Technicolour Dreaming

A diverse range of bands from round the world - Chile, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia and the Netherlands - found their way onto the Technicolour Dreaming playlist this week, but then again, that’s nothing unusual! This was really a show of old favourites, both Harry’s and The Cat’s, and one of those particular favourites is Adelaide stalwarts, the Molting Vultures, who are playing one of their infrequent gigs at the Grace Emily this Saturday night 26th September, and bringing with them Melbourne’s rock’n’roll garage swamp-meisters Red Motors, - so don’t miss it!!

so… here’s the playlist, with a stack of videos for good measure!

The Zoot - Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)     (7" single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Gravenhurst - She Dances     ("The Western Lands" 2007 UK)

Polska Radio One - Time - Eternity     ("Cosmos Inside" 2014  Yekaterinburg, Russia)

The Holydrug Couple - Paisley     ("Noctuary" 2013 Chile)

Les Big Byrd - Back to Bagarmossen     ("They Worshiped Cats" 2014 Sweden)

Espectrostatic - Escape from Witchtropolis      ("Escape From Witchtropolis" 2014 Austin, Texas USA)

New Electric Ride - Marquis De Sade     ("Balloon Age" 2014 UK)

Balduin - Mirror Mirror     ("All in a Dream" 2014 Switzerland)

The Luck of Eden Hall - Dandy Horse     ("Victoria Moon" 2013 Chicago, USA) 

Front Office  - Wow     (7” single b-side [to ”Girl”] 1967 San Jose, California, USA)

Crystal Chandlier - Suicidal Flowers     (7” single b-side [to “Your Land of Love”] 1969 USA)

The Gothic Archies - Crows     ("The Tragic Treasury - Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events" 2006 Los Angeles, USA)

De Wolff - Don't You Go Up In The Sky     (“Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants” 2009 Netherlands )

Molting Vultures - Hang Up     ("Get a Grip”  2007 Adelaide, Australia)

Fuzztones - I Gotta Way With Girls     (released in 2007, New York USA; taken from “He put the Bomp! In the Bomp” compilation)

Von Bondies - Take a Heart     ("Raw & Rare" 2003 Detroit USA)

Blues Magoos - (we aint got) Nothing Yet     (“Psychedelic Lollipop” 1966 New York, USA)

Dirtbombs - Chains of Love     ("Ultraglide in Black” 2001 Detroit, Michigan USA)

Richard in Your Mind - Creation     ("My Volcano" 2010 Sydney, Australia)

Higher State - The Gypsies Graveyard     (“Freakout at the Gallery" 2011 Folkestone, Kent, UK)

Facetime - Channel Love     ("New Centre of the Universe #1” compilation 2012 Geelong, Australia)

Murlocs - Bogan Grove     (“Teepee EP” 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Trench Foot     ("New Centre of the Universe #1” 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Oh Lord     ("Tepid Peppermint Wonderland")

Mesa Cosa - Day of the Dead     ("Infernal Cakewalk")

House of Fire - Walking Along The Sun     (“House of Fire“ 2008 USA)

Black Angels - Mission District     (“ Directions to See a Ghost” 2008 Austin, Texas USA)

Chemical Brothers -  The Private Psychedelic Reel     (“The Private Psychedelic Reel" 2007 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Sometimes we just can’t resist playing the old favourites, and this was one of those weeks, with songs by the Dead Skeletons, the Monks, the Flower Machine, Kelley Stoltz and Wooden Shjips peppering the playlist (and just what is a “Kim Chee Taco” the Cat has often wondered??) Our choice for “Compilation of the Week” was similarly a particular favourite of ours, Scott Walker‘s “BoyChild : the Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970”. Strictly speaking it’s an anthology rather than a compilation, but hey, who’s making up the rules – we are! The collection in question covers Scott’s first four LPs, “Scott”, “Scott2”, “Scott3” and “Scott4” plus 1970’s “'Til the Band Comes In” and was originally released in 1990 and then re-mastered and re-released in 2000, which is the version we used. So, until the next instalment of “Technicolour Dreaming” next Tuesday.....

..... here is the playlist, with a few visual goodies, including a full episode of the 60’s TV show “Adventures in Paradise”, whose memorable ‘surf instro’ theme song has been covered by a number of bands, including Normie Rowe’s backing band, the Playboys, who included it on their 1965 LP.

Dead Skeletons - Psychodead      ("Dead Magik" 2011 Iceland)

Molting Vultures - Insane Jane      ("Drop in and Go"  2009 Adelaide, Australia)

 

Zakary Thaks - A Passage to India      (acetate recorded 1966, released on "Passage to India" anthology 2010 Texas, USA)

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

H.P. Lovecraft - The White Ship      ("H.P. Lovecraft" LP 1967 Chicago, USA)

Neighb'rhood Childr'n - She's Got No Identification     ("Neighb'rhood Childr'n" LP 1968 Oregon, USA)

the Silhouettes  - All a Lie     ("Psychedelica 5" compilation 2013 UK)

the Janitors - Aside (Outside)      (recorded 2013 Sweden – taken from "Trip Inside this House, Summer Solstice Vol. VI" compilation 2013 Missouri USA)

the Flower Machine - In A Play Anyway      ("Marmoset Meadow" EP 2010 USA)

the Fallen Angels - Introspective Looking Glass     ("The Fallen Angels" LP 1967 USA)

the Monks -  I Hate You    ("Black Monk Time" LP 1966 USA/Germany)

Sheetah et les Weissmuller - Pire que le silence      ("!Hola Ye Yeah! " 2007 France)

the Cool Ghouls - Insight      ("A Swirling Fire Through the Rye" 2013 USA)

the Playboys - Adventures in Paradise [TV theme cover]      (“The Playboys” LP 1965 Australia)

the Gothic Archies - Crows      ("The Tragic Treasury: Songs From "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" 2006 UK)

                        ### “Compilation of the Week” ###   

 “BoyChild : the Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970”

Scott Walker - The Plague      ("Scott 2" LP 1968 - taken from "BoyChild - The Best of Scott Walker 1967 - 70" anthology 2000 UK)

Scott Walker - Girls from the Streets ("Scott 2" LP 1968 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Scott Walker - Plastic Palace People     ("Scott 2" LP 1968 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime)         ("Scott 4" LP 1969 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Scott Walker - Prologue      ("'Til the Band Comes In" LP 1970 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Kelley Stoltz - The Kim Chee Taco Man      ("Double Exposure" 2013 USA)

Paul Parrish - Walking in the Forest (Of My Mind)      ("The Forest of My Mind" LP 1968 USA)

Sonny and the Sunsets - Alice Leaves for the Mountains      (“Talent Night at the Ashram" 2015 USA)

Wooden Shjips - Down By the Sea      ("Dos" 2009 USA)