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I seem to have a penchant for playing songs, albums, and even bands with extremely long titles - an occupational hazard when it comes to announcing them without tripping over my tongue. The prize for the longest title of a release this week (but only just) goes to one of Fruits De Mer's latest batch of coloured 7 inch's - "The Fruits de Mer Records Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (phew!), featuring three very different interpretations of the classic sci-fi TV show theme "Journey of the Sorcerer" (written by The Eagles, no less!) by Astralasia, The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies, and Icarus Peel. Another new one from FdM is Vibravoid's take on the Iron Butterfly classic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - all 15 minutes' worth, handily split into two-parts, all the better to fit on a 7" (I only played Part 1, I'm sure much to the relief of some listeners!). A pre-release track from Elephant Stone's long-awaited album "Ship Of Fools" (due out in September) was a welcome teaser; and the brand-spanking new debut from Brisbane's Sacred Shrines, "Come Down From the Mountain" exceeded expectations. I wonder what's in store next week...??

Donovan - Season of the Witch  ("Sunshine Superman" LP 1966 UK)

Magic Bus - Cosmic Rays of Dawn  ("Transmission From Sogmore's Garden" 2014 Devon, UK)

Status Quo - Paradise Flat  ("Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo" LP 1968 London UK)

The Missing Souls - Sweet, Sweet Sadie  (7" single 2016 France)

Fire - Flies Like a Bird  ("The Magic Shoemaker" LP 1970 UK)

Sacred Shrines - Curious Chemistry  ("Come Down From the Mountain" 2016 Brisbane, Australia)

Lou Reed - Lady Day  ("Berlin" LP 1973 USA)

Icarus Peel - Catch Your Breath  ("Forget-Me-Not-Under-Pussy-Willow" LP 2016 [pre-release] Devon, UK)
Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Journey of the Sorcerer  ("The Fruits de Mer Records Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 7" EP 2016 UK)

Cate Le Bon - I Was Born On The Wrong Day  ("Crab Day" 2016 Wales, UK)

Vibravoid - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [Iron Butterfly]  (7" single 2016 Dusseldorf, Germany)

The Leaves - Dr Stone  ("Hey Joe" LP 1966, San Fernando Valley, USA)

Elephant Stone - Manipulator  ("Ship Of Fools" 2016 [pre-release] Montreal, Canada)

Del Shannon - I Think I Love You  ("The Further Adventures of Charles Westover" LP 1968 Michigan USA)

Velvet Illusions - Acid Head  (7" single 1967 Washington USA)

The Citradels - Love Bee (I Once Knew You)  ("The Citradels" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Sonny And Cher - It's Gonna Rain  (7" single [b-side to "I Got You Babe"] 1965)

The Fast Camels - Der Nazi Tea  ("The Magic Optician" 2007 UK)

Singapore Sling - Shithole Town  ("Psych Fuck" 2015 Reykjavík, Iceland)

The Turtles - Grim Reaper of Love  (7" single 1966 USA)

Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapour - Highly Enchanting Eye  ("Desert Brain" 2016 Detroit, USA)

Coloured Clocks - Green Lights  ("Particle" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

The Seeds - Tripmaker  ("A Web Of Sound" LP 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Lord Gammonshire - The Uncivil Servant  ("Lord Gammonshire's Guide to Everyday Sounds" 2009 Bristol, UK)
Children of Leir - Shades  (digital single 2016, Leicester, UK)
Sun Mahshene - A Morphing Hydrogenous Bubble Exploding In Your Head Jam  ("On Blood" EP 2015 Dublin, Ireland)
Love - You Set the Scene  ("Forever Changes" LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Astralasia - Journey of the Sorcerer  ("The Fruits De Mer Records Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 7" EP 2016 UK)

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More dreadful weather, internet outages, and a weekend away up in the big smoke to DJ at Wintersteady has meant a really big delay for this week's blog post...so no more prevarication, here it is, and on with the next one!

Vibravoid - Listen, Can't you Hear  ("Delirio Dei Sensi" 2013 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Ola And the Janglers - We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin' [Paul Simon] ("Lime Light" LP 1966 Stockholm, Sweden)

Blush Response - The City Will Eat Itself  ("Wintersteady - Going Steady Mix Tape #7" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Captain Sensibile - Octopus [Syd Barrett]  ("The Madcap Laughs Again!" compilation 2009 UK)

Flyying Colours - Wavy Gravy  ("Wintersteady - Going Steady Mix Tape #7" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Float Along-Fill Your Lungs  ("Float Along - Fill Your Lungs" LP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Demon Parade - Succumb to a Feather  ("Wintersteady - Going Steady Mix Tape #7" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Tyrnaround - Colour Your Mind  ("Colour Your Mind" 12" EP 1987 Brisbane, Australia)

Love - The Red Telephone  ("Forever Changes" LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

The Selfish Cales - Sulphureous Haze  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" LP 2015 Torino, Italy)

The Red Plastic Buddha - Little White Pills  ("Songs for Mara" 2014 Chicago, USA)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife  ("Nonagon Infinity" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Heaters - Sanctuary Blues  ("Holy Water Pool" 2015 Grand Rapids, Michigan USA)

Psychlops Eyepatch - God's Armchair  ("Paranoise EP" 2013 Sydney, Australia)

The Misunderstood - I Can Take You to the Sun  (7" single 1966 US/UK)

Holy Cosmos - Hurricane Fighter Plane [Red Krayola]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of the Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol. III" 2015 Mexico City, Mexico)

The Luck Of Eden Hall - Another High Speed Blowout  ("Acceleration of Time" LP 2016 Chicago, USA)
Procul Harum - Shine On Brightly  ("Shine On Brightly" LP 1968 UK)

Monochromatic Visions - Don't Let Your Youth Go To Waste  ("Blue Thunder - A Tribute to Galaxie 500" compilation 2016 Athens, Greece)
Warm Sounds - Nite Is A Comin'  (7" single 1967 UK)

Mystic Brew - Something More Than A Dream  ("Something More Than a Dream" LP 2015 Russia)
Polska Radio One - Volga  ("North Berry EP" 2014 Yekaterinburg, Russia)

Sun Mahshene - No Control (demo)  ("Dog's Got A  Bone #5" compilation  2016 Dublin, Ireland)

Dream Sick - Dig  ("Last Little Bit" 2014 Tucson, Arizona, USA)
Violet Swells - Strange, Strange Design  (CD Single 2016 Hobart, Australia)

and something extra...

Captain Sensible - Astronomy Domine

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It's the first day of summer here in Adelaide, but you wouldn't know it - cold, raining and generally miserable! Hopefully I managed to cheer up a few listeners with my choice of music  - including Harry, who was taking a well deserved rest to ward off an incipient lurgy!! This weeks show was a bit on the short but sweet side, only lasting for an hour, but I'll be back next week hosting the whole 2 hours for a change. Oh, and a belated congratulations to The Systemaddicts, who have made it to the Number 1 spot on Three D Radio's Top 20+1 chart with their new CD - and it's not even released yet!

Anyway, enough of my rambling - here's what I played ...

Wall of Death - Light My Fire [The Doors]     ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" 2014 USA)

Mr Elevator and the Brain Hotel - Are You Hypnotised?     (7" single 2013 Los Angeles USA)

The Red Plastic Buddha - A House is Not A Hotel [Love]     ("Songs for Mara" 2014 Chicago USA)

Love - Seven and Seven Is     ("Da Capo" LP 1967 USA)

Balduin - Shadows of Your Mind     ("Post from Mars" LP 2014 Switzerland)

Balduin - In A Better Land     ("Post from Mars" LP 2014 Switzerland)

Mick Ronson - Only After Dark     ("Slaughter on 10th Avenue" LP 1974 UK)

White Candles  - Monolith     ("Flowers for Delia" 2014 Philadelphia USA)

The Wondermints - The Party     ("Shots In The Dark" compilation 1996 USA)

The Tiki Tones - Monkey Farm     ("Shots In The Dark" compilation 1996 USA  )

The Playboys - Theme from Dr No     (7" single 1965, taken from "Board Boogie - Surf & Twang from Downunder" compilation, 2002)

The Barbarellatones - Electric Pussycat     (demo 2014 Hawaii, USA)

Flyying Colours - Running Late     ("ROYGBIV" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

and an acoustic version of Wall of Death's cover of  "Light My Fire" - quite a bit different to the album version!

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This edition’s featured compilation is a 3-CD boxset released in 2013 by Grapefruit Records in the UK called "Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72" which has mostly rare and unreleased tracks by obscure bands, many of which have never appeared on compilations, or indeed anywhere, before. Yet many of these tracks are real gems which deserve to be heard by a much wider audience – for example, Deep Feeling were comprised

of some of the best musicians in the UK. They later went on to renown in bands such as Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Mott the Hoople, Blossom Toes, Family and more, yet the tracks they recorded for a debut album and single were left unreleased and untouched until 2012. Indeed, the track we played, “Pretty Colours”, is arguably one of the finest examples of mid-60’s English psychedelia, yet it remained unheard until recently, so for us, this is the best reason for record companies to release, and us to buy these types of compilations. This music should be heard! The rest of the show was comprised of more recent releases from the likes of the Black Ryder, Worthless, Les Limiñanas and Crystal Jacqueline plus the title track from the outstanding new LP from Swedish band the Amazing, as well as a smattering of older songs by artists such as the Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lost & Found and Traffic, before finishing with New Yorker Amen Dunes from the recently released “Cowboy Worship” EP .....

..... so here is the playlist plus some related clips .....

the Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World's On Fire      ("Incense and Peppermints" LP 1967 USA)

the Black Ryder  - Seventh Moon      ("The Door Behind the Door" LP 2015 Australia/USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall - This is Strange      ("Alligators Eat Gumdrops" 2012 USA)   

Les Limiñanas - Tu Es À Moi        ("(I've Got) Trouble In Mind: 7" And Rare Stuff 2009/2014" compilation 2014 France)

Tintern Abbey - Do What You Must      (demo acetate recorded 1968, taken from "What's The Rush, Time Machine Man? Psychedelic Jumble Volume 1" compilation 2007 USA)

Wesley Fuller - Melvista      (7" single [b-side to Change Your Mind] 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

the Horrors - Still Life       ("Skying"  2011 UK)

the Amazing - Picture You      ("Picture You" 2015 Sweden)

the Orange Drop - Electric Sitar Beat      ("Drone Pop" EP 2014 Philadelphia USA)

the Dandelion - On a June Morning      ("Going Steady Mixtape #5" compilation 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

Crystal Jacqueline - Siren      ("The Rainflower" 2015 Wales, UK)

Claudio Cataldi - Here She Comes Now [Velvet Underground cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents ‘Strange Fruit and Veg’ - promo 2" compilation 2015 UK)

Sapphire Thinkers - I Feel a Bit Strange      ("From Within" 1968 USA)

Worthless - Dee Minor      ("All my Friends are Stone" LP 2015 UK)

Traffic - Coloured Rain      ("Mr Fantasy" LP 1967 UK)

“COMPILATION OF THE WEEK”

"Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72" 2013 Grapefruit Records     

the Liverpool Scene- We'll All be Spacemen Before We Die      ("the Amazing Adventures of..."  compilation 2009 – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 2)

Tuesday's Children - A Strange Light from the East      (7" single 1967 – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 1)

Beau - Creation      ("Creation" LP 1971 UK – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 3)

Deep Feeling - Pretty Colours      (recorded 1966 UK, unissued, released on “Pretty Colours” anthology 2012 – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 1)

the Sorrows - The Makers      ("Old Songs, New Songs" LP 1969 UK – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 2)

Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Two Little Ladies (Azalea  and Rhododendron)      (7" single 1967 – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 1)

the Apricot - Too Far Behind     ("A Forestful of Threes" LP 2011 Norway)

Lost and Found - When Will You Come Through      (7" single 1968 USA)

Amen Dunes - I Know Myself (Montreal)        ("Cowboy Worship" 2015 USA)

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We decided to remain in continental Europe again for this edition’s “Band of the Week”, and the band we chose was Germany’s Vibravoid. This prolific psychedelic group have been together for a decade and are renowned for their extravagant light shows and multitudes of releases – have a look at their website for more details about this very cool band. Other features in the show included the new single by Perth’s High Learys, tracks from Quilt’s brilliant second and MGMT’s self-titled third albums plus Elephant Stone’s newest release, the excellent “Three Poisons” LP. Then there were a diverse bunch of songs from the past, ranging from the1966 ‘faux-psychedelia’ of session band the Deep, to the Nazz, featuring Todd Rundgren, and onto the Pretty Things’ 1969 French recordings with Philippe DeBarge, plus a modern take on 60’s icons Love by Doug Tuttle from a very cool Active Listener tribute compilation and lots more.....

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

the Jabberwocky Band – To the Old Temple      ("Ritual " EP 2014 Paris, France)

King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard – Float Along - Fill Your Lungs      ("Float Along - Fill Your Lungs" 2013 Geelong, Australia)

Baby Woodrose – Nothing is Real     ("Third Eye Surgery" 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Sons of Hippies – the Soft Parade [Doors cover]      ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" compilation 2104 Germany)

Wild Rocket – La Rucolala      ("Daisy Dream" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

the High Learys – Clear My Mind      (CD-single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Doug Tuttle – You Set the Scene [Love cover]      (recorded 2013 USA – taken from "The Active Listener presents : Forever Changing – A Tribute to Love’s Forever Changes" compilation 2014  New Zealand)

Jack Ellister – Within You, Without You [Beatles cover]      ("Dawn Dream Club" 7" EP 2013 UK)

Quilt – Arctic Shark      ("Held in Splendor" 2104 Boston, USA)

Grant-Lee Phillips – Soft Asylum (No Way Out)      ("Strangelet" 2007 USA)

the Nazz – Hello, It's Me      (7"single 1968 USA)

Deep Feeling – Pretty Colours      (recorded 1968 UK, unreleased – "Pretty Colours" anthology 2008 UK)

Octopus Syng – Cuckoo Clock Mystery      ("Reverberating Garden Number 7" LP 2014 Helsinki, Finland)

Donovan – Sunny South Kensington    ("Mellow Yellow" LP 1967 UK)

   ###  “BAND OF THE WEEK”   –   Vibravoid   ###

Vibravoid – La Poupée qui fait non [Michel Polnareff cover]       ("Colour Your Mind" EP 2103 Germany)

Vibravoid – The Empty Sky      ("Delirio Dei Sensi" 2013 Germany)

Vibravoid – the White Ship [HP Lovecraft cover]      ("Gravity Zero" LP 2012 Germany)

Vibravoid – Incense and Peppermints [Strawberry Alarm Clock cover] / Playing with Beuys       ("Politics of Ecstacy" 2008 Germany)

the Pretty Things & Philippe DeBarge – Alexander     (recorded 1969 but unreleased – "The Pretty Things & Philippe DeBarge" anthology 2009 France/UK)

the Deep – Color Dreams      (“Psychedelic Moods” LP 1967 USA)

Elephant Stone – Between the Lines      (“Three Poisons” 2014 Montreal, Canada)

les Limiñanas – I’m Dead        (recorded ‘live at Hozac Records’ showcase USA 2011 – taken from “I’ve got Trouble in Mind : 7” & Rare Stuff 2009 –2014” anthology 2014 France)

MGMT – Alien Days      (“MGMT” 2014 USA)