Year:1982
Date:28/11/1982
Show no:355
Summary: THE SHOW IS HOSTED BY TIM FINN AND MOLLY DISCUSSES THE DISBANDING OF SPLIT ENZ AND FINN'S FUTURE PLANS. THERE ARE NO LIVE ACTS IN THIS SHOW.
LOCAL ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS:
ICEHOUSE 'HEY LITTLE GIRL'
BIG RED 'THE TRAVELLER'
PERFECT STRANGERS 'QUESTION OF LOVE'
OVERSEAS ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS:
KIM CARNES 'VOYEUR'
JOE JACKSON 'STEPPIN OUT'
SPANDAU BALLET 'LIFELINE'
SUPERTRAMP 'IT'S RAINING AGAIN'
CHARTBUSTERS:
ANGELS 'STAND UP'
BILLY IDOL 'HOT IN THE CITY'
JOAN JETT 'DO YOU WANNA TOUCH'
HALL & OATES 'MANEATER'
HUMDRUM ITEMS:
DECKCHAIRS OVERBOARD 'THAT'S THE WAY'
PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'LOVE MY WAY'
TOTO 'AFRICA'
JUDAS PRIEST 'YOU'VE GOT ANOTHER THINK COMING'
TOP TEN ITEMS:
HALL & OATES 'MANEATER'
GOANNA 'SOLID ROCK'
REELS 'THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU'
SURVIVOR 'EYE OF THE TIGER'
JACKSON/MCCARTNEY 'THE GIRLS MINE'
BANANARAMA 'SHY BOY'
JOHN COUGAR, LATER KNOWN AS JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP AND
JOHN MELLENCAMP 'JACK & DIANE'
CLASH 'ROCK THE CASBAH'
MUSICAL YOUTH 'PASS THE DUTCHIE'
DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS 'COME ON EILEEN'

ROCK ARENA
July 10, 1984
A ONE HOUR MUSIC SHOW HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING, WHO GIVES A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO EACH ARTIST. THIS WEEKS PROGRAM FEATURES NEW ORDER, PRINCE, PETER BAUMANN AND WINGS.;0.00 PROMO FOR ROCK ARENA;0.36 PROMO FOR ROCK ARENA;

1.49 PETER BAUMANN 'STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT';

5.48 NEW ORDER 'BLUE MONDAY';9.25 NEW ORDER 'THIEVES LIKE US';

13.09 PRINCE '1999';16.43 PRINCE 'LITTLE RED CORVETTE';19.45 PRINCE 'WHEN DOVES CRY';

24.16 DUGITES 'TAKEN BY SURPRISE';28.42 DUGITES 'ALL I WANT';33.10 DUGITES 'GAY GUYS';41.50 DUGITES 'CUT THE TALKING';46.51 DUGITES 'IT AIN'T LIKE THAT';50.19 DUGITES 'DECIDE';53.26 DUGITES 'NO MONEY';56.56 DUGITES 'SOUL LIMBO';61.37 DUGITES 'YOU GAVE ME THE ANSWER';

COUNTDOWN
Year:1986
Date:10/8/1986
Show no:521
Summary: SHOW INCLS REGULAR USA, UK AND AUSTRALIAN TOP 5'S, PROMO FOR COUNTDOWN MAGAZINE AND HUMDRUM WITH MOLLY WEARING HAT AND SHINY LIGHT BLUE SHIRT. ELTON JOHN IV RE DANCING WITH THE QUEEN TO 'ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK' AT PRINCE ANDREW'S 21ST AND HIS UPCOMING TOUR WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHARTBUSTERS:
ANDY TAYLOR 'TAKE IT EASY'
ERASURE 'OH L'AMOUR'
DAVID LEE ROTH 'YANKEE ROSE'
MOODY BLUES 'YOUR WILDEST DREAMS'
STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
I'M TALKING 'HOLY WORD'
GEISHA 'PART TIME LOVE AFFAIR'
DRAGON 'DREAMS OF ORDINARY MEN'
VENETIANS 'IF SOMEBODY LOVES YOU'
VIDEO CLIPS:
BOOM CRASH OPERA 'HANDS UP IN THE AIR'
MODELS 'EVOLUTION'
SPANDAU BALLET 'FIGHT FOR OURSELVES'
JEAN BEAUVOIR 'FEEL THE HEAT'
BANANARAMA 'VENUS'
TOP TEN:
AC/DC 'WHO MADE WHO'
MIKE & THE MECHANICS 'ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE'
GENESIS 'INVISIBLE TOUCH'
EURYTHMICS 'WHEN TOMORROW COMES'
DR & THE MEDICS 'SPIRIT IN THE SKY'
BOYS DON'T CRY 'I WANNA BE A COWBOY'
WHAM 'EDGE OF HEAVEN'
WA WA NEE 'STIMULATION'
SAMANTHA FOX 'TOUCH ME'
MADONNA 'PAPA DON'T PREACH'

ROCK ARENA
September 18 1984
A MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING WHO BRIEFLY INTRODUCES EACH ARTIST;ARTISTS/TITLES:
;00.16 BOX OF FROGS, BACK WHERE I STARTED;
04.32 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, LOVE HAS GOT A GUN;
07.30 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, WAR;
11.04 ELO, ROCKARIA;
14.16 JEFF LYNNE, VIDEO;
17.35 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, GO INSANE;
20.41 FLEETWOOD MAC, YOU MAKE LOVING FUN;
24.56 HOODOO GURUS, LET'S ALL TURN ON;27.54 HOODOO GURUS, TOJO;31.09 HOODOO GURUS, ARTHUR;34.11 HOODOO GURUS, 1 WANT YOU;36.56 HOODOO GURUS, MY GIRL;40.12 HOODOO GURUS, THAT'S COOL;43.12 HOODOO GURUS, BY MY GURU;45.56 HOODOO GURUS, KAMIKAZE PILOT;
49.25 RANK AND FILE, RANK AND FILE;
54.18 RANK AND FILE, SOUND OF THE RAIN;
58.03 NO NONSENSE, CHANGES MUST BE MADE

Looks good. Nice mix. Dugites I'm looking to see.

I am SO glad that my request for the ROCK ARENA with The Dugites live is finally being aired.

I have requested this for a few years and I am very excited. I adore them and they are so beyond underrated.

Countdown was one of the only programs that really pushed The Dugites and Molly kept choosing to play each single from the beginning to their break up in late 1984.
The whole Rock Arena episode is simply AMAZING! And the RARE clip for Peter Baumann with Strangers In The Night which I am dying to own!

I do wish there were at least three Countdown episodes as 6 in a month is just reallllly a let down :-( ... BUT ... on the plus side, the Countdown episodes have been great!

I really make sure to chose well when I send my requests off to rage each year and I received 4 Countdown episodes on week 1 and this weekend I get a further Countdown from 1986 and the 1982 episode is FANTASTIC!

AND ... I get my Rock Arena with The Dugites and I got my David Sylvian episode.

I'm from Perth and I used to see the Dugites all the time. They were a great live band.

Don't forget Molly giving Lynda Nutter a hosting role on 30/10/83 episode!

You are so lucky Dexter!!!!!

Perth hd some real amazing bands in the Early 80s bands!

At Michael :-)

Yes ***** Lynda Nutter was so great on that 1983 episode and had a dry sense of humour which I ALWAYS love with Countdown hosts. That is when they added their own unrehearsed personality to each item that was played.

Molly also gave Lynda and the band guest host sports each on the 1980 episode they hosted when they performed 'Goodbye'

I'm curious to know what the FGTH clip or live video is, because 'Love is a Gun' is not an album track from the Pleasuredome album.

I was a big FGTH fan back then, I have the LP and cassette for both their album releases.

Shame theu vanished as quickly as they appeared back then.

Holly wont reform either. He is adamant on that one.

I'm watching by using iView on phone in Melbourne. Hopefully it's getting recorded back home.

D a m n it! Countdown played an alternative video of Kim Carnes 'Voyeur'. The other version is so much better. This was just a group video. yawn.

I actually rather loved the alternative video for Kim Carnes 'Voyeur' as I've never seen it before!

The main video was banned it seems, go figure!

rage have a 3:52 minute version of 'Voyeur' in their library. We should hound them to play it.