Technicolour Dreaming

As usual, it was a veritable smorgasbord of psychedelia, new & old, which we shared with you this week, including long-time faves such as Espers, Black Box Recorder, the Sunchymes, the Loved Ones and the Twilights. An array of new tracks from the Amazing, Semool and Vibravoid rounded out the set, and of course not forgetting the delights contained within our “Compilation of the Week”! Our selection this time round was the Dirty Water series – 2010’s "Dirty Water : The Birth of Punk Attitude" and the following year’s release "Dirty Water 2 : More Birth Of Punk Attitude" a matching pair of 2-disc treats complete with sumptuous booklets. As can be seen from our selections, the tracks on this series, curated by Kris Needs, are all about the “Attitude” of the title that influenced the later Punk movement, particularly in the UK and US, and it can be seen that psychedelia played a significant role in this regard also. So until next week.....

.....here is the playlist, with some educational visuals for your perusal.....

Espers - Dead King      ("Espers II" 2006 USA)

H.P. Lovecraft - Spin Spin Spin      ("H.P.Lovecraft II" LP 1968 Chicago, USA)

Elephant Stone - Setting Sun      ("Elephant Stone" LP 2013 Montreal, Canada)

Polska Radio One - To the Delta of Aquarius      ("Cosmos Inside" 2014 Yekaterinburg, Russia)

the Sunchymes - Uncle Albert's Slide Show      ("Let Your Free Flag Fly" 2014 UK)

Semool - Essai 10      ("Essais" LP 2015 France)

the Loved Ones - Magic Box      ("Magic Box"  LP 1967 Melbourne, Australia)

Sons of Hippies -The Soft Parade      ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" 2014 Germany)

Glass Family - Guess I'll Let You Go      (7" single b-side [to Agorn] 1968 California, USA)

Vibravoid - Raga Baya      (7" single b-side [to Rheinflow] 2015 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Twilights - Blue Roundabout      ("Once Upon a Twilight" 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

Spontaneous Generation - Up in My Mind       (7" single 1968 USA)

Prince Rupert’s Drops - Sesame Seed      ("Climbing Light" 2014 USA)

the Triptides - Moonbeams     ("Colors" EP 2014 Indiana, USA)

the Iguana - California My Way       (7" single 1968 Australia)

 

Compilation of the Week - "Dirty Water: The Birth of Punk Attitude" 2010 and "Dirty Water 2: More Birth Of Punk Attitude" 2011

the Seeds - Evil Hoodoo      ("The Seeds" LP 1966 Los Angeles) Vol 1 Disc 1

the Sensational Alex Harvey Band - The Hot City Symphony - Part 1: Vambo      ("The Impossible Dream" LP 1974 Scotland UK) Vol 1 Disc 2

the Human Expression - Love at Psychedelic Velocity      (7" single 1966 Los Angeles, USA) Vol 2 Disc 1

Patti Smith - Piss Factory      (7" single b-side [to Hey Joe] 1974 USA) Vol 2 Disc 1

Faust - It's A Rainy Day Sunshine Girl      ("So Far" LP 1972 Germany) Vol 2 Disc 2

the Mind Flowers - Japanese Hills      (digital single 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Black Box Recorder - The School Song      ("Passionoia" 2003 UK)

the Amazing - Picture You        ("Picture You" 2015 Sweden)

Technicolour Dreaming

We began the show with one of our favourite recent earworms, the wonderful “Persuaded” by Groovy Uncle which features the Shirley Bassey-style voice of new recruit, Miss Modus... great stuff! From there we ventured into the usual mix of old and new, soft and loud, here and overseas, plus a few semi-obscurities such as Sapphire Thinkers , Space Yacob and the Giant Yeti and the Glass Family to shake things up. We also said “Vale!” to Kim Fowley and Leonard Nimoy aka Mr Spock who both passed away recently, before moving on with our “Compilation [boxset] of the Week”, namely “Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995”, the third in the “Nuggets” 4-CD boxset series put out by Rhino Records, from which we played a selection of faves, including the Church, which featured a very young Richard Ploog [ex-Brats] on drums... but only in the film-clips, since the song had already been recorded using the drummer he replaced. Richard of course went on to play for almost a decade with the Church during their heyday years, notching up many “best drummer” awards in the process. We finished with a trip back to the mid-70’s to the second Roxy Music LP and an instrumental from David Bowie’s brilliant “Low” album.... and regular listeners will know how much the Cat & the Brat love a good instro!! So until next time....

..... here is the playlist plus moving pictures, including that first “Countdown” TV appearance of Richard in the Church, plus Bowie playing “Warszawa” live in Japan in 1978, and the Times’ nod to cult TV show “The Prisoner” – enjoy!

Groovy Uncle featuring Suzi Chunk and Miss Modus - Persuaded (Vocal version)   ("Persuaded" LP 2014 UK)

Moon Duo - Animal      (digital single 2015 USA)

the Watchmakers - To Be Part of You      (7" single b-side [to Before Questions Became] 2014 UK)

Sapphire Thinkers - From Within      ("From Within" LP 1968 USA)

the Glass Family - Guess I'll Let You Go      ("Electric Band" LP 1967 USA)

the Citradels - Another Dream Theme      ("Nepenthe" 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

the Murlocs - Adolescence     (digital single 2015 Geelong, Australia)

the Liminanas - La fille de la ligne 15      (7”single 2013 France – taken from "I've Got Trouble in Mind : 7" and Rare Stuff - 2009/2014" anthology 2014 France/USA)

the Amazing - Defect      ("Wait For A Light To Come"  EP 2010 Sweden)

ZX⁺ - She's a Rainbow [Rolling Stones cover]      (“Fruits de Mer present ‘Strange Fruits and Veg’" promo compilation 2015 UK)

the Chemistry Set - We Luv You [Rolling Stones cover]   ("This Day will Never Happen Again" 2011 UK)

Yuri Gagarin - Sonic Invasion 2910      ("Yuri Gagarin - 2014 Remix" 2015 Sweden)

Black Box Recorder - Uptown Top Ranking      ("England Made Me" 1998 UK)

Kim Fowley - Strangers from the Sky      (7" single 1967 USA)

Leonard Nimoy - Star Trek Theme      ("Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr Spock's Music from Outer Space" LP 1967 USA)

Space Yacob and the Giant Yeti - Alaveska      ("YACOB II"  EP 2014 Japan)

Barbarellatones - Tuesday Near Death      (demo USA 2015)

Sparks - Thank God it's Not Christmas      ("Kimono My House" LP 1974 USA/UK)

Haleiwa - Harbour      (7" single 2015 Stockholm, Sweden)

         ###  COMPILATION OF THE WEEK  ###  

     “Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era, 1976–1995” 4-CD Boxset

                                                 

the Unknowns - Not My Memory ("Dream Sequence" LP 1981 LA, USA – taken from “Children of Nuggets” Volume 4)

the Church - The Unguarded Moment      (7" single 1980 Australia – taken from “Children of Nuggets” Volume 3)

Vibrasonic - Kingsley J.       (7" single 1994 Brighton, UK – taken from “Children of Nuggets” Volume 2)

the Times - I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape      ("I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape" LP 1983 UK – taken from “Children of Nuggets” Volume 1)

Roxy Music - Beauty Queen      ("For Your Pleasure" LP 1973 UK)

Bowie - Warszawa      ("Low" LP 1977 UK)