Technicolour Dreaming

More new music in our letterbox again this week to share, from the 60’s psych pop sounds of England’s Flower Pot Men, Holland’s Groep 1850 and New Zealand’s Ray Woolf through to more recent releases from Colorama, the Smoking Trees and Georgiana Starlington amongst others. Of course not all was new – there were some Monkees-related songs, some Rutles and various other faves like Thee Oh Sees, Brigitte Fontaine, Sendelica and Luke Haines....

..... so here is the playlist with some filmic bonuses.....

the Flower Pot Men – Let’s Go to San Francisco (Pts. 1&2)      (7”single 1967 UK)

White Fence – White Cat      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 USA)

Marshmellow Steamshovel – Steamshovel      (7”single b-side [to Mr Mold] 1968 USA)

the Rutles – Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik      (“Archeology” 1996 UK)

Luke Haines – Rock’n’Roll Animals      (“Rock’n’Roll Animals” 2013 UK)

the Sufis – She Said to Me      (“Inventions” 2013 Nashville, USA)

Sendelica – Not the Time for Salads      (recorded 2010 Wales, UK – from “TimeMazine Vol.7” covermount-CD compilation 2012 Greece)

Surf City – I Had the Starring Role      (“We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This” 2013 New Zealand)

the Smoking Trees – Calling      (“Acetates” 2012 California, USA)

the Nashville Ramblers – The Trains      (7”single 1986 USA)

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – Two Birds      (“When the Sweet Sleep Returned” 2009 USA)

Hidden Masters – Last Days of the Sun      (“Of This & Other Worlds” 2013 UK)

the Blues Magoos – There She Goes      (“Basic Blues Magoos” 1968 USA)

Groep 1850 – We Love Life (Like We Love You)      (7” single 1968 Netherlands)

We The People – Turn Off Your Crying Gun      (recorded 1967 Orlando, Florida – taken from 7”single 2008 USA)

Boyce & Hart – P.O.Box 9847      (7”single b-side [to Alice Long, you’re still my favourite girl] 1968 USA)

the Monkees – I Wanna Be Free (fast version)      (recorded 1967 – taken from “Monkees Music Box” compilation boxset 2001 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Destroyed Fortress Reappears      (“Help” 2009 California, USA)

Ray Woolf & the Avengers – Little Things That Happen      (recorded 1967 – 7”single 2012 New Zealand)

the Wicked Whispers – Nightbird      (7”single b-side [to Voodoo Moon] 2013 UK)

Colorama – Delaware      (“Good Music” 2013 Wales, UK)

Georgiana Starlington – Moonlight      (“Paper Moon” 2013 USA)

the Peoples Temple – Blinding City      (“More For The Masses” 2012 USA)

Brigitte Fontaine – Je suis inadaptée      (“Brigitte Fontaine est... Folle!” LP 1968 France)

Sun Yama – Subterranean Homesick Blues [Bob Dylan cover]      (7”single 1982 USA)

Dennis Wilson – River Song      (“Pacific Ocean Blue” LP 1977 California, USA)