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)

Technicolour Dreaming

It was a Cat alone this week, playing an 80’s-skewed selection of her favourites ranging from Adelaide’s Nuvo Bloc to the U.K.’s Japan, Gary Numan and the wonderful voice of Billy McKenzie in the Associates, with sidetrips to Shower Scene From Psycho and the Spikes. She did venture era-wise both back and forward from there though, with the very phased sound of Caleb from 1967 through to a track from the new Wooden Shjips album. And, of course, she played another track from our ‘Album of the Month’ by Almost Numan, this time from the “ON” disc of originals...

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

Iggy Pop with Steve Jones – I Wanna be Your Dog     (‘Le Rock’ magazine – ‘Down on the Street’ cover CD)

Thrust – Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell     (‘Hard to Beat’ LP 1988 – Stooges tribute compilation, Australia)

Brian Eno – How Many Worlds     (Another Day on Earth)

Air – Sexy Boy     (Moon Safari)

Asphyxiation – L’Acrostique D’Amour     (12”single 1981 Melbourne, Aust.)

Shower Scene From Psycho – Turn Up Your Radio [Masters Apprentices cover]     (Exploding Hits 1982 – 2000)

Ash Wednesday – Love by Numbers     (7”single 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)

Gary Numan – We Are Glass     (7”single 1980 UK)

Nuvo Bloc – Equal Education     (demo 1980 Adelaide)

Japan – Taking Islands in Africa     (‘Gentlemen Take Polaroids’ LP 1980 UK)

Wooden Shjips – Phonograph     (West)

the Spikes – The Meaning of Life     (‘Colour in a Black Forest’ LP  1985 Adelaide)

Caleb – Baby Your Phrasing is Bad     (7”single 1967 UK)

the Bad Poets – Crash Sweet Crash     (“5MMM’s  Compilation of Adelaide Bands 1980” LP)

Sparks – Rock! Rock! Rock!     (Hello Young Lovers)

the Sand Pebbles – Elephant Gun     (Atlantis Regrets Nothing)

Hugo – Girl in the Garden     (7”single 1969 Adelaide – on ‘Mean, Mean City: Adelaide Scene 1965 – 1969’ compilation)

the Associates – Club Country     (‘Sulk’ LP 1982 UK)

Almost Numan – Attention Seeking Missile     (Almost Numan – disc 2: “ON”)    #

Black Box Recorder – Facts of Life     (The Facts of Life)

    # ‘Album of the Month’

Technicolour Dreaming

This week the Cat & the Brat featured a track from Gary Numan, who is scheduled to play a sold-out show here in Adelaide next Monday, focusing on his second album, ‘The Pleasure Principle’. We also played several singles, album tracks and demos from local bands, new and old, as well as the usual array of ‘headswirlers’: psych, garage or otherwise. Naturally, we also featured tracks from our ‘Album of the Month’ (“Meat the ZomBeatles”) and the “Monkees Song of the Week”...

...so here is the play-list...

All the Leaves Have Fallen – Loveday Carter (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

The Bad Poets – Crash Sweet Crash (5MMM’s Compilation Album of Adelaide Bands 1980 : LP)

Donovan – Sunny South Kensington (Psychedelia at Abbey Road 1965 – 69 : comp.)

The Doors – Moonlight Drive (‘the Doors’ [re-issue] bonus track)

The Beacon Street Union – Recitation/My Love Is (The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union)

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – A Child’s Guide to Good and Evil (Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, Vol 1 : comp.)

The Masters Apprentices – Living In a Child’s Dream (7” single 1967 Adelaide)

The Zoot – Eleanor Rigby (Zoot Locker)

Gary Numan – Airplane (The Pleasure Principle)

Nekkro Electro – Level 22 (‘Obscene Horrorfist’ demo 2011 Adelaide)

Shake 288 – Beaten to A Pulp (demo 1984 Adelaide)

The Hollies – King Midas in Reverse (The Hollies at Abbey Road : 1966 – 69)

The Dolly Rocker Movement – Memory Layne (Our Days Mynd the Tyme)

The Bees – Voices Green and Purple (‘Nuggets’ box-set comp., Disc 2)

The Atlantics – Come On (Ugly Things : Aust. 60’s comp.)

The Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action (Best Of...)

The Zombeatles – She Dead (Meat the Zombeatles) #

Kamikaze – ‘Lil Red Riding Hood (pre-release from forth-coming CD ‘Cheap and Nasty, Soiled and Sleazy’)

Captain Beefheart – Beatle Bones and Smokin’ Stones (Before the Fall compilation)

July – I See (The Great British Psychedelic Trip Vol.1 : comp.)

Van Cleef – Kick the Hick (Where the River Meets the Rock)

the Monkees – I’m Gonna Buy Me a Dog (Monkees Music Box) *

# May ‘Album of the Month’

* ‘Monkees Song of the Week’