Technicolour Dreaming

From Adelaide  to Ohio, California to Copenhagen, from 1966 through to 2013 and from French pop to Swedish psych via UK glam and assorted places/times/music between, with a whole bunch of new arrivals in the Cat&BratHaus letterbox to plunder along with some old faves to rediscover, this week’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming was a wylde ride, both to deliver & to hear! Standouts were the latest Luke Haines album, a children’s adventure for adults featuring Sham69’s Jimmy Pursey as a crafty fox, Gene Vincent as a cool cat and Nick Lowe as a wise old badger – needless to say, Megan Cat picked the Gene Vincent song as one of the cuts to play from it! Then there was the excellent new psych pop album from the Sufis which has been also hogging our music machine since its arrival and keeps getting better with each listen, though it’s been vying with the Citradels’ latest  and the Tages’ 1968 “Studio” LP re-issue for the title of “king of the machine”. Then there was Adelaide’s own LeighStarDust with a 2005 track [plus a clip starring loads of our friends], which we played to celebrate her upcoming nuptials to brillig’s Denni [who just happened to produce that EP] , new releases from Melbourne’s Flyying Colours and the Ancients, plus a track from Chad & Jeremy’s 1967 psych-pop masterpiece, as well as one from Asteroid #4’s debut way back in 1997 and... and... and...

..... so here is the full playlist plus pictures for your perusal.....

Chapta – Journey to the Sun      (“Chapta One” LP 1970 New Zealand)

the Citradels – Black Holes      (“Our Lord’s Secret Service” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Loose Enz – The Black Door     (7”single 1968 Pennsylvania, USA)

Bats – Listen to my Heart      (7”single 1966 South Africa)

the Asteroid #4 – No More Vitamins/Underbelly of a Mushroom      (“Introducing the Asteroid #4” 1997 Philadelphia, USA)

Luke Haines – Three Frendz/Gene Vincent      (“Rock’n’Roll Animals” 2013 UK)

Kristine Sparkle – 8 Days a Week [Beatles cover]      (7”single 1974 UK)

Jason Faulkner – The Plan      (“Can You Still Feel It?” LP 1999 USA)

LeighStarDust – They Make Good Pets (But I Don’t Have One)      (“They Make Good Pets...” EP 2005 Adelaide, Australia)

Devo – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [Rolling Stones cover]      (7”single 1978 Ohio, USA)

the Rolling Stones – Citadel      (“Their Satanic Majesties Request” LP 1967 London, UK)

Flyying Colours – Like You Said       (“Flyying Colours” EP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Chad & Jeremy – I’ll Get Around To It When I Can      (“Of Cabbages & Kings” LP 1967 UK)

the Aerovons – The Train      (7”single 1969 USA/UK)

White Fence – New Edinburgh Man      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 California, USA)

Ty Segall – Thank God For Sinners      (“Twins” 2013 California, USA)

Mayfly – Secondhand Dream      (“Mayfly” LP 1973 Holland)

Surf School Dropouts – Destination Sunshine      (demo 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Girls – Lust For Life      (“Album” 2009 USA)

the Sufis – The Most Peculiar Happening Cat      (“Inventions” 2013 Nashville, USA)

the Tages – To Be Free      (7”single b-side [to Fantasy Island] 1968 Sweden)

Serge Gainsbourg – Qui Est “in”, Qui Est “out”      (“Qui Est ‘In’, Qui Est ‘out’” EP 1966 France)

the Ancients – Hey Now       (“Night Bus” 2013 Australia)

Lady Strangelove – Hypnotised      (“Freakquencies” EP 2009 Adelaide, Australia)

Bronco Bullfrog – Never Been To California      (7”single b-side [to Clarifoil] 2013 UK)

Lumerians – High Frontier      (“High Frontier” 2013 USA)

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We began the show this week with two tracks from Eric Burdon & the Animals 1967 album ‘Winds of Change’ and finished it with one from the new album by Australia’s Cloud Control, and so it was for the music we played in-between – the old and the new, here and overseas, soft and loud, fast blasts and slow drones – all the regular ingredients you’ve come to expect in the sounds of Technicolour Dreaming. From the b-side of Temples’ debut single to the Sons of Adam’s Arthur Lee-penned 1966 single a-side via Sula Bassana, Scott Walker, the Millennium and ex-Smallgoods songwriter Ben Mason’s latest psych-pop masterpiece and through to Beaulieu Porch, Mikal Cronin and the new Mynd Gardeners vinyl release, it was a varied journey through psychedelic realms and related states, which included a tribute to long-time Devo drummer Alan Myers who passed away recently, a1966 VOX radio ad, a track from the Gang of Four’s 1980 debut LP, a very electric version of a Serge Gainsbourg classic by Deep Sea Arcade and a strange 1970 b-side by Janie Jones, the London ‘identity’ immortalised by the Clash on their debut LP. So, business as usual here on 3D Radio with the Cat & the Brat.....

..... and here is the playlist, with some visual goodies thrown in.....   

Eric Burdon and the Animals – Poem By The Sea / Paint it Black [Rolling Stones cover]         (“Winds of Change” LP 1967 UK)

Crystal Stilts – The Dazzled         (“Alright of Night” 2008 New York, USA)

Scott Walker – Get Behind Me         (“Scott 4” LP 1969 UK/USA)

Janie Jones – Psycho         (7”single [b-side to Back on my Feet Again] 1970 UK)

Gang of Four – Return the Gift         (“Entertainment” LP 1980 UK)

Devo – The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize         (“Duty Now for the Future” LP 1979 Akron, Ohio, USA)

the Mynd Gardeners – Misinterpreted         (7”split-single [with the Stanleys] 2013 Australia)

Temples – Colours to Life         (7”single [b-side to Shelter Song] 2013 UK)

Sula Bassana – Perry Rhodan         (“Dark Days” 2013 Germany)

Deep Sea Arcade (with Megan Washington) – Bonnie and Clyde [Serge Gainsbourg cover]         (“Melodie Francaise” compilation 2013 Aust.)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Hate the Taste         (“Spectre at the Feast” CD single 2013 USA)

the Cosmic Gardeners – Way of Going         (“Fortune Bells and Magic Candles” 1995 Bavaria, Germany)

Blue Effect – Snakes         (“Blue Effect” EP 1969 Czechoslovakia)

the Millennium – It’s You         (“Begin” LP 1968 USA)

the Executives – Summerhill Road         (7”single 1969 Sydney, Aust.)

Django Django – Hail Bop         (“Django Django” 2012 Scotland, UK)

Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ – The Little Record Store Just Around the Corner         (“Songs from the Psychedelic Time Clock” EP 2013 Georgia, USA)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Stairway to the Best Party in the Universe         (“Aufheben” 2012 USA)

Vibravoid – La Vie En Dusseldorf         (“Gravity Zero” 2012 Germany)

Ben Mason – I Can See Again         (“Holes and Corners” 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Sufis – I Don’t Know         (“The Sufis” 2013 USA)

Love – The Red Telephone         (“Forever Changes” LP 1967 USA)

the Amazing – Evil          (“Wait for a Light to Come” 2010 Sweden)

Beaulieu Porch – We Are Today         (“We Are Beautiful” 2013 UK)

Mikal Cronin – Shout It Out         (“MC II” 2013 California, USA)

Sons of Adam – Feathered Fish [Arthur Lee cover]         (7”single 1966 California, USA – taken from “Pebbles Volume 1” compilation LP 1979 USA)

Radio Promo – VOX ‘wah-wah’ advert 1966 [featuring the Electric Prunes]         (‘mystery’ track on “Pebbles Volume 1”)

Adnan Othman and the Wanderers – Revolusi!         (7”single 1970(?) Malaysia – taken from “Pop Yeh Yeh – Psychedelic Rock from Singapore & Malaysia – 1964-1970, Vol.1” compilation 2013 Seattle, USA)

Les 5 Gentleman – LSD 25 ou les Metamorphoses de Margaret Steinway        (“Qu’as-tu Katioucha?” EP 1968 France)

Cloud Control – Promises         (“Dream Cave” 2013 Aust.)

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The Cat and the Brat were back again this week, with both new and old favourites... Amongst the Australian selection, we played a track from the re-issue of the Reels classic 1979 album “Quasimodo’s Dream”, some Screaming Tribesmen and a Ray Brown and Moonstone psych gem, plus hometown tracks from Roo Shooter and Isolation Valve. We visited Peter Sellers’ movie The Party via the Wondermints, went to 70’s UK with the Normal, went Scandinavian with Serena Maneesh, revisited a Canadian deejay’s 1965 bogus band doing ‘Like a Dribbling Fram’ and checked out, from the 60’s, the Knack (same label but no relation)... And we finished with ‘DieselWitch Will Kill You’, our new ‘Album of the Month’, by local surf/garage heroes DieselWitch...

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

Serena Maneesh – Selina Melodie Fountain     (Serena Maneesh)

the Fall – Totally Wired     (7”single 1980 UK)

Isolation Valve – Virus Envy     (‘Dear Warren Ellis’ demo 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Screaming Tribesmen – Date with a Vampyre     (‘Date with a Vampyre’ 12”EP 1985 Aust.)

the Normal – Warm Leatherette     (7”single 1978 UK)

Devo – Be Stiff     (12” mini-LP, Stiff Records 1978 US/UK)

Roo Shooter – My Pal [God cover]     (People Gather Round for the Sound of Slaughter)

the Barracudas – His Last Summer     (7”single 1980... taken from ‘Drop Out with the Barracudas’ LP 1982 UK)

the Aves – Thick as Thieves     (‘the Aves’ cdEP 2011 Adelaide)

Wild Rocket – Dewey Decimal System     (Salad Days)

Blondie – In the Flesh     (‘Plastic Letters’ LP 1978 USA)

the Reels – Kitchen Man     (‘Quasimodo’s Dream’ LP 1979 Dubbo, Aust.)

Quasi – Poverty Sucks     (When The Going Gets Dark)

Ray Brown and Moonstone – Start of a New Day     (‘Mad House’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Chapta – Journey to the Sun     (7”single 1970 New Zealand – taken from ‘A Day in My Mind’s Mind’ compilation of 60’s NZ psych)

the Third Bardo – 5 Years Ahead of My Time     (7”single 1967 USA)

 the Double Agents – I Want, Need, Love you [Black Diamonds cover]     (‘Wild About You’ comp. 2004 Aust.)

the Race Marbles – Like a Dribbling Fram      (7”single 1965 Canada – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol.3’ comp.)

the Wondermints – The Party [cover of theme song from Peter Sellers’ 1968 film]     (‘Shots In The Dark’ : Henry Mancini tribute compilation 1996 USA)

the Electric Prunes – Hideaway     (‘Underground’ LP 1967 USA)

the Knack – Time Waits for No-one     (7”single 1967 USA)

Kahli Bahlu – How Can I Tell My Guru     (‘Kahli Bahlu Takes the Forest Children On a Journey of Cosmic Remembrance’ LP 1968 USA – taken from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers’ compilation boxset)

DieselWitch – Jack It All In     (DieselWitch Will Kill You)    #

     #   “Album of the Month”      

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Once again, due to the unavailability of the Cat & the Brat, this week’s show was presented by our good friend and fellow 3D-er, Bryan... (listen in to his Tuesday morning brekkie show ‘MellowScream’ on 3D Radio for three hours of aural goodies!) He played an eclectic selection ranging from 60’s garage, with tracks from likes of the Monks and the Cryan’Shames, some punk from M.O.T.O. and through to new stuff from Belles Will Ring, brillig and DieselWitch, with assorted stops along the way. There was a Devo-themed bracket which included versions of their songs by Adelaide’s Tardis Retardis and Almost Numan, as well as a bunch of songs from the Bad Afro compilation series ‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock to the Man’, some Trashmen and Trashwomen, and finishing with the final appearance of Wooden Shjips “West” as ‘Album of the Month’... Thanks for a great show Bryan... indeed a high standard for us to match on our return next week!!!

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

Status Quo – Technicolour Dream     (‘Technicolour Dreams of Status Quo’ – compilation cd)

brillig – Bird from the Ashes     (‘Jack Davey’ cdEP 2009 Adelaide, Australia)

Black Box Recorder – British Racing Green     (Passionoia)

the Triffids – Joan of Arc     (‘Reverie’ EP 1982 Australia)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Suppose they gave a war and no-one came     (‘Volume 2: (Breaking Through)’ LP 1968 USA)

Devo – Witch Doctor     (‘Rugrats’ soundtrack cd)

Tardis Retardis – Be Stiff [Devo cover]     (Recorded ‘live’ at the Century Hotel, Adelaide 1988 – taken from ‘The Devo Years’ section of their 3-CD anthology, Adelaide Aust.)

Devo – Too Much Paranoia     (‘Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo’ LP 1978 USA)

Almost Numan – Secret Agent Man [Devo cover]     (Almost Numan)

Annexus Quom – Osmose 11     (‘Jazz Kraut’ comp. 2011)

the Monks – Blast Off     (‘Black Monk Time’ LP 1966 USA/Germany)

the Launderettes – Nobody But Me     (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock To The Man Vol.3’ comp.)

the Shindiggers – Black’n’Hairy     (‘Maximum Beat’ comp.)

Belles Will Ring – Come to the Village     (Crystal Theatre)

Wayne County – Max’s Kansas City     (At the Trucks!)

the Trashwomen – I’m Trash     (‘Spend the night with the Trashwomen’ LP 1993 USA)

the Trashmen – Bird Dance Beat     (Bird City: Best of the Trashmen)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1968 UK)

Jim Jones Revue – hey hey hey hey     (‘Shindig! It’s Happening Vol.1’ comp. UK)

the Gothic Chicken – Pitta Bread Man     (‘Shindig! It’s Happening Vol.1’ comp. UK)

M.O.T.O. – Crystallize my Penis     (Battle of the Band)

the Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet     (7”single 1978 UK)

the Cryan’ Shames – Sugar and Spice     (7”single 1966 USA)

DieselWitch – Reptile Surf     (DieselWitch Will Kill You)

the Duplo – Hey Hey Hey       (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock To The Man Vol.1’ comp.)

Mother Superior – Have you seen that Cat     (‘Pushing Scandinavian Rock To The Man Vol.2’ comp.)

Wooden Shjips – Crossing     (West)     #

    # “Album of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

Once again, the Cat and the Brat featured an eclectic mix of bands and locales, ranging from the USA with the 60s garage/psych/pop of Penny Arkade and the Moving Sidewalks and into the 70s with Devo and Suicide, a cluster of Australian 80s, from the obscure Nick Gogol to the original ‘Le’ Hoodoo Gurus, right up to new releases from Queensland’s Lobster Prophets, Melbourne’s YIS and Adelaide’s Jay Walker & the Pedestrians. We also played a track by great Adelaide 80s band, the Spikes, in memory of their guitarist Ian List, who passed away this week. Naturally we concluded the show with a song from our current “Album of the Month” by Sydney’s Belles Will Ring...

... so here is the playlist...

Blue Sunshine Minds – How Does it Feel? (‘Burn Your Fingers on the Sun’ – compilation)

Penny Arkade – Colour Fantasy   (‘Not the Freeze’ LP 1968 US)

Lady Strangelove – In Meltdown   (‘Sweet Exchange’ EP, Aust. 2011)

the Stevenson Ranch Dravidians – Stargazer   (‘Psychedelica 3’ – compilation)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Lucien   (Abandoned Meander)

Sir Lord Von Raven – The Glass Castle (Please Throw Me Back in the Ocean)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians – Summer at Last   (Liquid Sun)

Lobster Prophet – Krill of Krull   (Tropical Alien)

the Moving Sidewalks – 99^th floor   (7”single 1967 US)

the Spikes – River Of Love   (‘Colour In A Black Forest’ LP, 1986 Adelaide)

Luke Haines – Russian Futurists Black Out The Sun   (21^st Century Man)

White Denim – Street Joy   (“D”)

Gang of Four – 5:45   (Entertainment)

Suicide – Rocket USA   (Suicide)

Nick Gogol – Girl From Tractor Factory (7”single 1985 Adelaide)

YIS – (I Feel) Repulsed   (Kingdom Of Fuzz)

Devo – Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy (Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo)

the Minutemen – Voodoo Slaves (7”single 1982 Aust.) 

Le Hoodoo Gurus – Leilani [Original 1983 Version]   (7”single Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Palisade Alley   (Crystal Theatre)  #

     # Album of the Month