Each weeknight at 7 (Monday to Thursday) we’ll dust off a crate of old vinyl records and play some great songs from the 70’s and 80’s that haven’t been heard in ages. Check below for what we're doing on the show tonight!

Best of the Vinyl Countdown Weekend!
Friday, 13 July 2012 16:02

This weekend we dust off the best of the Vinyl Countdowns! From 9am Saturday tune in as we revisit some of the best countdowns from the 70's, 80's and 90's! Here's the songs we'll be playing...

Saturday 9am Top 20 from 1982

I'm so excited Pointer Sisters
Solid rock Goanna
Hungry like the wolf Duran Duran
Hot in the city Billy Idol
Do you really want to hurt me? Culture Club
Winners Moving Pictures
It's raining again Supertramp
US Forces Midnight Oil
Maneater Hall and Oates
Love my way Psychedelic Furs
Dr Heckle and Mr Jive Men at Work
Lady what's your name Swanee
Promised you a miracle Simple Minds
Don't change INXS
Posin arrow ABC
Heat of the moment Asia
Do you believe in love Huey Lewis and the News
Private investigations Dire Straits
House of fun Madness
When the war is over Cold Chisel
Words Missing Persons
Da da da Trio
Rock the Casbah The Clash
Pass the dutchie Musical Youth

Saturday 11am Top 20 from 1979

The nips are getting bigger Mental as Anything
Hot stuff Donna Summer
The logical song Supertramp
Gimme Gimme Gimme ABBA
Computer Games Mi-Sex
You can't change that Raydio
I was made for lovin' you Kiss
Heart of glass Blondie
Born to be alive Patrick Hernandez
Get used to it Roger Vedouris
Babe Styx
Cool for cats UK Squeeze
Hit and Run Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons
Stumblin in Suzi Quatro
Lets Go The Cars
Cars Gary Numan
Choir Girl Cold Chisel
Halfway Hotel Voyager
Hold on the line Toto
Message in a bottle Police
Girls Talk Dave Edmunds
Comin' Home Radiators
Get your love right Jon English
I don't like Mondays Boomtown Rats

Saturday 1pm "The Acts that played at Expo '88"

Reminiscing LRB
Help is on it's way LRB
Love is a bridge LRB
You belong to the city Glenn Frey
The heat is on Glenn Frey
Hot Town Jon English
Better be home soon Crowded House
Something so strong Crowded House
Sister Madly Crowded House
If I could turn back time Cher
Just like Jesse James Cher
Hungry Town Big Pig
Taking the town Icehouse
Electric Blue Icehouse
Great Southern Land Icehouse
No Lies Noiseworks
Touch Noiseworks
She's the one Cockroaches
Chained to the wheel Black Sorrows
Hold on to me Black Sorrows
Harley and Rose Black Sorrows
Touch of paradise John Farnham
That's freedom John Farnham
You're the voice

John Farnham

 

Saturday 3pm The Top 20 from 1990

Dancing in the storm Boom Crash Opera
Nothing to compares to you Sinead O'Connor
Forgotten years Midnight Oil
All I wanna do is make love to you Heart
Epic Faith No More
Hold on Wilson Phillips
Cradle of love Billy Idol
Lay down your guns Jimmy Barnes
Show no mercy Mark Williams
Unskinny bop Poison
The Power Snap
Janies got a gun Aerosmith
Sweet surrender Wet Wet Wet
Roam B52s
Metrolpolis The Church
I wish it would rain down Phil Collins
When I see you smile Bad English
Your own sweet way The Notting Hillbillies
Blue sky mine Midnight Oil
Black velvet Allanah Myles
Just between you and me Lou Gramm
Downtown train Rod Stewart
No Myth Michael Penn
Joey Concrete Blonde

Sunday 9am The Top 20 from 1984

Private Dancer Tina Turner
Cum on feel the noise Quiet Riot
Say it isn't so Hall and Oates
Nobody told me John Lennon
Middle of the road Pretenders
Big Girls Electric Pandas
Dancing with myself Billy Idol
Talking in your sleep Romantics
An innocent man Billy Joel
Radio ga ga Queen
Everywhere I go Q.E.D.
Jump Van Halen
Running with the night Lionel Richie
Saturday night Cold Chisel
Bitter desire Kids in the Kitchen
I send a message INXS
The reflex Duran Duran
A beat for you Psuedo Echo
Lets hear it for the boy Denice Williams
Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jnr
Dancing in the dark Bruce Springsteen
Love of the common people Paul Young
Don't believe anymore Icehouse
Thriller Michael Jackson

Sunday 11am The great 80's Cover Versions

Time after Time Cyndi Lauper
Melt with you Modern English
Break my strdie Matthew Wilder
Heaven Bryan Adams
Always on my mind Pet Shop Boys
Under Pressure Queen / David Bowie
Pop music M
Abracadbra Steve Miller
Against all odd Phil Collins
You keep me hanging on Kim Wilde
Kiss Prince
All fired up Pat Benatar
Wild world Maxi Priest
Knokin' on heavens door Guns and Roses
Red red wine UB40
Breakaway Big Pig
Ant music Adam and the Ants
I need a lover John Mellencamp
Puttin' on the ritz Taco
I drove all night Cyndi Lauper
Just a gigilo David Lee Roth
Always something there to remind me Naked Eyes
You can't hurry love Phil Collins
Jealouse Guy Roxy Music

Sunday 1pm The Top 20 from 1978

The boys are back in town Thin Lizzy
My life Billy Joel
Fat bottomed girls Queen
You're the one that I want Olivia Newton John and John Travolta
Sultans of swing Dire Strates
Who listens to the radio Sports
Hot child in the city Nick Gilder
Hollywood nights Bob Seger
Who are you Who
Rasputin Boney M
Suburban boy Dave Warner
Warm ride Graham Bonnet
Miss you Rolling Stones
Dancing in the city Marshall Haine
You really got me Van Halen
Follow me, follow you Genesis
Hey lord don't ask me questions Graham Parker
Shut down turn off LRB
Werewolves of London Warren Zevon
Love is in the air JPY
Still in love with you Dragon
Dreadlock holiday 10CC
If you can't give me love Suzi Quatro
Grease Franki Valli

Sunday 3pm The Top 20 from 1987

We gotta get outta this place Angels
Dance little sister Terrence Trent D'arby
Run to paradise Choirboys
Glad I'm not a Kennedy Shona Lang
Welcome to the jungle Guns and Roses
I'm only lovin' you again Chris Rea
Keep your hands to yourself Georgia Satellites
Don't gove up Peter Gabriel
What you get is what you see Tina Turner
Paper in fire John Mellencamp
Hymn to her Pretenders
Dreamworld Midnight Oil
We'll be together Sting
Fall of Rome James Reyne
The right thing Simply Red
Is this love Whitesnake
Lean on me Club Nouveau
What's my scene Hoodoo Gurus
Slice of heaven Dave Dobbyn and Herbs
Wanted dead or alive Bon Jovi
Little Lies Fleetwood Mac
Need you tonight INXS
Ship of fools World Party
Faith George Michael

 

 

 

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