Technicolour Dreaming

Covers and Comps (cover versions and compilations, that is...) pretty much sums up this week's show, with both in abundance! And especially those of the Australian variety, such as "Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" and "Burn Your Fingers On The Sun", two classic double-CD psych comps which are now pretty hard to lay your hands on, unless you get lucky in the second-hand bins. The former release also features a disc of current (at the time) bands covering sixties Australian songs ... details of which can also be found in the accompanying book (of the same title) by Iain McIntyre, which also covers fashion, youth culture and society at large, and is still available from Wakefield Press. Unfortunately not many clips of these bands exist, so in some cases I've included an alternative song to give you an idea, in case you missed the show.

Marc Almond - Late Night [Syd Barrett]  ("The Madcap Laughs Again!" 2010 UK)

The Orange Drop - Juniper Pearl  ("Stoned In Love" 2016 Pennsylvania, USA)
Steve and the Board - The Giggle-Eyed Goo  ("The Complete Steve and the Board" 2016 Sydney, Australia)

6 Feet Under - Inspiration in My Head  ("6 Feet Under - In Retrospect [1969-70]" USA)

Jacques Du Tronc - Le Responsible  (7" single 1969 France)

The Legends - High Towers  ("The Legends - High Towers [1965-1973]" USA)

Christine Pilzer - Ah Hem Ho Hu Err  ("Cafe Creme" 7" EP 1967 France)

Peter Pan and the Good Fairies - Kaleidoscope  ("Garageaholic! Psychedelic! Outsider Music! (Arf Arf Audio Relic sampler)" 2008 (recorded 1968) USA)

biG GRunt - The Strain  (12" EP 2016 (recorded March 1970 on the John Peel Show) UK)

biG GRunt - Cyborg Signal (12" EP 2016 (recorded March 1970 on the John Peel Show) UK)
C.A. Quintet - Cold Spider  ("Trip Thru Hell" LP 1969 Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)

Die Dancing Bears - New York Valentine  (7" single 1982 Adelaide, Australia)

The Brats - We Love You [Rolling Stones]  ("Demo 1980 [Live at the Port Elliot Hotel]" 1980 (unreleased) Adelaide, Australia)
The Laurels - Turn on Your Mind  ("Mesozoic" 2011 Sydney,  Australia)

Intercontinental Playboys - Just Turn On  ("Just Turn On" 7" EP 2002 Sydney, Australia)

The Frantics - Farfisa  ("Antipodean Screams" 2003 Australia)

Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel?  ("Burn Your Fingers On The Sun" 2007 Australia)

The Great Apes - Sebastopol Street [Procession]  ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)
Mid State Orange - Moving in A  Circle [The Executives]  ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)
The Black Ryder - Rise  ("Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride" 2009 Sydney, Australia)

Thee Pink Stainless Tail - Gottzar  ("The Sky's A Soft Target" 2003 Melbourne, Australia)

Sand Pebbles - A Thousand Flowers  ("Atlantis Regrets Nothing" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

Green Circles - Given Time  ("Brass Knobs and Bevelled Edges [And in 23 Different Positions]" 2003 Adelaide, Australia)

Richard In Your Mind - The New Sun  ("The Future Prehistoric" 2007 Sydney, Australia)

Thee Psycho Delmatics - Whoopee-Do  ("Lush, Plush and Flush" 2000 Australia)

Belles Will Ring - Lantern Of Black Light  ("Burn Your Fingers On The Sun" 2007 Sydney, Australia)

3DTV - The Neon Distortion  ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006, Australia)
The Alohas - Kooksville  ("Get Leid With" 2000 Sydney, Australia)

The Sun Blindness - A Trip In The Painted World  ("Like Pearly Clouds" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)

Ian Wettenhall - Pirate Lies  ("Antipodean Screams" 2003 Australia)

Technicolour Dreaming

Some new releases, some recent favourites plus a further bunch of “classics from the past” [in our minds at least] all go towards providing the regular formula for an episode of Technicolour Dreaming, and indeed all are present and correct here this week. In particular, we were excited to find in our PO Box the long-awaited second album by the Fast Camels, “Dead Rooms and Butterfly Dreams” as it’s been quite a while since they delivered their brilliant 2007 debut “The Magic Optician”. Despite personnel changes along the way, the band has continued to play live intermittently in their native Scotland and elsewhere, but no recordings were released until now. It was definitely worth the wait though, for, like their debut, it sounds more enticing every time we spin it and we believe you’ll agree that it’s another prime slice of 21^st century psych-pop. Another such delicious slice came in the form of a [very] limited CD edition of “The Soft Focus EP”, previously only available digitally on Bandcamp etc, by Tasmania’s Violet Swells. They’ve created quite a buzz with these songs, especially lead single “Jupiters Garden”, even getting a rave-up in premier UK psych magazine “Shindig!” – not bad for a young band who only had their first live show a few months ago! Also on the show, our “Band of the Week” feature saluted Australia’s late, lamented Belles Will Ring, whose three albums and assorted singles will continue to enrich our musical vistas. Throw in some Kak, Pere Ubu, Luna, Morgan Delt and a plethora of others, and that was the show. Until we meet again next week .....

..... here is the full playlist, with moving pictures..... 

the Red Crayola (with the Familiar Ugly) – Hurricane Fighter Plane / Free Form Freakout         (“The Parable of Arable Land ” LP 1967 Texas, USA)

Verma – The Traveller         (“Sunrunner” 2014 Chicago, USA)

the Myrrors – Solar Collector         (“Solar Collector” EP 2014 Arizona, USA)

Alpha Waves – Vampiric Vultures         (“Distopia” EP 2014 Hamburg, Germany)

Pere Ubu – Non-alignment Pact         (“The Modern Dance” LP 1978 Ohio, USA)

Night Beats – Outta Mind         (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 USA)

Luna – Superfreaky Memories         (“The Days of Our Nights” 1999 USA)

the Fast Camels – Cecilia Deal        (“Dead Rooms and Butterfly Dreams” 2014 Scotland, UK)

James McKeown & the Negative Drivers – See the Rain [Marmalade cover]         (recorded 2013 Wales, UK for “The Active Listener Record Store Day 2013” compilation 2013 New Zealand)

Violet Swells – Into the Ether         (“The Soft Focus EP” 2014 Tasmania, Australia)

the Triptides – Throne of Stars         (“Colors” EP 2014 Indiana, USA)

**  BAND OF THE WEEK – Belles Will Ring  **

Belles Will Ring – The River         (“Crystal Theatre” 2011 Sydney, Australia)

Belles Will Ring – Mad Love      (“Mood Patterns” 2007 Sydney, Australia)

the Velvet Underground – Venus in Furs      (“The Velvet Underground & Nico” LP 1967 New York, USA)

Kak – Trieuology      (“Kak” LP 1967 California, USA)

Kingdom of the Holy Sun – A Go Go      (“Kingdom of the Holy Sun” 2012 California, USA)

Demons of Negativity – Resurrection      (“These Dogs Live in the Garage” LP compilation 1988 Boston, USA)

the Ceyleib People – Changes      (“Tanyet” LP 1967 USA)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – What’s That Sound      (7”single 2007 Sydney, Australia)

Frumious Bandersnatch – Hearts to Cry      (“Frumious Bandersnatch” EP 1967 San Francisco, USA)

the Syssys – Jump Back      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

unknown [possibly the Wild Colonials] – Junior Newsgirl      (acetate 1964 Australia – taken from “Devil’s Children : Vol.3” compilation 2002 Australia)

the Laughing Leaves – Tree People      (“Off Our Tree” EP 2014 Perth, Australia)

Morgan Delt – Mr Carbon Copy      (“Morgan Delt” LP 2014 California, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Once again, due to the unavailability of the Cat & the Brat, this week’s show was presented by our good friend and fellow 3D-er, Bryan... (listen in to his Tuesday morning brekkie show ‘MellowScream’ on 3D Radio for three hours of aural goodies!) He played an eclectic selection ranging from 60’s garage, with tracks from likes of the Monks and the Cryan’Shames, some punk from M.O.T.O. and through to new stuff from Belles Will Ring, brillig and DieselWitch, with assorted stops along the way. There was a Devo-themed bracket which included versions of their songs by Adelaide’s Tardis Retardis and Almost Numan, as well as a bunch of songs from the Bad Afro compilation series ‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock to the Man’, some Trashmen and Trashwomen, and finishing with the final appearance of Wooden Shjips “West” as ‘Album of the Month’... Thanks for a great show Bryan... indeed a high standard for us to match on our return next week!!!

..... and here is his full playlist....

Status Quo – Technicolour Dream     (‘Technicolour Dreams of Status Quo’ – compilation cd)

brillig – Bird from the Ashes     (‘Jack Davey’ cdEP 2009 Adelaide, Australia)

Black Box Recorder – British Racing Green     (Passionoia)

the Triffids – Joan of Arc     (‘Reverie’ EP 1982 Australia)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Suppose they gave a war and no-one came     (‘Volume 2: (Breaking Through)’ LP 1968 USA)

Devo – Witch Doctor     (‘Rugrats’ soundtrack cd)

Tardis Retardis – Be Stiff [Devo cover]     (Recorded ‘live’ at the Century Hotel, Adelaide 1988 – taken from ‘The Devo Years’ section of their 3-CD anthology, Adelaide Aust.)

Devo – Too Much Paranoia     (‘Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo’ LP 1978 USA)

Almost Numan – Secret Agent Man [Devo cover]     (Almost Numan)

Annexus Quom – Osmose 11     (‘Jazz Kraut’ comp. 2011)

the Monks – Blast Off     (‘Black Monk Time’ LP 1966 USA/Germany)

the Launderettes – Nobody But Me     (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock To The Man Vol.3’ comp.)

the Shindiggers – Black’n’Hairy     (‘Maximum Beat’ comp.)

Belles Will Ring – Come to the Village     (Crystal Theatre)

Wayne County – Max’s Kansas City     (At the Trucks!)

the Trashwomen – I’m Trash     (‘Spend the night with the Trashwomen’ LP 1993 USA)

the Trashmen – Bird Dance Beat     (Bird City: Best of the Trashmen)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1968 UK)

Jim Jones Revue – hey hey hey hey     (‘Shindig! It’s Happening Vol.1’ comp. UK)

the Gothic Chicken – Pitta Bread Man     (‘Shindig! It’s Happening Vol.1’ comp. UK)

M.O.T.O. – Crystallize my Penis     (Battle of the Band)

the Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet     (7”single 1978 UK)

the Cryan’ Shames – Sugar and Spice     (7”single 1966 USA)

DieselWitch – Reptile Surf     (DieselWitch Will Kill You)

the Duplo – Hey Hey Hey       (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock To The Man Vol.1’ comp.)

Mother Superior – Have you seen that Cat     (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock To The Man Vol.2’ comp.)

Wooden Shjips – Crossing     (West)     #

    # “Album of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

On this week’s show, we ranged from the debut 7” singles by mid-70’s New Yorkers, Patti Smith and Blondie (the original version of ‘X Offender’ and, in our opinion, superior to the better known album take!), to more recent tracks from San Francisco’s fantastic Thee Oh Sees, Toronto’s brilliant psych band, the Hoa Hoa’s, and Melbourne’s all-girl punk rockers, the Spazzys. We interviewed two members of Adelaide band Van Cleef, Chris and Mike, who also chose an eclectic set for us to play... including a song from the sound-track to Dario Argento’s 1982 movie, ‘Tenebre’, to a Roger Taylor-sung Queen track, to the Stooges. Naturally, we also played a number from the current ‘Album of the Month’ by Belles Will Ring... plus much more...

...so here is the playlist...

Dean & Britta – Incandescent Innocent     (13 Most Beautiful... Songs for Andy Warhol’s screen tests)

Dallas – I sold myself to the Devil & he told me I was cheap [Odd remix]     (‘4 Top Ten Hits’, cdEP 2004 Adelaide, Aust.)

Julian Cope – Safesurfer     (Peggy Suicide)

Patti Smith – Piss Factory     (7”single 1974 USA)

Blondie – X Offender     (7”single 1976 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Ruby Come Home     (Help)

the Spazzys – I don’t want to go to the party     (‘Paco Doesn’t Love Me’ cdEP, 2004 Aust.)

the Hoa Hoa’s – Feels So Good Inside     (Pop/Drone/Pedals)

the Rolling Stones – We Love You     (7”single 1967 UK)

Firewater – Paint It Black     (Songs We Should Have Written)

Goblin – Waiting Death     (soundtrack from ‘Tenebre’ 1982 Italy)

Queen – Fight from the Inside     (News of the World)

Van Cleef – Outrider     (Where the River Meets the Rock)

Van Cleef – Dalek Gulch     (Where the River Meets the Rock)

White Knuckle Fever – White Knuckle Ride     (demo 2010 Sydney, Aust.)

Isolation Valve – Virus Envy     (‘Dear Warren Ellis’ – demo 2011 Adelaide)

the Stooges – Down on the Street     (‘Fun House’ LP 1970 USA)

Belles Will Ring – Redwood Hill     (Crystal Palace)  #

    # “Album of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

Once again, the Cat and the Brat featured an eclectic mix of bands and locales, ranging from the USA with the 60s garage/psych/pop of Penny Arkade and the Moving Sidewalks and into the 70s with Devo and Suicide, a cluster of Australian 80s, from the obscure Nick Gogol to the original ‘Le’ Hoodoo Gurus, right up to new releases from Queensland’s Lobster Prophets, Melbourne’s YIS and Adelaide’s Jay Walker & the Pedestrians. We also played a track by great Adelaide 80s band, the Spikes, in memory of their guitarist Ian List, who passed away this week. Naturally we concluded the show with a song from our current “Album of the Month” by Sydney’s Belles Will Ring...

... so here is the playlist...

Blue Sunshine Minds – How Does it Feel? (‘Burn Your Fingers on the Sun’ – compilation)

Penny Arkade – Colour Fantasy   (‘Not the Freeze’ LP 1968 US)

Lady Strangelove – In Meltdown   (‘Sweet Exchange’ EP, Aust. 2011)

the Stevenson Ranch Dravidians – Stargazer   (‘Psychedelica 3’ – compilation)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Lucien   (Abandoned Meander)

Sir Lord Von Raven – The Glass Castle (Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians – Summer at Last   (Liquid Sun)

Lobster Prophet – Krill of Krull   (Tropical Alien)

the Moving Sidewalks – 99^th floor   (7”single 1967 US)

the Spikes – River Of Love   (‘Colour In A Black Forest’ LP, 1986 Adelaide)

Luke Haines – Russian Futurists Black Out The Sun   (21^st Century Man)

White Denim – Street Joy   (“D”)

Gang of Four – 5:45   (Entertainment)

Suicide – Rocket USA   (Suicide)

Nick Gogol – Girl From Tractor Factory (7”single 1985 Adelaide)

YIS – (I Feel) Repulsed   (Kingdom Of Fuzz)

Devo – Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)

the Minutemen – Voodoo Slaves (7”single 1982 Aust.) 

Le Hoodoo Gurus – Leilani [Original 1983 Version]   (7”single Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Palisade Alley   (Crystal Theatre)  #

     # Album of the Month