Technicolour Dreaming

Some tasty treats from the wonderful Fruits de Mer Records arrived in my letterbox, so of course I just had to play ALL of them on the show this week - how could I resist! The current crop of soon-to-be-released vinyl included the latest single from the sixties legends July (an exclusive extended version, and a demo mix of "Can I Go Back Again" a song that appeared in it's original form on their new album "Resurrection"); a coloured vinyl 4-track 7" 33rpm EP (phew!) from Crystal Jacqueline, titled "Morning Dew"; and finally Sendelica's latest spacerock epic, "The Cromlech Chronicles" LP, with which I closed the show by playing all 20 minutes worth of Side 2 - because I can!
Other new releases included Doug Tuttle's "It Calls on Me", and another track off The Luck of Eden Hall's wonderful "The Acceleration of Time" plus a swag of songs from 2015 which I've only just got around to playing.....
So here's the playlist, with not nearly as many clips as usual, cos I can't include what doesn't exist - a pitfall of playing relatively "unknown" bands, but at least the music's out there to enjoy.

The Sun Birds - Drag Me Down  ("Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 (Portland,  Oregon USA)

Inside Looking Out - Long Live Sivananda  (7" single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

Al Hotchkiss (Los Tentakills) - I'm a Wolfman For You  ("Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 Glasgow, UK)

Gilligan Smiles - Whatever Happened to Atlas Johnson?  ("Karmasouptruck" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Erasers - By Your Side  ("Stem Together" 2015 Perth, Australia)
July  - Can I Go Back Again  (7" single [to be released 9 May 2016] UK)

Vibromaniacs - Gloria's Nightmare  ("Sweet Smell of Hell" 2007 Dijon, France)
The Diamond Center - Messenger of Wonder  ("Crystals for the Brass Empire" 2015 Austin, Texas USA)
Barry Uhl - Song of Songs  ("The Stargazer's Bible" 2015 Seattle, USA)

The Striped Bananas - Open Eyes ("Cosmic Carnival" 2015 Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)
The Luck Of Eden Hall - Arthropoda Lepidoptera  ("The Acceleration of Time" LP [to be released 1 June 2016] Chicago, Illinois USA)

Doug Tuttle - Saturday-Sunday  ("It Calls On Me" 2016 Rochester, New Hampshire, USA)

Apple - The Otherside  ("An Apple a Day" LP 1969 Cardiff, Wales UK)

The Flies - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone  (7" single 1966, London UK)

Billy Nicholls  - London Social Degree  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

The Wrong Society - Without You  (7" single [b-side to "She Destroyed Me"] 2015 Hamburg, Germany)

Paul Messis - The Blind Leading the Blind  (7" single 2015, West Sussex, UK)

The Brats - We Love You [Rolling Stones]  ("Live at the Pt Elliot Hotel" demo 1980 Adelaide, Australia)
Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel  ("Burn Your Fingers on the Sun" compilation 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Crystal Jacqueline - Morning Dew [Bonnie Dobson/Tim Rose]  ("Morning Dew" 7" EP [to be released 9 May 2016] UK)

Maston - Gold Leaf  ("Opal Collection" 2014 Los Angeles, California USA)

Felipe Arcazas - Carl Sagan  ("Felipe Arcazas and Vintage Cucumber" split EP 2013 Brazil)

Flowers of Hell - Atmosphere [Joy Division]  ("Odes" 2012 Toronto, Canada / London)

The Green Circles  - Let Me Through  ("Tavistock Street" 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

The Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine - The Girl with the Sandy Blonde Hair (7" single 1966 USA)

Sendelica - Satori (Part 1)/Vellichor/Zenosyne  ("The Cromlech Chronicles" LP [to be released 29 May 2016] West Wales, UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

We began this week’s edition with a tribute to the Doors’ keyboardist Ray Manzarek, who passed away last week, by playing ‘Crystal Ship’, a classic example of a brilliant single b-side, before moving off on an exploration of location, era and genre under the (often tenuous) shadow of ‘the psychedelic’, with artists as diverse as Psychic Ills, Jacques Dutronc, the Murlocs and the Koobas, plus a great new cover  of Tyrnaround’s classic ‘Colour Your Mind’ by Germany’s Vibravoid. Later in the programme the Cat & the Brat were joined in the studio by Mark from the Arch Menaces, to talk about their album launch this weekend at the Enigma Bar here in Adelaide... during the interview we also discussed all things ‘power-pop’ and a mutual admiration for ‘the Medway Sound’, as well as playing some selections he’d brought in by bands such as the Len Price 3, the Happy Hate Me Nots and an obscure 60’s Australian single by the Familiars extolling the virtues of ‘the hula hoop’... so go see them if you can, it should be a great show!

.....and here is the full playlist plus some moving pictures.....

the Doors – Crystal Ship      (‘The Doors’ LP 1967 USA)

 

Mark Fry – Mandolin Man      (‘Dreaming with Alice’ LP 1972 UK/Italy)

Jacques Dutronc – L’idole      (7”single 1967 France – taken from ‘Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi: Jacques Dutronc 1966-1969’ anthology 2009 France/UK)

 

Deerhunter – Neon Junkyard      (‘Monomania’ 2013 USA)

 

Palms – This Last Year      (cd-single 2013 Sydney, Australia)

Vibravoid – Colour Your Mind [Tyrnaround cover]      (‘Delirio Dei Sensi’  2013 Germany/Italy)

 

the Pretty Things – Bracelets of Fingers      (‘S.F.Sorrow’ LP 1968 UK)

Inside Looking Out – Long Live Sivinanda      (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

 

Splashh – Headspins      (‘Comfort’ 2013 Aust./NZ/UK)

Psychic Ills – Drop Out      (‘One Track Mind’ 2012 USA)

the Tolpuddle Martyrs – Social Cell      (7”single b-side [to Time Will Come] 1967 Australia)

the Happy Hate Me Nots – You’re an Angel      (7”single 1985 Aust.)

 

the Parasites – When I’m Here With You      (‘Punchlines’ 1994 New Jersey, USA)

 

the Len Price 3 – She’s Not Really There      (‘Rentacrowd’ 2007 UK)

the Familiars – Go-Go Hula-Hoop      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Arch Menaces – Not In My World/the Link      (‘Primitive Germs’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

 

          Interview with Mark from the Arch Menaces

 

the Lighthouse Keepers – Seven Years      (7”single 1985 Aust.)

the Dukes of Stratosphear [aka XTC] – 25 O’Clock      (’25 O’Clock’ mini-LP 1985 UK)

Giobia – Jaws      (7” EP 2010 Milan, Italy)

the Arch Menaces – Hearing the Sounds      (‘Primitive Germs’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Prisoners – Whenever I’m Gone      (‘The Last Fourfathers’ LP 1985 UK)

the Moods – Rum Drunk      (7”single 1966 Melbourne – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets: Original Australian Artyfacts 1965-1967’ compilation 2012 Australia)

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers – I’m Your Witchdoctor      (7”single 1965 London, UK)

the Murlocs – Rattle the Chain      (cd-single 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

 

the Rolling Stones – The Last Time      (‘Out Of Our Heads’ LP 1965 London, UK)

the Koobas – Barricades      (‘The Koobas’ LP 1969 UK)

 

Moon Duo – Sleepwalker      (‘Circles’ 2012 San Francisco, USA)