Obscured By...

So obscure, it was:

a) brand new, only delivered to the station during the show (local band Alpha Beta Fox),

b) an unusual US act who took his lyrics from the Adult Personals section of his local paper (Amil Byleckie),

c) a little-heard B-side (Galadriel, Whistler's Mother, Bill Fay, Sparks etc.),

d) an early recording by a Czech band who were not allowed to record or legally perform during the first 5 years of their existence (Uz Jsme Doma),

e) late 70s UK punk from the Beggars Banquet label (The Doll, The Lurkers, Tubeway Army),

f) hard to find a performance video for!

Altogether, it was this week's Obscured By... with Cat & Brat & Michael Hunter.  As you may have suspected.

 

King Fox – Hourglass      (recorded 1970, released on ’70-2-07: the [un]forgotten album’ 2007 Sydney, Australia)

Human Instinct – Nile Song [Pink Floyd cover]      (live on ‘GTK’ – ABC-TV show 1971 Aust./New Zealand)

Galadriel – Working      (7”single b-side [to Standing in the Rain] 1971 Aust.)

Whistler’s Mother – Mister Big      (7”single b-side [to Steamboat Willie] 1971 Aust.)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Flight of the Gulls 2      (‘Mad House’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Uz Jsme Doma – Uprostred Slov [in the middle of words]      (‘Uprostred Slov’ LP 1990 Czech Republic)

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO – Loved and Confused      (‘Electric Heavyland’ 2002 Japan)

Tony Burello – There’s a New Sound       (7”single 1953 USA)

Alpha Beta Fox – Pins & Needles      (CD-single 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Sparks – Lost & Found      (7”single b-side [to Amateur Hour] 1974 USA)

Eighteenth Day of May – Eighteen Days      (‘Eighteenth Day of May’ 2006 UK)

the 23^rd Turnoff – Michael Angelo      (7”single 1967 Liverpool, UK)

Bill Fay – Screams in the Ears      (7”single b-side [to Some Good Advice] 1967 London, UK)

Amil Byleckie – Mistress Seeks Property      (‘Amil Is Personal’ 2004 Phoenix, USA)

Amil Byleckie – Watch Me Watch You      (‘Amil Is Personal’ 2004 Phoenix, USA)

the Doll – Trash      (‘Streets’ compilation LP 1977 UK)

Tubeway Army – That’s Too Bad      (7”single 1978 UK)

the Lurkers – Ain’t Got a Clue      (7”single 1978 UK)

Amil Byleckie – Are You Cruel?       (‘Amil Is Personal’ 2004 Phoenix, USA)

the Dandy Warhols – Cherry Bomb [Runaways cover]      (‘Take It Or Leave It – A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways’ compilation double-LP 2011 USA)

the Otherside – Haunted House       (‘The Otherside’ EP 1985 Utrecht, Holland)

Les Thugs – Femme Fatale      (‘Femme Fatale’ demo 1984 Angers, France – taken from ‘Road Closed: 1983-1999’ anthology 2003 Belgium)

the Surfadelics – Bad Little Girl      (‘Bad Little Girl’ EP 1986 UK)

Les Klepstones – She’ll Always Be Mine [Customs cover]     (recorded 1985 Orleans, France – taken from ‘Battle Of The Garages, Vol. 4: Tomorrow The World!’ compilation LP 1986 USA)

the Zodiac/Cosmic Sounds – Taurus: the Voluptuary      (‘The Zodiac/Cosmic Sounds’ LP 1967 USA)

Zendik – I’m So Tired Again      (‘Hair’ LP 1969 Holland)

Timebox – Gone is the Sad Man      (7”single b-side [to Girl Don't Make Me Wait] 1968 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

 Again this week, we foraged through the rather large 3D Radio Library ‘New Releases/Reissues’ section for some pleasurable sounds to bring to you... amongst them was a ‘weird-western’ themed 7” single b-side by Melbourne’s wonderful King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard, a song from the re-issue of Left Banke’s 1967 debut LP, a single from Australian psychedelicists the Laurels, plus a track each from Adelaide’s Little Two Eyes and the Molting Vultures. Apart from that, we indulged in our regular diet of 60’s gems from bands such Sagittarius and Deep Feeling, some early Roxy Music, Magazine and Fleshtones, plus some rare 80’s from the Church and Adelaide’s Dandelion Wine [not to be confused with the current great Aussie band of the same name!], before ending with the legendary Sonics, our “Band of the Month”, who will be playing here in Adelaide next Tuesday. Unfortunately, the Cat and the Brat won’t be at that show because we’ll be in Melbourne, eagerly awaiting their performance at the Dig It Up! mini-festival on the following day ... and yes, that means we will be leaving next week’s edition of “Technicolour Dreaming” in the capable hands of our 3D compadre, Paul D. and so expect the unexpected... as always!

..... so here is this week’s full playlist....

Roxy Music – Beauty Queen     (‘For Your Pleasure’ LP 1973 UK)

Magazine – Permafrost     (‘Secondhand Daylight’ LP 1979 UK)

the Laurels – Tidal Wave     (CDsingle 2012 Australia)

Placebo – 20^th Century Boy [Marc Bolan cover]     (‘Velvet Goldmine’ soundtrack 1998 UK/USA)

the Mondo Phase Band – Chase     (‘Major Input – Live!’ 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Little Two Eyes – Silence     (‘All the things I never told you and why’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Left Banke – I Haven’t Got the Nerve     (‘Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina’ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Sagittarius – My World Fell Down      (7”single 1967 USA)

Puppy – Elizabeth Bridge     (7”single b-side 1968 Aust.)

Deep Feeling – On the Circle of Life      (recorded 1967 UK – released on ‘Pretty Colours’ anthology 2010 )

the Twilights – What a Silly Thing to Do     (‘Once Upon a Twilight’ LP / 7”single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Sam Cherry’s Last Shot     (7”single b-side 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Molting Vultures – Everyone Loves a Loser [Vic Conrad cover]     (‘Get On Board’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Outrageous Cherry – (I know) you’re both of me     (‘Supernatural Equinox’ 2003 USA)

the Church – Shadow Contact     (‘Persia’ LP 1984 Aust.)

Dandelion Wine – Raving     (recorded 1985 – released 2003 on ‘Reunion’ anthology , Adelaide, Aust.)

the Fleshtones – Girl from Baltimore     (7”single 1980 USA)

Serendipity – I’m Flying     (7” single b-side 1968 UK)

the Dandy Warhols – Alternative Power to the People     (‘This Machine’ 2012 USA)

Suzy Chunk – Tripwire     (pre-release CD of 7” single 2012 UK)

the Sonics – The Hustler     (‘Boom’ LP 1966 USA)    #   

     # “Band of the Week”   

technicolour dreaming

21.3.12 - Palindrome Dreaming in Technicolour!!  Beginning with local outfit Ride Into The Sun, we voyaged back to some early Dandy Warhols and even earlier Simple Minds, as well as a Beach Boys song allegedly adapted from a Charlie Manson demo, before returning to the present with Thee American Revolution, Melbourne’s Magic Bones, the Sunburners and the brand new vinyl EP from the Mynd Gardeners. Along the way we played a classic from Scratch Acid, a side of the sole single by Adelaide’s Die Dancing Bears,  a great 13^th Floor Elevators cover by the Dagoes, plus, from the 60's, the original version of ‘Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!’ by the Bostweeds..... these, and many more, were played for your delectation before we signed off with our current ‘Band of the Month’, the Zoot.....

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

Ride Into The Sun – I’m Just Dandy     (cd single 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dandy Warhols – Be-In     (‘Come Down’ 1997 USA)

Simple Minds – Theme for Great Cities     (‘Sister Feelings Call’ LP 1981 UK)

Almost Numan – M.E. [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan – Off’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Beach Boys – Never Learn Not to Love      (‘20/20’ LP 1969 USA)

De Wolff – Don’t you go up to the sky     (‘Strange Fruits & Undiscovered Plants’ LP 2009 Holland)

Laika & the Cosmonauts – Psycko [Themes from Psycho and Vertigo]     (‘Instruments of Terror’ LP 1994 Finland)

Slingshot Dragster – Agent 0069     (‘Demolition’ EP 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee American Revolution – Blow My Mind     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)

the Mynd Gardeners – Where Tomorrow Lands     (‘The Acyd Raindrop Umbrella’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Lovetones – Was I there in your future?     (‘Meditations’ 2006 Australia)

the Scoundrelles – The Betrayed     (‘Organic Molecules in Action’ 2004 Aust./UK)

Thee Pink Stainless Tail – Sitting By a Tree [Escorts cover]     (‘Tomorrow Is Today” compilation 2007 Aust.)

King Daddy – She     (‘She’ EP 2006 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunburners – three d radio [city rock]     (‘The Ocean and Booze and Other Things to Drown in’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [13^th Floor Elevators cover]     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

Magic Bones – Devil’s Spawn     (‘Magic Bones’ EP 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Scratch Acid – Owner’s Lament     (‘The Greatest Gift’ LP 1984 Austin Texas, USA)

Die Dancing Bears – New York Valentine     (7”single 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Bostweeds – Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!     (orig. movie s/t theme - taken from‘Born Bad Vol.1’ compilation LP 1986 USA)

the Mystreated – Sometimes     (‘Lovely Sunday Dreaming’ 1999 USA)

the Zoot – Strange Things     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)    #   

    #  “Band of the Month”