Technicolour Dreaming

The first show of the New Year, and little has changed on Technicolour Dreaming -

 just more of the music you've come to expect....a slathering of psych, a smidgen of surf,

 plenty of pop,a pinch of punk, and much, much more! So here goes the rollercoaster ride

of sounds from the past and present - make sure you hold on tight, 

lest you lose your grip on reality !!!

Here's the inaugural playlist for 2016, plus some moving pictures to feast your eyes upon...

Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound - Kolob Canyon  ("When Sweet Sleep Returned" 2009

San Francisco USA)
 

Sleepy Sun - New Age  ("Embrace" 2008 San Francisco USA)
 

Deradoorian - Moon  ("Mind Raft" EP 2009 Los Angeles USA)
 

Wesley Fuller - Melvista  (CD Single 2005 Melbourne, Australia)
 

Icarus Peel - Almost Murder Ballad  ("The Barnburner EP - Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth" 

10" 2014 UK)
 

Clue to Kalo - The Infinite Orphan (by the Familiars)  ("Lily Perdita" 2008 Adelaide, Australia)
 

Mordecai Smyth - Out in the Stars  ("The Barnburner EP - Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth" 

10" 2014 UK)
  

Interstellar Emily - Interstellar Overdrive  ("A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl" 2014 UK)

 Mikal Cronin - Is It Alright?  ("Mikal Cronin" 2011 USA)
  

Lorelle Meets the Obsolete - Medicine to Cure Medicine Sickness  (7" b-side

[to "What's Holding you"] 2013 Guadalajara, Mexico)
  

 Cate Le Bon - Falcon Eyed  ("Cyrk" 2015 Wales)
  

 Steve Hillage - Hurdy Gurdy Man  ("Live at Deeply Vale Festival 1978" LP 1978 UK)
 

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - The L.S. Bumble Bee  (7" single 1967 UK)
  

Ipissimus - Hold On [Sharon Tandy]  (7" single 1969 UK)
  

ESP Limited - Tell Me  ("It Came From the Garage - Nuggets from Southern California"

compilation 2007 USA)
   

A Little Bit of Sound - Girls Who Paint Designs  (7" single 1967 Long Island, New York USA)
 

The Black Ryder - Let Me Be Your Light  ("The Door Behind The Door" 2015 Australia/USA)
 

McGough and McGear - So Much To Love  ("McGough and McGear" LP 1968 UK)
  

D.C. Drifters - Louisiana Blues  (7" single b-side [to "I Know"] 1967 USA)

 The Sweet Acids - That Creature  (7" single 1969 Georgia, USA)
  

Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Take Me For A Walk)  ("The Grateful Dead" LP

1967 San Francisco USA)
 

 The Messengers - We Can't Get Along  ("The Messengers" EP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)
 

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Action Strasse  ("Tomorrow Belongs To Me" LP 1975 UK)

 The Peep Tempel - People Don't Get You  ("The Peep Tempel" 2012 Melbourne, Australia)
  

Shake Spears - I Can't Tell (7" single 1965 Belgium) 
 

 The Sand Pebbles - Red Orange Purple and Blue  ("Ceduna" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)

Technicolour Dreaming

Again this week we indulged our fondness for ‘suites’, this time by playing all the tracks from side 2 of DeWolff’s latest album ‘IV’, which are collectively entitled “A Mind Slip” – in our opinion, the best thing they’ve yet done! There were also songs from current bands such as Pugwash, Vibravoid, Youngteam and Clue to Kalo plus the debut recording by Melbourne psychsters Flyying Colours, as well as a selections from the past by luminaries such as the Adverts, Johnny Young, Naz Nomad & the Nightmares and the gloriously-named Frumious Bandersnatch. Finally, we featured a mystery song whose unknown provenance has been commented on by the ‘arch-drood’ himself – Julian Cope – who noted: “the track ‘A Walk Down Emily Lane’ by The Unexplained, I was informed by a pretty reliable source, ... was an 80's studio creation by a mystery group that was recorded exclusively for the album, so don't waste your time trying to find the record, I don't think it exists”  ..... http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1731/  

..... so here is the playlist, with some moving pictures.....

Pugwash – Even I        (‘Jollity’ 2005 Ireland)

Steve Hillage – It’s All Too Much [George Harrison cover]         (‘L’ LP 1976 UK)

A Little Bit of Sound – Incense and Peppermints [Strawberry Alarm Clock cover]         (7” single 1967 California, USA)

Clue to Kalo – What Went Down Around         (‘Lily Perdida’ 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

the Mecki Mark Men – Free         (‘The Mecki Mark Men’ LP 1967 Sweden)

Flyying Colours – Wavygravy         (CD single 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

Crocodiles – Hollow Hollow Eyes         (‘Sleep Forever’ 2010 USA)

Manfred Mann – A “B” Side         (7” single b-side [to Ragamuffin Man] 1969 UK)

Nazz Nomad and the Nightmares – Cold Turkey [Big Boy Pete cover]         (‘Give Daddy the Knife, Cindy’ LP 1984 UK)

Henri Salvador – Carnaby Street         (‘Pikabou’ 7” EP 1967 France)

the Adverts – One Chord Wonders         (7” single 1977 UK)

the Times – Glad Not Sad         (live recording, unreleased – taken from ‘Devil’s Children: Vol.2’ compilation 2000 Australia)

Johnny Young and Kompany – Caralyn [Strangeloves cover]         (7” single b-side [to Step Back] 1966 Australia)

 

the Apple – The Otherside         (‘An Apple a Day’ LP 1969 Cardiff, Wales)

the Unexplained – A Walk down Emily Lane         (‘Chocolate Soup for Diabetics Vol. 1’ compilation LP 1980 UK – taken from the ‘Chocolate Soup for Diabetics’ 5-CD boxset 2010 UK)

DeWolff – A Mind Slip [suite]   i Devil on a Wire   ii The Telephone   iii Black Hole Raga   iv Sixth Dimension Blues   v The Telephone Pt.2   vi Astral Awareness   vii Vicious Times      (‘DeWolff IV’ 2013 Limburg, Netherlands)

Vibravoid – The Politics of Ecstacy      (‘The Politics of Ecstacy’ 2006 Germany)

Pink Floyd – Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up      (‘Zabriskie Point’ soundtrack LP 1970 USA/Italy)

Youngteam – Daydreamer      (‘Daydreamer’ 2011 Sweden)

Southwest F.O.B. – Smell of Incense [West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover]      (7”single 1968 Texas, USA) 

the Higher State – Levitation [13^th Floor Elevators cover]      (‘Texas’ EP 2010 UK)

the Rising Sons – Take a Giant Step [Monkees cover]      (recorded 1966, unreleased – taken from ‘LA Nuggets - Where the Action Is: 1965-1968’ compilation boxset  2009 USA)

the British North-American Act – Don’t Run Away      (‘In the Beginning...’ LP 1968 Canada)

Frumious Bandersnatch – Hearts to Cry      (‘Frumious Bandersnatch’ EP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

There was quite an influx into the 3D library for us to plunder this week, with new releases from the likes of Place of Indigo, SMRTS and local outfit Sparkspitter, with the new CD from Fluffy actually hand-delivered to us during the show, meaning of course an instant spin for one of our favourite bands! Needless to say though, the past was not ignored, with tracks from the New York Dolls, the Byrds and the Masters Apprentices, plus a gem from the final Walker Brothers album. Finally, we debuted Brillig as our November “Band of the Month” by playing their very cool take on TV’s “Monkey” theme from 2003.....

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

Roxy Music – The Bogus Man       (‘For Your Pleasure’ 1973 UK)

Shining Bird – Lost In Translation       (‘Shade of the Sea’ 2012 NSW, Australia)

Sparkspitter – Proem Aquatic       (‘Fearsplishing’ CD Single 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Clue To Kalo – What Went Down Around       (‘Lily Perdida’ 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Place of Indigo – Kaleidoscope       (CD single 2012 Perth, Aust.)

the Citradels – Lord Find Me       (‘The Citradels’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Flower Machine – I Am the Coelacanth       (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 Los Angeles, USA)

Jon – Upstairs Downstairs       (7” single 1967 Sydney, Aust.)

the Music Convention – Bellyboard Beat    (7” single 1968 NZ )

SMRTS – King Wave Rising       (‘Have Friends and Visit them at Night’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead    (7” single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Fluffy – Textas and Chocolate Cake       (‘A Rock’n’Roll Soap Opera’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Baterz – Who Wrote This? Barbra Streisand?       (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust.)

the New York Dolls – Lonely Planet Boy       (‘New York Dolls’ LP 1973 New York, USA)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow       (‘Incense and Peppermints’ 1967 USA)

the Byrds – Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go)      (‘Fifth Dimension’ 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Procol Harum – Shine on Brightly      (‘Shine On Brightly’ 1968 UK)

Brian Eno – China My China       (‘Taking Tiger Mountain [By Strategy]’ LP 1974 UK)

the Walker Brothers – Fat Mama Kick       (‘Nite Flights’ LP 1976 UK/USA)

the Pretty Things– Baron Saturday       (‘S.F. Sorrow’ LP 1967 UK)

Brillig – Gandara [“Monkey” TV theme cover]       (‘Pterodactyls’ 2003 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

     #   “Band of the Month”