Technicolour Dreaming

We started off this week with a classic suite from the 1977 debut album by the Stranglers which was certainly a highlight of their live shows in that period, as can be personally attested. From there we ventured far and wide, with an as-yet-unreleased Barbarellatones track kindly sent to us by Robbie, their singer/guitarist, a song from Gary Numan’s “Pleasure Principle“ LP, a dreamy psychedelic take on an early Beatles song by Jacco Gardner, the new mono reissue of a Seeds favourite, a recent Raveonettes EP cut and, near the end, the Damned’s psych/punk tour de force from “The Black Album”. We also featured, amongst others, some tracks from another Psychic Circle label ‘sike-pop’ compilation of 60’s obscurities, one from the brilliant new Hidden Masters debut, the Marty Rhone version of the Michel Polnareff song we featured last week [by Vibravoid] and finally, a classic from Todd Rundgren who is currently touring here in Australia – a must-see show!

..... and so here is the playlist plus some eye-candy!.....

the Stranglers – Down in the Sewer [suite]     (“Stranglers 1V - Rattus Norvegicus” LP 1977 UK)

the Barbarellatones – Artificially Inseminate my Love      (demo 2013 USA)

Man or Astro-Man? – Sadie Hawkins Atom Bomb      (“Is It…Man or Astro-Man?” LP 1993 Alabama, USA)

John Cooper-Clarke – Psycle Sluts 1&2      (“Disguise in Love” LP 1978 UK)

Gary Numan – Metal      (“The Pleasure Principle” LP 1979 UK)

the Ears – The Lolly Hater      (7” single b-side [to Scarecrow] 1981 Melbourne, Australia)

Jacco Gardner – You Really Got a Hold on Me      (“Mojo: We’re With the Beatles” compilation 2013 UK/Netherlands)

Cate Le Bon – The Eiggy Sea      (“Cyrk 2” mini-LP 2012 Wales, UK)

Hidden Masters – Last Days of the Sun      (“Of This & Other Worlds” 2013 Scotland, UK)

Faine Jade – A Brand New Groove      (“Introspection: A Faine Jade Recital” LP 1968 USA)

the Peanut Butter Conspiracy – It’s a Happening Thing      (“The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading” LP 1967 USA)

the Seeds – Mr Farmer [mono version]      (“A Web Of Sound” LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Sight & Sound – Little Jackie Monday      (7”single b-side [to Alley, Alley] 1968 Birmingham, UK – taken from “Let’s Ride: Fairytales Can Come True, Vol.3” compilation 2008 UK)

Winston G. – Riding with the Milkman      (7”single 1967 London, UK)

Rescue Co. No. 1 – Gotta Find You      (7”single 1971 UK)

Les Irrésistibles – My Year is a Day      (7”single 1968 France/USA)

Marty Rhone – No No No No No [Michel Polnareff cover/adaption]      (7”single b-side [to Tell Me Love] 1967 Australia)

Clinic – I Wanna Get You (Woman) [Loons cover]      (7”split-single [with the Loons] 2010 UK/USA)

the Raveonettes – Night Comes Out      (“Into The Night” EP 2012 Sweden)

Sonny & the Sunsets – Girl on the Street      (“Antenna to the Afterworld” 2013 USA)

Hidden Charms – Please Give Me Something      (“A Real Cool Time” compilation LP 1985 Sweden)

Mick Farren & the Deviants – Let’s Loot the Supermarket Again Like We Did Last Summer      (“Screwed Up” EP 1977 London, UK)

the Damned – Curtain Call       (“The Black Album” double-LP 1979 London, UK)

Todd Rundgren’s Utopia – Heavy Metal Kids      (“Another Live” LP 1975 USA)

Obscured By...

All three ‘DOTS’ were in the studio for this week’s show, which stretched from a rare 1962 New Zealand LP by Peter Posa to a pre-release track from the debut album by English psych band Dewolff, due out soon. Along the way we heard some rare 60’s singles from the likes of 4^th Street Exit, the Zakary Thaks and Melbourne’s Pink Finks, early recordings by the Dots (before they were Paul Kelly and...) plus the Human League, as well as a great version of a Roxy Music classic by ex-members of Christian Death. And finally, we have counted back to A as our ‘Letter of the Week’, thus ending yet another “regular segment”... ahh, what shall we do to replace it? Tune in next week to find out..... heh heh!

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

Dinah Lee – medley [It’s my Party/Then He Kissed Me/I Only Want To Be with You/Stay Awhile]     (‘Live on the Peter Posa Show!’ LP 1962 New Zealand)

Peter Posa – Grasshopper     (‘Live on the Peter Posa Show!’ LP 1962 NZ)

the Pink Finks – Backdoor Man     (7”single 1965 Australia)

Heart’n’Soul – Earthrise      (‘Hot-Boogie Band’ LP 1972 Aust.)

Babeez – Nobody Wants Me     (‘Babeez’ EP 1977 Aust.)

the Dots – Lowdown     (‘the Dots’ EP 1979 Aust.)

Faine Jade – On the inside there’s a middle     (‘Introspection : a Faine Jade Recital’ LP 1968 USA)

the Zakary Thaks – Green Crystal Ties     (7”single 1968 USA – taken from ‘Passage to India’ anthology 2010)

4th Street Exit – Strange One     (7”single 1967 USA – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol. 11’ compilation)

Judy Dyble – Summer Gathers     (‘Enchanted Garden’ 2004 UK)

Dewolff – Don’t you go up the Sky     (‘Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’ 2012 UK)

Brat Farrar – Ask the Night Tonight     (‘Brat Farrar’ 2012 Aust.)

Rozz Williams and Gitane Demone – Every Dream Home a Heartache [Roxy Music cover]      (‘Dream Home Heartache’  1995 USA/Netherlands)

Faust – Munich/Yesterday      (’71 Minutes of Faust’ anthology 1996 Germany)

Wooden Shjips – Sol 07 Part 1     (7”single 2007 USA)

Ape the Cry – Free Dreams     (‘andthe’ LP 1989 Aust.)   #

And The Goat – hangover     (‘Gooseberry’ 2001 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

A La Carte – When the boy comes home     (7”single 1981 Germany)   #

Ash Wednesday – Boring Instrumental     (7”single 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)   #

Roten Rosen – Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Honolulu-Strand Bikini     (7”single 1987 Germany)

Dave Bridge Trio – Boomer Beach     (‘Surfin’ Down Under’ LP 1963 Aust.)

Janice Slater – I’m Gonna Live     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Iguana – Ticket to Ride [Beatles cover]     (7’single 1968 Aust.)

Tony Shepp – Security     (‘Live on TV- “the GO! Show”’ LP 1966 – taken from ‘Neanderthal Stoneage Beat’ compilation)

Death In June – Tick Tock     (‘All Pigs Must Die’ 2001 Aust./UK)

US 69 – I’m on my way     (‘Yesterday’s Folks’ LP 1968 USA)

Left Banke – And One Day     (7”single 1972 USA)

Heaven 17 – Let’s all Make a Bomb     (‘Penthouse and Pavement’ LP 1981 UK)

the Human League – Blind Youth     (‘Reproduction’ LP 1979 UK)

     #   “Letter Of The Week”