The Meldrum Tapes

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The Meldrum Tapes was a weekly Australian music television show hosted by Molly Meldrum. The show was a mixture of interviews (mostly taken from Countdown interviews) and music clips with each episode focussing on a different band or artist. [1] [2] Artist featured included The Rolling Stones, [3] Madonna, [4] Sting, Howard Jones, The Fixx, Simply Red, John Cougar Mellencamp, Simple Minds, Eurythmics, Dragon, Stevie Nicks, Models, Spandau Ballet, Icehouse, Billy Joel and Cyndi Lauper. [5]

References

  1. "Molly rolls the Stones", The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 May 1986
  2. Wallace, Lisa (12 May 1986), "Molly meet Mick Mick, Molly", The Canberra Times
  3. Coleman, Richard (17 May 1986), "The Meldrum Tapes: Mick sat on the lounge, gazing at Molly's hat", The Sydney Morning Herald
  4. Warden, Ian (2 June 1986), "Hunter's homily hard on the ear", The Canberra Times
  5. Morris, Joan (28 December 1986), "The silly season lingers", The Canberra Times