rage gets really, really retro

For the past few weeks rage has been rockin’ out with loads of glorious Countdown episodes, but this weekend it delves deeper into its archive closet and dusts off a heap of other musical treats.

Get ready for The Factory, Recovery, Flashez, Beatbox and Hit Scene. Get set for a young Alex Papps, Dylan Lewis, Tania Lacey plus Ray Burgess, Andrew Daddo, and John Paul Young. There will also be a handful of live performance clips, interviews and stories from GTK, Recovery J-Files on iconic local artists, as well as some classic Aussie music videos.

rage screens from 11:20pm Saturday night on ABC1.

HIT SCENE December 6th, 1969
Featuring:
MASTERS APPRENTICES: Think About Tomorrow Today
JOHN BLANCHFIELD: Son Of A Simple Man
BRUCE WOODLEY (from The Seekers): Friday Man
SECT: Lonely Road

FLASHEZ December 2nd, 1977
Final episode of Flashez, featuring the Flashez funeral, interviews with John Paul Young and Mother Goose and:
MIKE MEADE: You’ve Got To Make It Alone
RICHARD CLAPTON: Deep Water

COUNTDOWN September 30th, 1984
Hosted by INXS
Live performances:
MACHINATIONS: No Say In It
Music videos:
U2: Pride
HELEN TERRY: Now you Are Mine
NO NONSENSE: Changes Must Be Made
PRINCE: Let’s Go Crazy
COREY HART: Sunglasses At Night
DEEP ROYAL BLUES: God Save Me
TINA TURNER: Better Be Good To Me
PHIL OAKEY: Living In Electric Dreams
DAVID BOWIE: Blue Jean
GEORGE MICHEL: Careless Whisper

BEATBOX highlights from October 11th, 1986
Vox pops on hair with Boom Crash Opera, Easybeats, Hoodoo Gurus, Mental As Anything & Models
ASSASSIN – triple j band of the week
ZZ TOP: Velcro Fly
BOOM CRASH OPERA: Hands Up In The Air
MOTLEY CRUE: Looks That Kill
LOUDNESS: Let It Go

THE FACTORY highlights from February 13th, 1988
Hosted by Andrew Daddo, Alex Papps and Tania Lacey
Stories on Valentines’ Day, tanning, dirty dancing, and Reconciliation with Peter Garrett
MENTAL AS ANYTHING: Love Me Tender (live)
WAS NOT WAS: Walk The Dinosaur
RICK ASTLEY: Whenever you Need Somebody
LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS: Perfect Skin
MARRS: Pump Up The Volume
COMMUNARDS: Never Can Say Goodbye
HUNTERS & COLLECTORS: Still Hanging Around
BILLY IDOL: Hot In The City
KYLIE MINOGUE: I Should Be So Lucky

RECOVERY highlights from October 3rd, 1998
Hosted by Dylan Lewis & Jane Gazzo with guests Pulp & house band Nokturnal & movie reviews with Leigh Whannell
Live performances:
DANDY WARHOLS: Every Day Should Be A Holiday
LUNA: IHOP
PUBLIC ENEMY: He Got Game
VIOLETINE: Any Day

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Saturday 24th January, 2009- rage goes retro part 4…

Saturday morning from 1000-1100- a selection of number one hits from 1985-1990:

10:00am

ROBERT PALMER Addicted To Love (Festival)
MADONNA Papa Don’t Preach (Warner)
BANANARAMA Venus (Sony)
KYLIE MINOGUE Locomotion (Mushroom)
WHITNEY HOUSTON I Wanna Dance With Somebody (BMG)
ROXETTE It Must Have Been Love (EMI)
THE BANGLES Eternal Flame (Festival)
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Unchained Melody (Polydor)

10:30am

WOMACK & WOMACK Teardrops (Universal)
THE BEACH BOYS Kokomo (Warner)
U2 Desire (Mercury)
JIVE BUNNY Swing The Mood (Independent)
YOUNG MC Bust A Move (Polydor)
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK The Right Stuff (Sony)
RICK ASTLEY Never Gonna Give You Up (BMG)

Saturday night retro programming from 2320 onwards-

23:21pm

HIT SCENE Higlights from December 6th, 1969 (ABC)

23:30pm

MASTER’S APPRENTICES & THE HOODOO GURUS Turn Up Your Radio (EMI)
JOHNNY FARNHAM – Live GTK Lucille (EMI)
THE EASYBEATS Come And See Her (EMI)
BILLY THORPE & THE AZTECS – Live Baby Please Don’t Go/Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Festival)

12:00am

DADDY COOL Interview From GTK (Festival)
DADDY COOL – Live GTK Shake, Rattle & Roll (Festival)
COLOURED BALLS Working Man’s Boogie (Not Specified)
CHAIN – Live GTK Judgement (Festival)
FLASHEZ Segment on Music Piracy (1976) (Rage)
FLASHEZ December 2nd, 1977 (ABC)

12:30am

FLASHEZ Brown Eyed Girl, 1977 (ABC)

1:00am

FLASHEZ Interview with Marcia Hines, 1976 (ABC)
FLASHEZ Interview with Mark Holden (ABC)
MARK HOLDEN Last Romance (EMI)
FLASHEZ Segment on Hi-Fi Equipment, 1977 (ABC)
SKYHOOKS In Bed – Interview #1 (Rage)
SKYHOOKS Women In Uniform (Festival)
SKYHOOKS In Bed – Interview #2 (Rage)
THE SAINTS Lipstick On Your Collar (EMI)
RADIO BIRDMAN – Live Aloha Steve & Danno (Independent)

1:30am

THE SCIENTISTS Human Jukebox (Polydor)
LAUGHING CLOWNS Eternally Yours (Independent)
THE SUNNYBOYS You Need A Friend (Festival)
NICK CAVE Recovery ‘J-File’, 1997 (ABC)

2:00am

BOYS NEXT DOOR Shivers (Mushroom)
COUNTDOWN PROMO 1975 – featuring Denise Drysdale (ABC)
COUNTDOWN PROMO, 1974 What Is Countdown? #1 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN PROMO, 1974 What Is Countdown? #2 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN PROMO 1975 – featuring Skyhooks (ABC)
COUNTDOWN September 30th, 1984 (ABC)
COUNTDOWN PROMO 1975 (ABC)
INXS Recovery ‘J-File’, 1997 (ABC)
INXS Just Keep Walking (Warner)
MONDO ROCK Modern Bop (Not Specified)
BEATBOX Highlights from October 11th, 1986 (ABC)

3:30am

FLASHEZ Segment on Ear Piercing, 1976 (ABC)

4:00am

FACTORY Highlights From February 13th, 1988 (ABC)
KYLIE MINOGUE Recovery ‘J-File’, 1997 (ABC)
MIDNIGHT OIL – Live on Recovery Redneck Wonderland (Sony)
RECOVERY October 3rd, 1998 (ABC)
POWDERFINGER – Live on Recovery The Day You Come (Polydor)