Technicolour Dreaming

With another bunch of CDs and vinyl appearing in our post-box, we were again spoiled with choice this week, playing amongst others, a track each from the new Carlton Melton and Magic Cat albums, a song from ex-Dolly Rocker Movement frontman Daniel Poulter’s new project, the Dandelion, as well as the A-side of Jacco Gardner’s latest single. We also finally received the long-awaited “Wizzz! Volume 1” compilation LP of French 60’s psychedelia which inspired a set of French grooviness from artists such as Les Papyvores, Jacques Dutronc and the inimitable Brigitte Bardot. However, a large hunk of the show was dedicated to the late Lou Reed – we featured songs from his Velvet Underground and solo periods plus a track from his widow, Laurie Anderson, and have included in the ‘moving pictures’ section of this blog, an hilarious TV interview in Sydney at the start of his 1974 tour here – I was fortunate enough to see him in Adelaide where he mixed with some of us in the bar during his support act, AC/DC – a memorable show!

..... and here is the playlist plus the aforementioned clips.....

Carlton Melton – Slow Wake      (“Always Even” 2013 California, USA)

the Walking Who – Have You Seen The Colours?      (“Mansions” EP 2013 Sydney, Australia)

the Towelheads – Hijacked      (“New Centre of the Universe, Vol.2” compilation 2013 Australia)

Race Horses – See No Green      (“Furniture” 2012 Cardiff, UK)

the Magic Cat – She’s Like Danger      (“For Friends Only” LP 2013 Rome, Italy)

the Smoking Trees – Entrance      (“Acetates” 2013 Los Angeles, USA)

Jacco Gardner – The End of August       (7”single 2013 Netherlands)

Lou Reed / John Cale – Hello, It’s Me      (“Songs for Drella” LP 1990 USA)

the Velvet Underground – I’m Beginning to See the Light      (“The Velvet Underground” LP 1969 New York, USA)

the Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow’s Parties      (“The Velvet Underground & Nico” LP 1967 USA)

the Velvet Underground – Sister Ray      (“White Light/White Heat” LP 1968 USA)

Lou Reed – How Do You Think It Feels?      (“Berlin” LP 1973 New York, USA)

 

Laurie Anderson – Example #22      (“Big Science” LP 1982 USA)

We The People – In The Past      (7”single 1966 Florida, USA)

Blues Section – Hey Hey Hey      (7”single 1967 Helsinki, Finland)

the Scantharies – Feat of Flame      (“The Scantharies” 2013 Greece)

the Stained Glass – My Buddy Sin      (7”single 1966 San Francisco, USA)

the Tuneful Trolley – Hello Love      (“Island in the Sky” LP 1969 Long Island, New York, USA)

Country Weather – Fly to New York      (recorded 1969 San Francisco, unreleased – taken from “Country Weather” double-LP 2005 USA)

the Dandelion – Pleiadian Love Vibrations      (“Strange Case of the Dandelion” 2013 Australia)

Brigitte Bardot – Comic Book      (“Bonnie & Clyde” EP 1968 France)

Christine Pilzer – Champs Elysées      (“Café Crême” EP 1967 France)

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah      (“Jacques Dutronc” LP 1967 France)

William Sheller – Excitissimo      (“Erotissimo” soundtrack EP 1969 France)

Les Papyvores – Le Papyvore      (“Le Papyvore” EP 1967 France)

Les Copains – Give Your Love To Me [Come On]     (7”single 1966 Germany)

Lou Reed – Goodnight Ladies      (“Transformer” LP 1972 New York, USA)

 

      R.I.P.   Lou Reed   1942 – 2013

Technicolour Dreaming

One could suspect that for UK legend Mick Farren, dying suddenly on stage during a gig with his boots on would not have been an entirely inappropriate way to end an eventful life! A musician, writer, journalist and bon vivant, he first gained notoriety in the London of the late 1960’s with his band, the Deviants, from whose debut album “Ptoof!” we played a track exemplifying his anarcho-punk spirit, in tribute to a true original. Another rock notable, JJ Cale, also passed away this week, and so as not to forget his role as a studio session player in mid-60’s L.A. we played a track he wrote as part of a very cool faux-soundtrack ‘exploito’ album, “A Trip Down Sunset Strip”. Arriving in our letterbox this week was some new vinyl, including a recent tribute LP to the Velvet Underground’s debut which includes cover versions by the likes of Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, Ty Segall and the two we played this week, Kelley Stoltz and Blasted Canyons – expect to hear more in coming weeks. Of course there was also the usual variety of sounds you’ve come to expect from Technicolour Dreaming, with tracks from Sweden’s Leather Nun, London’s Toy and Teeth of the Sea, H.P. Lovecraft’s 1967 debut, Vibravoid and Joy Zipper plus some classic Scott Walker, a spoken word piece from Viv Stanshall’s Bonzo Dog Band and a delicious slice of instrumental psychedelia by Carlton Melton, all brought to you on Adelaide’s 3D Radio by the Cat & the Brat....

..... so here is the playlist plus a few moving pictures.....  

H.P. Lovecraft – The White Ship      (‘H.P. Lovecraft’ LP 1967 Chicago, USA)

Teeth of the Sea – A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.      (‘Your Mercury’ 2010 London, UK)

White Fence – Cyclops Reap      (7”single b-side [to Pink Gorilla] 2013 California, USA)

Ty Segall – Ghost      (‘Twins’ 2012 California, USA)

Edwyn Collins – The Gospel According to Tony Day [David Bowie cover]      (‘Uncut Magazine: Starman’ cover-mount CD compilation 2003 UK)

the Leathercoated Minds – Sunset & Clark      (‘A Trip Down Sunset Strip’ LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Deviants – Garbage      (‘Ptoof!’ LP 1967 London, UK)

Kelley Stoltz – Sunday Morning [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records & Friends’ compilation LP 2012 USA)

Joy Zipper – For Lenny’s Own Pleasure      (‘The Heartlight Set’ 2005 USA)

Luna – The Owl & the Pussycat      (‘Rendezvous’ 2004 USA/UK)

Carlton Melton – Smoke Drip      (‘Photos of Photos’ 2012 San Francisco, USA)

Scott Walker – The Seventh Seal      (‘Scott 4’ LP 1969 UK/USA)

the Velvet Underground – Femme Fatale      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico‘ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Hidden Masters – She Broke the Clock of the Long Now      (‘Of This & Other Worlds’ 2013 Scotland, UK)

the Bonzo Dog Band – Rawlinson End, Part 14      (‘Let’s Make Up And Be Friendly’ LP 1971 UK)

John Bryant – I Bring The Sun      (7”single 1968 UK – taken from the ‘Electric Sound Show’ compilation CD-boxset 2012 UK)

the Beacon Street Union – The Prophet      (‘The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union’ LP 1968 Boston, USA)

Blasted Canyons [with Jeremy Cox] – Venus In Furs [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records & Friends’ compilation LP 2012 USA)

Vibravoid – Brainplane      (‘Gravity Zero’ 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany)

Toy – The Reasons Why      (‘TOY’ 2012 UK)

Leather Nun – Prime Mover      (‘Alive’ LP 1985 Gothenburg, Sweden)

Anne Richmond Boston – You Just May Be The One [Monkees cover]      (‘Here No Evil: tribute to the Monkees’ compilation 1992 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Which to go with, the old or the new? With so much great music to choose from, both from our own collection, and Three D Radio’s massive vinyl and CD library, we often find it hard to decide which songs will make the cut each week! Two hours just never seems to be enough, especially when there are so many great new bands we want to introduce to you, the listener, without sacrificing the old favourites, the obscure gems, and those that deserve to be known better. But all in all, we think that we manage to pick a pretty great bunch of tracks for your listening pleasure each week – we hope you agree!

...... so here is this week's playlist plus a few visuals we hope will divert/intrigue/amuse .....

Lou Reed – Berlin/Lady Day         (‘Berlin’ LP 1973 USA)

Wooden Wand – Baby, You’re a Rich Man [Beatles cover]         (recorded 2012 USA – taken from ‘Mojo Presents: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces’ compilation 2012 UK)

Steve Mason – A Lot of Love        (‘Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time’ 2013 Scotland, UK)

the Demon Parade – Open Up Your Mind         (CD-single 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Wire – A Mutual Friend         (‘154’ LP 1979 UK)

Jason Falkner – Burning Airlines Give You So Much More [Eno cover]       (‘Can You Still Feel?’ vinyl LP 1999 USA)

the Black Hollies – The Autumn Chateau         (‘Casting Shadows’ 2008 Philadelphia, USA)

Jacco Gardner – Puppets Dangling        (‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2013 UK)

 

the Straight Arrows – Can’t Count         (‘The First 2 7”s’ vinyl EP 2013 Sydney, Aust.)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Trench Foot         (‘New Centre of the Universe’ compilation 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Love Parade – Doorful of Windows         (‘King Me’ 2013 Sydney, Aust.)

Del Shannon – New Orleans [Mardi Gras]          (‘The Further Adventures of Charles Westover’ 1967 USA)

Normie Rowe – She Used to be Mine         (‘It Ain’t Necessarily So, But it Is…Normie Rowe!’ LP 1965 Aust.)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Leiyla         (‘Part 1’ LP 1967 USA)

Michel Polnareff – Le roi des fourmis         (‘Ame Caline’ 7”EP 1967 France)

the Lemon Pipers – Love, Beads and Meditations         (‘Jungle Marmalade’ LP 1968 USA)

Dark Ocean Colours – My Barbara Closed the Door         (‘Dark Ocean Colours’ 2012 USA)

the Moles – Ginger Tom         (‘Future Sounds of Ashton’ 2011 Wales, UK)

the Gooch Palms –Participant No. 9         (‘RU 4 Sirius?’ vinyl EP 2013 Sydney, Aust.)

Happyland – Do You Know Who I Am?         (CD-single 1996 Aust.)

Prisoners – For Now and Forever         (‘The Wisermiserdemelza’ LP 1983 UK)

Lene Lovich – I Think We’re Alone Now [Tommy James cover - Japanese language version]         (‘Stateless’ LP [Japanese Release bonus track] 1978 UK)

Jim Noir – The Cheese of Jim’s Command         (‘Jimmy’s Show’ 2013 UK)

nick nicely – Treeline         (7”single b-side [to DCT Dreams] 1980 UK – taken from ‘Psychotropia’ anthology 2003 UK)

Ultravox! – The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned         (‘Ultravox!’ LP 1977 UK)

Django Django – Skies over Cairo         (‘Djamgo Django’ 2012 UK)

the Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Spontaneous Apple Creation          (‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’ LP 1968 UK)

Carlton Melton – Photos of Photos         (‘Photos of Photos’ 2013 San Francisco, USA)