Technicolour Dreaming

The so-called “race that stops a nation” passed with barely a ripple here at 3D Radio, though we did begin with Welsh popsters Race Horses as an ironic wink, thus leaving the rest of the show to our regular perusal of new sounds, topped up with older favourites and obscurities. In the latter grouping, we saluted the late Paul Revere, who continued performing with a version of the Raiders until last year – definitely a lifetime dedicated to music – by playing, from 1965, one of their many great songs, “Just Like Me”. Amongst the newer contingent were tracks by Moth Effect, Melbourne’s Basement Spaceman, the latest release by Beaulieu Porch and the upcoming single by Sweden’s Haleiwa. Finally, for two weeks in a row, our “Artiste of the Week” was provided by Switzerland... last week it was Borderline Symphony, this time it is the prolific musician known as Balduin. He has just released “All In A Dream”, a new limited edition ‘vinyl-only’ LP on the UK’s Sunstone Records, following his sold-out “The Glamour Forest” EP from earlier in the year. Both have been garnished with well-deserved rave reviews in magazines such as “Shindig!” and various on-line psych blogs and this new LP has flown into Technicolour Dreaming’s “Top 5 releases of 2014” list! So, until next week....

..... here is the playlist, plus some visuals.....

Race Horses – Cake      (“Goodbye Falkenburg” 2010 Cardiff, Wales)

Les Big Byrd – White Week      (“They Worshipped Cats” LP 2014 Sweden)

Halasan Bazar – Tin Foiled      (“How to Be Ever Happy” 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

the Buzzcocks – Moving Away from the Pulsebeat      (“Another Music in a Different Kitchen”  LP 1978 UK)

the Tages – To Be Free      (7”single b-side [to Fantasy Island] 1968 Sweden)

Cheval Sombre – She Went Walking in the Rain       (“Mad Love” 2013 UK)

Basement Spaceman – Outback Star     (“Basement Spaceman” LP 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Paul Revere and the Raiders – Just Like Me      (7”single 1965 USA)

Stay – I See the Rain (Marmalade cover)      (“Mersey Dream” EP 2013 Spain)

the Kinks – All Day and All of the Night      (7”single 1964 UK)

Bobby and Laurie – Hitchhiker      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Grease Arrestor –Spirit Bodies      (“What Was, Is” 2014 Sydney, Australia)

the New Dream – Groupie      (7”single 1969 Australia)

Trolley – My Obsession      (“Things that Shine and Glow” 2013 UK)

Gravenhurst – Only a Northern Song [Beatles cover]      (recorded 2012 UK for “Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces” – ‘Mojo’ magazine covermount-CD 2012 UK)

Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup – Jabberwocky [C.S.Lewis adaption]      (7”single 1968 UK)

Balduin – Which Dreamed it [Boeing Duveen cover]      (“All in a Dream” LP 2014 Switzerland)

Balduin – In a Better Land     (“Balduin 4” 2010 Switzerland)

Balduin – Mirror, Mirror      (“All in a Dream” LP 2014 Switzerland)

Balduin – Everything      (“Choose Balduin” 2011 Switzerland)

Haleiwa – Wall of Blue Sky      (7”single 2014 Sweden)

Moth Effect – Look Nicely       (“Crocodilians” 2014 UK)

Rolling Stones – Child of the Moon      (7”single b-side [to Jumpin’ Jack Flash] 1968 UK)

the Cowsills – Newspaper Blanket      (7”single b-side [to Indian Lake] 1968 USA)

New Electric Ride – The Beyond      (“Balloon Age” 2014 UK)

Kingdom of the Holy Sun – Sihanouk Trail      (“Thirteen Eyes” EP 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Crystal Jacqueline – And Yet it Was/White Rabbit [Jefferson Airplane cover]      (“Honey” EP 2014 Wales, UK)

 

Beaulieu Porch – Golden Face      (7”single 2014 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

The show this week had another guest presenter in the form of Michael Hunter - no stranger to the timeslot in the Obscured By… days but for one week only, back doing the show on his own.  Actually that’s not quite true, as he was joined on the phone for an interesting chat with Bobby Bright, on the nearly-50 year anniversary of the first Bobby & Laurie single, and on the recent release of Bob’s own new EP “Child Of Rock & Roll” (available on iTunes or his own website).  The news that Led Zeppelin were being sued by the band Spirit for alleged pilfering of a musical phrase on “Stairway To Heaven” led to a few related pieces, including Frank Zappa’s take on the iconic song.  A few unreleased gems by Australian musical heavyweights such as Wendy Saddington and the Wild Cherries also found their way to air, as did some 60s European pop delights - the glam rock band Blue Vamp featuring a pre-Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre!  And so a jolly good time was had by all, and normal service will resume soon.....

..... and here is the playlist plus some vids.....

the Clevedonaires - Lost Women      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)
the National Reps - Back Streets      (unreleased demo 1967 Brisbane, Australia)
Dave Miller Set - Why? Why? Why? [Paul Revere & the Raiders cover]      (7”single 1967 Sydney, Australia)

Toni & Royce - Buy Some Love      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)
Spirit - Taurus      (“Spirit” LP 1968 US)
Frank Zappa - Stairway To Heaven      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)
Sun Kil Moon - I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same      (“Benji” 2014 USA)
the Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)       (unreleased demo 1968 Brisbane, Australia)

the Wendy Saddington Band - Hypocrite Heaven     (unreleased demo 1987 Australia)
X-Ray-Z - Poor Image     (7”single 1977 Australia)
Karma - Iron Fisted Woman     (7”single 1974 Australia)
Red Angel Panic - Viet Rock     (7”single 1971 Adelaide,  Australia)

Bobby & Laurie - I Belong With You      (7”single 1964 Melbourne, Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Strange Rain      (“Bobby & Laurie” LP 1965 Australia)

              *** phone interview with Bobby Bright from Melbourne ***

Bobby Bright - Great Life (Elsie’s Song)      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby Bright - Younger Days      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Australia)
Marta Kubišová  - Nechte Zvony Znit      (7”single 1967 Czech)

Michel Polnareff - La Poupee Qui Fait Non      (7”single 1966 France)

les Hou-Lops - Vendredi m’obsède [Friday On My Mind – Easybeats cover]      (7”single 1967 Quebec, Canada)
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Blue Vamp - Jolly Dolly       (7”single 1973 France)
Omnia - I Don’t Speak Human      (“Musick & Poetree” 2011 Netherlands)

Frank Zappa - Bolero      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

As our nod to the holiday season, we thought we’d feature a pile of songs about ‘The Trip’, and as you can imagine, there was no shortage to choose from... from Dr Timothy Leary to Kim Fowley, with Dantalion’s Chariot, the Intercontinental Playboys and Bobby and Laurie thrown in as a tongue in cheek warning against the perils of travelling.  For this penultimate show of the year, we also played a slew of Cat and Brat favourites including Black Cab, Black Mountain, the soon-to-be-touring Australia Thee Oh Sees and Sun Araw, and Canada’s Andrew Douglas Rothbard...  and of course, another pick from our “Band of the Month”, 60’s hit makers Paul Revere and the Raiders...

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

Black Cab – Church in Berlin     (‘Call Signs’ 2009 Australia)

 

the Sand Pebbles – Altered Images      (‘Atlantis Regrets Nothing’ 2006 Aust.)

the Warlocks – Zombie Like Lovers     (‘Heavy Deavy Skull Lover’ 2008 USA)

Shadow Reichenstein – Borgo Pass/Dracula     (‘Three More Haunted Hits’ cdEP 2003 USA)

the Beasts of Bourbon – Drop Out [Scientists cover]     (‘Axeman’s Jazz’ LP 1984 Aust.)

Go-Go Sapien – Hatewind     (‘This Body is Wrong for Us’ 2011 Aust.)

 

Sun Araw – Fit For Caesar     (‘Ancients Romans’ 2011 USA)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Rabbit Hole     (‘Abandoned Meander’ 2009 Canada)

Tame Impala – Lucidity    (‘Inner Speaker’ 2010 Aust.)

Black Mountain – Angels     (‘In The Future’ 2008 Canada)

Thee Oh Sees – Crack In Your Eye     (‘The Dream’ EP 2011 USA)

 

Donovan – The Trip     (‘Sunshine Superman’ LP 1965 UK)

Kim Fowley – The Trip     (7” single 1966 USA)

the Morning After Girls – The Trip [Kim Fowley cover]     (‘He Put The Bomp In The Bomp: Tribute to Greg Shaw’ compilation 2007 USA)

Park Avenue Playground – The Trip     (7” single 1967 USA – taken from “2131 South Michigan Avenue... USA and Destination Records” compilation 2009)

Dr Timothy Leary – Freakout/Turn On, Tune In     (‘Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out’ LP 1967 USA)

Dantalion’s Chariot – Madman Running Through the Fields     (7” single 1967 UK)

 

Bobby and Laurie – Hitchhiker     (7” single 1965 Aust.)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Driving Sideways     (‘Hymns of the Flesh’ 2009 Aust.)

the Seeds – Can’t Seem to Make You Mine     (7” single 1965 USA)

 

Paul Revere and the Raiders – Just Like Me     (‘Just Like Us!’ LP 1965 USA)   #

 

     # “Band of the Month”

Obscured By... March 8, 2011

This week on OBSCURED BY...

We interviewed BOBBY BRIGHT (of Australian 60’s pop legends ‘Bobby & Laurie) who will be in Adelaide performing at the “Go! Show” tribute gig this weekend... the Go! Show being of course an iconic TV pop music show, broadcast from Melbourne, which ran during the mid-60’s.

...and here’s this week’s playlist :

Little Gulliver – Everything I do is Wrong (7” single 1969)

Rockin’ Rogues – Loose from my Mind (from an acetate 1965)

Love Story – Neanderthal Man (7” single 1970)

Dragon – Patina (Universal Radio)

Ticket – Reign Away (Awake)

If – What can a friend say (Anthology `1970-72)

Locomotive – Mr Armageddon (We are everything you see)

Bobby & Laurie – I Belong to You (7” single 1965)

Bobby Bright – When a man loves a woman (Bobby Bright – 1973)

Bobby & Laurie – Every Second Day (Forest of Goldtops - vol. 1)

Bobby & Laurie – Hitch-Hiker (7” single 1966)

The Twilights – Blue Roundabout (Once Upon a Twilight...)

the Beaux Jens – She was mine (Back from the Grave – Vol 3)

the Shames – The Special Ones (Back from the Grave – Vol 3)

the Elite – My Confusion (Back from the Grave – Vol 2)

the JuJus – Do you understand me (Back from the Grave – Vol 2)

HMS Bounty – A visit with Ashiwaya (Things)

S.T. Mikael – Bom Bom Mahadev (Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers – Vol 3)

Strawberry Alarm Clock – Black Butter (Electric Psych..... Vol 3)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Story of Ali (Electric Psych..... Vol 1)

Adam & the Ants – Plastic Surgery (7” single 1977)