Technicolour Dreaming

Community Radio can be fraught with challenges, not the least technical ones... I seemed to be beset with these from the start of the show, unfortunately having to cancel my scheduled interview with The Citradels, and things got worse from there, with CD players and computer refusing to work!. But no matter, it's all a challenge, and things seemed to come good in the end (but only after the hastily grabbed Scientist's 7" "stuck" due to overuse!). The show featured a Residents/Beatles double-play of "Flying", a hell of a lot of songs that started and ended in phasing, feedback and backwards effects, and much, much more. Who knows what will happen next week? While I ponder that question, here's the playlist.....

The Scientists - We Had Love (7" single 1983 Australia)

 

The Besnard Lakes - Golden Lion ("A Coliseum Complex Museum" 2016 Montreal, Canada)

 

Climax - You ... I (7" single 1969 Belgium)

 

 Procession - Mind Magician ("Procession" LP 1968 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Paul's Collection - What Have I Done? (7" single [b-side to "Time for a Change"] 1971 Belgium)

The Wheelers of Oz - Revivalised ("Revivalised" 2015 Perth, Australia)  

Scantharies - Berlin ("The Scantharies" 2012 Italy)

 

Thee Pink Stainless Tail - Gottzar ("Tomorrow is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Charlie and the Moonhearts - Deathstar Pt 1 / Pt 2 ("Moonhearts" 2010 USA)  

 

The Paisleytones - Devil Stole my Surfboard  ("Happening" 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

The Tomorrowmen - Hemispherical Synchronization  ("Futourism" 2010 San Francisco, USA)

 

The Citradels - Honey  ("Are They Still Here?" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Afterglow - Susie's Gone  ("Afterglow" LP UK 1968)

 

Preston - This World is Closing In On Me  (7" single 1967 USA)

 

Sheetah et les Weismuller - My Little Red Book [Love] ("Hola Ye-Yeah!" 2008 France)

The Aardvarks - Arthur C. Clarke  ("Arthur C. Clarke" 7" EP 1989 London, UK)

 

The Night Beats - The 7 Poison Wonders  ("Sonic Bloom" 2013 Seattle USA) 

 

The Residents - Flying [Beatles] ("The Beatles Play the Residents and The Residents Play The Beatles" 7" single 1977 USA) 

 

Beatles - Flying  ("Magical Mystery Tour" LP 1967 UK)

 

Even - Living in a Child's Dream [Masters Apprentices]  ("Tomorrow is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" Melbourne, Australia) 


The Sun Blindness - Crack in the Concrete  ("Like Pearly Clouds" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Velvet Moth - TV Troll ("Velvet Moth" 2014, Adelaide, Australia)

 

Vibravoid - Optical Sound [Human Expression]  ("Colour Your Mind" 7" EP 2013 Düsseldorf, Germany) 

 

93 Million Miles From the Sun - Waiting There ("Northern Sky" 2011 Doncaster UK)

 

In Zaire - Mercury ("Sound of Cobra Sampler Vol.1" 2014 Germany) 


Frowning Clouds - Mayan Calender Girl  ("Whereabouts" 2013 Melbourne, Australia) 

 

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Work This Time  ("Oddments" 2014 Australia)

 

The Laurels - Tidal Wave  ("Plains" 2012 Sydney, Australia)

 

Dungen - Familj  ("Tio Bitar" 2007 Stockholm, Sweden)

 

Sky Saxon - Pushin' Too Hard  (7" single 2007 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Our fondness for ‘suites’ will be familiar to regular listeners to Technicolour Dreaming, so it will come as no surprise that this week’s feature was ‘The Saga of Rodney Toady’ by Giles, Giles & Fripp in its entirety.... with recent psych and garage by bands such as les Liminanas, Vibravoid and Nothing People through some glam, courtesy of T.Rex and Shudder To Think [from the Velvet Goldmine movie], UK punk by Wire and Adam & the Ants, the odd slice of sunshine pop from a couple of Curt Boettcher-related projects plus a number of goodies from the likes of Lotus, Beaches and the Green Circles to round out the show....

..... so here is the playlist, with some visuals.....

les Liminanas – I’m Dead      (‘Crystal Anis’ 2012 France)

   

the Green Circles – Watermelon Sugar Blues       (‘Mr Cocking’s Descent’ 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Del Shannon – I Think I Love You      (‘The Further Adventures of Charles Westover’ LP 1968 USA)

Beaulieu Porch – Keep On Screaming      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

the Byrds – Change Is Now      (‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ 1968 USA)

Giles, Giles & Fripp – The Saga of Rodney Toady [suite] :  1)North meadow  2)Newly-weds  3)One in a million  4)Call tomorrow  5)Digging my lawn  6)Little children  7)The crukster  8)Thursday morning      (‘The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp’ LP 1968 UK)

Wire- Outdoor Miner      (‘Chairs Missing’ LP 1978 UK)

Adam & the Ants – Physical      (‘Kick’ 12”EP 1982 London, UK)

  

Lotus – Lotus 1      (7”single 1971 Australia)

the Besnard Lakes – People of the Sticks      (‘Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO’ 2013 Canada)

the Paperhead – Can’t Keep My Eyes Open      (‘The Paperhead’ 2011 USA)

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – I Wear Black      (‘Reverse Shark Attack’  2012 California, USA)

Nothing People – Enemy with an Invitation      (7”single 2010 USA)

Beaches – Granite Snake      (‘She Beats’ 2013 Australia)

the Psychedelic Furs – It Goes On      (‘Talk Talk Talk’ LP 1981 UK)

Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?      (7”single 1979 UK)

Shudder To Think – Hot One      (‘Velvet Goldmine’ soundtrack compilation 1998 USA/UK)

T.Rex – Ballrooms of Mars      (‘The Slider’ LP 1972 London, UK)

Bryan Ferry – San Simeon      (‘Frantic’ 2002 UK)

the Millennium – Karmic Dream Sequence #1      (‘Begin’ LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Sagittarius – The Truth Is Not Real      (7”single 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Vibravoid – Incense & Peppermints [Strawberry Alarm Clock cover]      (‘The Politics of Ecstacy’ 2008 Dusseldorf, Germany)