Technicolour Dreaming

I actually managed to stay for the whole 2 hours of this week's show, whichwas a welcome change, while Harry had a well-earned rest. Amongst the bands I played were The Moving Sidewalks, which included Billy Gibbons,later of ZZ Top, as well as The WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band,who were the first band to release Stepping Stone, the classic version of which was made famous by The Monkees not long after. Also featured were a selectionof bands playing at the "Going Steady Festival" at Jive on December 13 2015, such as local acts The Dunes, Black Coral and Glass Skies, and headliners Moon Duo.

...and here's the playlist,moving pictures and all!

Pinkunoizu - Necromancer ("The Drop" LP 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark) 

Sudden Death of Stars - I'm Not Among Believers ("Getting Up, Going Down" LP 2011

Rennes, France)

Dead Skeletons - Dead Mantra ("Dead Magick" 2011 Reykjavík, Iceland)

The Moving Sidewalks - 99th floor (7" single 1967 Texas USA)

The Purple Gang - Granny Takes a Trip (7" single 1967 UK)

The Litter - Action Woman (7" single 1967 Minneapolis USA)

The WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator 

(7 " single 1966 California USA)

The Rokes - When the Wind Arises (7" single 1968 UK)

The Pretty Things - Defecting Grey (7" single 1967 UK)

Flamin Groovies - Slow Death (7" single 1972 San Francisco USA)

Goat - Gathering of Ancient Tribes ("Commune" 2014  Sweden)

The Night Beats - Outta Mind ("Sonic Bloom" 2013 Seattle USA)

Holy Wave - Spooky Fuckin' Blues ("Evil Hits" LP 2012 Austin, Texas USA)

Wall of Death  - Marble Blues     ("Main Obsession" LP 2012 Paris, France)

Magician - Fuck for Peace ("Golden State Psychedelia" compilation, late 1960's San Francisco USA)

Wooden Shjips - We Ask You To Ride ("Wooden Shjips" 2007 San Francisco, USA)

Six Organs of Admittance - Actaeon's Fall (Against the Hounds) ("Luminous Night" 2009

California USA)

Espers - Widow's Weeds ("Espers II" 2006) 

Black Coral - Please Never (CD Single 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Moon Duo - In A Cloud ("Shadow of the Sun" 2015 San Francisco, USA)

Glass Skies - Highway ("Glass Skies" EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

The Dunes - When You Wake Up ("Live at the Sound Lounge, Three D Radio" 2015 Adelaide Australia)

The Systemaddicts - Black [The Throb] ("Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor" 2015 AdelaideAustralia)

Richard Hell - (I Belong To The) Blank Generation ("Ork Records: New York, New York" compilation 2015 USA)

Alex Chilton - Can't Seem to Make You Mine [Seeds] ("Ork Records: New York, New York"

compilation 2015 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

For our “Compilation of the Week” we decided to go with one of our favourite Artist Anthologies – Donovan’s “Try for the Sun : The Journey of Donovan”, a 3 CD + 1 DVD box-set with a 58 page book, released in 2005.  It’s housed in a luscious purple faux-velvet box, so we normally keep it safely locked away to avoid damage, but we couldn’t resist giving it an airing this week. The DVD features a previously unreleased 1970 documentary titled “There Is An Ocean” about Donovan, accompanied by family, friends and band mates, cruising around the Greek Islands on his yacht, stopping to give impromptu performances on the beach to curious onlookers – we couldn’t find it on youtube to show you, but maybe you’ll have better luck. Also this week, we featured pre-releases by California’s Moon Duo and UK band Worthless plus the regular mix of new and old tracks from both Australia and around the world to share with you. So, until next week.....

..... here is the playlist plus some visual aids....

Hills - Master Sleeps      ("Master Sleeps" 2011 Göteborg, Sweden)

Moon Duo - Night Beat     ("Shadow of the Sun" 2015 California, USA)

Courtney Barnett - History Eraser      ("World Cafe Sessions EP" 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Laughing Stock [Love cover]      (recorded 2013 Wales, UK – taken from "The Active Listener presents : Forever Changing - A Tribute to Love's ‘Forever Changes’" compilation 2014 New Zealand)

Ian Skelly - I See You      ("Cut From a Star" 2013 Scotland, UK)

Trolley - The Calico Cat      ("Things That Shine and Glow" 2011 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)

Love Affair - Up from the Skies [Hendrix cover – previously unreleased]         (recorded 1968 Melbourne – taken  from “A Magical Mystery Tour – 1967-1971 : The David Fraser Tapes” compilation 2001 Australia)

the Flower Travelling Band - Satori [Enlightenment]     (“Satori” LP 1971 Japan)

the Twilights - Paternosta Row      ("Once Upon a Twilight" LP 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

Forever Pavot - Miguel el Salam     (7"single 2015 Paris, France)

Will Z. - Nefle      ("New Start" 2015 Belgium)

Love, Hippies and Gangsters - This is What We Want      ("Sun Over Babaluma" EP 2015 London, UK)

Flyying Colours - Not Today      (single 2014 Melbourne Australia)

Beaulieu Porch - To Be Unicorn      ("The Carmelite Divine'"2015 UK)

Buried Feather - Time It Takes       (7”single 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

July - The Way     ("July" LP 1967 UK)

Glass Skies - Spirits      ("Glass Skies" EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

The Dunes - Badlands      ("Bad:Lands" EP 201 Adelaide, Australia)

  # COMPILATION OF THE WEEK #

"Try For the Sun - The Journey of Donovan" boxset

Donovan - Sunny South Kensington     (“Mellow Yellow” LP 1967 USA/UK  – taken from "Try For the Sun - The Journey of Donovan" compilation boxset 2005 UK – Disc 1)

Donovan -  Barabajagal [Love is Hot]     (7”single 1969 UK – taken from "Try For the Sun - The Journey of Donovan" compilation boxset 2005 UK – Disc 2)

Donovan -  Season of the Witch   (“Sunshine Superman” LP 1966 USA/UK – taken from "Try For the Sun - The Journey of Donovan" compilation boxset 2005 UK – Disc 1)

Donovan - Celia of the Seals      (7”single 1970 UK – taken from "Try For the Sun - The Journey of Donovan" compilation boxset 2005 UK – Disc 3)

Donovan - The Fat Angel        (“Sunshine Superman” LP 1966 USA/UK – taken from "Try For the Sun - The Journey of Donovan" compilation boxset 2005 UK – Disc 1)

Worthless - Pizza Break      (from the pre-release of "All My Friends Are Stone" LP 2015 UK)

White Candles - Tire-moi des mes reves       (7"single b-side [to Monolith] 2015 Philadelphia, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

We always play bands from around the world but this week a large percentage of the music came from Australia, our home turf, yet it wasn’t planned – it just happened that way, and even included a brilliant new track from local Adelaide band Glass Skies, a taster from their forthcoming EP. There were tracks from new bands such as Tasmania’s Violet Swells and the Babe Rainbow who hail from Brisbane, plus some old favourites such as the Laurels, the Lovetones, Black Cab and the Citradels. Moving out into the wider world, we heard from Sweden’s Tor-Peders, Japan’s Kikagaku Moyo, Wales’ Crystal Jacqueline and Finland’s Octopus Syng, as well as other current favourites such as the Luck of Eden Hall, les Limiñanas and Holy Wave plus lots more. All in all, another burst of Technicolour Dreaming with the Cat & the Brat on Adelaide’s 3D Radio, streaming live to the world.....

..... and here is the playlist, with some visuals to contemplate – especially check out the Twilights “Once Upon a Twilight”, which is the ‘part one’ of the pilot for their aborted 1967 TV show [other half next week] – look for various 60’s Australian pop stars and actors doing cameos – so bad, it’s good!.....  

Tor-Peders – L'esprit De L'escaliere      (recorded 2011 : b-side [to Signed tp] of bonus 7”single accompanying “Brev Fran Ederstorp” LP 2014 Sweden)

the Entrance Band – Fire Eyes      (“Face The Sun” 2013 USA)

the Laurels – Tidal Wave      (“Plains” 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Lovetones – Stars      (“Meditations” 2005 Melbourne, Australia)

the Babe Rainbow – Secret Enchanted Broccoli Forest      (CD-single 2014 Queensland, Australia)

Violet Swells – The Soft Focus      (“Soft Focus” EP 2014 Tasmania, Australia)

Black Cab – Rescue      (“Call Signs” 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Kikagaku Moyo – Smoke & Mirrors      (“Forest of Lost Children” LP 2014 Japan)

Henry Padovani – Long, Long, Long [Beatles cover]      (“The White EP” double-7”EP 2012 UK)

Quilt – Open Eyes      (“New Hampshire Freaks” split-EP [with MMOSS] 2013 USA)

 Midlake – Young Bride      (“The Trials of Van Occupanther” LP 2006 USA)

Pugwash – Dear Belinda      (“The Olympus Sound” 2012 Ireland)

Jacques Dutronc – La Métaphore      (“Jacques Dutronc” LP 1968 France)

Antoine – Les élucubrations d'Antoine      (“Les élucubrations d'Antoine“ EP 1966 France – taken from “Elucubrations: Antoine on 45 – 1965/1966“ compilation 2000 France)

les Limiñanas – Je Ne Suis Pas Très Drogue      (“Les Limiñanas“ LP 2010 France)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Girl of the 15th Hour      (7“single b-side [to Your Side of Town] 2013 Australia)

the Citradels – Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees cover]      (bandcamp download – recorded 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

Glass Skies – Lemonade      (CD-single 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Sister Strange & the Stuffed Furry Things      (“Greatest Hits, Volume 1” 2014 Chicago, USA)

Holy Wave – Wet & Wild      (“Relax” LP 2013 Texas, USA)

Crystal Jacqueline – Somebody To Love [Grace Slick cover]      (“Sun Arise” 2014 Wales, UK)

the Twilights – Once Upon A Twilight      (“Once Upon A Twilight” LP 1967 Australia)

Toby Jug & Washboard Band – Elastic Landlady      (“Greasy Quiff” LP 1969 UK – taken from “Psychedelic Salvage Company Vol. 1” compilation 2009 UK)

the Chateaux – Mr Reference Man [Pt 1]       (7”single 1967 South Dakota, USA – taken from “30 Seconds Before the Calico Wall!” compilation 1995 USA)

Octopus Syng – Avant Garden      (“Reverberating Garden No. 7” LP 2014 Finland)

Technicolour Dreaming

Ahh, technology... don’t you love it? For this week’s show we’d lined up a ‘live-to-air’ phone interview with Rick Brewer, drummer with Australian pop legends the Zoot, and were looking forward to discussing his experiences with that band, their new CD/DVD of their 2011 reunion tour, his perspective on Australian music in the 60’s and 70’s and other highlights of his long musical career – he was on the line chatting and we went to air and...... nothing! A “technical difficulty” had intervened so the interview didn’t happen – ahh, the wonders of the age! Grrr!! Fortunately, the ability to spin discs was unaffected so we were able to play a selection of the music he was involved with, including 1960’s Adelaide group the Third Party and of course the Zoot. The rest of the show went without a hitch however, and we featured the latest recordings by Technicolour Dreaming favourites such as the Barbarellatones, Lumerians and Permanent Clear Light as well as new tracks by Adelaide bands, Glass Skies and Last Days of Kali. We also couldn’t refrain from throwing in a musical commentary on the recent Australian elections with our first few songs – the X-Ray-Z song, in particular, still remains a relevant reflection on the Liberal Party’s election, both in 1978 and 2013! And with summer approaching we thought it appropriate to play some Surf School Dropouts and Sunnyboys, plus a forgotten Move b-side, a perennial Mike Furber fave and much more.....

...... so here is the playlist plus some visual treats..... 

David Bowie – Big Brother / Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family     (‘Diamond Dogs’ LP 1974 UK)

X-Ray-Z – Three Glorious Years      (‘Lethal Weapons’ compilation LP 1978 Australia)

the Bitter Lemons – Canberra Blues      (7”single 1965 Australia)

Glass Skies – To Be True      (CDsingle b-side [to Highway] 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Peter Daltrey & the Asteroid No.4 – Holy      (‘The Journey’ 2013 UK/USA)

Cheval Sombre – Hyacinth House [Doors cover]      (‘Cheval Sombre’ 2008 USA)

Permanent Clear Light – Constant Gardener      (‘Beyond These Things’ 2013 Finland)

Giles, Giles & Fripp – Call Tomorrow      (‘The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp’ LP 1968 UK)

the Monkees – Daily Nightly      (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.’ LP 1967 USA)

the Move – Omnibus      (7”single b-side [to Wild Tiger Woman] 1968 UK)

the Sunnyboys – Love in a Box      (7”single 1984 Sydney, Australia)

Lumerians – Dogon Genesis      (‘The High Frontier’ 2013 California, USA)

the Third Party – Russian Spy & I [Regents cover] / Now It’s Time     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Zoot – Better Get Going Now/1x2x3x4/Flying      (‘Zoot Live – the Reunion’ CD/DVD 2013 Australia/USA)

the Ferrets – This Night      (‘Fame At Any Price’ LP 1978 Australia)

the Zoot – Little Roland Lost      (7”single b-side [to Monty and Me] 1969 Australia)

the Demon Parade – Open Up Your Mind      (CDsingle 2013 Australia)

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Sorry [Easybeats cover]      (bonus track on Australian edition of ‘Under the Covers, Vol.1’ compilation 2006 USA)

Last Days of Kali – Last Days of Kali      (‘Last Days of Kali’ EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Electric Prunes – Get Me To The World On Time      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

Surf School Dropouts – Searching for the Perfect Wave      (‘Summer is a State of Mind’ 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys – You Stole My Love [Mockingbirds cover]      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Barbarellatones – Mermad      (‘mp3 final mix’ 2013 USA)