Technicolour Dreaming

Some new, some old, some local, others from....Iceland? Yes, another trip into the psychedelic, the garage, the punk and even the ‘80’s from anywhere/anytime with the Cat & the Brat on this week’s show. Of particular note were new albums from Clinic, Toy & Melody’s Echo Chamber – all no doubt will be receiving further examination in weeks to come! And as today was the birthday for Elvis, Bowie and Dot from Almost Numan, we naturally had to give them a celebratory spin... especially with the news of a new record from David being imminent at last. On a sadder note, we noted the passing of Lee Dorman, bassist with Iron Butterfly during their prime, so just had to play a song from their oft-overlooked early period. Throw in a few covers, some ‘previously unreleased’ gems [including the full version of the theme song from an iconic Australian surf movie], and lots more... and that’s Technicolour Dreaming for another week!  Check out the clips we’ve found, and dig in......

...... here’s the playlist for 8^th January.....

the Sunsets – Hot Generation [full soundtrack version]       (rec. 1967 but unreleased – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets: Original Australian Artyfacts 1965-1967’ compilation 2012 Australia)

Marty Rhone & the Soul Agents – Every Minute of You      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

the Showmen – So Far Away      (7”single 1965 Sydney, Aust.)

Colin Buckley – Little Egypt [Elvis Presley cover]      (7”single 1966 Aust.)

David Bowie – Five Years      (‘Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars’ LP 1972 UK)

Almost Numan – We Are So Fragile [Gary Numan cover]      (‘Almost Numan : “OFF” side-1: covers’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Iron Butterfly – Unconscious Baby      (‘Heavy’ LP 1968 USA)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Be Proud of Your Kids      (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 France/Australia)

Tenniscoats – Karogari Mario      (‘All Aboard!’ 2012 Japan)

Cosmic Dead – The White Rabbit      (rec. live in Scotland 2010 Iceland)

Fursaxa – Tyranny      (‘Amulet’ 2005 USA)

Clinic – See Saw      (‘Free Reign’ 2012 UK)

the Black Angels – Entrance Song (Rain Dance version)      (‘Phosgene Nightmare’ 10”EP 2011 Texas, USA)

the Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion      (7”single 1987 UK)

Toy – Motoring      (‘Toy’ 2012 UK)

Beach House – Lazuli      (‘Bloom’ 2012 USA)

Marc Almond – Late Night [Syd Barrett cover]      (‘Mojo: the Madcap Laughs Again’ – Mojo magazine covermount-cd 2009 UK)

Gravenhurst – Only a Northern Song [Beatles cover]      (‘Mojo: Yellow Submarine ReSurfaces’ – Mojo magazine covermount-cd 2012 UK)

Suzi Chunk – Got Any Mantras?      (‘Girl From the Neck Down’ LP 2012 Wales, UK)

Knowbody Else – Secret Storm      (rec. 1967 but unreleased – taken from ‘Feeling High : the Psychedelic Sound of Memphis’ compilation 2012 USA)

July – Dandelion Seeds      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Chosen Few – Is This a Dream      (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunnyboys – You Need a Friend      (7”single 1982 Sydney, Aust.)

the Church – Almost With You      (‘The Blurred Crusade’ LP 1982 Aust.)

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – Words [demo]      (rec. 1965 but unreleased – taken from ‘Where the Action Is!  Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968’ compilation boxset 2009 USA)

Woods – Cali in a Cup      (‘Bend Beyond’ 2012 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

It was a Cat alone this week, playing an 80’s-skewed selection of her favourites ranging from Adelaide’s Nuvo Bloc to the U.K.’s Japan, Gary Numan and the wonderful voice of Billy McKenzie in the Associates, with sidetrips to Shower Scene From Psycho and the Spikes. She did venture era-wise both back and forward from there though, with the very phased sound of Caleb from 1967 through to a track from the new Wooden Shjips album. And, of course, she played another track from our ‘Album of the Month’ by Almost Numan, this time from the “ON” disc of originals...

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

Iggy Pop with Steve Jones – I Wanna be Your Dog     (‘Le Rock’ magazine – ‘Down on the Street’ cover CD)

Thrust – Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell     (‘Hard to Beat’ LP 1988 – Stooges tribute compilation, Australia)

Brian Eno – How Many Worlds     (Another Day on Earth)

Air – Sexy Boy     (Moon Safari)

Asphyxiation – L’Acrostique D’Amour     (12”single 1981 Melbourne, Aust.)

Shower Scene From Psycho – Turn Up Your Radio [Masters Apprentices cover]     (Exploding Hits 1982 – 2000)

Ash Wednesday – Love by Numbers     (7”single 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)

Gary Numan – We Are Glass     (7”single 1980 UK)

Nuvo Bloc – Equal Education     (demo 1980 Adelaide)

Japan – Taking Islands in Africa     (‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’ LP 1980 UK)

Wooden Shjips – Phonograph     (West)

the Spikes – The Meaning of Life     (‘Colour in a Black Forest’ LP  1985 Adelaide)

Caleb – Baby Your Phrasing is Bad     (7”single 1967 UK)

the Bad Poets – Crash Sweet Crash     (“5MMM’s  Compilation of Adelaide Bands 1980” LP)

Sparks – Rock! Rock! Rock!     (Hello Young Lovers)

the Sand Pebbles – Elephant Gun     (Atlantis Regrets Nothing)

Hugo – Girl in the Garden     (7”single 1969 Adelaide – on ‘Mean, Mean City: Adelaide Scene 1965 – 1969’ compilation)

the Associates – Club Country     (‘Sulk’ LP 1982 UK)

Almost Numan – Attention Seeking Missile     (Almost Numan – disc 2: “ON”)    #

Black Box Recorder – Facts of Life     (The Facts of Life)

    # ‘Album of the Month’

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat and the Brat rejoiced in a “bad crowd” theme this week, as you’ll notice from songs by bands as diverse as Big Black and the Zachary Thaks... with Adelaide being well represented over the decades by the likes of the Twilights [60’s], Exploding White Mice [80’s] and the Molting Vultures [00’s]. We also featured the new single by the Frowning Clouds from Melbourne, a Simon and Garfunkel cover by the Church, a 2007 track from the Len Price 3 (caught ‘live’ in the UK recently by last week’s co-host Bryan) and an alliterative favourite from the Monkees. We played another track from our current “Album of the Month”, the double CD from Almost Numan which features the Adelaide band doing one CD of  Tubeway Army/Gary Numan/Devo cover-versions [called ‘OFF’] and another of 80’s-inspired originals [called ‘ON’] – great stuff! Plus songs from the Throb, Black Cab, Wire and lots more...

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

 Ed Harcourt – Hanging with the wrong crowd     (Here Be Monsters)

the Black Angels – Bad Vibrations     (Phosphene Dream)

the Molting Vultures – Bad Bad Woman     (Drop In and Go)

the Twilights – Bad Boy     (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Australia)

the Zakary Thaks – Bad Girl     (7”single 1966 Texas, USA)

Big Black – Bad Penny     (‘Songs About Fucking’ LP 1987 Chicago, USA)

David Bowie – Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family     (‘Diamond Dogs’ LP 1974)

the Vegetable Garden – Hypnotic Suggestion     (7”single 1968 Perth, Aust.)

the Throb – Black     (7”single 1966 Sydney, Aust.)

the Frowning Clouds – Rescue     (CD single 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Atlantics – Lighter Shades of Dark Pt 2     (7”single b-side 1969 Aust.)

Johnny Young – Hold On     (‘Surprises’ LP 1968 Aust/UK)

the Monkees – Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky     (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd’ LP 1967 USA)

the Monkees – P.O. Box 9847     (‘The Birds, The Bees and the Monkees’ LP 1968 USA)

Black Cab – Rescue     (Call Signs)

the Church – I am a Rock [Simon and Garfunkel cover]     (‘Sing Songs’ EP 1982 Aust.)

the Len Price 3 – Mesmer     (Rentacrowd)

the Yardbirds – Shapes of Things     (7”single 1966 UK)

Nuvo Bloc – I’m a Rock     (demo 1979 Adelaide)

Almost Numan – Me I Disconnect from You [Tubeway Army cover]     (Almost Numan – ‘OFF’)   #

Wire – Outdoor Miner     (7”single 1979 UK)

the Pubert Brown Fridge Occurrence – Sleepy Jan     (A Once and Future Thing)

the Exploding White Mice – Bad Little Woman     (‘A Nest Of Vipers’ LP 1985 Adelaide)

    #  ‘Album of the Month’