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Final night of Rage goes Retro for 2011 – Sat Jan 29 program.

23:56pm

OBIT Harvey James (Rage)
ARIEL Rock’n'Roll Scars (ABC)
SHERBET Sherbet Interview From Flashez 1977 (ABC)

12:00am

SHERBET Howzat (Festival)
SHERBET Sherbet Interview From Flashez 1977 Farewell (ABC)
SHERBET Magazine Madonna (Festival)
SHERBET Sherbet Interview In London (ABC)
SHERBET Rock Me Gently (ABC)
SHERBET Sherbet Interview At The Roxy (ABC)
SHERBS I Have The Skill (ABC)
SHERBS I’m OK (ABC)
JOHN LENNON Instant Karma (EMI)

12:30am

JOHN LENNON Cold Turkey (EMI)
JOHN LENNON Gimme Some Truth (EMI)
JOHN LENNON Power To The People (EMI)
JOHN LENNON Imagine (Polydor)
JOHN LENNON Mind Games (EMI)
JOHN LENNON Whatever Gets You Thru’ The Night (EMI)
JOHN LENNON #9 Dream (EMI)
JOHN LENNON Just Like Starting Over (EMI)

1:00am

JOHN LENNON Stand By Me (EMI)
COUNTDOWN December 12th, 1980 (ABC)

1:30am

COUNTDOWN March 17th, 1985 (ABC)
RADIO BIRDMAN TV Eye (Trafalgar Records)

3:00am

RADIO BIRDMAN Kick Out The Jams (Police)
HITSCENE March 1970 (ABC)

3:30am

MONDO ROCK No Time (Columbia)
CHOIRBOYS Fireworks (CBS)
AUSTRALIAN CRAWL Shutdown (EMI)
ROCK ARENA September 9th, 1985 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN August 16th, 1981 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN November 20th, 1983 (ABC)

Source: www.abc.net.au/rage

Week four of Rage Goes Retro and it’s FOUR episodes of Countdown! Two from 1981, two from 1985.

23:57pm Sat Jan 22, on ABC1

OBIT Steve Prestwich (Rage)
COLD CHISEL Live at Manly Vale Hotel, 1980 (ABC)
COLD CHISEL Forever Now (WEA)
COLD CHISEL Flame Trees (Warner)
LRB Playing To Win (Capitol)
SIX O’CLOCK ROCK December 10th, 1960 (ABC)

1:00am Sat Jan 22 (night, morning of Sun Jan 23)

COUNTDOWN December 20th 1981 (Rage)
COUNTDOWN September 1st, 1985 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN December 12th, 1985 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN July 7th, 1981 (ABC)

4:30am

THE BIG ROCK CONCERT – ROCK ARENA Concert For Bangladesh, April 20th, 1975 (ABC)

Next Saturday, Jan 29, is the last Rage Goes Retro until 2012 (assuming they keep up the tradition).

 More info at www.abc.net.au/rage

And here is that all important Rage Goes Retro play list for Saturday January 15, 2011. It airs from 12.57 on the night of Sat Jan 15 (Sunday morning).

12:57 AM
COUNTDOWN February 17th 1980 (ABC)

1:55 AM
HIPPIES WITH MONEY – THE EVERLY BROTHERS August 20th 1971 (ABC)

2:00 AM
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Sexxy – Live On Recovery (ABC)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Till My Head Falls Off- Live On Recovery (ABC)
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Recovery March 22nd, 1997 (ABC)
SKUNKHOUR Up To Our Necks (Epic)

2:30 AM
SKUNKHOUR Breathing Through My Eyes – Live On Recovery (ABC)
SKUNKHOUR Recovery March 22nd, 1997 (ABC)
SUPERGRASS Recovery March 22nd, 1997 (ABC)
SUPERGRASS Lenny (EMI)
SUPERGRASS Mansize Rooster (EMI)
MARILYN MANSON Recovery March 22nd 1997 (ABC)
MARILYN MANSON Dope Hat (Universal)
MARILYN MANSON Torniquet (Universal (MCA))
EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN Die Interimsliebenden (Mushroom)

3:00 AM
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Peek A Boo (Polydor)
SHARON O’NEILL Waiting For You (CBS)
COUNTDOWN 21 October, 1984 (ABC)

4:00 AM
COUNTDOWN – END OF THE DECADE SPECIAL December 16th 1979 (ABC)

5:30 AM
ROCK ARENA July 22nd, 1986 (ABC)

Rage Goes Retro. 12 midnight, Sat Jan 8, 2011. ABC1

Saturday (night), 8 January 2011

12:00am

STEALERS WHEEL Stuck In The Middle (Universal)
GERRY RAFFERTY Get It Right Next Time (United Artist)
GERRY RAFFERTY Night Owl (United Artist)
GERRY RAFFERTY It’s Gonna Be A Long Night (United Artist)
GERRY RAFFERTY Days Gone Down (United Artist)
GERRY RAFFERTY Baker Street (United Artist)
HITSCENE June 6th 1970 (ABC)

12:30am

RECOVERY Selection from program S4 ep 16 (ABC)

1:00am

LENNY KRAVITZ Believe (Virgin)
TORI AMOS Glory Of The 80′s (Warner)
DEPECHE MODE It’s No Good (Mushroom)

1:30am

MICK HARVEY & ANITA LANE Initials B.B. (Mushroom)
THE CRUEL SEA Woman With Soul (Polydor)
COUNTDOWN November 25th 1979 (ABC)

2:00am

COUNTDOWN April 12th 1981 (ABC)
GTK William shakespeare (ABC)

3:30am

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – ON COUNTDOWN My Little Angel (EMI)
HERMAN’S HERMITS Mrs Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter (Sony)
RICK SPRINGFIELD Hookey Joe (Capitol)
THE WHO Substitute (Polydor)
COUNTDOWN March 3rd 1985- SHOW 453 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN August 23rd, 1980 (Rage)
KATE BUSH Moments Of Pleasure (EMI)
TEARS FOR FEARS I Believe (Mercury)
BRYAN FERRY You Go To My Head (ABC)
DAVID BOWIE Loving The Alien (EMI)

6:00am

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK So In Love (Sony)
MARC ALMOND Love Letters (Virgin)
JAPAN Don’t Rain On My Parade (Sony)
JAPAN Sometimes I Feel So Low (BMG)
JAPAN Gentlemen Take Polaroids (Sony)
JAPAN Methods Of Dance (Independent)
JAPAN Ghosts (CBS)

This year, Rage Goes Retro actually started last Saturday, January 1, 2011 and continues on Jan 8, Jan 15, Jan 22 and Jan 29, 2011.

Last Saturday night included Countdown from Sept 1980, Dig we Must from 1966, Countdown 10^th Anniversary from 1984, Renee Gayer Live at the 1975 Music Industry Awards, Rock Arena with the Kinks Live from 1982 and The 10.30 Slot from 1999. In between was music from Roy Orbison, the Models, The Rolling Stones, Diana Ross and The B-52’s.

This Saturday promises three episodes of Countdown, featuring interviews with Rod Stewart, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, performances by La Femme and Uncanny X Men as well as heaps of amazing clips. There will also be an episode of Hurricane from 1970 and some Recovery from 1997.

Retro highlights are on ABC1 at 10.00am Saturday morning, with the full show from 12.10am Saturday night on ABC1.

It’s back! After the huge success of the first ever Rage FIFTY last year, Rage viewers are once again getting the chance to vote for their absolute favourite video clips of 2010.

Last year, Aussie bands ruled supreme with Karnivool in third place, Art vs Science in second, and the hilarious ‘Broken Leg’ by Bluejuice taking out the number one spot!

Rage has had another huge year, receiving almost two thousand new video clips from all over the world, and now’s the chance for viewers to choose which ones have had them tuning in, freaking out, awed, inspired or simply jumping around the room dancing!

From Saturday 13th November viewers can vote at abc.net.au/rage, and on Saturday 25th December rage will count down the year’s fifty most popular music videos as chosen by its devoted audience. Which videos will make the cut this year?

Join in the celebration from the show that’s had you covered with all things music video for over two decades.

Voting closes at midnight on Tuesday 14th December.

The Rage FIFTY 2010 will screen on ABC1 on Saturday 25th December as all is revealed live. There’s your post Christmas day feast relaxation sorted!

In the fourth and final week of Rage Goes Retro in 2010, the first hour is a one hour special on 2000’s Big Day Out, but after that it’s a feast of mid to late 70’s with five Flashez shows from that time as well as songs from the era.

The first of the three Countdowns for the night comes from July 1979. Two more follow soon after, one from October 1982 and the third and final from March 20, 1983. Ganggajang fans can see (again) the Nov 1985 Rock Arena special on the band after 5am.

Here is the program for the night:

23:23pm
THE 10.30 SLOT Big Day Out 2000 Special (ABC)

12:30am
FLASHEZ January 1st, 1977 (ABC)

1:00am
FLASHEZ Interview With The Saints, 1977 (ABC)
THE SAINTS Know Your Product (EMI)

1:30am
FLASHEZ Interview with Air Supply, 1977 (ABC)
AIR SUPPLY All Out Of Love (BMG)
FLASHEZ Segment on Stevie Wonder Bus, 1976 (ABC)
STEVIE WONDER – Live Superstition (Polydor)
FLASHEZ Interview with Billy Joel, 1976 (ABC)
BILLY JOEL Piano Man (Sony)
COUNTDOWN July 22nd, 1979 (ABC)
ZOOT Eleanor Rigby (Polydor)
COUNTDOWN October 22nd, 1982 (ABC)
YAZOO Don’t Go (Festival)
JOE JACKSON Real Men (Festival)
TRIO Da Da Da (EMI)
COUNTDOWN March 20th, 1983 (ABC)
JIMMY & THE BOYS They Won’t Let My Girlfriend Talk To Me (Festival)
JIMMY & THE BOYS Product Of Your Mind (Festival)

5:00am
TOTO COELO I Eat Cannibals (Independent)
WHAM Young Guns (Go For It) (Sony)
MARVIN GAYE Sexual Healing (Sony)
BLANCMANGE Living On The Ceiling (Universal)
ROCK ARENA Ganggajang Special – November 25th, 1985 (ABC)
CLIFF RICHARD Hey Mr. Dream Maker (Independent)
JIMMY BUFFET Margaritaville (ABC)

Source: Rage web site.

It’s week 3 of Rage goes retro, this week featuring Recovery with the best of 1998 (I can’t believe 1998 is considered Retro already!!), followed by an assortment of music and shows from the mid 70’s to early 80’s.

This week, there are three Countdown episodes. The 1^st at around 2am comes from a time when a music video was rare and most songs were performed “live” (or I should say mimed) in studio or played with Countdown dancers bopping away to them – July 3^rd, 1977. The next Countdown episode in June 27, 1982 and the 3^rd August 14^th 1983. A GTK segment with Split Enz from 1975 is there in the mix as well as Flashez interviews with Little River Band in 1977, Alice Cooper in 1976 and David Cassidy also in 1976.

Rage airs on ABC1 from 11.18pm Sat Jan 16. Note that if you are recording from an EPG, be sure to add in the 5am and 6am splits in the program schedule to ensure you don’t miss anything.

23:18pm

RECOVERY The Best Of 1998 (ABC)

12:30am

RECOVERY The Best of 1998 (ABC)

2:00am

COUNTDOWN July 3rd, 1977 (ABC)
JON ENGLISH I’m A Survivor (ABC)
FLASHEZ Interview with Little River Band, 1977 (ABC)
LITTLE RIVER BAND The Night Owls (Capitol)
LITTLE RIVER BAND Reminiscing (Capitol)
FLASHEZ Vox Pops- Alice Cooper Concert, 1977 (ABC)

3:30am

ALICE COOPER Only Women Bleed (Sony)
ALICE COOPER How You Gonna See Me Now (Sony)
ALICE COOPER Clones (We’re All) (Sony)
COUNTDOWN June 27th, 1982 (ABC)
RICK SPRINGFIELD Million Dollar Face (ABC)
GTK Interview with Split Enz – 1975 (ABC)
SPLIT ENZ Six Months In A Leaky Boat (Festival)
COUNTDOWN August 14th, 1983 (ABC)
MALCOLM McLAREN Buffalo Girls (Virgin)
MALCOLM McLAREN Duck For The Oyster (Sony)
MALCOLM McLAREN Waltz Darling (Sony)
FLASHEZ Interview with David Cassidy, 1976 (ABC)

6:00am

DAVID CASSIDY Last Kiss (Independent)
DAVID CASSIDY – Live GTK Daydreaming (Independent)
HALL & OATES Be What You Are (ABC)
MARCIA HINES Whatever Goes Around (ABC)
NATALIE COLE Mr Melody (ABC)
BRYAN FERRY A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall (ABC)
BAY CITY ROLLERS I Only Want To Be With You (ABC)

Source: www.abc.net.au/rage

Rage Goes Retro – Week 2. Saturday January 9, 2010.

The night of Saturday January 9, 2010 concentrates on the mid 80’s with music mostly from 1984-1985 and three Countdown episodes through the night. The play list for the night follows:

23:18pm

ROCK ARENA Ganggajang Special – November 25th, 1985 (ABC)
FLASHEZ Segment on Pool Safety, 1976 (ABC)
FLASHEZ November 8th, 1977 (ABC)

12:30am

COUNTDOWN March 25th, 1984 (ABC)
JOHN PAUL YOUNG I Hate The Music (Sony)
MICHAEL JACKSON Thriller (Sony)

2:00am

MONDO ROCK Come Said The Boy (WEA)
PAT BENATAR Love Is A Battlefield (Fest/Mush)
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD Relax (Warner)
MARILYN Calling Your Name (Festival)
QUEEN Radio Ga Ga (EMI)

2:30am

VAN HALEN Jump (Warner)
CYNDI LAUPER Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Sony)
COUNTDOWN August 4th, 1985 (ABC)
TEARS FOR FEARS The Way You Are (Polydor)
TEARS FOR FEARS Mad World (Polydor)
TEARS FOR FEARS Shout (Polydor)
THE DREAM ACADEMY Life In A Northern Town (WEA)
CYNDI LAUPER The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough (Sony)

4:00am

KATRINA & THE WAVES Walking On Sunshine (EMI)
DO RE MI Man Overboard (Virgin)
TINA TURNER We Don’t Need Another Hero (Fest/Mush)
THE MODELS Out Of Mind Out Of Sight (Festival)
MENTAL AS ANYTHING Live It Up (Warner)
MADONNA Crazy For You (Warner)
MUSIC AROUND US May 11th, 1980 New Wave (ABC)

4:30am

COUNTDOWN June 17th, 1984 (ABC)
FLASHEZ Segment on New York City, 1977 (ABC)
PSEUDO ECHO Fooled Again (BMG)

6:00am

PSEUDO ECHO Listening (EMI)
PSEUDO ECHO Funky Town (EMI)
QUEEN I Want To Break Free (EMI)
CYNDI LAUPER Time After Time (Sony)
DURAN DURAN The Reflex (EMI)
LIONEL RICHIE Hello (Universal (MCA))

By the way, if you plan to record overnight to watch later, make sure you chose to record rage from 5am as well, as rage is broken into two programming segments: 11.18pm – 5.00am, and 5.00am onwards. The June 1984 Countdown runs over the 5am mark.

Source: rage playlists

Countdown season is upon us again! And no, I am not referring to the barrage of “best of the year” lists and reflection over the past year stories that typically fill our media this time of year! Countdown season is that one month that ABC’s Rage goes retro playing old Countdown episodes in their entirety, unedited, as they were when they originally aired.

For those who do not know, long before iTunes, iPods, 24 hour music channels and the internet, Countdown was the staple music show for tweens, teens, and the young at heart running from late 1974 to May 1987 usually airing at 6pm Sunday nights with a repeat on Saturdays on the ABC. Fittingly, Europe’s hit “The Final Countdown” closed the final ever episode in May 1987.

Hosted by Molly Meldrum, the show played all the hits of the time, introduced new songs, had “live” performances, interviews and counted down the top ten of the week as well as highlighting the “chart Busters” – songs which were racing up the chart. Famous Molly Meldrum quips like “Do yourself a favour” and “this is going to be number one” originated from Countdown. The show was also responsible for breaking many artists that otherwise would not have been given a look in, considering the fussy conservative play lists of radio stations of the day.

For almost as long as Countdown’s run itself – almost 13 years, Rage has been playing out Countdown episodes on Saturday nights in January, and 2010 will be no exception with “Rage Goes Retro” nights planned for January 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th and 23^rd 2010. Rage itself has been on air since late 1987, with the retro nights running on Saturdays in January from 1999.

But it is not just Countdown. Other shows like Countdown Revolution – the ill-fated replacement for Countdown which itself disappeared in 1990, GTK – a music show from the black and white early 70’s pre-dating Countdown, Rock Arena – a mostly rock oriented show from the mid 80’s that would highlight a few artists each week, and Recovery – an ABC music show from the mid-late 90’s all get a look in during “Rage goes Retro”.

Coupled with retro music videos, retro artist music blocks and selected clips from ABC’s retro music show library, Rage’s Retro January Saturdays will bring back memories for those who were here to see them all first time round. And those who weren’t, an interesting – possibly humorous look at what your parents were probably into.

Rage Goes Retro airs on ABC1 late night Saturday Jan 2, Jan 9, Jan 16 and Jan 23 2010. Check the Rage web site late Friday afternoons preceding each Saturday for play list details as well as your local TV guides for the time Rage starts each night. The Rage website also features play lists for every show since January 1998.

Rage website is here.