Technicolour Dreaming

I featured a couple of cool compilations on this week's show - the "Close to the Hedge" compilation from 2013 and the new "Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"; neither of which unfortunately proved to have many film-clips associated with it (can't have everything, I 'spose!). The former is a Pink Hedgehog Records (from Weymouth, UK) release available thru Bandcamp; and the latter a selection of the American producer's pop-psych work from the late 60's to early 70's. Both definitely worth checking out. And the latest song to get stuck in my head is Anton Barbeau's ''Heavy Psychedelic Toilet"!!! Such is life.....

The Apple Glass Cydrom - Going Wrong  ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"  2016 New Mexico, USA)

The Zodiac - Aries-The Fire Fighter  ("The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds" LP 1967 USA)

The Intricate Blend - Door Knob  ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults" 2016 Dallas, USA)

The Dentists - Just Like Oliver Reed  ("Writhing On The Shagpile" 12"EP 1987 UK)

The Hooterville Trolly - No Silver Bird  (7" single 1968 Albuquerque, USA)

Sudden Death of Stars - Bright Sunday  ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Rennes, France)

Borderline Symphony - Zundel se ne va ("EP1" 2014 Zurich, Switzerland)

Magic - Booked on A Drunk Charge  (7" single [b-side to "I Want To Fly"] 1969 Newcastle, Australia)

No Bodies - Forgotten Song  ("No Bodies" LP 2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Slingshot Dragster - UTI  ("Bite The Bullet" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Drab Doo Riffs - Hot Tanya  ("Postcards from Uranus" 2010 Auckland, New Zealand)


The Primitives - We Found a Way to The Sun  (7" single [b-side to "Really Stupid" 1986] Coventry, UK)

The Dee Jays - Twistin' Drums  (recorded 1962; "Board Boogie - Surf 'N' Twang from Downunder" compilation 2002 Australia)
The Valentines - Peculiar Hole in the Sky  (7" single 1968 Perth, Australia)

Anton Barbeau - Heavy Psychedelic Toilet  ("Magic Act" 2016 UK)

The Age - The Lantern  ("Inner Palace" 2016 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Harsh Reality - Praying For Reprieve  ("Heaven and Hell" LP 1969 Hertfordshire, UK)

Eye - Rain on Your Parade  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
8 x 8 - The Essence  ("Azaleas Room" New York, USA/Kiev, Ukraine)
Des 'n 'Al - Mistress Mine  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
Diamond Incarnation - Leaking of Our Hourglass  ("Scorpio Fifteen" EP 2014 Taipei, Taiwan)

Electrasy - Today's the Day  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)

Elephant Stone - Andromeda (demo version)  (mp3 2016, Montreal, Canada)

Hallelujah Bay - Fairy King  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 Portland, UK)
Midwich Youth Club - Pomegranate  ("Fruit Salad Surgery" 2016 UK)
Mondo Jet Set - Wig Out  ("Provincial Drama Club" 2013 Dorset, UK)
Schnauser - Disposable Outcomes  ("Protein For Everyone" 2014 Bristol, UK)

Teenage Sin Taste - Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely  ("These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited" compilation 2016 France)

Technicolour Dreaming

Some old 60's Aussie favourites, a few new discoveries, and the usual suspects - this week's show had it all. I particularly liked the track by Sir Robin and the Longbowmen, who hail from Dresden in Germany - can't believe that I hadn't come across this band before! Somehow I also managed to miss the latest release from The Selfish Cales, which came out last year - more psych goodness from these natives of Torino, Italy. Speaking of which, I've also included (at the end of the blog) a groovy promo clip that I came across, of the 2014 Psych Out 25 Degrees festival in Italy - the things you find on YouTube. Enjoy!

Zoot - Turn Your Head (7" single (b-side to "Eleanor Rigby") 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Joel Jerome - Strawberry Fields Para Siempre  (digital single 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Pesky Gee! - Where is My Mind?  ("Exclamation Mark" LP 1969 UK)

Espectrostatic - Carpe Nacht ("The Daemonum" EP 2014 Texas, USA)

The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan  (7" single 1968 Manchester UK)

Go-Go Sapien - Sick Love  ("This Body Is Wrong for Us" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone - Every Minute of You  (7" single (b-side to "Nature Boy") 1966 Melbourne, Australia)

Icarus Peel - Auntie Powders Her Nose  ("Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth Barnburner" 10" EP 2014 UK)

Mike Furber - Watch Me Burn  (7" single (b-side to "I'm on Fire") 1969 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Chantry  (7" single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Jon - Upstairs Downstairs  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind  (7" single 1965 Hollywood, California USA)

Ultraviolet - Ocean Rain  ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Borderline Symphony - Rubik's Cube  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Psychedelic Trips to Death - Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Greece)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Active Listener Sampler #34" 2015 Dresden, Germany) 

The David - Light of Your Mind  (7" Single 1969 UK)

Demontre - The Vale Of Health Part 2  ("Masculin/Feminin" 2010 UK)

The Citradels - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees]   ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City In The Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

The Selfish Cales - See Tomorrow's Shores  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" 2015 Torino, Italy)

Sundays and Cybele - Almost Heaven  ("Heaven" 2015 Japan)

Josephines - The Cutter ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Rio Grande, Brazil)

Felius Andromeda - Meditations  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Mushroom Club - Into Something Good [Herman's Hermits]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Glasgow, UK)

Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark  ("Dinner in the Dark" 2011 USA)

Pin Ups - Some Candy Talking [Jesus and Mary Chain]   ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015)
The Baudelaires - Colour Mary  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

The Octopus Syng - Woman  ("Hollow Dust/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Plus an old promo clip for the 2014 "Psych Out 25 Degrees" festival in Italy:

Technicolour Dreaming

Some old 60's Aussie favourites, a few new discoveries, and the usual suspects - this week's show had it all. I particularly liked the track by Sir Robin and the Longbowmen, who hail from Dresden in Germany - can't believe that I hadn't come across this band before! Somehow I also managed to miss the latest release from The Selfish Cales, which came out last year - more psych goodness from these natives of Torino, Italy. Speaking of which, I've also included (at the end of the blog) a groovy promo clip that I came across, of the 2014 Psych Out 25 Degrees festival in Italy - the things you find on YouTube. Enjoy!

Zoot - Turn Your Head (7" single (b-side to "Eleanor Rigby") 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Joel Jerome - Strawberry Fields Para Siempre  (digital single 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Pesky Gee! - Where is My Mind?  ("Exclamation Mark" LP 1969 UK)

Espectrostatic - Carpe Nacht ("The Daemonum" EP 2014 Texas, USA)

The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan  (7" single 1968 Manchester UK)

Go-Go Sapien - Sick Love  ("This Body Is Wrong for Us" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone - Every Minute of You  (7" single (b-side to "Nature Boy") 1966 Melbourne, Australia)

Icarus Peel - Auntie Powders Her Nose  ("Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth Barnburner" 10" EP 2014 UK)

Mike Furber - Watch Me Burn  (7" single (b-side to "I'm on Fire") 1969 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Chantry  (7" single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Jon - Upstairs Downstairs  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind  (7" single 1965 Hollywood, California USA)

Ultraviolet - Ocean Rain  ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Borderline Symphony - Rubik's Cube  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Psychedelic Trips to Death - Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Greece)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Active Listener Sampler #34" 2015 Dresden, Germany) 

The David - Light of Your Mind  (7" Single 1969 UK)

Demontre - The Vale Of Health Part 2  ("Masculin/Feminin" 2010 UK)

The Citradels - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees]   ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City In The Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

The Selfish Cales - See Tomorrow's Shores  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" 2015 Torino, Italy)

Sundays and Cybele - Almost Heaven  ("Heaven" 2015 Japan)

Josephines - The Cutter ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Rio Grande, Brazil)

Felius Andromeda - Meditations  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Mushroom Club - Into Something Good [Herman's Hermits]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Glasgow, UK)

Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark  ("Dinner in the Dark" 2011 USA)

Pin Ups - Some Candy Talking [Jesus and Mary Chain]   ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015)
The Baudelaires - Colour Mary  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

The Octopus Syng - Woman  ("Hollow Dust/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Plus an old promo clip for the 2014 "Psych Out 25 Degrees" festival in Italy:

Technicolour Dreaming

The last show for May seemed to include quite a few bands from New Zealand, some of whom feature in the great compilation series "A Day in My Mind's Mind: 29 Kiwi Psychedelic Trips 1967-72" which is currently up to Volume 4. Psychedelia seems to have been a bit of a "late bloomer" on the Kiwi music scene, with psych tracks regularly in the charts up until the early 70's. Nowadays one of the cities to watch is Edinburgh, in Scotland - the new compilation "5", released by Dog's Got A Bone Records, is an excellent sample of a diverse range of bands, many unsigned or unreleased elsewhere - check out their sampler back-catalogue for more treats ... and this week's Technicolour Dreaming playlist is listed below:-

Hand - N.S.U. [Cream] ("A Day in My Mind's Mind Vol 1: 29 Kiwi Psychedelic Trips 1967-72" 2005 New Zealand)

The Spikes - Give Me Everything  ("Colour In A Black Forest" LP 1986 Adelaide, Australia)
The White Kites  - Love Doctor  ("Love Songs" 7" 2013 Poland)

Human Instinct  - A Day in My Mind's Mind  (7" single 1967 New Zealand)

The Third Eye - Pass Myself (7" single 1982 UK)

Troubled Mind - Finders Keepers  ("A Day in My Mind's Mind Vol 1: 29 Kiwi Psychedelic Trips 1967-72" 2005 New Zealand)

Maston - Wigwam / Well  ("Opal" EP 2011 Los Angeles, USA)

The Wicked Whispers - Amanda Lavender  ("Maps of the Mystic" 2014 UK)

Squire - No Time Tomorrow  (7" single 1982 UK)

The Playboys - Adventures in Paradise  ("The 'Sound Award' Album" LP 1965 Australia)

Pillow - Choirs  (7" single [b-side to "Oh, Carol"] 1968 Sweden)
Borderline Symphony - Crisantemi  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Malka - For Now We Live  ("The Constant State" EP 2015 New York, USA)

Brilliant Beast - Another Day  ("Blue Thunder: A Tribute to Galaxie 500" 2016 Minneapolis, US )

Citrus Clouds - Christine [House of Love]  ("Soft as Fire in the House of Love" 2016 Phoenix, Arizona USA)

Dick Diver - Waste The Alphabet  ("Melbourne, Florida" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Dignan Porch - Sixteen Hits  ("Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen" 2012 UK)

Follow Me Not - The Beatles and the Stones [House of Love]  ("Soft As Fire In The House of Love" 2016 Bretagne, France )

Ghost Dance Collective - Byrd-Man  ("5 - Dog's Got a Bone" sampler, 2016 Edinburgh)
The Luck Of Eden Hall - Slow  ("The Acceleration of Time" 2016 Chicago USA)
Malcontent - Blue Thunder  ("Blue Thunder: A Tribute to Galaxie 500" 2016 Porto, Portugal)
Octopus Syng - Unknown Actress  ("Hollow Ghost/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Peach Kelli Pop - Princess Castle 1987  ("Peach Kelli Pop III" LP 2015 Ottawa, Canada)

Pridjevi - Pjesma O Drveco  ("Pridjevi" 2014 Croatia)

Primitive Parts - Troubles  ("Parts Primitive" 2015 London, UK)

Psyclops Eyepatch - As Haunted As A Thousand Theremins  ("Paranoise" 2013 Sydney, Australia)

Rats on Rafts - The Last Day on Earth  ("Tape Hiss" 2015 Netherlands)

Salad Boys - No Taste Bomber  ("Metalmania" 2015 Christchurch, New Zealand)

The Butterscotch Cathedral - Flood Of Mendoza  ("The Butterscotch Cathedral" 2015 Tucson, Arizona, USA)

The Red Plastic Buddha - Little White Pills  ("Songs For Mara" 2014 Chicago)

The Twistettes - Lampost Light  ("5 - Dog's Got a Bone"  2016 Edinburgh)

The Wands - Sound of the Machine  ("The Dawn" 2014 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Technicolour Dreaming

I was very happy to hear from the guys in Swiss band Borderline Symphony recently - they finally have a brand new, self-titled album out, their first full length release after a number of EPs, so I just had to help spread the word by playing one track each from the new "Borderline Symphony" LP and the older "EP 1". The band is unique in that they sing in German, Italian and English, and in my humble opinion, they're a cross between modern psych-pop and an almost medieval sound - check them out, and you'll see what I mean. I also flogged Dig The Fuzz Records groovy compilation "Astonishing Sound Show Stories Volume 1", with quite a few tracks getting on the playlist this week; they've just released Volume 2, which is heading my way from Spain, so I should have some more to playing in coming weeks ... hope you enjoy my selections below...

Dark Haze - The Temple  ("The Dark Haze" EP 2014 Brazil)
Magic Cat - Spaceman Tree  ("For Friends Only" 2013 Rome, Italy)
The Paperhead - Eye For Eye  ("Africa Avenue" 2014 Nashville, USA)

The Baudelaires - Where You Go  ("Be A Baudelaire" 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Victoire Scott - 4'eme Dimension  ("4'eme Dimension" 7" EP 1968 France)

Les Fleurs De Pavot - La Caresse Du Fleuve  ("Les Fleurs De Pavot" LP 1968 France)

Borderline Symphony - Zundel se ne va  ("EP 1" 2014 Zurich, Switzerland)

Pennywise - Lily Come Near Me  (7" single 1968 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

No Bodies -  Bank Robbers  ("No Bodies" LP 2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Shinkiro - The Formula For Eternal Life  ("Ceremonial Ride" 2015 Barcelona, Spain)

The Rhemedies - Leave Me Alone  (digital single 2015, Edinburgh, UK)

Corridor - Le Viol De Sharone  (digital single 2016 Montreal, Canada)

Electric Alice - The Creeping Ritual  ("The Electric Alice Xperiment" 2013 Falkirk, Scotland UK)

Murmurs of Irma - Squadron Leader Baseheart  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol. 1" compilation 1998 UK)
Borderline Symphony - Aeroplani neri al cielo ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Zurich, Switzerland)

Slow Down Molasses - Flowers  ("Blue Thunder - A Tribute to Galaxie 500" 2016 Canada)

Mouses - Psycho  (digital single 2015 UK)

The Barbarellatones - Candida (demo 2016 Hawaii, USA)
Heaters - Dune Ripper  ("Holy Water Pool" 2015)

Kikagaku Moyo - Green Sugar  ("House In The Tall Grass" 2016 Japan)

Polska Radio One - Shroomin'  ("Polska Radio One 2012 Singles" Poland)

Jason Tryp - She Creature (From The Deep)  (digital single 2014)
Singapore Sling - Try  ("Psych Fuck" 2015 Iceland)

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - 4th of July  ("Blue Thunder - A Tribute to Galaxie 500" 2016)
The Disturbed - Don't Look Down  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 1" 1998 UK)
The Trypt Up - Pictures of You  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 1" 1998 UK)
Saffron - I Remember  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 1" 1998 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Well, we’re back!! After last week’s well-earned break, which would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance of Mellowscream’s Bryan, who concocted a splendid show in true, idiosyncratic Technicolour Dreaming style, the Cat and the Brat are back in the saddle, so to speak. Upon our return there were a few treats waiting for us in the post box, including a single from Moscow, courtesy of Russian band Mystic Brew, promo copies of upcoming releases by the UK’s wonderful Fruits de Mer label, including their lavish boxset of flexi-discs, “Postcards From The Deep”, and a fabulous EP by the Chemistry Set, a bunch of new State Records releases including the latest LP from Groovy Uncle direct from our Mole in Kent in the UK and, last but not least, our eagerly anticipated “splatter vinyl” copy of Balduin’s new “All in a Dream” album, all the way from Switzerland. And there must be something in that Alpine air, because our “Band of the Week” was also Swiss – Borderline Symphony – and we played selections from their back catalogue ranging from 2012’s “Ragazze con Pistole” LP, their current “EP1” release, and a track from current recording sessions which may appear on the next album, due for an early 2015 release... Borderline Symphony make fine, noir-ish, widescreen music, so please, check them out! Finally, as a nod to Halloween, we finished up with “Lake of Dracula”, a track from a single by the Intelligence, featuring Kelley Stoltz – you should check out the cover art... cats in space! So, until next week.....

..... here is the playlist, plus some associated visual treats..... 

the Association – Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies      (“Renaissance” LP 1967 California, USA)

White Manna – Hassan      (“Come Down Safari” 2014 USA)

the Allah-Las – Buffalo Nickel      (“Worship the Sun” 2014 California, USA)

Groovy Uncle – Persuaded [vocal version]      (“Persuasion” LP 2014 Wales, UK)

Elephant Stone – Motherless Child [Love’s Not For War]      (“The Three Poisons” LP 2014 Montreal, Canada)

Galileo 7 – Don’t Follow Me      (“False Memory Lane” LP 2014 UK)

Icarus Peel – The Avengers’ Theme [Laurie Johnson cover]       (rec. 2014 UK – flexi-single from “Fruits de Mer presents ‘Postcards From The Deep’” flexi-disc boxset compilation 2014 UK)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Psychotic Reaction [Count Five cover]      (rec. 2014 USA – flexi-single from “Fruits de Mer presents ‘Postcards From The Deep’” flexi-disc boxset compilation 2014 UK)

Balduin – Autumn      (“All In A Dream” LP 2014 Switzerland)

Les Grys-Grys – Hot Gully Wind      (7”single 2014 France)

Eternal Tapestry – The Weird Stone      (“A World Out of Time” 2012 USA)

Les Limiñanas – Longanisse      (“Crystal Anis” 2012 France)

Mystic Brew – Don’t You Want to Stay      (7 single 2014 Russia)

Les Fleurs de Pavot – A Dégager      (“Les Fleurs de Pavot” LP 1968 France)

      ###   “Band of the Week” – Borderline Symphony   ###

Borderline Symphony – il Camaleonte       (“EP 1” 2014 Switzerland)

Borderline Symphony – Rifiutato      (demo 2014 Switzerland)

Borderline Symphony – Fiume d’oro       (“Ragazze con Pistole” 2012 Switzerland)

Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade – Frumpy [demo version]      (recorded 1999 UK – taken from “Retrospectoscope 1967-1970” faux-anthology 2008 UK)

the Turtles – Sound Asleep      (7”single 1968 California, USA)

the Chemistry Set – Elapsed Memories      (“Elapsed Memories” EP 2014 UK)

the Left Banke – Desiree      (7”single 1967 New York, USA)

My Expansive Awareness – Space      (“Uroboros” 2014 Zaragoza, Spain)

Sudden Death of Stars – Won’t You Try      (“All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown...” LP 2014 Brittany, France)

Apache Sun – Club Noir      (demo 2014 Scotland, UK)

Barry Crocker – Imitation World      (7”single b-side [to I’ll Catch The Sun] 1969 Australia – taken from “Upside Down – Coloured Dreams from the Underworld – Volume One : 1966-1970” compilation 2014 Australia/UK)

Morgen – Of Dreams      (7”single 1969 New York, USA)

the Tallifer Group – This Happening Feeling      (7”single 1968 Australia – taken from “Upside Down – Coloured Dreams from the Underworld – Volume One : 1966-1970” compilation 2014 Australia/UK)

the Intelligence with Kelley Stoltz – Lake of Dracula      (7”single b-side [to (They Found Me in the Back of) the Galaxy] 2012 California, USA)

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