Technicolour Dreaming

The show this week had another guest presenter in the form of Michael Hunter - no stranger to the timeslot in the Obscured By… days but for one week only, back doing the show on his own.  Actually that’s not quite true, as he was joined on the phone for an interesting chat with Bobby Bright, on the nearly-50 year anniversary of the first Bobby & Laurie single, and on the recent release of Bob’s own new EP “Child Of Rock & Roll” (available on iTunes or his own website).  The news that Led Zeppelin were being sued by the band Spirit for alleged pilfering of a musical phrase on “Stairway To Heaven” led to a few related pieces, including Frank Zappa’s take on the iconic song.  A few unreleased gems by Australian musical heavyweights such as Wendy Saddington and the Wild Cherries also found their way to air, as did some 60s European pop delights - the glam rock band Blue Vamp featuring a pre-Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre!  And so a jolly good time was had by all, and normal service will resume soon.....

..... and here is the playlist plus some vids.....

the Clevedonaires - Lost Women      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)
the National Reps - Back Streets      (unreleased demo 1967 Brisbane, Australia)
Dave Miller Set - Why? Why? Why? [Paul Revere & the Raiders cover]      (7”single 1967 Sydney, Australia)

Toni & Royce - Buy Some Love      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)
Spirit - Taurus      (“Spirit” LP 1968 US)
Frank Zappa - Stairway To Heaven      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)
Sun Kil Moon - I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same      (“Benji” 2014 USA)
the Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)       (unreleased demo 1968 Brisbane, Australia)

the Wendy Saddington Band - Hypocrite Heaven     (unreleased demo 1987 Australia)
X-Ray-Z - Poor Image     (7”single 1977 Australia)
Karma - Iron Fisted Woman     (7”single 1974 Australia)
Red Angel Panic - Viet Rock     (7”single 1971 Adelaide,  Australia)

Bobby & Laurie - I Belong With You      (7”single 1964 Melbourne, Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Strange Rain      (“Bobby & Laurie” LP 1965 Australia)

              *** phone interview with Bobby Bright from Melbourne ***

Bobby Bright - Great Life (Elsie’s Song)      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby Bright - Younger Days      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Australia)
Marta Kubišová  - Nechte Zvony Znit      (7”single 1967 Czech)

Michel Polnareff - La Poupee Qui Fait Non      (7”single 1966 France)

les Hou-Lops - Vendredi m’obsède [Friday On My Mind – Easybeats cover]      (7”single 1967 Quebec, Canada)
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Blue Vamp - Jolly Dolly       (7”single 1973 France)
Omnia - I Don’t Speak Human      (“Musick & Poetree” 2011 Netherlands)

Frank Zappa - Bolero      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)

Obscured By... March 22, 2011

“OBSCURED BY...” this week again had a single ‘.’ at the helm – this time it was Michael Hunter – playing the usual plethora of forgotten 60’s singles from Australia and beyond plus obscure gems from other eras and genres... including a track from Brazilian legends ‘Os Mutantes’, who played here recently at ‘Womadelaide’, as well as a live recording from 2003 of the reformed ‘Masters Apprentices’.

...and here is the play-list :

Alison Durbin – Don’t come any closer (7” single 1970 Aust.)

the Brigade – As A Boy (7” single 1966 Aust.)

the Motion – Nice Girl (7” single 1966 Aust.)

the Gremlins – Coming Generations (7” single 1967 Aust.)

the Twilights - John Hardy (7” single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

Os Mutantes – Baby (Os Mutantes)

9.30 Fly – Mr 509 (9.30 Fly)

Blonde on Blonde – Circles (Looking Towards the Sun – comp.)

Back Street Band - This ain’t the road (7” single 1969 USA)

Bobbi Blake – Rock Rock Beat (song poem 7” single USA)

Dick Kent - Smiling Farmer (song poem 7” single USA )

Major Bill Smith – Freddy, the Disco Frog (song poem 7” single USA )

Ira Cook – What is a girl? (7” single 1958 USA)

Evolution Control Committee – What would you do if I sang Auto-tune? (demo 2010 USA)

les Hou Lops – Vendredi m’Obsede [‘Friday on my Mind’: Easybeats cover, sung in French] (7” single 1967 Canada)

Alice Cooper – Hello Hooray (Billion Dollar Babies)

Tempest – Let’s live for today (Another Dawn)

Squeeze – Squabs on 40 Fab (7” single [b-side] 1978 UK)

Chipmunks – I ain’t no danged cartoon (7” single [b-side] 1994 USA)

Ira Cook – What is a boy? (7” single 1958 USA)

Zane & Hogan – Studio 54 (7” single USA )

Bobbi Blake – Who played house with you? (song poem 7” single USA)

the Capt Matchbox Whoopee Band – My canary has circles under his eyes (Smoke Dreams)

Peter Tilbrook – Stop the Time (7” single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Wars or Hands of Time (2003 ‘live’ in Adelaide, Aust.)

Eero Kolvistoinen – Small games inside an urban limousine (Psychedelic Phinland – comp.)

the Charlies – On Art Criticism (Psychedelic Phinland)

Apollo – Thoughts (Psychedelic Phinland)

Lightyears Away – Yesterday (Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 5 : UK – comp.)

Bodkin – 3 Days after death, Pt 1 (Love, Peace & Poetry Vol 5 : UK)

Christie Allen – He’s my number one (Magic Rhythm)