Technicolour Dreaming

The show this week had another guest presenter in the form of Michael Hunter - no stranger to the timeslot in the Obscured By… days but for one week only, back doing the show on his own.  Actually that’s not quite true, as he was joined on the phone for an interesting chat with Bobby Bright, on the nearly-50 year anniversary of the first Bobby & Laurie single, and on the recent release of Bob’s own new EP “Child Of Rock & Roll” (available on iTunes or his own website).  The news that Led Zeppelin were being sued by the band Spirit for alleged pilfering of a musical phrase on “Stairway To Heaven” led to a few related pieces, including Frank Zappa’s take on the iconic song.  A few unreleased gems by Australian musical heavyweights such as Wendy Saddington and the Wild Cherries also found their way to air, as did some 60s European pop delights - the glam rock band Blue Vamp featuring a pre-Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre!  And so a jolly good time was had by all, and normal service will resume soon.....

..... and here is the playlist plus some vids.....

the Clevedonaires - Lost Women      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)
the National Reps - Back Streets      (unreleased demo 1967 Brisbane, Australia)
Dave Miller Set - Why? Why? Why? [Paul Revere & the Raiders cover]      (7”single 1967 Sydney, Australia)

Toni & Royce - Buy Some Love      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)
Spirit - Taurus      (“Spirit” LP 1968 US)
Frank Zappa - Stairway To Heaven      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)
Sun Kil Moon - I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same      (“Benji” 2014 USA)
the Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)       (unreleased demo 1968 Brisbane, Australia)

the Wendy Saddington Band - Hypocrite Heaven     (unreleased demo 1987 Australia)
X-Ray-Z - Poor Image     (7”single 1977 Australia)
Karma - Iron Fisted Woman     (7”single 1974 Australia)
Red Angel Panic - Viet Rock     (7”single 1971 Adelaide,  Australia)

Bobby & Laurie - I Belong With You      (7”single 1964 Melbourne, Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Strange Rain      (“Bobby & Laurie” LP 1965 Australia)

              *** phone interview with Bobby Bright from Melbourne ***

Bobby Bright - Great Life (Elsie’s Song)      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby Bright - Younger Days      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Australia)
Marta Kubišová  - Nechte Zvony Znit      (7”single 1967 Czech)

Michel Polnareff - La Poupee Qui Fait Non      (7”single 1966 France)

les Hou-Lops - Vendredi m’obsède [Friday On My Mind – Easybeats cover]      (7”single 1967 Quebec, Canada)
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Blue Vamp - Jolly Dolly       (7”single 1973 France)
Omnia - I Don’t Speak Human      (“Musick & Poetree” 2011 Netherlands)

Frank Zappa - Bolero      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)

Obscured By...

This week on Obscured by... again there was a solo ‘DOT’... this time Peter Brat. I followed our regular policy of rarities and obscurities from around the world in various genres and from varied sources... including a ‘live on TV’ song from Australian 70’s band Kelly, a previously unreleased 1982 Kimberly Rew track with the Waves [later known as Katrina & the Waves], the first ever Rough Trade record [by French electro-punks Metal Urbain, who I was lucky enough to see in London in 1977], the 1978 b-side teaming Eno and UK punks Snatch [Judy Nylon & Patti Palladin] and which also featured Phil Collins on drums, 80’s psych from the United States of Existence, a couple of long tracks from the debut albums by Germany’s Guru Guru and Can, some Australian 60’s grooviness, the song by Luke Haines that ought to have featured in TV show “Spooks”, and much, much more...

...so here is the playlist...

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Sydney, Aust.)

Marty Rhone – No No No No     (7”single 1967 Aust.)

the Groop – Mandrake Wine     (recorded London 1968, released on flexidisc with ‘The Vault’ magazine 1989)

Dave Miller Set – Let’s Get Together     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Kelly – See My Way [Blodwyn Pig cover]     (‘live’ on ABC-TV “Hit Scene” 1971 Aust.)

The Harts – Little Girl     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Flying Circus – Turn Away     (‘Bonza Beaut & Boom Boom’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Frog Hollow – Slowish One     (‘Over, Under, Sideways, Down’ EP 1972 Aust.)

the Gentlemen – No Chance     (‘Psychedelic Super Pjotr’ compilation of Eastern Bloc psych etc)

Country Joe & the Fish – Section 43     (‘Country Joe & the Fish’ LP 1966 USA)

BabyGrandmothers – Being is more than Life      (‘Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish hippie and underground music 1967-74’ compilation)

the Firesign Theatre – More Undermutterances     (Best of the Firesign Theatre)

the Byrds – 5D     (‘Fifth Dimension’ LP 1966 USA)

the Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today     (‘Even More Nuggets Vol. 3’ compilation)

Love – You Set The Scene     (‘Forever Changes’ LP 1967 USA)

the Waves – Animal Song     (previously unreleased 1982 recording – bonus track on ‘Bible of Bop’)

the United States of Existence – Love to the 44^th power    (‘Introducing...’ LP 1986 USA)

the Shower Scene from Psycho – She [Monkees’ cover]     (Exploding Hits)

Eno & Snatch – RAF     (7’single b-side 1978 UK)

Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis     (7”single 1977 France/UK [1^st release of ‘Rough Trade Records’])

Cabaret Voltaire – The Set Up     (‘Extended Play’ EP 1978 UK)

Sunglasses After Dark – Swamp Baby     (7”single 1984 UK)

the Urinals – I’m a Bug     (‘Another E.P.’ 1979 USA)

the Virgin Prunes – Bau Dachong     (7”single 1982 UK)

Guru Guru – Oxymoron     (‘KanGuru’ LP 1972 Germany)

Can – Thief     (‘Delay’ LP 1968 Germany)

Luke Haines – the Spook Manifesto     (The Oliver Twist Manifesto)