Technicolour Dreaming

As usual, it was a veritable smorgasbord of psychedelia, new & old, which we shared with you this week, including long-time faves such as Espers, Black Box Recorder, the Sunchymes, the Loved Ones and the Twilights. An array of new tracks from the Amazing, Semool and Vibravoid rounded out the set, and of course not forgetting the delights contained within our “Compilation of the Week”! Our selection this time round was the Dirty Water series – 2010’s "Dirty Water : The Birth of Punk Attitude" and the following year’s release "Dirty Water 2 : More Birth Of Punk Attitude" a matching pair of 2-disc treats complete with sumptuous booklets. As can be seen from our selections, the tracks on this series, curated by Kris Needs, are all about the “Attitude” of the title that influenced the later Punk movement, particularly in the UK and US, and it can be seen that psychedelia played a significant role in this regard also. So until next week.....

.....here is the playlist, with some educational visuals for your perusal.....

Espers - Dead King      ("Espers II" 2006 USA)

H.P. Lovecraft - Spin Spin Spin      ("H.P.Lovecraft II" LP 1968 Chicago, USA)

Elephant Stone - Setting Sun      ("Elephant Stone" LP 2013 Montreal, Canada)

Polska Radio One - To the Delta of Aquarius      ("Cosmos Inside" 2014 Yekaterinburg, Russia)

the Sunchymes - Uncle Albert's Slide Show      ("Let Your Free Flag Fly" 2014 UK)

Semool - Essai 10      ("Essais" LP 2015 France)

the Loved Ones - Magic Box      ("Magic Box"  LP 1967 Melbourne, Australia)

Sons of Hippies -The Soft Parade      ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" 2014 Germany)

Glass Family - Guess I'll Let You Go      (7" single b-side [to Agorn] 1968 California, USA)

Vibravoid - Raga Baya      (7" single b-side [to Rheinflow] 2015 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Twilights - Blue Roundabout      ("Once Upon a Twilight" 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

Spontaneous Generation - Up in My Mind       (7" single 1968 USA)

Prince Rupert’s Drops - Sesame Seed      ("Climbing Light" 2014 USA)

the Triptides - Moonbeams     ("Colors" EP 2014 Indiana, USA)

the Iguana - California My Way       (7" single 1968 Australia)

 

Compilation of the Week - "Dirty Water: The Birth of Punk Attitude" 2010 and "Dirty Water 2: More Birth Of Punk Attitude" 2011

the Seeds - Evil Hoodoo      ("The Seeds" LP 1966 Los Angeles) Vol 1 Disc 1

the Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Hot City Symphony - Part 1: Vambo      ("The Impossible Dream" LP 1974 Scotland UK) Vol 1 Disc 2

the Human Expression - Love at Psychedelic Velocity      (7" single 1966 Los Angeles, USA) Vol 2 Disc 1

Patti Smith - Piss Factory      (7" single b-side [to Hey Joe] 1974 USA) Vol 2 Disc 1

Faust - It's A Rainy Day Sunshine Girl      ("So Far" LP 1972 Germany) Vol 2 Disc 2

the Mind Flowers - Japanese Hills      (digital single 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Black Box Recorder - The School Song      ("Passionoia" 2003 UK)

the Amazing - Picture You        ("Picture You" 2015 Sweden)

Technicolour Dreaming

Beginning with a track from the latest LP by Germany’s Vibravoid, the Cat & the Brat once again this week weaved a tenuous path through the labyrinths of their collective archives of favourite tunes, to bring you an assortment of sounds by bands as diverse as the Long Ryders, Death In June, Amon Düül, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Plasticland and the brilliant Espers, plus solo efforts from the likes of Cate Le Bon, Eric Ghardin and Chris Bell, before finishing on a ‘1-2 knockout’ with the Seeds and the Sufis. We confess to rather long and verbose introductions to a couple of our latest acquisitions, namely the wonderful second album from the UK’s Beaulieu Porch and the debut by young Dutch psychstar Jacco Gardner – both artists have rapidly won a high spot in our ‘all-time fave’ list! Have a listen....

..... so here is the playlist plus some clips.....

Vibravoid – Listen, Can’t You Hear?      (‘Delirio Dei Sensei’ 2013 Germany)

Chris Bell – I Am the Cosmos      (7”single 1978 USA)

Stiff Little Fingers – Bloody Dub      (‘Nobody’s Heroes’ LP 1980 UK)

Espers – Dead Queen       (‘Espers 11’ 2006 USA)

Death In June – We Drive East      (‘Heaven Street’ 12”EP 1981 UK – taken from ‘Lesson 1: Misanthropy’ anthology reissue 2006 UK/Australia)

Death in June - We Drive East (1982) by riton23

Beaulieu Porch – Limestone Head of the Year      (‘we are beautiful’ 2013 UK)

Traffic – Paper Sun      (7”single 1967 UK)

Gary Walker & the Rain – Magazine Woman      (‘Album No.1’ LP 1968 UK/Japan)

Black Box Recorder – Rock’n’Roll Suicide [Bowie cover]      (CD-single b-side [to Art of Driving] 2000 UK – taken from ‘Worst of Black Box Recorder’ anthology 2001 UK)

David Bowie – Joe the Lion      (‘Heroes’ LP 1977 UK/Germany)

Amon Düül – Hymn For The Hardcore      (‘Fool Moon’ LP 1989 Germany)

Cate Le Bon – Fold The Cloth      (‘Cyrk’ 2012 Wales, UK)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Quand Vas Tu Rendrer       (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 France/Australia)

Dickens – Genocide      (‘Royal Incarnation’ LP 1969 France)

Eric Ghardin – Amour Limité Zéro      (7”single 1967 France)

Ted Mulry - Remember Me       (7”single b-side [to Memories] 1972 Australia/UK)

the Long Ryders – Lookin’ for Lewis & Clarke      (7”single 1985 Los Angeles, USA)

the Daily Flash – Jack of Diamonds      (7”single 1966 USA)

Jacco Gardner – Clear the Air      (‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2013 Netherlands)

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – Drunken Leaves      (‘When Sweet Sleep Returned’ 2009 USA)

Plasticland (featuring Twink) – Iris of the Waterfall      (7”single test-pressing b-side [to Seize the Time] 1989 USA – collected on ‘Make Yourself a Happening Machine’ anthology 2006 USA)

Children of the Mushroom – You Can’t Erase a Mirror      (7”single b-side [to August Mademoiselle] 1968 USA)

the Gripweeds – Love’s Lost On You      (‘Summer of a Thousand Years’ 2001 USA)

the Seeds – Two Fingers Pointing at You      (‘Psych-Out’ soundtrack LP 1968 USA)

the Sufis – Where Did She Go?      (‘the Sufis’ 2012 Nashville, USA)