Obscured By...

We opened the show, as always, with a set of Australian rarities from the 60’s and 70’s, but this time including a tribute to Clive Shakespeare, the original guitarist with Sherbet, who passed away recently, before moving onto a selection of American and UK bands from the same era, including the Bush [also known as the Bushmen], the wonderfully named Ognir & the Nite People, Wimple Winch and the Misunderstood, a US band who relocated to London. We then returned to the 21^st Century with a bunch of bands from diverse locations who have taken that 60’s psych/garage/pop template and made it their own, such as the Flower Machine from California, the Jessica Fletchers from Norway and the Selfish Cales from Italy, as well as a set of obscure ‘cover versions’ including black UK punk band Pure Hell doing a Lee Hazlewood song and French model Ronny covering a Sly Stone number... there was an album track by Australia’s Box the Jesuit and in memory of the late Michael Davis, bassist of the MC5, we featured their regular live set-closer, ‘Black to Comm’..... all this and much more, brought to you by the three DOTS – Megan, Peter & Michael...

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

the Reverbs – Say Mama     (7”single 1963 Tasmania, Australia)

Perfection – 3 Rooms and Running Water     (7”single 1967 Aust.)

Lloyd’s World – Goodbye, Goodbye     (7”single b-side 1968 Aust.)

Sherbet – Chicago [Graham Nash cover]     (‘On with the Show’ LP 1973 Aust.)

Clive Shakespeare – I Realize     (7”single 1978 Aust.)

the Four of Us – You’re gonna be mine     (7”single 1965 Michigan, USA)

the Tracers – Watch Me     (7”single 1966 Texas, USA)

the Bush – I Wanted Her    (7”single 1966 California, USA)

Ognir and the Nite People – I found a new love     (7”single 1965 Pennsylvania, USA)

the Misunderstood – Children of the Sun     (recorded 1966 – released as 7”single 1969 UK/USA)

Wimple Winch – Save My Soul     (7”single 1966 UK)

the Selfish Cales – Black and White Rainbow     (‘Selfish Cales 11’ EP 2011 Italy)

the Flower Machine – LA in the Rain     (‘The Flower Machine’ 2011 USA)

 Outrageous Cherry – You got the magic inside you     (‘Supernatural Equinox’ 2003 Detroit, USA)

the Jessica Fletchers – Bloody Seventies Love     (‘What Happened To The?’ 2003 Norway)

the Pillbugs – Life as it Happens     (‘Everybody Wants A Way Out’ 2008 USA)

Pure Hell – These Boots are Made for Walking [Lee Hazelwood cover]     (7”single 1978 UK)

Ronny – If you want me to stay [Sly Stone cover]     (7”single 1981 France)

the Plugz – La Bamba [Richie Valens cover]     (‘Electrify Me’ LP 1981 L.A., USA)

the Rubayyat – If I was a Carpenter [Tim Hardin cover]     (7”single 1968 Texas, USA)

the Rising Storm – Message to Pretty [Love cover]     (‘Calm Before...’ LP 1967 USA)

MC5 – Black to Comm     (live 1968 – taken from ‘Dirty Water 2: More Birth of Punk Attitude’ compilation 2011 UK)

Pink Floyd – the Nile Song     (‘More’ soundtrack LP 1969 UK)

Nine Days Wonder – Only the Dancers     (‘Only the Dancers’ LP 1974 Germany)

the Cramps – The Mad Daddy     (‘Songs the Lord Taught Us’  LP 1980 USA) 

Box The Jesuit – Like Licking Honey Through Glass     (‘Guide Dogs for the Spiritually Impaired’ 1993 Aust.)

Ultra 5 – Streets of Your Town     (‘Lost In Tyme Vol.1’ compilation 1996 Greece/USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Bryan was the show’s host this week and he certainly found some very cool sounds to play, including a song from the debut EP by a great new Adelaide band Horror My Friend, a live recording from 3D Radio’s ‘Sound Lounge’ show by the Aves and, from the 1990s, a Lou Reed track plus one by local punks the Crazies. There were a bunch of 60’s treats from the likes of the Electric Prunes and the Atlantics,  the debut single by the Zoot and plus one from the Sonics, whose gig here this year is eagerly awaited... we’ll keep you updated on that one! He also featured the surf sounds of the Beach Chromers and Cosmic Bikini as well as a few punk classics from, amongst others, the Adverts, Patti Smith and Wire... he also played a track from new Melbourne band Wolfy and the Batcubs, whose recent show here rocked! And of course, he finished with another band whose gig here has also been eagerly awaited, Thee Oh Sees, our current “Band of the Month”... all of this and more on Technicolour Dreaming! Thanx Bryan!

..... and here is his full playlist.....

Lou Reed – Hooky Wooky     (‘Set the Twilight Reeling’ 1996 USA)

Cosmic Bikini – Bikinis in the Martinis     (‘Still Smokin’ 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

the California Suns – Masked Grandma     (7”single 1966 USA – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol 4’ LP compilation 1979 USA)

the Beach Chromers – Peach Chrome     (‘The Beach Chromers’ 2007 Australia)

the Sonics – Skinny Minny [Bill Haley cover]     (‘Boom’ LP 1966 USA)

the Zoot – You Better Get Going Now [Jackie Lomax cover]    (7”single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Zips – Guitars for Hire     (‘Guitars 4 Hire’ 2006 Scotland, UK)

the Adverts – Gay Gilmore’s Eyes     (7”single 1977 UK)

the Lipstick Killers – Hindu Gods of Love     (7”single 1979 Aust. – taken from ‘Do The Pop’ comp. 2002 Aust.)

the Moodists – Do the Door, Friend      (‘Thirsty’s Calling’ LP 1984 Aust. – taken from ‘Two Fisted Art’ anthology 2003)

the Electric Prunes – The Great Banana Hoax     (‘Underground’ LP 1967 USA)

Patti Smith – Redondo Beach     (‘Horses’ LP 1976 USA)

Wire – A Flat Tent     (‘Red Barked Tree’ 2011 UK)

Wolfy and the Bat Cubs – Send My Love     (‘Wolfy and the Bat Cubs’ EP 2011 Aust.)

the Aves – Poor William     (‘Live at the 3D Radio Sound Lounge’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Crazies – Down at the Crossroads     (‘Savage Punks’ cassette : mid-90’s Adelaide, Australia)

the Creamers – Think I’m gonna be sick     (‘Love, Honour and Obey’ LP 1989 USA)

Horror My Friend – Make friends     (‘Shivers and Spines’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Cramps – Queen of Pain     (‘Big Beat from Badsville’ 1996 USA)

the Acid Drops – Surfin’ Prostitute Beat     (7”single 1984 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Crusaders – Hot Rod Baby     (‘Fat, Drunk and Stupid’ 1997 Australia)

the Atlantics[aka the Gift of Love] – Take a Trip     (7”single 1967 – taken from ‘Collectibles’ anthology 2011 Aust.)

Kamikaze – ‘Lil Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham cover]     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee Oh Sees – Ruby Come Home     (‘Help’ 2009 USA)   #   

       #  “Band of the Month”