th November 1980 - Bette Midler (Ep. 268)
14th December 1980 - Neil & Tim Finn (Ep. 270)
1st March 1981 - Russell Morris (Ep. 274)
12th April 1981 - Dave Mason (Ep. 280)
19th April 1981 - Joe Dolce (Ep. 281)
12th July 1981 - Molly Meldrum (Ep. 292)
19th July 1981 - Marcia Hines (Ep. 293)
26th July 1981 - Kim Wilde (Ep. 294)
20th September 1981 - Adam Ant (Ep. 302)
29th November 1981 - Cher & Fee Waybill (Ep. 312)
Mate I have most if not all of those. Here's 1 to get you started:
Mate there are 6 episodes I need which weren't on your above list. Maybe we could trade. I am super busy today. May pick this up again later tonight, if not it will be tomorrow night.
Yay, I have a problem, yet another crap digital box bites the dust. I usually only use them once a year....and that's when I find out the problems. I don't really trust relying on a "cross my fingers" solution using an android box or the recording function on my 75 inch tv as I have never used it before and some items have file systems that have size limitations which means they can stop......in the middle of an episode.
I am looking for someone to supply me the Countdown episodes to be aired this February. I need them from the ABC's HD channel only and recorded in 16:9 @ 1920 x 1080. I also need them at a decent bitrate that meets or exceeds the rapidly shrinking amount of bandwidth the ABC is using. Unfortunately many compress episodes far too small and it's noticeable to the eye that they are using a bitrate that is lower than what the ABC are using. I know a few here do record in the quality I need.
Some may or may not know I remaster videos. Here are a couple of recent examples.
Little River Band - Help is On It's Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrG2zQzBpco&ab_channel=Austech
Split Enz - She Got Body She Got Soul - An Example from Countdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ADsedKs64&ab_channel=Austech
(Just a Note : If you are SPLIT ENZ fan, I remastered their entire 2002 DVD recently and produced a far superior experience. I put it all in a playlist with other Split Enz material. My channel link is here https://www.youtube.com/c/Austech)
If you are familiar with any of the above clips, you will see that my copies are much much better than what you will have of seen elsewhere.
As I now I have a fairly capable computer I have built (Intel i9 running at 4.7ghz, 64gb ram, 8ghz graphics card, NVMe SSD drives), I will now also have the ability to actually remaster full Countdown Episodes without it taking forever. It's certainly going to be interesting, I have done some brief testing and have had a mixed bag of results but some have been very good.
Obviously things work best when you are working with material that is as good as what is being transmitted, and I need the best quality recordings possible. So if your recordings are from the HD channel, at a decent bitrate that is the same or more than what the ABC are putting out, in either .mp4 or .mkv format and you can help me out, it would be appreciated.
I am not going to attempt any full episodes until after February. I may then attempt to remaster all the episodes that come out over the next month as a start.
One of my external hard drives crashed and I lost these episodes (I should have backed them up), so I really appreciate you doing this for me ..... thank you.
One of my external hard drives crashed and I lost these episodes (I should have backed them up), so I really appreciate you doing this for me ..... thank you.
Here are the 6 episodes I need. If you can help out that would be great.
31/01/1982 Video Rock
08/08/1982 Christopher Atkins
27/02/1983 James Reyne
15/04/1984 1983 Rock Awards
02/02/1986 Simon Le Bon
19/07/1987 1986 Rock Awards
Yay, I have a problem, yet another crap digital box bites the dust. I usually only use them once a year....and that's when I find out the problems. I don't really trust relying on a "cross my fingers" solution using an android box or the recording function on my 75 inch tv as I have never used it before and some items have file systems that have size limitations which means they can stop......in the middle of an episode.
I am looking for someone to supply me the Countdown episodes to be aired this February. I need them from the ABC's HD channel only and recorded in 16:9 @ 1920 x 1080. I also need them at a decent bitrate that meets or exceeds the rapidly shrinking amount of bandwidth the ABC is using. Unfortunately many compress episodes far too small and it's noticeable to the eye that they are using a bitrate that is lower than what the ABC are using. I know a few here do record in the quality I need.
Some may or may not know I remaster videos. Here are a couple of recent examples.
Little River Band - Help is On It's Way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrG2zQzBpco&ab_channel=Austech
Split Enz - She Got Body She Got Soul - An Example from Countdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ADsedKs64&ab_channel=Austech
(Just a Note : If you are SPLIT ENZ fan, I remastered their entire 2002 DVD recently and produced a far superior experience. I put it all in a playlist with other Split Enz material. My channel link is here https://www.youtube.com/c/Austech)
If you are familiar with any of the above clips, you will see that my copies are much much better than what you will have of seen elsewhere.
As I now I have a fairly capable computer I have built (Intel i9 running at 4.7ghz, 64gb ram, 8ghz graphics card, NVMe SSD drives), I will now also have the ability to actually remaster full Countdown Episodes without it taking forever. It's certainly going to be interesting, I have done some brief testing and have had a mixed bag of results but some have been very good.
Obviously things work best when you are working with material that is as good as what is being transmitted, and I need the best quality recordings possible. So if your recordings are from the HD channel, at a decent bitrate that is the same or more than what the ABC are putting out, in either .mp4 or .mkv format and you can help me out, it would be appreciated.
I am not going to attempt any full episodes until after February. I may then attempt to remaster all the episodes that come out over the next month as a start.
Always happy to share my raw transport stream files. Just need the means to do it, as they are typically 10-15 GB each.
Alternatively perhaps I could encode them by individual Countdown episode as high-bitrate H.264/H.265 such that the loss will be minimal but they will reduce to a more shareable size (like < 5GB each)
Or if you're not in any hurry I could just stick all 4 saturday night .ts files onto a microSD / USB and mail it to you at the end of the month.
I'll be recording the episodes again this year and can host the raw HDTV files if anyone is interested. Everything is at the same OneDrive link I've been posting at for the last few years:
One of my external hard drives crashed and I lost these episodes (I should have backed them up), so I really appreciate you doing this for me ..... thank you.
Here are the 6 episodes I need. If you can help out that would be great.
31/01/1982 Video Rock
08/08/1982 Christopher Atkins
27/02/1983 James Reyne
15/04/1984 1983 Rock Awards
02/02/1986 Simon Le Bon
19/07/1987 1986 Rock Awards
cheers,
kiersey
Here's ...
08/08/1982 Christopher Atkins: https://we.tl/t-H9vk4IQG9G
02/02/1986 Simon Le Bon: https://we.tl/t-6l6XtFxNdH
Thanks for the reply Luuuc, it looks like Grant will be uploading them again so I will grab them there as it will be the easiest option (just grabbed the first one, in .mkv and a good file size so looks to be exactly what I want). I do appreciate the offer though.
With all the complaining that you read every day on the internet on just about everything, I just want to put out a thanks to everyone here. Going back a few years, there were people holding on to some episodes like they were solid gold and refusing to share or trade. I purchased a large group of episodes years back, and teamed up with Kiersey giving him access to what I had, and in return getting access to the trades he could make.
The last few years, I think we have seen a much more relaxed and helpful atmosphere where people have gone out of there way to help each other and with swapping and trading. Google Drive, Microsoft Onedrive, Dropbox and other cloud services have also made things a lot easier for everyone. So a big thumbs up to all those who have taken the time to help others.
Grant, your Onedrive is giving an "exceeded quota" message, presumably a few people downloaded the Meatloaf episode you put up. I managed to get it just before it came up.
I didn't know Onedrive had a hard limit, I might look it up as I have a Onedrive account myself.
Due to Grant's account being offline, I uploaded the copy I got from him to my Google Drive account. As well as Grant's .mkv version, there is also an .mp4 version with the logo removed.
No idea if Google has downloads limits, so good luck.
Thanks mate, I wasn't aware OneDrive had a download limit either! I found a site that said there's a 20GB daily limit so for those who missed out, give it a try tomorrow. The other two episodes from last night are also there now:
Grants account seems fine to me ? I just got the other 2.
I'll upload them to my Google Drive account in case anyone is having an issue. The link is a few posts back - and you will probably need to give me an hour from now before they are there.
Thanks again Grant.
Edit : Mine have uploaded if anyone is still having trouble
Grants account seems fine to me ? I just got the other 2.
I\'ll upload them to my Google Drive account in case anyone is having an issue. The link is a few posts back - and you will probably need to give me an hour from now before they are there.
Thanks again Grant.
Edit : Mine have uploaded if anyone is still having trouble
Thanks Austech and Grant for the Week One uploads. I greatly appreciate it.
Grants account seems fine to me ? I just got the other 2.
I\\\'ll upload them to my Google Drive account in case anyone is having an issue. The link is a few posts back - and you will probably need to give me an hour from now before they are there.
Thanks again Grant.
Edit : Mine have uploaded if anyone is still having trouble
Thanks Austech and Grant for the Week One uploads. I greatly appreciate it.
Marshall
No, thanks to Grant, he recorded and encoded them. I'm just the back up link so no one misses out :)
Thanks mate, I wasn\'t aware OneDrive had a download limit either! I found a site that said there\'s a 20GB daily limit so for those who missed out, give it a try tomorrow. The other two episodes from last night are also there now: