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)

Technicolour Dreaming

“So much music, so little time” has been our mantra since day one and this week was no exception, so we squeezed in as many as possible of the diverse tunes on offer, including new releases from Morgan Delt, Diane Coffee, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and Thee Oh Sees. Naturally there was also a selection of 60’s goodies from Colours, Fleurs de Lys, the Executives and a few French ‘exotiques’ from the likes of Michel Polnareff and les Gypsys. Throw in some Luck of Eden Hall, White Fence, Sand Pebbles amongst others and it’s another sonic adventure with the Cat & the Brat on 3D Radio......

...... so here is the playlist and some associated visuals, our particular favourites this week being those by Clinic and the Lavender Brigade – hope you find them as entertaining as we did.......

Walter Ghoul’s  Lavender Brigade – Mr Spaceman      (recorded 1999 – taken from the “Retrospectoscope: 1966-70” faux-anthology 2007 UK)

Diane Coffee – New Years      (“My Friend Fish” 2013 USA)

Blackmilk – Mercy Ray      (“In Lak’ech” 2012 Perth, Australia)

Lovechain – Step Out of Your Window You Can Fly      (7”single 1969 USA – taken from “A Lethal Dose of Hard Psych” compilation 1999 USA)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Panorama       (“False Lights” 2013 Wales, UK)

Michel Polnareff – Le Roi des Fourmis      (“Âme câline“ EP 1967 France)

Henri Salvador – Carnaby Street      (“Pikabou“ EP 1967 France)

Graham Day & the Forefathers – 30-60-90      (7”single b-side [to Love Me Lies] 2014 UK)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Homeless Man in Adidas      (“Oddments” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Us & Them – Do I Know You?      (”By the Time It Gets Dark” EP 2014 Sweden)

Colours – Love Heals      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Love Heals” anthology 2008 USA)

the Misunderstood – My Mind      (recorded 1966 UK  – taken from “Before the Dream Faded” anthology 1992 USA/UK)

Dead Skeletons – Yama      (“Dead Magick” LP 2011 Iceland)

Sula Bassana – Dreamer      (“Dreamer” LP 2002 Germany)

Clinic – I’m Aware      (“Bubblegum” 2010 Sheffield, UK)

Gravenhurst – She Dances      (“The Western Lands” 2007 UK)

White Fence – Beat      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 California, USA)

Foxygen – On Blue Mountain      (“We are the 21^st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic” 2012 USA)

Foxygen - 'On Blue Mountain' | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Morgan Delt – Sad Sad Trip      (“Morgan Delt” LP 2014 California, USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Wait, Let’s Go      (7”split-single [with the Mallard] 2012 California, USA – taken from “Singles Collection volume 3” anthology 2014 USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall – The Horrible Pill Book      (“Victoria Moon” LP 2014 Chicago, USA)

Loop – Cinnamon Girl [Neil Young cover]      (“The Bridge: Tribute to Neil Young” compilation LP 1989 USA – taken from “Loop: The World in Your Eyes” anthology 2009 UK)

Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs – Evil Mothers      (7”single 2013 UK)

the Fleurs de Lys – Circles [Pete Townsend cover]      (7”single 1966 London, UK)

the Sand Pebbles – Sunshine to Burn [Long Grass cover]      (“Tomorrow is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70” compilation 2007 Australia)

the Executives – Moving in a Circle      (7”single b-side [to It’s a Happening World] 1968 Sydney, Australia)

the Gypsys – Prolétaire      (7”single 1967 France – taken from “Psychegaelic : French Freakbeat” compilation 1999 Canada)