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rage remembers Judith Durham, Olivia Newton-John

On Friday night ABC pays tribute to two iconic Australian performers.

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This Friday night rage will pay to tribute to two Australian icons who passed away this week, The Seekers’ Judith Durham and Dame Olivia Newton-John.

We’ll be playing a couple of performances from The Seekers from 1967 at Expo 67 in Montreal, an interview with Judith Durham on GTK in 1970, plus videos from the Vault including the legendary Aussie anthem ‘I Am Australian’ featuring Mandawuy Yunupingu and Russell Hitchcock.

Then, we’ll be playing performances from Olivia Newton-John on Countdown in 1980, an interview with Olivia from GTK in 1971, and all the hits from our vault and some deeper cuts as well, plus a Grease megamix, and her collaborations with John Travolta, Andy Gibb and David Foster.

Friday night
12:00am Saurday (also replayed Sunday morning after 3am)

THE SEEKERS A World Of Our Own (Live At Expo 67. Montreal 1967) (Columbia)
THE SEEKERS Georgy Girl (Live At Expo 67. Montreal 1967) (Columbia)
THE SEEKERS Someday, One Day (Columbia)
12:30am
JUDITH DURHAM, RUSSELL HITCHCOCK I Am Australian ft. MANDAWUY YUNUPINGU (EMI)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN and JOHN TRAVOLTA Grease Megamix (Polydor)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Sam (MCA)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN A Little More Love (EMI)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Magic (Live On Countdown, 1980) (Jet Records)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Xanadu (Live On Countdown, 1980) (Jet Records)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN and CLIFF RICHARD Suddenly (Jet Records)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Deeper Than The Night (Independent)
1:00am
ANDY GIBB and OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN I Can’t Help It (RSO Records)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Physical (Fest/Mush)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Heart Attack (MCA)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Make A Move On Me (MCA)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Landslide (Fest/Mush)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Twist of Fate (EMI)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Tied-Up (MCA)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Livin’ In Desperate Times (EMI)
JOHN TRAVOLTA and OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Take A Chance (EMI)
1:30am
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Soul Kiss (Interfusion)
DAVID FOSTER and OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Best Of Me (Atlantic)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN The Rumour (Festival)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Reach Out For Me (Festival)

Saturday morning after 11am

GTK, 1977 – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Interview With Olivia Newton-John (ABC)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Sam (MCA)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Deeper Than The Night (Independent)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN and JOHN TRAVOLTA Grease Megamix (Polydor)
11:30am
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Physical (Fest/Mush)
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN Magic (Festival / Mushroom)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Twist of Fate (EMI)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN The Rumour (Festival)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Reach Out For Me (Festival)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN Xanadu (Live On Countdown, 1980) (Jet Records)

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  1. It seems like perhaps Rage should have waited a few weeks to air the tribute ep so they had time to put together something more comprehensive rather than a rushed job.

  2. Even the tribute to Livvy was disappointing. None of her hits from the early 70s. A bunch of songs from the 80s and 90s? that were mediocre at best. The only major hits they played were the Greece Mega Mix, Xanadu and Physical.

    1. I suspect there may not have been available video to be able to play those songs, unfortunately. Although perhaps more of an effort should have been made. I sometimes get a bit peeved myself at some of the tributes Rage does for recently deceased musicians…for me, Mark Hollis of Talk Talk was a huge loss (“Laughing Stock” is probably my fave album of all time) and Rage played something like a paltry three videos.

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