Technicolour Dreaming

The first show of winter, and it seems that I was a bit fixated on all things spacey, with bands "Death By Raygun", "Spaceman", "Spacegazer" and "Basement Spaceman" all featuring this week. And I just had to start the show with a track off Eno's classic "Here Come the Warm Jets" LP, as I've had it on high rotation at home for days, and when a song gets stuck in your head, sometimes the best way to exorcise it from your mind is to play it for the masses - works for me! And here are some other songs that caught my ear or took my fancy this week..check out the playlist below -

Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me  ("Here Come the Warm Jets" LP 1973 UK)

The Onlookers - You Know Everything  ("Blue and Green and Tangerine" 2012 UK)

The Magnificent Brotherhood - Lifetime  ("The Magnificent Brotherhood" LP 2008 Berlin, Germany)

Circulus  - Within You Is The Sun  ("Thought Becomes Reality" 2009 UK)

The Outsiders - Daddy Died on Saturday  ("CQ" LP 1968 Netherlands)

The Higher State - Know That You Know  ("Darker By The Day" 2009 Kent, UK)

The Moles - Ginger Tom  ("Future Sounds of Ashton" 2010 UK)

Mark Fry  - Mandolin Man  ("Dreaming With Alice" LP 1972 UK)

Magazine - Shot By Both Sides  ("Real Life" LP 1978 Manchester, UK)

Cato Salsa Experience - I Can Give You Everything  ("A Good Tip For A Good Time" 2000 Oslo, Norway)

Magic Cat - Magic Lantern  ("For Friends Only" LP 2013 Italy)

Frantic Chant - Colour  ("Ruthless Superman" 2014 Edinburgh, UK)

My Expansive Awareness - Liar Liar [The Castaways]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol III" 2015 Spain)

Algae and Tentacles - Cuddle Up  ("Algae and Tentacles" cassette 2015 Tucson, USA)

The Prefab Messiahs - Flight Reaction [The Calico Wall]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol III" 2015 USA )

The Shivas - We Go On  ("Freezing to Death" 2010 Portland, Oregon USA)

The Butterscotch Cathedral - Waterfall Parasol  ("The Butterscotch Cathedral" 2015 Tucson, USA)
The Coathangers - Stomp Stomp Stompin'  ("Scramble" 2009 Atlanta, Georgia USA)

Wight Lhite - Counting Diamonds  ("Beyond the Satellites" 2014 Tucson, USA)

Black Vacation  - Hold  ("Germantown,TN" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Death By Raygun - Sheila Comes Back  ("The Clifford Hoyt Experience" 2012 Japan)

Dick Diver - Tearing the Posters Down  ("Melbourne, Florida" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Epsilon One - Sweet Airwaves and TV Spells  ("Spirals" EP 2012 Edinburgh, UK)

Spacegazer - Not Your Steppin' Stone [Monkees]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of TBTCI Vol 2", 2013 Paris, France)

Basement Spaceman - Pussyfooter  ("BS2" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Spaceman - Dead Baum  ("Palm Haus" 2016 Fremantle WA)

The Maybes - Don't Ask  (digital single 2012, Glasgow, UK)
Tooth and Tusk - Nothing Makes Sense  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

The Smoking Trees - Goodbye  ("The Archer and the Bull" 2016 LA, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Paul D [from 3D Radio’s “the B-Side”] curated this week’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming in the absence of the Cat & the Brat... and what a great program! Beginning with a set of UK punk rock goodness from the likes of the Leyton Buzzards and Stiff Little Fingers, he featured releases and demos by some of Adelaide and Australia’s brightest, from the new DieselWitch and Villenettes demos through a couple of tracks from the Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations... compilation of covers which was released last week, and on to current fave Subtract-S and back to a Green Circles track from 2008. The rest of the world wasn’t left out either, with great tracks from Donovan, Magazine, the Misunderstood etc, as well as introducing  Scott Walker  as our final “Band [or in this case, ‘Artiste’] of the Month” for 2012 – all said and done, a very cool listening experience! Thanks Paul!!

...... and here is his playlist.....

the Leyton Buzzards – Saturday Night [Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees]     (‘Jellied Eels to Record Deals’ LP 1979 UK)

the Not Sensibles – I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher      (7”single 1979 UK)

the Cockney Rejects – The Greatest Cockney Rip Off       (7”single 1980 UK)

TV Personalities – Happy Families      (‘Where’s Bill Grundy Now?’ EP 1978 UK)

Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device      (7”single 1978 Ulster, UK)

the Villenettes – Blood On The Table      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

DieselWitch – Smart Boy       (demo 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Laurels – You’re Gonna Miss Me [Roky Erikson cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)    

the Murlocs – Psychotic Reaction [Count V cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)

the Intelligence – Hippy Provider      (‘Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me’ 2012 USA)

Real Estate – All The Same      (‘Days’ 2011 USA)

the Fresh & Onlys – Dream Girls      (‘Long Slow Dance’ 2012 USA)

the Hollies – Stop Stop Stop       (7”single 1966 UK)

the Green Circles – Shaken & Stirred       (demo 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride      (‘Nantucket Sleighride’ LP 1971 USA)

Subtract S – Mb PH      (‘Love From Outer Space’ cdEP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Citradels – Orsa      (demo 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

Magazine – My Tulpa      (‘Real Life’ LP 1978 UK)

Rule Of Thirds – No More Moon      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Demons Claws – Trip To The Clinic      (‘The Defrosting of...’ 2010 Montreal,  Canada)

the Misunderstood – I Can Take You To The Sun      (7”single 1966 UK/USA – taken from 1992 cd-reissue of ‘Before the Dream Faded’ anthology LP 1982 UK)

Scott Walker – Montague Terrace (In Blue)      (‘Scott’ LP 1967 UK – taken from ‘Boy Child: Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970’ anthology 2000 UK)   #    

the Searchers – I Pretend I’m With You      (7”single b-side [to Don’t Throw Your Love Away] 1964 UK)

Donovan – Sunny South Kensington      (‘Mellow Yellow’ LP 1967 USA/UK – taken from ‘Psychedelia at Abbey Road 1965-1969’ compilation 1998 UK)

     #   “Artiste of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

It was once again a diverse show this week, with the Cat & the Brat ranging through old favourites such as Iggy & the Stooges, Clinic and Magazine through Adelaide stalwarts the Asteroid Belt and Van Cleef, plus some recent releases from Ty Segall, Crystal Stilts and Maya. We also sadly bid farewell to a couple of our favourite Australian bands, Belles Will Ring and the Amcats, who have both announced their final performances and that they are going on an indefinite hiatus, as well as playing the Dukes of Stratosphear’s final showing as our “Band of the Month”, plus of course, much more, so without further ado.....

..... here is the playlist.....

the Church – Hiroshima Mon Amour [Ultravox cover]      (‘Box of Birds’ 1999 Australia)

Magazine – The Light Pours Out of Me      (recorded 1978 on BBC ‘Peel Sessions’ – taken from ‘...Magazine [Maybe it’s right to be nervous now]’ anthology boxset  2000 UK)

Clinic – Sunlight Bathes Our Home      (‘Walking With Thee’ 2002 UK)

Maya – Running Low (On Empty)      (‘EPs 1 + 2’ 2012 Aust.)

the Asteroid Belt – Incantations      (‘Incantations/Exultations’ 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

Van Cleef – Dalek Gulch      (‘Where the River Meets the Rock’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Amcats – Why Can’t You See Her      (7”single 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Pallisade Alley      (‘Crystal Theatre’ 2011 Sydney, Aust.)

the Wild Cherries – Krome Plated Yabby      (7”single 1967 Aust.)

Capt. Groovy – Capt. Groovy & his Bubblegum Army      (7”single 1969 USA)

Ty Segall & White Fence – Time      (‘Hair’ 2012 USA)

Tyrnaround – Colour Your Mind      (‘Colour Your Mind’ 12”EP 1987 Aust.)

Crystal Stilts – Through the Floor      (‘In Love with Oblivion’ 2011 USA)

Eric Burdon & the Animals – A Girl Called Sandoz      (7”single b-side [to When I Was Young] 1967 UK)

the Weirdos – Life of Crime      (7”single 1977 USA)

Naz Nomad & the Nightmares – She Lied [Rockin’ Ramrods cover]      (‘Give Daddy The Knife Cindy’ LP 1984 UK)

Iggy & the Stooges – Search and Destroy      (‘Raw Power’ LP 1973 USA)

13^th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me      (7”single 1966 Texas, USA – taken from ‘Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968’ compilation LP 1972 USA)

Lowell George & the Factory – Candy Cane Madness      (recorded 1967 – taken from ‘Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968’ compilation boxset 2009 USA)

David Bowie – All the Madmen      (‘The Man Who Sold The World’ LP 1970 UK)

the Dukes of Stratosphear – Vanishing Girl      (‘Psonic Psunspot’ LP 1987 UK)   #

     #   “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

After our regular opening set of Australian rarities, which included a couple of songs from the ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’ compilation of Adelaide 60’s obscurities which came out in 2010, plus a Janice Slater track from a very rare promotional EP for legendary Adelaide club “Big Daddy’s”, we cast our net worldwide for tracks from that era and brought you gems from acts such as Venezuela’s Ladies W.C. and Germany’s Wolfgang Dauner Quintet. Having procured a DVD copy of the classic 80’s music film “Urgh. A Music War” over the holiday break, we felt the urge to play a couple of tracks from it, including one by Magazine, which then led us to first playing a song from their new album, ”No Thyself”, their first in 30 years... irresistible! We randomly selected bands from the huge 3D Radio library featuring D in our regular ‘Letter of the Week’ segment, which gave us our first opportunity to play a song by Doris Day (a double D no less!), played some demos, including one by Adelaide’s U-Bombs, plus a single by the She Creatures, an all-girl, all-blue band allegedly from the planet Venus... the clip of whom you can see for yourself below...  and then continued our tribute to the ‘Boxset’ format by featuring some unreleased 60’s tracks from the classic Rubble series. All this and much more on this week’s Obscured by... brought to you by yet another combo of ‘DOTS’, this time Michael Hunter and Peter Brat.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Daisy Clover – Butterflies     (7”single 1969 Australia)

Janice Slater [with Little Sammy and the In People] – Downtown at Big Daddy’s     (promotional EP 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

Machine Gun Kelly’s Rejects – I’m Going Back     (acetate 1966 – taken from ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’ compilation 2010 Adelaide)

5 Sided Circle – Hungry [Paul Revere and the Raiders cover]     (live 1966 – taken from ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’...)

Esperanto – Statue of Liberty      (’Esperanto’ LP 1973 Australia)

Original Aztecs with Harry Young – The Cruel Sea     (‘At the End of the Rainbow’ 2011 Australia)

Ladies W.C. – I’m Gonna Be     (‘Ladies W.C.’ LP 1969 Venezuela)

3 Hur-el – Aglarsa Aram Aglar [if he cries, my mother cries]     (‘Hurel Arsivi’ LP 1976 Turkey)

 

Euclid – Lazy Livin’     (‘Heavy Equipment’ LP 1970 USA)

Wolfgang Daunier Quintet – Take off your Clothes to Fool the Sun     (‘The Oimels’ LP 1969 Germany)

Magazine – The Worst of Progress...     (‘No Thyself’ 2011 UK)

Magazine – Model Worker     (‘Urgh. A Music War’ soundtrack LP 1981 USA)

Skafish  - Sign of the Cross      (‘Urgh. A Music War’ soundtrack LP 1981 USA)

 

Lene Lovich – Birdsong     (7”single 1979 UK)

 

the U-Bombs – Last Violin     (demo 1978 Adelaide, Aust.)

Doris Day – Please Don’t Eat the Daisies     (‘Doris Day Sings Her Great Movie Hits’ LP 1967 UK)  *

Devlin DorkoXxxchange – Spank Rock     (‘Couche Tard’ 2009 USA)  *

Jesse Deane Freeman Trio – Kick It Around     (‘Introducing...’ 2005 Adelaide, Aust.)  *

Del Webb Explosion – Too Late The Hero     (7”single b-side 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)  *

the She Creatures – Sexy Robot      (single download 2007 UK)

 

the Wayouts – Going All the Way [Squires cover]    (Belgium – taken from ‘Lost in Tyme Vol. 3’ compilation 2005 Greece)

 

the Higher State – Ballad of a Loner     (‘From Round Here’ 2006 UK)

Splodgenessabounds – Two Little Boys [Rolf Harris cover]     (7”single 1980)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Here Comes Love     (demo 2005 Aust.)

Free Action Inc. – Bob Corn     (‘Free Action Inc. Plays Eddy Korsche Rock and Blues’ LP 1970 Italy)

the Mode – Eastern Music     (unreleased 1967 UK – taken from ‘Rubble’ boxset [Vol 2])

Wimple Winch – Marmalade Hair     (unreleased 1967 UK –   taken from ‘Rubble’ boxset [Vol 2])

   * ‘Letter of the Week’