Technicolour Dreaming

This week we went from Adam & the Ants to All Night Radio and Ian Skelly,  Les Fleurs de Pavot to Beaulieu Porch, Australian 90’s icons Clouds and a 1967 Brian Wilson demo, a few covers [including a briefly-reformed lineup of local punk legends, the Dagoes, covering their own classic 1980 version of a Roky Erikson gem, plus Espers acid-folk take on the Blue Oyster Cult], some new  and older vinyl & CD releases incorporating a bunch of re-issues from the 60’s, as well as a duo of songs featuring giant squids [one of which includes the immortal rhyme “the squid was vicious, Sid was delicious...”] amongst other things – what else could it be but the Cat & the Brat’s “Technicolour Dreaming” streaming psychedelic psounds to the world on Adelaide’s own 3D Radio.....

..... so here is the playlist, plus some visual accompaniment.....

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul [Roky Erikson cover]     (“Oh Yeah” 2008 Adelaide, South Australia)

Dead Skeletons – Cemalim      (“ORD” EP 2013 Iceland/Germany)

Groep 1850 – Mother No-Head      (7”single 1967 Netherlands – taken from “Group 1850 – Mother No-Head : Their 45’s” anthology 2012)

 

Adam & the Ants – Plan 9 Failed      (“Dirk Wears White Sox” LP 1979 London, UK)

Brian Wilson – Surf’s Up      (demo 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Heaven’s Gateway Drugs – Missed Connections (Shadows)      (“CPF Cassette” 2012 Indiana, USA)

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

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Viholliseni Maala [In the Land of my Enemy]      (“Revolution Number Zero” EP 2013 USA/Germany)

Beaulieu Porch – Greencroft Street      (“Beaulieu Porch” 2012 UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Seaside Sid & the Giant Squid       (“False Lights” 2013 Cardiff, UK)

Baterz – Giant Squids      (“the Red Single” 1999 Adelaide, South Australia)

Espers – Flaming Telepaths [Blue Oyster Cult cover]       (“The Weed Tree” EP 2004 USA)

the Fourmyula – Nature      (7”single 1969 New Zealand – taken from “Inside the Hutt : New Zealand's Pop-Psych Kingpins 1968-1969“ anthology 2013)

All Night Radio – Sky Bicycle [You’ve Been Ringing]      (“Spirit Stereo Frequency” 2004 USA)

Clouds – Alchemy’s Dead      (“Thunderhead” LP 1993 Australia)

Headband – Stay With Me       (7”single b-side [to Country Lady] 1973 Adelaide, South Australia)

Damon – Song for a Gypsy      (“Song for a Gypsy” LP 1969 Hollywood, USA)

Abunai! – Citadel [Rolling Stones cover]      (“Pull Up The Paisley Covers : a Psychedelic Omnibus” compilation 2002 USA)

Les Fleurs de Pavot - Pourquoi L'amour À Deux      ("Les Fleurs de Pavot" LP 1968 France)

Sudden Death of Stars – I’m Not Among Believers      (“Getting Up, Going Down” 2013 Brittany, France)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Black Sheep [SRC cover]      (“Luck of Eden Hall” EP 2013 Chicago, USA)

Ian Skelly – Paper Sky      (“Cut From A Star” 2012 Scotland, UK)

El Futuro Sonidos – Like Stars, Like Dust      (“The Throwaway Age” faux 60’s-movie soundtrack 2012 USA)

the David – I’m Not Alone      (“Another Day, Another Time” LP 1967 USA)

Procession – Mind Magician      (“Procession” LP 1968 Australia)

Mayfly – Blue Sofa      (“Mayfly” LP 1971 Holland)

Sky Picnic – Seven      (“Farther In This Fairytale” LP 2011 Brooklyn, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

The focus this week was again the on-going vinyl revival with selections from a plethora of bands using that format, including Germany’s Vibravoid, Finland’s Octopus Syng and Spain’s Stay from the UK’s brilliant Fruits de Mer label catalogue, Jacco Gardner on the Trouble In Mind label, a rare split single by Kelley Stoltz and a 7”single re-issue by We The People, plus the new LP by the Asteroid #4 on 12” black 180gm vinyl... all very cool stuff! We also featured new albums by Chile’s the Holydrug Couple, Crystal Stilts, Cate Le Bon and ex-Coral drummer Ian Skelly plus a track from the fabulous Night Beats’ latest offering, as well as a Barbarellatones song which was featured in a recent episode of TV’s “Sons of Anarchy” series, plus lots more.....

..... so here is the playlist with attendant visuals.....

Vibravoid - La Poupée Qui Fait Non [Michel Polnareff cover]      (“Colour Your Mind” EP 2013 Germany)

Wheat Fields – Saturnalia      (“Saturnalia” EP 2013 Sydney, Australia)

Octopus Syng – Listen With The Moths      (“Fruits de Mer Records 2014 Annual”  7”single 2013 Finland)

Fluffy – Boy’s Club      (cd-single 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Barbarellatones – Drag Queens on Choppers      (mp3 demo 2013 USA)

the Night Beats – Love Ain’t Strange (Everything Else Is)      (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 Texas, USA)

We The People – You Burn Me Up And Down      (7”single 1966 Florida, USA)

Tages – She’s Having a Baby Now      (“Studio” LP 1967 Sweden)

Cate Le Bon – Mug Museum      (“Mug Museum” 2013 Wales, UK)

Crystal Jacqueline – Play With Fire [Rolling Stones cover]      (“A Fairy Tale” EP 2013 UK)

the Holydrug Couple – Wonder      (“Noctuary” 2013 Chile)

Jacco Gardner – Notus      (7”single b-side [to End of August] 2013 Netherlands)

Crystal Stilts – Nature Noir      (“Nature Noir” 2013 USA)

Ian Skelly – I See You      (“Cut From a Star” 2013 Scotland, UK)

Klaatu – Doctor Marvello      (“3.47 EST” LP 1976 Canada)

Stay – I See The Rain [Marmalade cover]      (“Mersey Dream” EP 2013 Spain)

the Asteroid #4 – Rukma Vimana      (“The Asteroid #4” LP 2013 USA)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Black Butter : Past, Present, Future      (“Wake Up... It’s Tomorrow” LP 1968 USA)

the Saddhu Brand – I Give You Johnee      (“Whole Earth Rhythm” LP 1970 USA)

Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera – Air      (“Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera” LP 1967 UK)

the Intelligence with Kelley Stoltz – (they found me in the back of) the Galaxy      (7” single 2012 USA)

the Pink Snow Flakes – Like Icecream      (“Sun Chasing” 2006 USA)

Daniel Beretta & Richard de Bordeaux – La Drogue      (“Extrait Du Film ‘Le Temps Fou’ Du Marcel Camus“ EP 1968 France)

Balduin – Autumn Almanac [Kinks cover]      (recorded 2013 Switzerland – taken from “the Active Listener Sampler 13” compilation 2013 Australia)

Jack Ellister – Flaming [Syd Barrett cover]      (“Dawn Dream Club” EP 2013 Netherlands)

the Left Banke – There’s Gonna Be a Storm      (7”single b-side [to Nice To Meet You] 1969 USA)