Technicolour Dreaming

This week we went from Adam & the Ants to All Night Radio and Ian Skelly,  Les Fleurs de Pavot to Beaulieu Porch, Australian 90’s icons Clouds and a 1967 Brian Wilson demo, a few covers [including a briefly-reformed lineup of local punk legends, the Dagoes, covering their own classic 1980 version of a Roky Erikson gem, plus Espers acid-folk take on the Blue Oyster Cult], some new  and older vinyl & CD releases incorporating a bunch of re-issues from the 60’s, as well as a duo of songs featuring giant squids [one of which includes the immortal rhyme “the squid was vicious, Sid was delicious...”] amongst other things – what else could it be but the Cat & the Brat’s “Technicolour Dreaming” streaming psychedelic psounds to the world on Adelaide’s own 3D Radio.....

..... so here is the playlist, plus some visual accompaniment.....

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [Roky Erikson cover]     (“Oh Yeah” 2008 Adelaide, South Australia)

Dead Skeletons – Cemalim      (“ORD” EP 2013 Iceland/Germany)

Groep 1850 – Mother No-Head      (7”single 1967 Netherlands – taken from “Group 1850 – Mother No-Head : Their 45’s” anthology 2012)

 

Adam & the Ants – Plan 9 Failed      (“Dirk Wears White Sox” LP 1979 London, UK)

Brian Wilson – Surf’s Up      (demo 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Heaven’s Gateway Drugs – Missed Connections (Shadows)      (“CPF Cassette” 2012 Indiana, USA)

Gift of Love [aka the Atlantics] – Flowers      (7”single 1967 Australia)

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Viholliseni Maala [In the Land of my Enemy]      (“Revolution Number Zero” EP 2013 USA/Germany)

Beaulieu Porch – Greencroft Street      (“Beaulieu Porch” 2012 UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Seaside Sid & the Giant Squid       (“False Lights” 2013 Cardiff, UK)

Baterz – Giant Squids      (“the Red Single” 1999 Adelaide, South Australia)

Espers – Flaming Telepaths [Blue Oyster Cult cover]       (“The Weed Tree” EP 2004 USA)

the Fourmyula – Nature      (7”single 1969 New Zealand – taken from “Inside the Hutt : New Zealand's Pop-Psych Kingpins 1968-1969“ anthology 2013)

All Night Radio – Sky Bicycle [You’ve Been Ringing]      (“Spirit Stereo Frequency” 2004 USA)

Clouds – Alchemy’s Dead      (“Thunderhead” LP 1993 Australia)

Headband – Stay With Me       (7”single b-side [to Country Lady] 1973 Adelaide, South Australia)

Damon – Song for a Gypsy      (“Song for a Gypsy” LP 1969 Hollywood, USA)

Abunai! – Citadel [Rolling Stones cover]      (“Pull Up The Paisley Covers : a Psychedelic Omnibus” compilation 2002 USA)

Les Fleurs de Pavot - Pourquoi L'amour À Deux      ("Les Fleurs de Pavot" LP 1968 France)

Sudden Death of Stars – I’m Not Among Believers      (“Getting Up, Going Down” 2013 Brittany, France)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Black Sheep [SRC cover]      (“Luck of Eden Hall” EP 2013 Chicago, USA)

Ian Skelly – Paper Sky      (“Cut From A Star” 2012 Scotland, UK)

El Futuro Sonidos – Like Stars, Like Dust      (“The Throwaway Age” faux 60’s-movie soundtrack 2012 USA)

the David – I’m Not Alone      (“Another Day, Another Time” LP 1967 USA)

Procession – Mind Magician      (“Procession” LP 1968 Australia)

Mayfly – Blue Sofa      (“Mayfly” LP 1971 Holland)

Sky Picnic – Seven      (“Farther In This Fairytale” LP 2011 Brooklyn, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

So.... have you ever wondered if there’s a process we go through when programming Technicolour Dreaming, to select the tracks we play?  Though it may seem surprising at times, yes there is!! It involves constantly listening to music – new purchases, forgotten gems, suggestions from friends, and whatever the Pod-of-i selects for us when we’re driving. Lists are made and re-made, the bags full of CDs and vinyl are packed and ready to go, then off we set to Three D Radio. But on the way, something strange happens…. the evil Pod-of-i tries to tempt us away from our plans with tasty musical morsels … then a stop at the Post Office heralds the arrival of more music from faraway lands, further derailing our resolve to stick with our list. And upon finally arriving at our destination, a quick scan of the “new releases” section of the 3D library tempts us further, and our steely determination collapses like a stack of 7” singles falling off the shelf! So with best made plans laid to waste, we give in and play whatever takes our fancy, track by track for your listening pleasure…..

..... and here are this week’s selections, with visual accompaniment.....

Roxy Music – If There Is Something      (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

Fourmyula – Nature      (‘Creation’ LP 1969 New Zealand)

the Modern Lovers – Modern World  [alternative version]      (recorded 1972, unreleased – bonus track on re-issue of ‘The Modern Lovers’ 2003 USA)

Pugwash – Waltz #714      (‘Jollity’ 2005 Ireland)

Ride Into The Sun – Too Cold      (‘Ride Into The Sun’ mini-LP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Space Agency – Bombay Potatoes      (7”single 2013 Hove, UK)

Giobia – Fake Smiles on Statues     (‘Come and Get Me’ EP 2010 Italy)

the Story UK – Standing in the Rain      (‘Joy Ride on Memory Lane’ 2011 UK)

 

Crocodiles – Un Chant d’Amour      (‘Crimes of Passion’ 2013 USA)

Rangda – Idol’s Eye      (‘Formerly Extinct’ 2013 USA)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Mantra      (‘Dark Magick’ LP 2012 Iceland)

the Higher State – Ladder of Death      (‘Darker By The Day’ 2009 UK)

Plasticland – Let’s Play Pollyanna      (7”single 1989 Wisconsin, USA)

Siouxsie & the Banshees – She Cracked [Jonathon Richman cover]      (7”single b-side [to This Wheel’s On Fire] 1986 UK)

the Hierophants – There’s An Itch      (‘New Centre of the Universe, Vol.1’ compilation 2012 Geelong, Australia)

Montero – My World Fell Down [Sagittarius cover]      ('Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968' compilation 2013 Australia)

Sagittarius – Hotel Indiscreet      (7”single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Unnatural Axe – They Saved Hitler’s Brain      (7”single 1978 Massachusetts, USA)

Clinic – If You Could Read My Mind      (‘Visitations’ 2007 UK)

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

the Raveonettes – Be My Sunshine      (7”single b-side [to Love in a Trashcan] 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Vibravoid – The Politics of Ecstasy      (‘The Politics of Ecstasy’ 2008 Germany)

Crystal Stilts – Dark Eyes      (‘Radiant Door’ EP 2011 USA)

the Strange Flowers – No Love, No Pain, No Fall from Grace      (‘The Imaginary Space Travel of the Naked Monkeys’ 2007 Pisa, Italy)

Johnny Young – Craise Finton Kirk [Bee Gees cover]      (‘Surprises’ LP 1967 Australia/UK)

the Hollies – King Midas In Reverse      (7”single 1967 UK)

David McWilliams – The Days Of Pearly Spencer      (7”single 1967 UK)

Peter Murphy – The Final Solution [Pere Ubu cover]      (7”single 1985 UK)