Technicolour Dreaming

With occasional co-host Michael Hunter joining the Cat & the Brat for this week’s show, we had another first for our new 3D Radio studios – our first phone interview here, chatting at some length with Mike Rudd of Spectrum fame... though we actually spent most of the interview talking about his pre-Spectrum escapades, especially his involvement with garage legends Chants R&B in his native New Zealand. He also spoke of their move to Melbourne and the vibrant music scene they found there, his time with the Party Machine before Ross Wilson zipped off to the UK to join Technicolour Dreaming faves Procession, the post-Spectrum years with Ariel and lots more – a talkative and friendly chap who still tours and records both solo and with various permutations of Spectrum [and indeed even does the occasional Chants R&B reformation]. Apart from all the chat we did manage to play some music! We have just come into possession of the classic 1969 ‘Trip Thru Hell’ album by the C.A.Quintet and bookended the show with the two sections of the title track. We also bade farewell to the two Kevins, Ayers and Peek, who passed away recently, playing, amongst other things, Soft Machine and Johnny Broome & the Handels respectively, in their honour. There were some 60’s obscurities from the likes of the Sweetarts and the Mojos, as well as some modern psych from bands such as the Higher State and Temples, including a track from the excellent debut album by the Citradels... great stuff! And with a big package of new CDs and vinyl just arrived at our mail box, there’ll be lots to hear in the coming weeks... so tune in!!

..... and here’s the playlist.....

C.A.Quintet – Trip Thru Hell [Part 1]      (‘Trip Thru Hell’ LP 1969 California, USA)

Tully – Ice      (‘Living is Hard’ LP 1972 Australia)

the Handels featuring John Broome [aka Johnny Broome & the Handels] – Do’s & Dont’s      (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

the James Taylor Move – Baby Jane      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Soft Machine – Why Are We Sleeping?       (‘Soft Machine’ LP 1968 UK)

Kevin Ayers – Song For Insane Times      (‘Joy of a Toy’ LP 1969 UK)

Nico – Henry Hudson      (‘Drama of Exile’ LP 1981 UK)

the Sweetarts – A Picture Of Me      (7”single 1967 Austin, Texas, USA)

the Mojos – What’s She Done To Me      (7”single 1966 West Virginia, USA)

David Santo – Rising of Scorpio      (‘Silver Currents’ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Neil Norman (with Kim Fowley) – Phaser Laser      (7”single 1973 California, USA)

Chants R&B – I’m Your Witchdoctor [John Mayall cover]      (7”single 1966 New Zealand)

Spectrum – Superbody      (‘Part One’ LP 1971 Australia)

          – Mike Rudd interview –  [check out the www.mikeruddbillputt.com website]

the Party Machine – Keep Your Cool      (unreleased – taken from TV show 1968 Australia)

Ariel – I Can Do Anything      (7”single 1976 Aust.)

Spectrum – Soul Man      (‘Breathing Space As Well’ 2011 Aust.)

Procession – Mind Magician      (‘Procession’ LP 1968 UK/Aust.)

the Citradels – Jantar Mantar       (‘Psychotic Syndrone’ 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Higher State – Ain’t It Hard [Electric Prunes cover]      (7”single b-side [to I Just Pretend] 2012 UK)

 

Temples – Shelter Song      (7”single 2013 UK)

the Amazing – The Kirwan Song      (‘The Amazing’ 2009 Sweden)

Jim Noir – Driving my Escort Cosworth to the Cake Circus      (‘Jimmy’s Show’ 2012 UK)

C.A.Quintet – Trip Thru Hell [Part 2]      (‘Trip Thru Hell’ LP 1969 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

We had our inaugural interview in the new 3D studios this week... and the esteemed interviewee was singer/guitarist Matt from Adelaide band Brillig. He brought us in a ‘hot off the presses’ copy of their soon-to-be-released new album “I Ain’t Ever Gonna See The Sea’ to give our listeners a sneak preview and to promote their upcoming shows at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. We also featured some of the new music that has appeared in our postbox recently, such as the swirling psych pop of the debut album by England’s Beaulieu Porch and the title track of the third album by Swedish band, the Amazing, before focusing on a selection of Australian and local 1960’s garage and psych. We played a track from the new early Bee Gees retrospective as well as bands such as the Purple Hearts, the Hergs and Procession and included a tribute to the late Kevin Peek by playing his classic ‘Then I Heard the Fire Sing’ by his band, the James Taylor Move. We came back to the 21^st century to finish with a couple of recent live recordings by Adelaide favourites Dieselwitch and Slingshot Dragster and a very cool Rolling Stones cover by the Gaye Blades on a Norton Records 7”single from 2007.....

.....so here is the playlist plus a few clips.....

the Psychedelic Furs – Sister Europe        (‘The Psychedelic Furs’ LP 1980 UK)

Les Liminanas – Salvation         (‘Crystal Anis’ 2012 France)

Names and Faces – The Killer         (7” single 1968 Holland – taken from ‘Fantasio Daze’ compilation 2012 UK)

the Barbarellatones – Sperm Whale         (‘Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute’ 2010 USA)

Brillig – The Devil Wears Cowboy Boots         (‘I Ain’t Ever Gonna See the Sea’ 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

           ‘live-in-the-studio’ interview with Matt from Brillig

Brillig – Fair Warning         (‘I Ain’t Ever Gonna See the Sea’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Brillig – I Ain’t Ever Gonna See the Sea        (‘I Ain’t Ever Gonna See the Sea’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Espers – Dead King         (‘Espers II’ 2006 USA)

the Amazing – Gentle Stream         (‘Gentle Stream’ 2011 Gothenburg, Sweden)

Painted Hills – Everybody         (‘Painted Hills’ 2010 USA)

Paul Messis and Jessica Winters – As Nightmares Turn To Dreams         (7”single b-side [to Sunflower] 2012 UK)

Ant- Bee – Child of the Moon [Rolling Stones cover]         (‘Lunar Muzik’ 1996 USA)

Beaulieu Porch – Colour 55         (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

the Green Pajamas – [She’s Still] Bewitching Me         (‘Seven Fathoms Down and Falling’ 2000 Seattle, USA – taken from ‘Through Glass Coloured Roses’ anthology 2003 USA))

Trip 66 – That’s What You Say         (‘Trip 66’ 1996 Pennsylvania, USA)

Kaleidoscope – Life Will Pass You By         (‘A Beacon From Mars’ LP 1968 USA)

Surf School Dropouts – Hold Onto Me         (‘Surf School Dropouts’ 2012 Denmark)

the Bee Gees – Exit Stage Right         (demo 1966 Australia – taken from ‘Morning of My Life: The Best of 1965-66’ anthology 2013 Aust.)

Machine Gun Kelly’s Rejects – I’m Going Back         (demo 1967 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Ugly Things: the CD’ compilation 1992 Aust.)

 the Purple Hearts – Early In the Morning         (7” single 1966 Brisbane, Aust.)

Toni McCann – Saturday Date      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Aust.)

the Twilights – Cathy Come Home      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Procession – Anthem       (‘Procession’ LP 1968 Aust.)

the Third Party – Russian Spy & I [Jan Akkerman/the Hunters cover]     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the James Taylor Move – Then I Heard the Fire Sing      (7”single b-side [to Magic Eyes] 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)       R.I.P. Kevin Peek

the Hergs – Cadillac [Vince Taylor cover]      (7”single b-side [to Style of Love] 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slingshot Dragster – Shadowplay      (recorded live at ‘the Gov’ 2012 – taken from single demo 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Dieselwitch – UFO Surf      (rec. October 2012 – taken from ‘Live at the Gov’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Gaye Blades – Ruby Tuesday [Rolling Stones cover]      (7”split-single [with the Girls At Dawn] 2007 USA)