technicolour dreaming

21.3.12 - Palindrome Dreaming in Technicolour!!  Beginning with local outfit Ride Into The Sun, we voyaged back to some early Dandy Warhols and even earlier Simple Minds, as well as a Beach Boys song allegedly adapted from a Charlie Manson demo, before returning to the present with Thee American Revolution, Melbourne’s Magic Bones, the Sunburners and the brand new vinyl EP from the Mynd Gardeners. Along the way we played a classic from Scratch Acid, a side of the sole single by Adelaide’s Die Dancing Bears,  a great 13^th Floor Elevators cover by the Dagoes, plus, from the 60's, the original version of ‘Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!’ by the Bostweeds..... these, and many more, were played for your delectation before we signed off with our current ‘Band of the Month’, the Zoot.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Ride Into The Sun – I’m Just Dandy     (cd single 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dandy Warhols – Be-In     (‘Come Down’ 1997 USA)

Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities     (‘Sister Feelings Call’ LP 1981 UK)

Almost Numan – M.E. [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan – Off’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Beach Boys – Never Learn Not to Love      (‘20/20’ LP 1969 USA)

De Wolff – Don’t you go up to the sky     (‘Strange Fruits & Undiscovered Plants’ LP 2009 Holland)

Laika & the Cosmonauts – Psycko [Themes from Psycho and Vertigo]     (‘Instruments of Terror’ LP 1994 Finland)

Slingshot Dragster – Agent 0069     (‘Demolition’ EP 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee American Revolution – Blow My Mind     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)

the Mynd Gardeners – Where Tomorrow Lands     (‘The Acyd Raindrop Umbrella’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Lovetones – Was I there in your future?     (‘Meditations’ 2006 Australia)

the Scoundrelles – The Betrayed     (‘Organic Molecules in Action’ 2004 Aust./UK)

Thee Pink Stainless Tail – Sitting By a Tree [Escorts cover]     (‘Tomorrow Is Today” compilation 2007 Aust.)

King Daddy – She     (‘She’ EP 2006 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunburners – three d radio [city rock]     (‘The Ocean and Booze and Other Things to Drown in’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [13^th Floor Elevators cover]     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

Magic Bones – Devil’s Spawn     (‘Magic Bones’ EP 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Scratch Acid – Owner’s Lament     (‘The Greatest Gift’ LP 1984 Austin Texas, USA)

Die Dancing Bears – New York Valentine     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Bostweeds – Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!     (orig. movie s/t theme - taken from‘Born Bad Vol.1’ compilation LP 1986 USA)

the Mystreated – Sometimes     (‘Lovely Sunday Dreaming’ 1999 USA)

the Zoot – Strange Things     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)    #   

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Technicolour Dreaming

This week as always, we played a diverse bunch of records, ranging from the 60’s pop of Nancy Sinatra, the Twilights and Jacques Dutronc through to new albums from Mikal Cronin, Dark Ocean Colors and Norway’s the Apricot, plus a garage/psych side-project by Robert Schneider of Apples In Stereo called Thee American Revolution, as well as some Australian sounds from, amongst others, the Riptides, the Molting Vultures, Asteroid Belt and Space Party. We went electronic with John Foxx before ending the show with the final appearance as “Band of the Month” by California’s the Barbarellatones... all brought to you, of course, by the Cat and the Brat.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Starstream – Don’t Leave (Honey)     (‘Burn your Fingers on the Sun’ compilation 2007 Australia)

the Selfish Cales – State of Eternity     (‘Selfish Cales II’ EP 2011 Italy)

Treetops – Leaving Tidal River     (‘Treetops’ EP 2005 Melbourne, Australia)

the Twilights – Comin’ On Down     (7” single b-side 1968 Aust.)

the Easybeats – Come and See Her     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Mikal Cronin – Green & Blue     (‘Trouble In Mind’ 2012 USA)

the Asteroid Belt – Watching You     (‘Blank Horizon’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee American Revolution – Electric Flame     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)

Moon Duo – Run Around [Cave ‘Organ Desert’ mix]     (‘Mazes – Remixed’ EP 2011)

the Misunderstood – I Can Take You To The Sun     (recorded 1967 – taken from ‘Before the Dream Faded’ anthology 2010 UK)

Comus – In the Lost Queen’s Eyes     (‘First Utterance’ LP 1971 UK)

the Druids of Stonehenge – Pale Dream      (‘Creation’ LP 1968 USA)

Jacques Dutronc – Les gens sont fous, les temps sont flous     (7”single 1966 France)

the Apricot – Too Far Behind     (‘Forestful of Threes’ 2011 Norway)

Dark Ocean Colors – Lazy Lighthouse Jupiter Band     (‘Dark Ocean Colors’ 2012 USA)

Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang     (7”single 1966 USA)

the Molting Vultures – Morning Sun     (demo 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slingshot Dragster – Stoli Chaser [Tremelo Beergut cover]     (‘Demolition’ EP 2009 Adelaide)

Space Party – Get Surfed     (‘Invasion of the Surfer Men’ 2009 Canberra, Aust.)

the Riptides – Sunset Strip     (7”single 1978 Aust.)

John Foxx – Underpass     (‘Metamatic’ LP 1980 UK)

the Barbarellatones – I had Sex with a C.H.U.D.     (‘Invasion of the Surf Zombies’ 2006 USA)   #

 

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Obscured By...

All three ‘DOTS’ were in the studio for this week’s show, which stretched from a rare 1962 New Zealand LP by Peter Posa to a pre-release track from the debut album by English psych band Dewolff, due out soon. Along the way we heard some rare 60’s singles from the likes of 4^th Street Exit, the Zakary Thaks and Melbourne’s Pink Finks, early recordings by the Dots (before they were Paul Kelly and...) plus the Human League, as well as a great version of a Roxy Music classic by ex-members of Christian Death. And finally, we have counted back to A as our ‘Letter of the Week’, thus ending yet another “regular segment”... ahh, what shall we do to replace it? Tune in next week to find out..... heh heh!

..... and so here is the full playlist.....

Dinah Lee – medley [It’s my Party/Then He Kissed Me/I Only Want To Be with You/Stay Awhile]     (‘Live on the Peter Posa Show!’ LP 1962 New Zealand)

Peter Posa – Grasshopper     (‘Live on the Peter Posa Show!’ LP 1962 NZ)

the Pink Finks – Backdoor Man     (7”single 1965 Australia)

Heart’n’Soul – Earthrise      (‘Hot-Boogie Band’ LP 1972 Aust.)

Babeez – Nobody Wants Me     (‘Babeez’ EP 1977 Aust.)

the Dots – Lowdown     (‘the Dots’ EP 1979 Aust.)

Faine Jade – On the inside there’s a middle     (‘Introspection : a Faine Jade Recital’ LP 1968 USA)

the Zakary Thaks – Green Crystal Ties     (7”single 1968 USA – taken from ‘Passage to India’ anthology 2010)

4th Street Exit – Strange One     (7”single 1967 USA – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol. 11’ compilation)

Judy Dyble – Summer Gathers     (‘Enchanted Garden’ 2004 UK)

Dewolff – Don’t you go up the Sky     (‘Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’ 2012 UK)

Brat Farrar – Ask the Night Tonight     (‘Brat Farrar’ 2012 Aust.)

Rozz Williams and Gitane Demone – Every Dream Home a Heartache [Roxy Music cover]      (‘Dream Home Heartache’  1995 USA/Netherlands)

Faust – Munich/Yesterday      (’71 Minutes of Faust’ anthology 1996 Germany)

Wooden Shjips – Sol 07 Part 1     (7”single 2007 USA)

Ape the Cry – Free Dreams     (‘andthe’ LP 1989 Aust.)   #

And The Goat – hangover     (‘Gooseberry’ 2001 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

A La Carte – When the boy comes home     (7”single 1981 Germany)   #

Ash Wednesday – Boring Instrumental     (7”single 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

Roten Rosen – Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Honolulu-Strand Bikini     (7”single 1987 Germany)

Dave Bridge Trio – Boomer Beach     (‘Surfin’ Down Under’ LP 1963 Aust.)

Janice Slater – I’m Gonna Live     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Iguana – Ticket to Ride [Beatles cover]     (7’single 1968 Aust.)

Tony Shepp – Security     (‘Live on TV- “the GO! Show”’ LP 1966 – taken from ‘Neanderthal Stoneage Beat’ compilation)

Death In June – Tick Tock     (‘All Pigs Must Die’ 2001 Aust./UK)

US 69 – I’m on my way     (‘Yesterday’s Folks’ LP 1968 USA)

Left Banke – And One Day     (7”single 1972 USA)

Heaven 17 – Let’s all Make a Bomb     (‘Penthouse and Pavement’ LP 1981 UK)

the Human League – Blind Youth     (‘Reproduction’ LP 1979 UK)

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Technicolour Dreaming

A solo Peter Brat began this first edition of Technicolour Dreaming for 2012 with a rousing rama-lama from the MC5 to set the tone for the rest of the show, and indeed the year! There were tracks from current Australian bands such as the Frowning Clouds, Belles Will Ring and Midnight Woolf, plus locals, the Asteroid Belt, as well as sides by their 60’s predecessors such as Oak Apple Day and Normie Rowe, plus Adelaide groovers, the Masters Apprentices, the Hergs and Glass Web [a member of whom turned up almost a decade later as bassist in the Brats!] From the 60’s we also heard the Dave Clark 5, the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine and Love, as well as one of my fave singles from the Seeds, plus a bunch of new bands like the Hoa Hoas, Moon Duo and the sublime Espers, before finishing with our latest ‘Band of the Month’, San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees, who will be returning to play here in Adelaide at ‘Jive’ on the 21^st of January as part of their Australian tour... go check ‘em out, ‘cos they are a blindingly good live act! Happy New Year from the Cat and the Brat!

..... and here is the full playlist.....

the MC5 – Rocket Reducer No.62 [Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa]     (rec. live 1968 – taken from ‘Kris Needs presents: Dirty Water-the birth of punk attitude’ compilation 2010)

Midnight Woolf – My Libido     (‘Tropical Disease’ 2008 Australia)

Molten Universe – The Green Ray     (‘The Green Ray’  2011 Aust.)

the Revillos – Jack the Ripper     (demo – taken from ‘From the Freezer’ anthology 1996 UK)

the Frowning Clouds – Do Like Me     (‘Listen Closlier’ 2011 Aust.)

the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine – The Girl With the Sandy Blonde Hair     (7”single 1966 USA – taken from ‘Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Fore’ compilation 2007)

the Ruby Suns – Kenya Dig It?     (‘Sea Lion’ 2008 New Zealand)

Messer Chups – In 3 Minutes Till Massacre     (‘Crazy Price’ 2003 Russia)

the Asteroid Belt – Slant Six     (‘Blank Horizon’ 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

Moon Duo – In The Sun     (‘Mazes’ 2011 USA)

Oak Apple Day – Oceans of Fire     (7”single 1969 Aust. – taken from ‘Datura Dreamtime: A Forest of Goldtops Vol 2’ compilation 1999 Aust.)

Love – Little Black Book     (‘Love’ LP 1966 USA)

Dave Clarke 5 – Glad All Over     (7”single 1964 UK)

Normie Rowe and the Playboys – Shakin’ All Over     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

Ray Brown and the Whispers – Ain’t It Strange     (7”single 1965 Aust.) 

the Hergs – Cadillac    (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead     (7”single 1967 Adelaide)

Glass Web – In A Year or So     (7” single 1969 Adelaide)

the Fabulous Four – 438 South Michigan Avenue – (7”single 1966 Sweden – taken from ‘Essential Pebbles Vol 3’ compilation 2000)

Espers – The Road of Golden Dust     (‘Espers III’ 2010 UK)

Belles Will Ring – The Green     (‘Crystal Theatre’ 2011 Aust.)

Sunsplit – All I Want     (‘Sing for Sunday’ 2006 – taken from ‘Psychedelica 2” compilation 2007 UK)

the Hoa Hoas – Growing up on the Seeds     (‘Pop/Drone/Pedals’ 2010 UK)

the Seeds – Mr Farmer     (7”single 1967 USA)

 

Thee Oh Sees – Chem-Farmer     (‘Carrion Crawler’ 2011 USA)    #

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