Technicolour Dreaming

Here's the latest batch of tunes from the show - couldn't resist a few old favourites from the likes of The Died Pretty, The Move, Naz Nomad and the Nightmares (an off-shoot from The Damned, while Captain Sensible was having his run of hit singles - far prefer this to "Happy Talk"!), The Seeds, and perennial favourites Vibravoid. Also featured were 2 tracks from the soon-to-be-released Systemaddicts CD, "Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor" (for those not in the know, Nullarbor literally means "no trees", and is an area of desolate desert to the north-west of Adelaide, the band's hometown, which any road-trip to western Australia heads right through the middle of  - a famous spot for cars breaking down!). Anyway, as there are no clips for the tracks played (yet), included at the end of the blog is a little taster of a recent live show - enjoy!

...and here's the playlist, with associated visuals...(and I've given up on trying to fix all the different font sizes - it's driving me mad!!!)

Electric Moon - Tomorrow Never Knows     (“Magical Mystery Psych Out – A Tribute to the Beatles” 2015 Germany) 

Died Pretty - Out of the Unknown    (7" single 1984 Sydney, Australia)

Pond - Man it Feels Like Space Again     (“Man It Feels Like Space Again” 2015 Perth, Aust.)

Schnauser - White Plastic Blender      (“The Missing Link” 2011 Bristol UK)                                              

Mikal Cronin - Is It Alright?     (“Mikal Cronin” 2011 California USA)

Ty Segall - Love Fuzz     (“Twins” 2012 California USA)

                                                      

robotmonkeyarm - Il Brutto     (“robotmonkeyarm part one​.​.​.​robot senza nome​!​” 2012 Boston, Massachusetts, USA)                                 

Ian Skelly - I Call Her Name     (“Cut From A Star” 2012 UK)

Medicine Mike – I’ve Never Been (So High)     (7" single [b-side to “Night On Fire”] 1969 Aust.)

Bryce Peterson [House of Nimrod] - Slightly-Delic     (demo 1970's New Zealand)                                              

Wayne Mason and Ali Richardson – Nature     (demo 1968 New Zealand)   
                              

Baker Knight and the Knightmares - Hallucinations     (7" single 1967 USA)

Naz Nomad and the Nightmares - The Trip [Kim Fowley]     (“Give Daddy the Knife Cindy” LP 1984 UK)



Groovy Uncle - Barefoot in the Car Park     (“Persuaded” 2015 UK)



Three Minute Tease - Coffee that Makes the Man Go Mad     (“Bite the Hand” 2014 UK)                                

Vibravoid - Listen, Can't You Hear     (“Delirio Dei Sensi” 2013 Germany) 

Cloud War - Whence and Whither     (digital single 2013 Seattle, Washington USA)                           

The Move - (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree     (“Move” LP 1968 UK) 

Halasan Bazar - Live Without Love     (“Space Junk” LP 2013 Denmark)                                                    

Dukes of Stratosphear - 25 O'Clock     (“25 O’Clock” LP 1985 UK)



Spacemen 3 – Revolution     (“Playing With Fire” 1988 UK)



Warlocks - Hurricane Heart Attack     (“Phoenix” 2002 Los Angeles USA)

Systemaddicts - Can I Follow You?     (“Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor” 2015 Adelaide, Australia - pre-release)

Systemaddicts - Into the Light     (“Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor” 2015 Adelaide, Australia - pre-release) 
  

The Seeds – Bad Part of Town     (7” single 1970 USA)



Les Liminanas – Alicante     (“Costa Blanca” 2013 Perpignan, France)



The Pretty Things – Buzz The Jerk     (“Get the Picture?” LP 1965 UK)

...plus, a clip of The Systemaddicts playing live during their November residency at the Grace Emily - thanks guys for covering The Brat's "Life on the Dole" (guest vocals by Olly Holmes) - the Brat usually hated brass, but I think he would have really liked this version!

Technicolour Dreaming

Having just rediscovered a favourite TV cartoon, the Brat just had to start with the New York Dolls version of its theme song and dedicate it to his Cat! But it was not all frivolity this week – we had some seriously fine music to share, including a track from Ben Mason’s lovingly crafted re-creation of the Zombies’ classic ‘Odessey & Oracle’ LP which he has released as a very limited vinyl edition – we’ve included his Youtube “Making Of...” mini-movie to give you more details. We also played the long opening song from the excellent new King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard release, further tracks from the brilliant new Lumerians album and the White Fence and Permanent Clear Light vinyl singles, plus another from the second instalment of groovy Geelong label Anti-Fade’s “New Centre of the Universe” compilation series, as well as a Spizzenergi cover from the latest EP by Canberra surf punks, Space Party. There was some 60’s psychedelic excellence in the form of songs by H.P.Lovecraft, the End and Keith, a track from the Teardrop Explodes’ second album, Bow Wow Wow’s ode to cassette recording .... and lots more before we ended with yet another in our ongoing quest for ‘alternative versions’, this one of a Byrds’ standard. And there it was – the sound of Technicolour Dreaming on 3D Radio, Adelaide, Australia.....

...... and here is the playlist with links and clips for your perusal.....

the New York Dolls – Courageous Cat [TV cartoon theme cover]      (recorded 1974 New York: unreleased – taken from “Rock’n’Roll” anthology 1994 USA)

Lumerians – Life Without Skin      (“The High Frontier” 2013 USA)

Suede – Can’t Get Enough      (“Head Music” 1999 UK)

Electric Moon – Kleiner Knaller      (“The Doomsday Machine” 2011 Germany)

the Stoneage Hearts – Sick of You [Stooges cover]      (“Guilty as Sin” 2004 Australia)

Turtlenecjk – The Same       (“New Centre of the Universe, Vol.2” compilation 2013 Geelong, Australia)

Brown Recluse – Paisley Tears      (“Evening Tapestry” 2011 Philadelphia, USA)

Permanent Clear Light – Afterwards [Van Der Graaf Generator cover]      (7”single b-side [to Higher Than The Sun] 2013 Finland)

H.P.Lovecraft – Spin, Spin, Spin      (“H.P.Lovecraft II” LP 1969 USA)

the End – Shades of Orange      (“Introspection” LP 1969 UK)

Jésus – L'électrocuté      (7”single 1967 France – taken from “Midnight Massiera : the B-Music of Jean-Pierre Massiera” anthology 2009 France/UK)

Space Party – Where’s Captain Kirk? [Spizzenergi cover]      (“Future Surf” EP 2013 Canberra, Australia)

Bow Wow Wow – C-30, C-60, C-90, Go!      (7”single 1980 UK)

Big Richard Insect – Death to the Animals      (“Big Richard Insect” EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Ben Mason – Time of the Season [Zombies cover]      (“The Odessey Odyssey” LP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Starling Electric – St Valentine’s Day Massacre       (“Clouded Staircase” 2008 Michigan, USA)

Gothic Chicken – Pita Bread Man      (‘Shindig!’ magazine covermount-CD compilation “It’s Happening Vol.1” 2009 UK)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Head On/Pill      (“Float Along – Fill Your Lungs” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Hidden Masters – Into The Night Sky [alt. version]      (‘Shindig!’ magazine covermount-CD compilation “It’s Happening Vol.1” 2009 UK)

the Teardrop Explodes – Passionate Friend      (“Wilder” LP 1981 UK)

Pink Floyd – Matilda Mother [alt. version]      (recorded 1967 – bonus track on disc 3 of “Piper at the Gates of Dawn” reissue boxset 2007 UK)

Keith – Charley Cinders      (“The Adventures of Keith” LP 1969 New York, USA)

David Bowie – The Bewlay Brothers      (“Hunky Dory” LP 1971 UK)

White Fence – Fragility      (7” single b-side [to Pink Gorilla] 2013 California, USA)

the Byrds – Eight Miles High [alt. version]      (recorded 1966 – bonus track on “5^th Dimension” reissue 2004 USA)

Obscured By...

On this final edition of ‘Obscured by...’ in its current format, all three "dots" were joined by Yours Truly, a duo comprising Ken Stewart (Urban Guerillas) and local performer David Robinson, chatting and playing live in the studio.  Also featured were some tracks from the 3CD compilation which accompanies Julian Cope’s new tome “Copendium”.... Rock Hudson rocked us (gently) ...Swedish psych legends Baby Grandmothers’ only single during their long career (and they went to Finland to make & release it!).... Electric Moon’s Germanic spacerock drone, some Dirty Filthy Mud and Kak with Mothers Love.... and everything else listed below!  We’ll be back on the first day of 2013 with a new format show, but with more similarities than differences to what has gone before!

Rev. Black & the Rockin’ V’s – Sugar Train      (7”single b-side [to Down to the Last 500] 1968 Australia)

Quinn – Mighty Quinn [Dylan/Manfred Mann cover]      (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Phil Jones & the Unknown Blues – If I Had a Ticket      (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Procession – Listen      (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Running, Jumping, Standing Still – Diddy Wah Diddy [Bo Diddley cover]      (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Baby Grandmothers – Being Is More Than life      (7”single b-side [to Somebody Keeps Calling My Name] 1968 Sweden)

Eero Koisvistoinen – Small Games Inside an Urban Limousine      (‘Valtakunta’ LP 1968 Finland)

Electric Moon – Gefaehrliche Planetengirls      (‘Lunatics’ LP 2010 Germany)

Yours Truly – Where Did You Go?       (Performed “live” in the 3D Radio ‘on-air’ studio 18/12/2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Yours Truly – Here Come the Americans [orig. Urban Guerillas song]          (Performed “live” in the 3D Radio ‘on-air’ studio 18/12/2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Yours Truly – Shining Light      (‘Very Together’ 2012 Aust.)

Lord Buckley – Supermarket      (‘Way Out Humour’ LP 1959 USA – taken from ‘Copendium’ compilation 2012 UK) 

Cold Sun – Fall      (‘Dark Shadows’ LP 1970 Texas, USA)

Rock Hudson – Things Bright & Beautiful      (‘Rock, Gently’ LP 1968 USA)

the Plugz – La Bamba [Richie Valens cover]      (‘Electrify Me’ LP 1979 USA)

Brian Eno – The Lion Sleeps Tonight      (7”single 1975 UK)

Liquid Visions – Mt Olympus      (‘Liquid Visions’ 1998 Germany)

the Purple Merkins – Ain’t Got Enough      (‘Merkinmania’ LP 1997 Tuscon, Arizona, USA – taken from cover-mount CD  of ‘Rumble Skunk Vol. 2’ fanzine 2010 Greece)

Dirty Filthy Mud – The Forest of Black      (7”single 1968 California, USA)

Kak – Trieulogy      (‘Kak’ LP 1969 USA)

William Sheller – Living East, Dreaming West      (7”single b-side [to She Opened the Door] 1970 France)

Mother’s Love – Saint Without Glory      (‘Take One’ LP 1968 Holland)

Vincent Blake Shadow – Child of Orion      (‘Vincent Black Shadow’ LP 2005 Baltimore, USA)