Obscured By... Technicolour!!!

Especially for Three D Radio's annual Radiothon, I was joined by Technicolour Dreaming alumni Michael Hunter for a special edition of "Obscured By... Technicolour!!!" We had a hell of a lot of fun - hope you enjoyed it too!!

Bronco Bullfrog - Listen to the Sky [Sands]  ("Time Waits for Norman" 2014 UK)

Quitty and the Donts - All of You  (7" single 2013 Brooklyn, New York, USA)

White Lightning - (Under the Screaming Double) Eagle  ("Strikes Twice 1968-1969" 1997 Minnesota, USA)

The Gremlins - Kingsforth Hemmingseen  (7" single 1968 New Zealand)

Les Variations - Spicks and Specks [Bee Gees]  (7" single 1967 France)

Tony Burello - There's A New Sound (aka "The Sound of Worms")  (7" single 1953 USA)

The Monkees - You Bring the Summer  ("Good Times!" 2016 USA)

David Arvedon - Eliot Ness  ("In Search of the Most Unforgettable Tree We Ever Met 1967-1994" USA)

Sonny and the Sunsets - Blot Out the Sun  ("Talent Night at the Ashram" 2015 San Francisco, USA)

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Breath of A Salesman  ("Monolith of Phobos" 2016 USA)

The Liminanas - Dahlia Rouge  ("Malamore" 2016 France)

Sagittarius - Glass  ("Present Tense" LP 1968 USA)

Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Two Little Ladies (Azalea and Rhododendron)  (7" single 1967 UK)

Mike Stuart Span - Second Production  ("Expansions" 7" EP 1993 [recorded 1967] Brighton, UK)

Purson - The Sky Parade  ("Desire's Magic Theatre" 2016 Southend-On-Sea, UK)

Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - The Joe 90 Theme  ("Fruits De Mer Annual 2014" 7" EP 2013 UK)

Micah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress - Don't You (Part 1 and 2)  ("Micah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress" 2004 Texas, USA)

The Demon Parade - Do You Believe in Hell?  ("God Says it's Legal" EP 2010 Melbourne, Australia)

The Mystery Lights - What Happens When You Turn the Devil Down  ("The Mystery Lights" 2016 California USA)

Dean Allen Foyd - Insects  ("Road to Atlas" EP 2013 Stockholm, Sweden)

The Winstons - 番号番号 (Number Number)  ("The Winstons" 2016 Milan, Italy)

Tor-Peders - Aye Makami  ("Brev Från Ederstorp" LP 2014 Sweden)

Schnauser - Astral Traveller [Yes]  ("Herne Bay" 7" single 2014 Bristol, UK)

Vibravoid - Get Out of Here  ("Gravity Zero" LP 2012 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Technicolour Dreaming

Very sad to hear that another two legendary musicians have joined the Supergroup in the Sky - and coincidentally on the same day - Jefferson Airplane members Signe Anderson, the original vocalist, and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Paul Kantner. This intro is rapidly becoming a list of who has died, rather than what I've played on the show - hopefully at least a week will go by without any more major losses....

So here's the playlist for the week, and amazingly with a clip for every song! Enjoy...

Vibravoid - Playing with Beuys  ("The Politics of Ecstasy" 2009 Dusseldorf Germany) 

Procul Harum - Shine on Brightly  ("Shine on Brightly" LP 1968 UK)

Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

Jefferson Airplane  - Wooden Ships  ("Volunteers" LP 1969 San Francisco USA)

Pinkunoizu - I Said Hell, You Said No ("The Drop" 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Sundays and Cybele - Waiting for You  ("Gypsy House" LP 2015 Hokkaido, Japan)

The Who - Armenia City in the Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

Moodoid feat. Melody's Echo Chamber - Le Lac d'or  (CD single 2015 France)

Octopus Syng - Listen to the Moths  ("Reverberating Garden No 7" 2014 Finland)

Dean Allen Foyd - Lovely Sort of Death  ("The Sounds can be So Cruel" 2012 France

Ghost - Water Door Yellow Gate ("In Stormy Nights" 2007 Tokyo, Japan)

Holy Wave - Son of Sound  ("Relax" 2013 Austin, Texas USA)

Elephant Stone - Child of Nature (Om Namah Shivayah)  ("The Three Poisons" 2014 Montreal Canada)

The Tremolo Beer Gut - While Squaresville is Watching From Afar... ("From the Vinyl Archives of..." mini-album 2001 Denmark)

Turbonegro - Suffragette City [Bowie]  (7' single 1997 Norway)

The Royal Beat Conspiracy - Had To Be a Woman  ("Music to Rock the Nation" 10" LP Gothenburg, Sweden

The Cush - The Vigilant Ones  ("Between the Leaves" 2009 Fort Worth, Texas USA)

Pineapples From the Dawn of Time - Freaky Acid Planet / Too Much Acid ("Shocker" LP 1987) Brisbane, Australia

Fast Camels - 50 Things on Your Mind  ("The Magic Optician" 2007 Glasgow, Scotland)

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell of Incense  (7" single 1968 USA)

Tom Northcott - Who Planted Thorns in Miss Alice's Garden  (7" single b-side [to "Sunny Goodge Street"] 1967 Canada)

The Misunderstood - Never Had a Girl (Like You Before) (7" single 1969 USA/UK)

Jefferson Airplane - And I Like It (alt version prev unreleased)  ("Takes Off" LP 1966 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

It was the Radiothon ’14 edition of Technicolour Dreaming this week – chaos abounded with the phones ringing, the picking and organising of ‘bribe-to-subscribe’ giveaways, subscribers coming into the station, payments being made, volunteers running about and, unusually for us, lots of air-breaks and chatter and.... did I mention chaos? But it was all in a good cause – our annual Radiothon where we ask listeners to help keep us on-air by becoming valued 3D Radio subscribers! We won’t go into all the details – you can go to the 3D Radio website here and see how to pay [yes we do PayPal], the form to fill out, what you get for your bucks [including this year’s DepthCharge CD compilation which ONLY subscribers are given] and details of the major prizes you are in the running for when you do subscribe - all for the low price of $60.... it doesn’t matter if you live in Adelaide or Athens, the USA or Uruguay, anyone can be a 3D Radio subscriber and help us keep this unique music community radio station broadcasting every day of every week, and of course letting us, the Cat and the Brat, play all the wonderfully diverse psychedelia [and associated obscurities] that we love to share with you every Tuesday afternoon on this show. Normal broadcasting will resume next week of course [whew!] but in the meantime.... dig deep, go to the 3DRadio website and SUBSCRIBE people!

..... anyway, here are all the tracks we played during the show, with some nice pictures ta boot.....

the Green Tambourine Band – Aum [Part A]      (“...Let Yourself Be / AUM” double-LP 2013 Edinburgh, Scotland)

the Beatles – I Am The Walrus      (“Magical Mystery Tour” double-EP 1967 UK)

the Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream [Last Night]      (7”single 1966 USA)

Holy Wave – Night Tripper      (“Relax” 2013 USA)

Kelley Stoltz – All That Jazz [Echo & the Bunnymen cover]      (“Crockodials” 2002 USA)

Robyn Hitchcock – The Ghost In You [Psychedelic Furs cover]      (“The Man Upstairs” 2014 UK)

Les Big Byrd – Indus Waves / Tinitus Aeternum      (“They Worshipped Cats” 2014 Sweden)

Dean Allen Foyd – Please, Pleaze Me      (“The Sounds Can Be So Cruel” 2012 Sweden)

Love – 7 and 7 Is      (7”single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

the Sand Pebbles – Sunshine to Burn [Long Grass cover]      (“Tomorrow Is Today : a tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70” compilation 2007 Australia)

the Chemistry Set – A House Is Not A Motel [Love cover]      (recorded 2014 UK – taken from “Fruits de Mer label:‘7 and 7 Is’” vinyl 7”singles box-set 2014 UK)

 

Tara King Th. – Magnetic Bounds      (“Uncoloured Past [Part 1 & 11]” cassette 2012 Lyons, France)

Jeff St John & the Id – Eastern Dream      (7”single b-side [to Black Girl] 1966 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain – She Runs       (“EP” 2014 Perth, Australia)

Invisible Ships – Lucy Dream      (mp3 single 2013 Faversham, UK)

            ###  “BAND of the WEEK” – Soft Hearted Scientists  ###

Soft Hearted Scientists – The A470 Song      (“Take Time to Wonder in a Whirling World” 2007 Wales, UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Robots Remember      ([from the pre-release of] “The Slow Cyclone” 2014 Wales, UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – The Trees Don’t Seem To Know Its September      (“Wandermoon” 2011 Wales, UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Seeing      (“False Lights” 2013 Wales, UK)

Oak Apple Day plus the Deadly Pair – Moon Shot      (7”single b-side [to Let’s Do It On The Moon] 1969 Australia)

New Electric Ride – All Who You Know      (mp3 single 2014 UK)

the Fast Camels – Kelvin      (“Deadrooms and Butterfly Dreams” 2014 Scotland, UK)

the Sunchymes – Free Rider      (“Shifting Sands” 2009 UK)

Morgan Delt – Backwards Bird Inc      (“Morgan Delt” 2013 California, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Rather than concentrate on some of the fine music played on this week’s  show, like the 7”singles by bands such as the Black Hollies and Peoples Temple, or new albums from the Luck of Eden Hall, Soft Hearted Scientists and [at last!] the very cool debut from Adelaide’s Slingshot Dragster, or even ‘blasts from the past’ by the Bee Gees and Tin Tin, we’d like to draw attention to a wonderful short film by Alex Innocenti that we’ve posted after the Red Angel Panic track. It centres on an iconic Adelaide venue from the 60’s that he ran, “the Cellar” in Twin Street in the city, and features great footage of some of the bands [including of course the abovementioned Red Angel Panic] that played there and some of the events associated with it. Of course, the building is no longer there, demolished recently as part of yet another upmarket ‘project’ – sigh! – though it emerged in its final decade as another Adelaide icon, the Jade Monkey, which continues in another location to provide great, local independent music... But do take a look at this fascinating slice of Adelaide music history, and while you’re at it, check out the final clip – an interview [plus some music] with Russia’s brilliant Messer Chups.....

..... so here is the playlist, along with some viewing pleasure.....

the Warlocks – Dead Generation      (“Skull Worship” 2013 USA)

David Bowie – We are the Dead      (“Diamond Dogs” LP 1974 UK)

the Beep Seals – Stars      (7”single 2007 Manchester, UK)

the Sunnyboys – You Need a Friend [original rough mix]      (“Our Best Of” anthology 2014 Australia)

Dean Allen Foyd – Insects       (“Road to Atlas” EP 2012 Sweden)

Sky Picnic – The Good Humor Man (he sees everything like this) [Love cover]      (recorded 2013 USA – taken from “The Active Listener Sampler 13” compilation 2013 New Zealand)

Anton Barbeau – Out Of My Mind On Dope & Speed [Julian Cope cover]      [“Psychedelic Mynde of Moses” E.P. 2012 UK)

Slingshot Dragster – UTI      (“Bite the Bullet” 2014 Adelaide, South Australia)

the Citradels – Take It Out      (“Our Lord’s Secret Service” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

les Limiñanas – Funeral Baby      (“Les Limiñanas” LP 2010 France)

the Green Pajamas – Such a Lovely Daughter      (recorded 1988 USA – taken from 7” flexi-disc  with “Unhinged Magazine” 1989 UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Song From The River      (“False Lights” 2013 Cardiff, UK)

8x8 – Azalia’s Room      (“Azalia’s Room” 2013 USA)

Red Angel Panic – Private Investigator      (7”single b-side [to Viet Rock] 1971 Adelaide, Australia)

 

the Black Hollies – Here Comes The Rain      (7”single included with “Somewhere Between Here and Nowhere“ LP 2013 USA)

Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade – Old Man Arthur-Dragon Fly      (recorded 1999 – taken from “Retrospectoscope : 1966-70” faux-anthology 2008 UK)

the Luck of Eden Hall – The Collapse of Suzy Star      (“Victoria Moon” 2014 USA)

Peoples Temple – Twice Burned      (7”single b-side [to Brand New Thing] 2013 Michigan, USA)

Tin Tin – Swans on the Canal       (“Tin Tin” LP 1970 Australia/UK)

les Fleurs de Pavot - A Dégager      (“Les Fleurs de Pavot“ LP 1968 France) 

Les Fleurs de Pavot à l'émission Bouton Rouge 1968 by Tushratta

the Bee Gees – Playdown      (“Spicks and Specks” LP 1966 Australia – taken from “Morning Of My Life: Best of 1965-1966” anthology 2013 Australia)

Ted Mulry – Julia      (7”single 1970 Australia/UK)

White Fence – Chairs in the Dark      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 California, USA)

Paul Revere & the Raiders – Just Like Me      (7”single 1965 USA)

the Barbarellatones – I am Verwolf      (recorded 2013 California, USA)

Messer Chups – Diabolik Boogie      (“Crazy Price” 2005 Russia)