Technicolour Dreaming

This was a very, very sad week for losing legendary front-men - first, the news that the Easybeats' Stevie Wright, later a successful solo musician in his own right, had died on December 26; and 3 days later we lost Lemmy, best known from Motorhead, but prior to this the Rockin' Vickers, Sam Gopal, Opal Butterfly, and of course Hawkwind. At least The Brat will have some more people to jam with! So of course a few tribute songs were in order, but of course the show must go on - with quite a few instrumentals - Wiskey Biscuit, Scantharies and White Candles featured, plus some French tracks (which I'd been missing) from Jacques du Tronc, Bernard Chabert and Dansez avec Moa. There was also a bit of a "Garden" and "Violet" theme going on for a while there, too, and another track from Sir Psych & LA Al's Smoking Trees. Plus the usual mix...

...so here is the playlist, with candy to feast your eyeballs upon!!!

White Candles - Behold! The Abstract Eye  ("Flowers for Delia" EP 2014 Philadelphia, USA)

The Scantharies - The Bear  ("The Scantharies" 2012 UK)
 

The Smoking Trees  - Victoria's Garden  ("TST" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)
 

Violet Swells - Jupiter's Garden  (CD Single 2014 Hobart, Aust.)
 

Violet Woods - Take Your Time  ("Violet Woods" 2014 Cambridge UK)
 

Frantic Chant  - Spittin' Fire  ("Ruthless Supermen" 2014 Edinburgh, Scotland)
 

Love - Seven and Seven Is  ("Da Capo" LP 1966 Los Angeles USA) 

Wiskey Biscuit - A Shot in the Dark [Henry Mancini]  ("Shots in the Dark" comp 1996 USA)
 

Sagittarius - My World Fell Down  ("Present Tense" LP 1968 USA)
 

The Church - Silver Machine [Hawkwind]  ("Box of Birds" 1999 Aust.)
 

The Easybeats - Sorry  (7" Single 1966 Sydney, Aust.)

Thursday's Children - E Too D [Small Faces]  ("Kaptain Kavemen From Brisbane" 2015 Aust.)
 

Running Jumping Standing Still - Diddy Wah Diddy (7" single 1967 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Lord and the Flies - Echoes  (7" single 1966 USA)
 

Purple Hearts - Early in the Morning  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Aust.) 

The Cryan Shames - Ben Franklin's Almanac (7" single [b-side to "Sugar and Spice"] 1966 USA)
 

Jacques Du Tronc - Les Gens Sont Fous, Les Temps Sont Flous  ("Jacques Du Tronc" (1) LP 1966 France)
 

Dansez avec Moa - Les Francais sont des veaux  (7” single late 1960s, taken from “Wizzz Psychorama Francais Vol 3 "compilation 2015  France)
 

Bernard Chabert - Helga Selzer  (7" single (b-side to L'homme De L'univers {Neanderthal Man] 1970 France)
 

Flyying Colours - Like You Said  ("Flyying Colours" EP 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Myrchents - Indefinite Inhibition (7" single 1967 Ohio, USA)
 

The Craig - I Must Be Mad  (7" single 1967 USA)
 

Les Mistigris - Summer Nights  ("Psychedelic Super Pjotr (Original Motion Score)" 1999 Ukraine)
 

George & Beathovens - Jdi Dal  ("Psychedelic Super Pjotr (Original Motion Score)" 1999 Ukraine)
 

Stevie Wright - Black Eyed Bruiser ("Black Eyed Bruiser" LP 1975 Sydney, Aust.)
 

Hurdy Gurdy - Peaceful Open Space  ("Hurdy Gurdy" LP 1972, Denmark)
 

Tooth and Tusk - Nothing Makes Sense  (CD single 2015 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Dead Radio - Tokeloshe  ("Crystal Moth" 2012 Sydney, Aust.)
 

Redcoats - Dreamshaker  ("Redcoats" 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Grand Rapids - Brian's Got a Rubber Soul  ("Great Shakes" 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

The Morning Night - Someday  ("Otis" 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Technicolour Dreaming

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we felt that over the next few weeks we should feature some of our favourite releases and reissues of 2013, as well as some older tracks that we’ve either unearthed or rediscovered or simply wanted to play because we could – we leave it to you to guess which songs fall into which categories. So, without further ado.....

..... here is this week’s playlist plus assorted visuals.....

Vibravoid – Listen Can’t You Hear      (“Delirio Dei Sensi” LP 2013 Germany – recorded/released in Italy)

Toy – Join the Dots       (“Join the Dots” double-LP 2013 UK)

Jim Noir – Look Around You      (“Jim Noir” 2008 UK)

the Dials – Mondo Space      (“End of the Pier” 2013 Brighton, UK)

Pregnant Insomnia – Wallpaper      (7”single 1967 Dublin, Eire)

Davey Lane – Moulty [Barbarians cover]      (“Nuggets : Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era” compilation 2013 Australia)

Permanent Clear Light – Higher Than the Sun : Astral Travel      (“Beyond These Things” 2013 Finland)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Panic in Babylon      (“Aufheben” LP 2012 USA)

Django Django – WOR      (“Django Django” 2012 Scotland, UK)

Jacques Dutronc – L’Augmentation      (“Jacques Dutronc” LP 1968 France)

Brigitte Fontaine – Je suis inadaptée      (“Brigitte Fontaine est... Folle” LP 1968 France)

les Limiñanas – Salvation      (“Crystal Anis” 2012 Perpignan, France)

Zorgones – Herr Doctor Reich      (7”single 1968 France – taken from “Wizzz! [psychorama français 1966-70] Vol. 2” compilation 2008 France)

the Monkees – Randy Scouse Git      (“Headquarters” LP 1967 USA)

Wooden Shjips – Other Stars      (“Back to Land” 2013 San Francisco, USA)

the Sandwitches – Sun In Rain      (“I Need You Bad” compilation LP 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Jacco Gardner – Puppets Dangling      (“Cabinet of Curiousities” 2013 Holland)

Black Cab – Summer of Love      (“Altamont Diary” 2004 Melbourne, Australia)

the Grand Rapids – Blow Up      (“Great Shakes” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Balcony Stars – The Butterfly Girl      (“Sunshine” EP 2013 Liverpool, UK)

the Executives – Moving in a Circle      (7”single b-side [to It's A Happening World] 1968 Sydney, Australia)

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (“Beaulieu Porch” 2012 UK)

Ben Mason – Care of Cell 44 [Zombies cover]      (“The Odessey Odyssey” LP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Selfish Cales – Orange Skies [Love cover]      (“Dandelion Seeds” EP 2013 Italy)

the Night Beats – Rat King      (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 Seattle, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

After last week’s ‘technical difficulties’, it was a pleasure to have a veteran of the Adelaide music scene, Vic Conrad [aka Mr V] join us in the studio for a chat about Gray Packham’s new album ‘La La Land’, the latest release from one of his ventures, Walking Bird Records. The album will be launched at the Grace Emily Hotel on Sunday afternoon with performances by most of the musicians involved, both individually and playing Gray’s songs, and should prove to be one of this year’s live musical highlights, so get along if you can. We also featured a number of other Australian releases including those of Melbourne psychedelicists the Grand Rapids, Davey Lane’s new E.P. and the latest compilation from Geelong’s prolific Anti-Fade Records. We also played the A-side of the debut single by our Finnish faves Permanent Clear Light on the wonderful vinyl-only Fruits De Mer label, presented in a 3D pic-sleeve [glasses included!] as well as a slice of dreamy pop from the UK’s Amor De Dias plus, as always, a bunch of 60’s psychedelic rarities from bands such as Pisces, the Golden Dawn and Austria’s Hide & Seek. So, until next week.....

..... here is the playlist plus some eye-candy.....

the Locked Ward – Breaker of Lives & Souls      (“Voyages into the Inner Psych of the Locked Ward” 2011 UK)

Bruner [aka Pisces] – Sam      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Pisces: A Lovely Sight” anthology 2012 USA)

the Wondermints – Truth or Consequences      (recorded 1992 – taken from “Kaleidoscopin’: Exploring Prisms of the Past” anthology 2009 USA)

the Strange Flowers – Mars Behind Your Eyes      (“Ortoflorovivaistica” 2006 Italy)

Hide & Seek – Riven Street      (7”single b-side [ of The Beggar of St. Pair] 1970 Austria)

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

the Intercontinental Playboys – Can’t Find My Mind [Cramps cover]      (7”vinyl split-E.P. with “Larsen Magazine #19”  2004 France)

Davey Lane – You Got Me On Side      (“The Good Borne of Bad Tymes” EP 2013 Australia)

Jacco Gardner – Help Me Out      (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Holland)

Rasputin & the Mad Monks – Too Much to Dream Last Night [Electric Prunes cover]      (7”single 1968 Massachusetts, USA)

the Grand Rapids – Blow Up      (“Great Shakes” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Demons of Negativity – Resurrection      (7”single 1988 Boston, USA)

Sic Alps – Drink Up!      (“Sic Alps” 2012 USA)

the Deep Six – What Would You Wish from the Golden Fish?      (7”single 1966 California, USA)

White Fence – Run Run Run [Velvet Underground cover]      (“The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records and Friends” tribute compilation LP 2012 California, USA)

Permanent Clear Light – Higher Than The Sun      (7”single 2013 Finland)

the Golden Dawn – Starvation      (“Power Plant” LP 1968 Texas, USA)

Tommy James & the Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion      (“Crimson & Clover” LP 1969 USA)

Fantastic Zoo – Light Show      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

the Baroques – Musical Tribute to the Oscar Meyer Weiner Wagon      (7”single 1967 Chicago, USA)

the Jigsaw Seen – Choreography Killed the Cat      (“Bananas Foster” 2010 USA)

the Stevens – Elpho Beach      (“New Centre of the Universe Vol.2” compilation 2013 Geelong, Australia)

the Apples in Stereo – Behind the Waterfall      (7”single b-side [to Everybody Let Up] 2000 USA)

Amor De Dias – Viento del Mar      (“The House at Sea” 2013 USA)

Gray Packham – Lincoln Told Me / The Way I Am      (“La La Land” 2013 Adelaide, Australia)