Countdown Ends The Decade (BJÖRN)

Filmed: Sunday 21 October 1979

Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Broadcast: See below

Release status: This programme has not been included on any officially released video or DVD

Duration: See below

Shown in: Australia

Additional information

Countdown was the longest-running and most popular weekly Australian music television show broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987. There were around 600 episodes and they were produced at the ABC in Melbourne and broadcast nationwide on Australia's government-owned broadcaster, ABC. The programme had a huge and loyal audience with a new episode screened every Sunday evening and then repeated the following Saturday evening.

 

The majority of the 1970s Countdown episodes are no longer in ABC archives because they were wiped around 1981 when then Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser slashed the ABC budget which made the ABC bigwigs at the time decide to re-use the video tapes that Countdown was filmed on. These were special tapes and worth about $1,000s each. but luckily this ABBA segment survived the sorting out as it was filmed onto 16mm material, from where it was edited into the videotape of the aired production.

 

Episode 224.

This episode was a summary of the 1970s hosted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum who interviewed singers and bands from the period focussing on who they believe were the major influences in music during that time. These included:

  1. Earth, Wind & Fire
  2. Carole Bayer-Sager
  3. Maurice Gibb
  4. Paul MCartney
  5. Rod Stewart
  6. Olivia Newton-John
  7. Mark Volfman
  8. Ricki-Lee-Jones
  9. Roger Vodouris
  10. Lindsay Buckingham
  11. Alice Cooper
  12. Peter Gabriel
  13. Johnny Rotten
  14. Shaun Cassidy
  15. Leo Sayer
  16. Squeeze
  17. The Knack
  18. Cliff Richard
  19. Steve Harley
  20. Bay City Rollers
  21. Elton John
  22. Bryan Ferry
  23. David Bowie
  24. Bruce Woolley
  25. Bob Geldof
  26. Gary Numan
  27. Graeme Strachan
  28. Sherbet
  29. The Little River Band
  30. Leif Garrett
  31. Stevie Wonder
  32. Paul Cook
  33. Blondie 
  34. The Police


Björn was briefly interviewed, edited in 2 segments into the show and said he thought The Beatles were the most important influence and then talked about the new album, Super Trouper. An excerpt of the Mamma Mia PROMO and a very short segment of This Day Tonight was shown.

It strikes me that many of those interviewed seemed flippant or irritated by Molly's questioning.

NB.: There is around 45 minutes of unaired footage in the ABC archives including the Björn interview.  The last six images above are from the unaired Björn footage.

Click here for a TV listing from The Canberra Times - 16 December 1979, p.17.

Duration:
1:24:50 minutes of full programme
1:26 for the 2 Björn interview segments + 0:34 for unaired Björn segment

Broadcast information:
Sunday 16 December 1979, 17:30-18:55, Channel 3, repeated on 11 October 1980 then rebroadcast on 15 January 1994, 13 January 1996 and again on 15 January 2011 on ABC1, Australia.

 

 

FIRST SEGMENT

 

Björn Ulvaeus: Of course The Beatles were originally the reason why we started writing at all. Because before that there used to be composers writing for artists and the groups didn't used to do that themselves. So in '63, '64 both Benny and I started doing that because of Paul McCartney and John Lennon. So throughout the years, they've been the strongest influence by far.

 

SECOND SEGMENT

 

Mamma Mia PROMO

 

Björn Ulvaeus: Lots of things have happened. I feel though that there hasn't been, you know, as strong an  influence from any single group or act in the 70s as it was in the 60s and the 50s with Elvis in the 50s with Beatles in the 60s. But lots of things have happened, lots of good groups have come up.

 

Molly Meldrum: Obviously you and Benny like to enjoy a lot of spectrums of music, not just stick to one style, you know.

 

BU: That's true, that's one of the kicks and we're very happy because we can do that with ABBA.

 

MM: Right

 

BU: Lots of different styles which we've also done through the years.

 

MM: Now, ABBA as a group, you sort of went into semi-retirement, you decided to sort of go off the road, not release a record. What can we expect from ABBA in the 80s now that Voulez Vous has been such an enormous hit in 1979?   

 

BU: Well Benny and I will start writing once the New Year starts in January. We're in the studio in February and we'll, as usual, we'll see what comes up, we don't know. We'll go to Florida or some place like that to write and we'll see from thereon.

 

 

EXTRA

MM: Now you've been a unique double, you and Benny because, like, not only are you songwriters and performers but you're also your own producers. Is that a hard thing to do - to be objective to your own product looking at it, you know, year by year, you know, "is it going to be a hit or isn't it?"  I mean, it must be an awful strain on both you and Benny, surely?

BU: You know, we never think of it that way, we never think, "Is this going to be a hit?"  Usually we just record an album and we send the album out to the different record companies and they say, "ah, this must be it". But we don't pick them ourselves, really.

MM: Right.

Archive data to the programme itself from the ABC database:
ID: 214414 - COUNTDOWN 'END OF THE DECADE' - PROGRAM
Recording date: 15-Dec-1979
Duration: 86.37
Location: MELBOURNE,VIC,AUSTRALIA
Summary: THIS SPECIAL COUNTDOWN EPISODE IS A SUMMARY OF THE 1970S, CHARTING EACH YEAR OF THE DECADE MUSICALLY, INC INTERVIEWS WITH MUSICIANS AND BANDS FROM THIS PERIOD FOCUSING ON WHO THEY BELIEVE WERE THE MAJOR INFLUENCES IN MUSIC DURING THIS TIME
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Personalities: IAN MELDRUM, MOLLY MELDRUM, HOST;DAVID BOWIE, SINGER;PHIL LYNOTT, THIN LIZZY;SCOTT GORHAM, THIN LIZZY;BJORN ULVAEUS, ABBA;CAROLE BAYER SAGER, SINGER;MAURICE GIBB, BEE GEES;PAUL MCCARTNEY, WINGS;ROD STEWART, SINGER;ELTON JOHN, SINGER;OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, SINGER;HOWARD KAYLAN, FLO & EDDIE (INCORRECTLY SUPERED AS MARK VOLMAN);BETTE MIDLER, SINGER;PETER GABRIEL, SINGER;JOHN LYDON, JOHNNY ROTTEN, SEX PISTOLS;SHAUN CASSIDY, SINGER;LEO SAYER, SINGER;JOOLS HOLLAND, UK SQUEEZE;SUZI QUATRO, SINGER;THE KNACK, ROCK BAND;CLIFF RICHARD, SINGER;STEVE HARLEY, COCKNEY REBEL;ERIC FAULKNER, BAY CITY ROLLERS;BRYAN FERRY, ROXY MUSIC;BOB GELDOF, BOOMTOWN RATS;GARY NUMAN, TUBEWAY ARMY;SHIRLEY STRACHAN, GRAHAM STRACHAN, SKYHOOKS;ALICE COOPER, SINGER;DARYL BRAITHWAITE, SHERBET;LITTLE RIVER BAND, ROCK BAND;GLENN SHORROCK, SINGER, LITTLE RIVER BAND;PAUL COOK, SEX PISTOLS;KATE BUSH, SINGER;LEIF GARRETT, SINGER;STEVIE WONDER, SINGER;DOOBIE BROTHERS, ROCK BAND;BOOMTOWN RATS, ROCK BAND;BLONDIE, ROCK BAND;DEBBIE HARRY, BLONDIE;THE POLICE, BAND;TOM WAITS, SINGER;MEAT LOAF, SINGER;RICKIE LEE JONES, SINGER;ROGER VOUDOURIS, SINGER;LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, FLEETWOOD MAC;MICK FLEETWOOD, FLEETWOOD MAC;MICK TAYLOR, ROLLING STONES;CHIC, BAND
Shotlist: 0.00 OPENING TITLES;0.14 MS BOWIE, MELDRUM SPEAKS (OFF SCREEN) HOW WOULD YOU SUM UP THE MUSIC OF THE 1970S, BOWIE REPLIES RE SORT OF LIKE THIS;0.25 MS MCCARTNEY;0.31 MS LYNOTT & GORHAM RE MUSIC OF THE 1970S;1.00 GRAPHIC 'COUNTDOWN ENDS THE DECADE' TITLES;0.14 VS MONTAGE B&W FTG VARIOUS MAJOR EVENTS OF THE 1970S INC VIETNAM, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, BEATLES, POLITICS;1.55 MCU IV EARTH WIND & FIRE RE THE BEATLES WERE THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON THE 1970S;2.24 MCU IV ULVAEUS RE BELIEVES THE BEATLES WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT INFLUENCE ON ABBA, WRITING AND PERFORMING THEIR OWN MUSIC;2.44 MCU IV BAYER SAGER RE THE BEATLES WERE IMPORTANT BUT THE NEW GENERATION NOW DOES NOT KNOW THEIR MUSIC;2.55 MCU IV MAURICE GIBB RE FASHION TRENDS THE BEATLES STARTED;3.20 MCU IV MCCARTNEY RE THE BEATLES REFORMING IS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN;3.38 FF#1 EXCERPT THE BEATLES 'LET IT BE' FILM CLIP;4.36 LIB FTG VS B&W EXCERPT THE FACES 'STAY WITH ME' CONCERT PERFORMANCE (EX GTK EPISODE 519 & 484);5.01 VS IV STEWART (NEAR POOL TABLE) RE FORMER BAND THE FACES, PREVIOUS ALBUMS, INFLUENCES FROM LIVING IN USA (BLOWS WHISTLE SUDDENLY, MOUNTS POOL TABLE), TOURING AND NEW ALBUM, LOVES THE '70S;8.27 CU NEWTON-JOHN ALBUM COVER;8.59 LIB FTG VS B&W IV NEWTON-JOHN RE HOPES SHE WILL NOT BE TIRED OF PERFORMING BY THE TIME SHE IS 30 YEARS OLD;9.24 VS IV NEWTON-JOHN RE CHANGES IN MUSIC THROUGH THE 1970S, BECOMING BRAVER IN HER MUSICAL CHOICES, PERFORMING IN 'GREASE', INFLUENCE OF MUSIC BY BLACK PEOPLE TO 1970S MUSIC, SINGERS BECOMING ACTORS, UPCOMING MOVIE 'XANADU';12.29 LIB FTG FF#1 EXCERPT DADDY COOL 'EAGLE ROCK' FILM CLIP;12.44 GRAPHIC 1971 TOP TEN;13.15 BREAKER;13.19 FF#2 VS B&W ALP 'IT'S TIME' CAMPAIGN TVC;13.50 MCU HA WAITS IV RE GLAD TO HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE 1970S;14.09 MCU IV MEAT LOAF RE TURNED AWAY FROM MUSIC TO THEATRE DUE TO THE DEMISE OF ROCK AND ROLL IN THE 1970S;14.27 MCU IV BAYER SAGER RE PEOPLE MORE SELFISH IN THE 1970S;14.48 MCU IV KAYLAN (SUPERED AS MARK VOLMAN) RE DOES NOT LIKE THE MUSIC THAT CAME OUT OF THE 1970S;15.07 MCU IV LEE JONES RE PEOPLE NOT INTERESTED IN FOLK MUSIC OR MUSIC WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE ANYMORE;15.31 MCU IV MIDLER RE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE BEST VOICES IN THE 1970S;15.42 MCU IV VOUDOURIS RE MUSIC OVER PRODUCED IN THE 1970S;16.00 MS IV BUCKINGHAM RE LACK OF SOCIAL AWARENESS IN MUSIC NOW;16.16 MCU IV MIDLER RE CHANGES IN SINGING STYLES;16.23 MCU IV GABRIEL RE CHANGES IN MUSIC STYLES;16.43 MS IV ROTTEN RE RECORD SALES OF ARTISTS DEPEND ON WHO YOU KNOW;16.49 MCU IV MEAT LOAF RE VOLATILE NATURE OF ROCK AND ROLL;16.59 MCU IV CASSIDY RE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE TO FULFIL THE DESIRES OF YOUNG PEOPLE;17.09 MCU IV SAYER RE YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO MUSIC TO REALLY ACHIEVE SOMETHING;17.28 MCU IV HOLLAND RE INCREASING BAND OF SOPHISTICATION;17.37 MCU IV QUATRO RE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN DISCUSSING MUSIC IN TERMS OF DECADES, IT SIMPLY DEPENDS ON IF SHE LIKES THE MUSIC OR NOW;17.50 MCU IV THE KNACK RE BELIEVE THE 1970S WAS A TIME TO SIMPLY GET OVER THE 1960S;17.57 MCU IV RICHARD RE HE IS BOUND TO BE AN INFLUENCE ON THE 1970S BECAUSE HE WAS PART OF THE 1960S;18.14 MCU IV HARLEY RE NOT THAT HARD TO BECOME A ROCK AND ROLL STAR;18.28 MCU IV FAULKNER RE FELT SIMILAR TO A TIN OF BAKED BEANS;18.34 MS IV ROTTEN RE BANDS SOLD OUT FOR AN EASY BUCK;18.41 MCU IV STEWART RE MUSICAL INFLUENCES OF THE 1970S AND CALLS ELTON JOHN 'SHARON';19.14 FF#1 EXCERPT ELTON JOHN 'CROCODILE ROCK' FILM CLIP;19.42 VS IV JOHN RE HAVING A BREAK FROM COMPOSING AND PERFORMING, WRITING THE RECORD 'EGO' ABOUT BANDS LIKE THE ROLLING STONES, 1970S WAS A BIG MONEY ERA, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RECORD CONTRACTS, ERA OF MEGASTARS, TOURING WITH BANDS, HOW HE SEES MUSIC GOING INTO THE 1980S;23.53 FF#1 EXCERPT ELTON JOHN 'CROCODILE ROCK' FILM CLIP;24.09 LIB FTG MCU IV MELDRUM (WITH LONG HAIR) RE NEED FOR A MUSIC PROGRAM ON TELEVISION;24.20 COUNTDOWN OPENING TITLES;24.31 LIB FTG EXCERPT MARCIA HINES 'YOU' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;24.48 LIB FTG EXCERPT THE RADIATORS STUDIO PERFORMANCE;25.03 LIB FTG EXCERPT THE ANGELS 'SHADOW BOXER' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;25.17 LIB FTG EXCERPT COLD CHISEL 'BREAKFAST AT SWEETHEART'S' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;25.34 LIB FTG EXCERPT CHRISTIE ALLEN 'GOOSEBUMPS' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;25.34 LIB FTG EXCERPT COUNTDOWN DANCERS PERFORM TO 'I WILL SURVIVE' BY GLORIA GAYNOR;26.05 LIB FTG EXCERPT MI-SEX 'COMPUTER GAME' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;26.20 LIB FTG EXCERPT CHEAP TRICK 'DREAM POLICE' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;26.37 BREAKER;26.41 MCU IV FERRY RE CREATING VIDEO CLIPS FOR SONGS;27.30 MCU IV BOWIE RE RISE OF VIDEO CLIPS;27.45 MCU IV WOOLLEY RE VIDEO DISC WON'T BE AS IMPORTANT AS PREDICTED, PEOPLE LIKE TO CREATE THEIR OWN IMAGES OF THE MUSIC;28.30 MCU IV GELDOF RE IMPORTANCE OF VIDEO CLIPS AND VIDEO DISC IN THE FUTURE;29.03 MCU IV NUMAN RE VIDEO CLIPS;29.21 FF#1 EXCERPT TUBEWAY ARMY 'ARE FRIENDS ELECTRIC?' FILM CLIP;30.25 BREAKER;30.30 LIB FTG VS MONTAGE OF EVENTS FROM 1975-1979, INC STREAKER, POLITICS, ECLIPSE, GRANVILLE TRAIN DISASTER, REFUGEES;31.13 LIB FTG EXCERPT SKYHOOKS 'EGO IS NOT A DIRTY WORD' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;32.31 VS IV STRACHAN RE HOW SKYHOOKS WAS FORMED, TOURING USA AND NOT BREAKING THE USA MARKET, OVERSEAS RECORD DEALS, THE ROLE OF LUCK IN BEING SUCCESSFUL;35.07 FF#1 EXCERPT ABBA 'MAMMA MIA' FILM CLIP;36.31 VS IV ULVAEUS RE BAND INFLUENCES, WRITING DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC, NEW ALBUMS AND FUTURE OF ABBA;37.37 FF#1 EXCERPT QUEEN 'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY' FILM CLIP;41.52 FF#1 EXCERPT THE EAGLES 'HOTEL CALIFORNIA' FILM CLIP;42.49 FF#1 EXCERPT PETER FRAMPTON 'SHOW ME THE WAY' FILM CLIP;43.32 FF#1 EXCERPT 10CC 'I'M NOT IN LOVE' FILM CLIP;44.31 MCU IV BAYER SAGER RE INCREASE IN SOUND PRODUCTION;44.44 MCU IV COOPER RE SOUND PRODUCERS CAN MAKE ANYONE SOUND GOOD;44.55 MCU IV KAYLAN RE THE USEFULNESS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY;45.31 MCU IV BUCKINGHAM RE CHOOSING TO USE OR NOT TO USE NEW TECHNOLOGY;45.55 MCU IV GIBB RE DIFFERENCES IN RECORDING STYLES;46.09 MWS IV STEWART RE RECORDS SOUND BETTER NOW;46.29 VS IV MEMBERS OF THE KNACK RE RECORDING SONGS;47.14 MCU IV MCCARTNEY RE PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THEIR MUSIC PREPARED BEFORE THEY GO INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO AS THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO HIRE;47.34 BREAKER;47.39 LIB FTG MONTAGE OF JOHN PAUL YOUNG PERFORMING SONGS ON COUNTDOWN AND FF#1 FILM CLIPS;48.28 LIB FTG EXCERPT SHERBET 'HOWZAT' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;48.48 VS IV BRAITHWAITE RE BEING LABELLED A "SOFT ROCK" GROUP, MUSICAL STYLE OF SHERBET, FUTURE OF SHERBET IN THE 1980S, RECORDING A SOLO ALBUM;51.53 FF#1 EXCERPT LITTLE RIVER BAND (LRB) 'IT'S A LONG WAY THERE' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;52.40 VS IV SHORROCK RE BREAKING OVERSEAS MARKETS, CHANGES IN MUSIC STYLES, CRITICISM OF NEW AUSTRALIAN BANDS;54.46 BREAKER;54.51 FF#1 MONTAGE KISS FILM CLIPS;55.08 FF#1 EXCERPT KATE BUSH 'WUTHERING HEIGHTS' FILM CLIP;55.17 FF#1 EXCERPT MEAT LOAF 'YOU TOOK THE WORDS RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH' FILM CLIP;56.05 FF#1 EXCERPT BILLY JOEL 'JUST THE WAY YOU ARE' FILM CLIP;56.31 FF#1 EXCERPT BOZ SCAGGS 'LIDO SHUFFLE' FILM CLIP;57.06 FF#1 EXCERPT ANDY GIBB 'I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR EVERYTHING' FILM CLIP;57.23 FF#1 EXCERPT ELO (AKA ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA) 'LIVIN' THING' FILM CLIP;57.45 FF#1 EXCERPT LINDA RONSTADT 'BLUE BAYOU' FILM CLIP;58.18 FF#1 EXCERPT BOB MARLEY 'IS THIS LOVE?' FILM CLIP;58.38 LIB FTG EXCERPT COUNTDOWN DANCERS PERFORM TO STAR WARS THEME;59.02 LIB FTG EXCERPT THE ANGELS 'SHADOW BOXER' STUDIO PERFORMANCE;59.25 MCU IV BOWIE RE PUNK EXPLOSION WAS LIKE A VERY IMPORTANT ENEMA TO MUSIC;59.29 LIB FF#1 EXCERPT SEX PISTOLS 'ANARCHY IN THE UK' FILM CLIP;59.53 MCU IV BOWIE RE PUNK BANDS SELLING OUT AND GOING MAINSTREAM;1.00.17 MCU IV COOK RE POSITIVE ACTION SIGNING WITH BIG RECORD COMPANY;1.00.37 MWS IV BUSH RE NEGOTIATIONS WITH RECORD COMPANIES;1.00.45 MWS IV ROTTEN RE WOULD NOT CONFORM FOR THE RECORD COMPANY;1.01.01 MCU IV MCCARTNEY RE RISE AND FALL OF PUNK BANDS;1.01.34 MCU IV TAYLOR RE SEX PISTOLS OPENED A LOT OF DOORS FOR NEW BANDS;1.01.46 MCU IV HARLEY RE INFLUENCES OF THE SEX PISTOLS;1.02.23 MCU IV GARRETT RE GOING TO PUNK ROCK SHOWS CHEAPER THAN OTHER SHOWS;1.03.07 MCU IV WONDER RE VIOLENCE AND MUSIC;1.03.21 MCU IV COOK RE SID VICIOUS ALYWAS SAID HE WANTED TO DIE BEFORE HE WAS 21;1.03.33 MWS IV RICHARD RE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MID 1980S TO SEE IF PUNK BANDS HAVE HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON MUSIC;1.04.03 MCU IV GABRIEL RE POPULARITY CYCLE OF BANDS;1.04.20 MCU IV MEAT LOAF RE ENERGY OF PUNK BANDS;1.04.41 LIB FF#1 EXCERPT BEE GEES 'STAYIN' ALIVE' FILM CLIP;1.05.33 MCU IV GIBB RE RISE OF DISCO MUSIC;1.06.34 MCU IV COOPER RE HATES DISCO MUSIC, THINKS IT IS MUSIC FOR OLD PEOPLE;1.06.53 MCU IV FLEETWOOD RE POPULARITY OF DISCO;1.07.22 MCU IV STEWART RE HAD A GO AT PLAYING DISCO;1.07.52 MCU IV BUCKINGHAM RE DISCO IS FOR PEOPLE TO DANCE TO, NOT A GREAT MUSICAL FORM;1.08.16 MCU IV MEMBERS OF CHIC RE NOT ASHAMED OF DISCO MUSIC;1.08.43 MWS IV MEMBERS OF DOOBIE BROTHERS RE MUSIC LABELS MEANINGLESS;1.09.14 MWS IV GELDOF THERE IS A PLACE FOR DISCO;1.09.38 BREAKER;1.09.43 FF#1 EXCERPT DAVID BOWIE 'DJ' FILM CLIP;1.10.10 VS IV BOWIE RE CHANGES IN MUSIC THROUGH THE 1970S, RADIO DJS, OPINION OF YOUNGER GROUPS, FUTURE OF HIS MUSIC;1.12.46 FF#1 EXCERPT BOOMTOWN RATS 'I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS' FLIM CLIP;1.13.21 MWS IV GELDOF RE BOWIE THE BIGGEST MUSICAL INFLUENCE OF THE 1970S, INFLUENCE OF THE SEX PISTOLS;1.14.50 FF#1 EXCERPT BLONDIE 'HEART OF GLASS' FLIM CLIP;1.15.23 MWS IV BLONDIE RE PRODUCERS INFLUENCE, SINGLES FROM ALBUMS, NOT AFRAID OF DISCO IMAGE, RECORDING MUSIC, IMPRESSED WITH AUSTRALIAN BANDS;1.18.55 FF#1 EXCERPT THE POLICE 'MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE' FILM CLIP;1.19.24 VS IV MEMBERS OF THE POLICE RE PROUD OF SONGS, MUSICAL INFLUENCES OF 1970S, FUTURE OF THE NEW GROUPS;1.22.44 FF#1 EXCERPT WINGS 'MULL OF KINTYRE' FILM CLIP;1.23.25 MCU IV MCCARTNEY RE FUTURE OF BANDS IN THE 1980S;1.23.58 MCU IV WONDER RE WHAT THE FUTURE MAY BRING, DISCO MUSIC IS VERY EXCITING;1.25.28 END CREDITS

Archive data for the unaired segments:
ID: 624980 - COUNTDOWN 'END OF THE DECADE' OUTS - STOCK SHOTS
Duration: 43.06
Location: VARIOUS
Summary: SS;EXTENDED INTERVIEWS AND UNSEEN FOOTAGE FROM COUNTDOWN 'END OF THE DECADE' PROGRAM
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Shotlist: …
01.21.25 MWS IV ULVAEUS RE COMPETITION WITH SEX PISTOLS;
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