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If you're nostalgic for Sherbet, don't miss the final retro rage tonight on ABC1.

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sherbetIt’s the last retro rage for summer as Countdown returns with a vengeance tonight.

There is a slew of Sherbet, live performances from INXS, The Reels, The Globos and Dragon. One 1970 episode has never been shown before on rage.

It all starts 11:20pm tonight on ABC1.

COUNTDOWN December 30th 1975
SHERBET SPECIAL
Featuring:
SHERBET: Arr Live
SHERBET: Only One You
SHERBET: Where Do We Go
SHERBET: Freedom
SHERBET: Summer Love
SHERBET: You’re My World
SHERBET: What Is It All About

COUNTDOWN August 30th 1981
Hosted by Dave Mason of The Reels
Live performances:
THE REELS: Quasimodo’s Dream
VIXEN: Time Out
PEL MEL: No Word From China
Music videos:
SHOCK: Angel Face
BUCKS FIZZ: Piece Of Action
PETER FRAMPTON: Breaking All The Rules
STRAY CATS: Strut
REO SPEEDWAGON: Take It On The Run
WARD 13: News For You
KATE BUSH: Sat On Your Lap
THE ROLLING STONES: Start Me Up
MEN AT WORK: Who Can It Be Now

COUNTDOWN August 22nd 1982
Hosted by Marc Hunter of Dragon
Live performances:
INXS: One Thing
THE GLOBOS: Tintarella Di Luna
RUSSELL MORRIS & THE RUBES: Get It Right
THE FRUIT PASTILLES: I Don’t Ever Want To See You Again
DRAGON: April Sun In Cuba
Music videos:
EDDIE MONEY: Think I’m In Love
SURVIVOR: Eye Of The Tiger
MISSING PERSONS: Words
DONNA SUMMER: Love Is In Control
ABC: Look Of Love
RAY PARKER JR: The Other Woman

COUNTDOWN December 11th 1983
Hosted by Molly Meldrum and Steve Gilpin from Mi-Sex
Live performances:
MODELS: No Shoulders No Head
Music videos:
MI-SEX: I’m Only Thinking
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN: Twist Of Fate
THE VENETIANS: Chinese Eyes
ROCK STEADY CREW: Hey You
JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP: Crumblin Down
IRENE CARA: Why Me?
THE FIXX: One Thing Leads To Another
BIG OCUNTRY: In A Big Country
MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller

COUNTDOWN 1982 ROCK AWARDS April 18th 1982
MEN AT WORK: Downunder
SHARON O’NEIL: Maybe
RENEE GEYER: Say I Love You
MENTAL AS ANYTHING: If You Leave Me Can I Come Too
BILLY FIELD: Bad Habits
MONDO ROCK: Chemistry
DIVINYLS: Boys In Town

COUNTDOWN 1983 April 17th, 1983
ANGELS: Eat city
MOVING PICTURES: What About Me
GOANNA: Solid Rock
GOANNA: Cheatin’ Man
JO KENNEDY: Body And Soul
DIVINYLS: Science Fiction
EUROGLIDERS: No Action
ROSE TATTOO: We Can’t Be Beaten
SPLIT ENZ: My Next Exit
THE REELS: Quasimodo’s Dream
ICEHOUSE: Street Café
MEN AT WORK: Overkill
SKYHOOKS: Horror Movie

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  2. Nice pic up Mac!
    Bloody typical, easily the most outstanding song and sound of the whole episode. What a pity Big Country could not tour Australia. God Bless you Stuart Adamson. R.I.P

  5. I hoped for another 1975 ep before this info was released and yay we got one! There are nine in existance and this is the last one to go to air. Sadly though I’ll only have three of them 🙁

    Another six episodes into the collection though 🙂

  6. 8 in 1975, 25 in 2009? Can I borrow your time machine?

    Can’t wait for Countdown again tonight! The first colour TV I saw it on in 1975 was a Rank Arena! What ever happened to them? It kept working until 1990 or so.

  7. Wow!

    The Countdown Sherbet special was actually the first thing I ever saw on colour TV. My parents had just brought home a stunningly expensive 14″ Sony colour television and once plugged in and turned on, we were greeted with the start of Countdown’s ode to Sherbet in glorious colour. I was perhaps, hmm, 8 years old at the time. And my main memory of it was that everything was very red 🙂

    This is one I’m going to have to record for posterity!

    Oh, and for those asking, yes, I’m only 25.

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