Technicolour Dreaming

A mixture of the familiar and the new was Technicolour Dreaming’s guiding ethos again this week. For the former, we began with a psychedelic  fave from the Who and later in the show, a different version of a Jonathon Richman classic, as well as an Adam & the Ants punkoid killer. For the latter category, we moved into less charted waters, with new releases by Pond, the Laurels and the Frowning Clouds, debuts from Adelaide’s Plasticine Army and Weightless, a demo from Big Richard Insect, recent music from the Moles, Surf City and the Green Circles, plus a track from an all-time favourite, 2004’s ‘Spirit Stereo Frequency’ by All Night Radio, which was sadly their sole album... but what an album – psychedelic genius! We finished off with the penultimate appearance of Brian Eno as our “Artiste of the Month” with a brilliant live recording by his short-lived ensemble, 801... all brought to you by your hosts, the Cat & the Brat, on Adelaide’s eclectic 3D RADIO 93.7fm.....

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

the Who – Armenia City in the Sky     (‘The Who Sell Out’ LP 1968 UK)

Pond – Fantastic Explosion of Time     (‘Beard, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Australia)

Surf City – See How the Sun     (‘Kudos’ 2010 New Zealand)

Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes     (‘Astro Coast’ 2010 USA)

Dieselwitch – Octopus      (‘Dieselwitch Will Kill You’ 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Vashti Bunyan – I Want To Be Alone     (7”single 1965 UK – taken from the ‘Some Things That Just Stick In Your Mind’ anthology)

Johnny Dowd – Betty     (‘No Regrets’ 2012 USA)

the High Dials – The Holy Ground      (‘the holy ground’ EP 2007 Canada)

the Moles – The Combined Forces of an Atom     (‘The Future Sounds of Ashton’ 2011 Bristol, UK)

the Beep Seals – I Used to Work at the Zoo      (‘Things That Roar’ 2008 UK)

Weightless – Summer of John      (‘Self-Adjustment’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Laurels – Sway Me Down Gently     (‘Plains’ 2012 Aust.)

the Flower Machine – The Tangerine Albatross      (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 USA)

the Frowning Clouds – Bad Vibes      (CD-single b-side [to Propellers] 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Green Circles – Long Love Sivinanda [Inside Looking Out cover]       (‘Tavistock Street’ 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Big Richard Insect – I’m So Bored     (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Adam & the Ants – Fall-In      (7”single b-side [to Antmusic] 1980 UK)

the Dils – I Hate The Rich      (7”single 1977 USA)

the Modern Lovers – Modern World [alt. version]     (rec. 1972 – taken from ‘The Modern Lovers’ CD reissue [with bonus tracks] 2003 USA)

Plasticine Army – On The Bus     (‘I Can Hardly Smell It!’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Triffids – Family Name     (‘Dungeon Tapes’ cassette 1983 Perth, Aust.)

All Night Radio – Fall Down 7     (‘Split Stereo Frequency’ 2004 USA)

801 [feat. Eno] – Miss Shapiro/You Really Got Me [Kinks cover]      (rehearsal recording 1976 – taken from “801 Live: collector’s edition” reissue 2008 UK)   #

       # “Artiste of the Month”           

Obscured By...

 After the regular opening set of 60’s Australian rarities, we ventured off into space with Jim Keays and eventually ended with ‘Moondawn’, a slice of 70’s deutsche drone from Klaus Schultze... all very ethereal! Stuffed within these bookends however, we ventured, as usual, all over the place! Included was a track from Harvey Matusow, once named “America’s Most Hated Man” for his role in the McCarthy anti-communist witch-hunt of the ‘50s before reinventing himself as an avant-garde artiste and moving to the UK, hanging out with Yoko Ono, Warhol and Mailer etc (check out his story on wiki) and recording an LP. We also indulged our fondness for obscure compilations such as the ‘Sounds from Psychedelphia’ put out in the ‘90s by US label, Lounge Records, as well as some rarities made so by being ‘limited editions’, for example, the 7" orange vinyl single by the Black Angels and the 1979 Brian Sands EP featuring the Monkees cover... All brought to you by this week’s ‘DOTS’,  the Cat and the Brat.....

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

the Reverbs – Say Mama     (7”single b-side 1966 Tasmania, Australia)

the Syssys – Three Long Days     (unreleased acetate 1966 Adelaide, Australia – taken from ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’ compilation 2010 Adelaide)

Ray Brown – That’s it, I quit, I’m movin’ on    (7”single b-side 1967 Australia)

Animation Unlimited – Big Bad Woman     (unreleased acetate 1966 Adelaide – taken from ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’ comp.)

Lloyd’s World – Goodbye Goodbye     (7”single b-side 1968 Aust.)

1863 Establishment – Picture of a Girl     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Toni McCann – My Baby     (7”single 1965 Brisbane, Aust.)

Jim Keays – Space Brothers     (‘Jim Keays as... The Boy From The Stars’ LP 1974 Aust.)

Three 4 Tens – I Feel Fine     (‘Sounds from Psychedelphia’ compilation 1998 Philadelphia, USA)

Harvey Matusow’s Jews Harp Band – Wet Socks     (‘War Between Fats and Thins’ LP 1969 USA/UK)

Soundpool – Do What You Love     (‘Just Like a Daydream’ compilation 2008 UK)

Agitation Free – A Quiet Walk     (‘2ND’  LP 1973 Germany)

the Flamin’ Groovies – Doctor Boogie     (‘Teenage Head’ LP 1971 USA)

the Black Angels – I’d Rather Be Lonely     (7”single 2012 Austin, Texas, USA)

the Higher State – These Things Take Time     (‘Freakout at the Gallery’ 2012 UK)

Roxy Music – Pyjamarama     (7”single 1972 UK)

801 – RongWrong     (rehearsal tape August, 1976 UK – released as bonus disc on ‘801 Live: Collector’s Edition’ 2010 UK)

the Plastics – Last Train to Clarkesville [Monkees cover]     (bonus 7”flexi-disc with their 1^st LP 1979 Japan)

Brian Sands – Baby, You’re a Rich Man [Beatles cover]     (‘Reheated Chocolate Tangos’ 12” EP 1979 USA)

Gina X – Drive My Car [Beatles cover]     (12”single 1984 Germany)

Klaus Schultze – Floating     (‘Moondawn’ LP 1976 Germany)

Obscured By...

As always, we launched into Obscured by... with a bunch of Australian bands from the 60’s and early 70’s, this week including the pop-psych sounds of Puppy, an obscurity from the Groop, a live TV appearance by Kahvas Jute and classic garage punk from the Missing Links, and eventually bookended the show by finishing with some recent exponents of that ‘wild garage sound’... first from the USA, with Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, and then from Russia, with the Crushers. In between, we heard some goth from Christian Death, US punk from the Avengers, Krautrock from Faust, a pertinent classic from John Cooper Clarke, a strange electro set from Adelaide combo voiceROM, an interesting cover of a Velvet Underground standard by OMD, a 1976 live rehearsal recording from 801 and much more... even David Essex! And all brought to you by the DOTS for this week, the Cat and the Brat.....

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

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Missing Links – Speak No Evil     (‘You’re Driving Me Insane’ LP 1965 Australia)

Kahvas Jute – I Can’t Stop     (unreleased – live on ‘Hit Scene’ ABCTV 1971 Aust.)

Pirana – Here It Comes Again     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Long Grass – Anywhere you wanna go     (7”single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Groop - Mandrake Wine     (Australia - recorded 1968 in London, unreleased until 1987 - on flexi-disc with "From the Vault" mag. Aust)

Puppy – Belinda     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

the Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey (recorded in 1985)     (‘Peel Sessions’ EP 1991 UK)

Xmal Deutschland – Orient     (‘Fetisch’ LP 1983 Germany)

Christian Death – Skeleton Kiss     (‘Skeleton Kiss’ 1992 USA)

Toys Went Beserk – Audrina     (‘Pieces’ double 12” EP 1987 Australia)

the  Avengers – Car Crash     (7”single 1977 USA)

Second Hand – Reality     (‘Reality’ LP 1968 UK)

Faust – J’ai Mal Aux Dents [prev.called Party 3]     (recorded 1973 – released on ‘71 Minutes’ 2004 Germany)

Tangerine Dream – Tangram     (‘Tangram’ LP 1980 Germany)

voiceROM – Sugarkeys Foreshadowing / Summon the Noodle Vendor / Kilophone     (‘Pastry Music for Pastry Chefs’ 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Outsiders – PrisonSong     (‘CQ’ LP 1968 Netherlands)

the Raincoats – No One’s Little Girl     (7”single 1982 UK)

John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street     (‘Snap, Crackle and Bop’ LP 1980 UK)

David Essex – Rock On     (7”single 1973 UK)

Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark – Waiting for the Man [Velvet Underground cover]     (10”single b-side 1980 UK)

Roxy Music – Sea Breezes / Bitter End     (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

801 – The Fat Lady of Limbourg [Eno song]     (recorded at rehearsal  23.8.1976 – taken from ‘801 Live – Collector’s Edition re-issue’ 2009 UK)

Ty Segall – Maria Stacks [with Thee Oh Sees]     (7”single 2009 – taken from ‘Singles 2007-2010’ anthology 2011 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Head of State     (‘Dog Poison’ 2009 USA)

the Crushers – Bonita     (‘Glory of the Day’ 2002 Moscow, Russia)

Obscured By...

There were two ‘DOTS’ back in the studio this week, Michael Hunter and Peter Brat... and again, a big ‘thank you’ to last week’s ‘honorary DOT’, Tim K., who ably filled in for us with yet another take on the obscurities we love! And this week, it was with a gallic tinge... with a group of  francophone recordings of the 60’s from France and Canada. There was the usual spread of Australian and local rarities, a couple of American garage ragers and a track by the Aztecs, who were NOT of the Billy Thorpe of Australia variety, as the liner notes to the compilation we found it in suggested, but rather, were a band from Toronto in Canada, who recorded the single in the UK under the auspices of  British  popstars,  ‘Peter & Gordon’, during their stay in London in 1964-65... this new information came to us via a review of “what’s happening in Toronto”  in a 1965 issue of BillBoard magazine... another mystery solved by your intrepid DOTS! We picked a few random songs from the vast 3D library by bands whose name started with a “U” as part of our on-going ‘blind pick by alphabet’ segment... and of course, we finished with some surf music and an interesting radio-only version of ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ by Australian legends, the Strangers, from 1967... all very rare, obscure and often strange!....

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

Wendy Saddington – Tomorrow Never Knows     (‘Live 1972’)

Lynn Rogers – Fresh Start     (7”single 1965 Australia)

Why – Percy Grainger     (‘Present Tense’ LP 1970 Australia)

Yvonne Barrett – May my heart be cast into stone     (from ‘UpTight’ TV show 1969 Australia)

Sullivan – Hashish Faction     (7”single 1966 France)

Les Papyvores – Le Papyvore     (7”single 1967 France)

Laura Ulmer – Amoreaux d’une Affiche     (7”single 1967 Canada)

Le Bain Didonc – 4 Cheveaux dans le vent     (‘Le Bain Didonc’ EP 1967 France)

Les 5 Gentlemen – Si tu reviens chez moi     (7” single 1966 Marseilles, France)

Empty Vessels – Low Toby     (‘Incredible Sound Show Stories Vol 16’ : compilation)

Revolver – Imagination     (‘Incredible.....’ : comp.)

Peter Holm – You will be mine     (‘Incredible.....’ : comp.)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Run Sylvie Run     (‘Mad House’ LP 1971 Australia)

 *** ‘blind pick by alphabet’ section... this week brought by the letter U....

the Untouchables – I spy for the FBI     (‘Wild Child’ LP 1985 UK)

Underminers – Let’s Get T-shirts made     (‘Let’s get T-shirts Made’ 2002 Australia)

James Blood Ulmer – Are you glad to be in America?     (7”single 1980 US)

Hopscotch – In the rain     (Island Sons)

801 – Fat Lady of Limbourg     (‘801 Live’ bonus disc : rehearsal recording 1976 UK)

Earth – Engine of Ruin     (The Bee Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull)

the Aztecs – Summertime Blues     (7”single 1965 Canada/UK – from ‘MindRocker’ #8 : comp.)

Larry Wilson & Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson & Kaleidoscope – Nobody      (7”single 1967 US)

John Kay & the Sparrows – Twisted     (7”single 1966 US)

the Atlantics – Point Zero     (Point Zero)

the Ultra 5 – Love for tomorrow     (Denizons of Dementia)

the 9^th Wave – Time Tunnel     (Time Tunnel)

the Strangers – Magical Mystery Tour     (recorded for the Australian Army Public Relations Directorate for use by radio stations in 1967)