Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
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 legendsJuly (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)
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)
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....
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)
