Technicolour Dreaming

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we felt that over the next few weeks we should feature some of our favourite releases and reissues of 2013, as well as some older tracks that we’ve either unearthed or rediscovered or simply wanted to play because we could – we leave it to you to guess which songs fall into which categories. So, without further ado.....

..... here is this week’s playlist plus assorted visuals.....

Vibravoid – Listen Can’t You Hear      (“Delirio Dei Sensi” LP 2013 Germany – recorded/released in Italy)

Toy – Join the Dots       (“Join the Dots” double-LP 2013 UK)

Jim Noir – Look Around You      (“Jim Noir” 2008 UK)

the Dials – Mondo Space      (“End of the Pier” 2013 Brighton, UK)

Pregnant Insomnia – Wallpaper      (7”single 1967 Dublin, Eire)

Davey Lane – Moulty [Barbarians cover]      (“Nuggets : Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era” compilation 2013 Australia)

Permanent Clear Light – Higher Than the Sun : Astral Travel      (“Beyond These Things” 2013 Finland)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Panic in Babylon      (“Aufheben” LP 2012 USA)

Django Django – WOR      (“Django Django” 2012 Scotland, UK)

Jacques Dutronc – L’Augmentation      (“Jacques Dutronc” LP 1968 France)

Brigitte Fontaine – Je suis inadaptée      (“Brigitte Fontaine est... Folle” LP 1968 France)

les Limiñanas – Salvation      (“Crystal Anis” 2012 Perpignan, France)

Zorgones – Herr Doctor Reich      (7”single 1968 France – taken from “Wizzz! [psychorama français 1966-70] Vol. 2” compilation 2008 France)

the Monkees – Randy Scouse Git      (“Headquarters” LP 1967 USA)

Wooden Shjips – Other Stars      (“Back to Land” 2013 San Francisco, USA)

the Sandwitches – Sun In Rain      (“I Need You Bad” compilation LP 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Jacco Gardner – Puppets Dangling      (“Cabinet of Curiousities” 2013 Holland)

Black Cab – Summer of Love      (“Altamont Diary” 2004 Melbourne, Australia)

the Grand Rapids – Blow Up      (“Great Shakes” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Balcony Stars – The Butterfly Girl      (“Sunshine” EP 2013 Liverpool, UK)

the Executives – Moving in a Circle      (7”single b-side [to It's A Happening World] 1968 Sydney, Australia)

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (“Beaulieu Porch” 2012 UK)

Ben Mason – Care of Cell 44 [Zombies cover]      (“The Odessey Odyssey” LP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Selfish Cales – Orange Skies [Love cover]      (“Dandelion Seeds” EP 2013 Italy)

the Night Beats – Rat King      (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 Seattle, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

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.)

Technicolour Dreaming

Which to go with, the old or the new? With so much great music to choose from, both from our own collection, and Three D Radio’s massive vinyl and CD library, we often find it hard to decide which songs will make the cut each week! Two hours just never seems to be enough, especially when there are so many great new bands we want to introduce to you, the listener, without sacrificing the old favourites, the obscure gems, and those that deserve to be known better. But all in all, we think that we manage to pick a pretty great bunch of tracks for your listening pleasure each week – we hope you agree!

...... so here is this week's playlist plus a few visuals we hope will divert/intrigue/amuse .....

Lou Reed – Berlin/Lady Day         (‘Berlin’ LP 1973 USA)

Wooden Wand – Baby, You’re a Rich Man [Beatles cover]         (recorded 2012 USA – taken from ‘Mojo Presents: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces’ compilation 2012 UK)

Steve Mason – A Lot of Love        (‘Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time’ 2013 Scotland, UK)

the Demon Parade – Open Up Your Mind         (CD-single 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Wire – A Mutual Friend         (‘154’ LP 1979 UK)

Jason Falkner – Burning Airlines Give You So Much More [Eno cover]       (‘Can You Still Feel?’ vinyl LP 1999 USA)

the Black Hollies – The Autumn Chateau         (‘Casting Shadows’ 2008 Philadelphia, USA)

Jacco Gardner – Puppets Dangling        (‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2013 UK)

 

the Straight Arrows – Can’t Count         (‘The First 2 7”s’ vinyl EP 2013 Sydney, Aust.)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Trench Foot         (‘New Centre of the Universe’ compilation 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Love Parade – Doorful of Windows         (‘King Me’ 2013 Sydney, Aust.)

Del Shannon – New Orleans [Mardi Gras]          (‘The Further Adventures of Charles Westover’ 1967 USA)

Normie Rowe – She Used to be Mine         (‘It Ain’t Necessarily So, But it Is…Normie Rowe!’ LP 1965 Aust.)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Leiyla         (‘Part 1’ LP 1967 USA)

Michel Polnareff – Le roi des fourmis         (‘Ame Caline’ 7”EP 1967 France)

the Lemon Pipers – Love, Beads and Meditations         (‘Jungle Marmalade’ LP 1968 USA)

Dark Ocean Colours – My Barbara Closed the Door         (‘Dark Ocean Colours’ 2012 USA)

the Moles – Ginger Tom         (‘Future Sounds of Ashton’ 2011 Wales, UK)

the Gooch Palms –Participant No. 9         (‘RU 4 Sirius?’ vinyl EP 2013 Sydney, Aust.)

Happyland – Do You Know Who I Am?         (CD-single 1996 Aust.)

Prisoners – For Now and Forever         (‘The Wisermiserdemelza’ LP 1983 UK)

Lene Lovich – I Think We’re Alone Now [Tommy James cover - Japanese language version]         (‘Stateless’ LP [Japanese Release bonus track] 1978 UK)

Jim Noir – The Cheese of Jim’s Command         (‘Jimmy’s Show’ 2013 UK)

nick nicely – Treeline         (7”single b-side [to DCT Dreams] 1980 UK – taken from ‘Psychotropia’ anthology 2003 UK)

Ultravox! – The Wild, the Beautiful and the Damned         (‘Ultravox!’ LP 1977 UK)

Django Django – Skies over Cairo         (‘Djamgo Django’ 2012 UK)

the Crazy World of Arthur Brown – Spontaneous Apple Creation          (‘The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’ LP 1968 UK)

Carlton Melton – Photos of Photos         (‘Photos of Photos’ 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

A new year – a new show format. As mentioned in the previous few posts, the Cat & the Brat now do one show only – every Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 4pm here at 3D Radio 93.7fm in Adelaide, South Australia – so basically we’ve rolled the two old ones into a single streamlined spectacular (errrr, well, radio show – apologies for the hyperbole, but we ARE pretty happy about it!) containing the essences of the old in a new format, but keeping the ‘Technicolour Dreaming’ brand name – it does relate to what we play, after all!. Basically, we’re still playing our favourite psych, surf, garage, Krautrock, punk, pop etc etc from all over the place, some new, some old, some obscure, some better-known – you get the picture? And on the blog we’ll put up some clips to accompany the list that you can watch and perhaps take you further into related music – and don’t forget that we stream the show on the internet from the 3D website and iTunes Radio (under ‘eclectic’ – about right, eh?), so even if you live at the North Pole or the Sahara, you can work out the time difference to Adelaide and listen in! Anyway, enough chatter... here’s the playlist for the first show, appropriately on the 1^st of January, 2013!!! Happy New Year!

the Rolling Stones – We Love You      (7”single 1967 UK)

Baptism of Uzi – Baby, Please Don’t Go [Them/Shadows of Knight cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)

the Laurels – One Step Forward [two steps back)      (‘Plains’ 2012 Australia)

Step-Panther – Maybe Later      (cd-single 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

the Rationals – I Need You      (7”single 1968 Michigan, USA)

DeWolff – Don’t You Go Up The Sky      (‘Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’ 2010 Holland)

Ghost – Gareki No Toshi      (‘In Stormy Nights’ 2007 Japan)

Mick Ronson – Slaughter on 10^th Avenue      (‘Slaughter on 10^th Avenue’ LP 1974 UK)

the Bee Gees – Kitty Can [alt. version]      (from bonus disc with 2006 CD re-issue of ‘Idea’ LP 1968 UK)

Rhubarb Rhubarb – Rainmaker       (7”single 1968 UK)

Dizzy Limits – Mare Tranquility       (7”single b-side [to Alone] 1969 New Zealand)

Herman’s Hermits – Marcel’s      (7”single b-side [to I can take or leave your lovin’] 1967 UK)

the Monkees – P.O.Box 9847      (‘the Birds, the Bees & the Monkees’ LP 1967 USA)

Django Django – Skies Over Cairo      (‘Django Django’ 2012 Scotland, UK)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Magick 1      (‘Dead Magick’ LP 2011 Iceland)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Panic in Babylon      (‘Aufheben’ 2012 USA)

Jason Lytle – Willow Wand Willow Wand      (‘Dept. of Disappearance’ 2012 Washington, USA)

Ty Segall – Who Are You      (‘Twins’ 2012 California, USA)

Toy – Kopter      (‘TOY’ 2012 London, UK)

Hagar the Womb – Armchair Observer      (‘Funnery in a Nunnery’ LP 1985 UK)

Belligerent Slaves – A Butler to Some Weirdo      (‘Belligerent Slaves’ LP 1986 Adelaide, Australia)

Systematics – Mmmmm      (‘Rural’ LP 1980 Australia)

the Bad Poets – Unexpected Rainfall      (demo 1980 Adelaide, Australia)

Ringo Deathstarr – Waste      (‘Mauve’ 2012 Texas, USA)

Salamander Jim – Fly in Dark Ointment      (‘Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids’ EP 1985 Australia)

Felt – Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow      (12”single 1981 UK)

the Gothic Archies – This Abyss       (‘the Tragic Treasury: songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah      (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1967 France)