Technicolour Dreaming

This edition’s “Compilation of the Week” is actually a series which began in 1998, was compiled in 2011 into two boxsets covering volumes 1-5 and 6-10, and continues with volume 11 being released in 2012. We are of course speaking of the eclectic “Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers” series which, as regular listeners will have noticed, we have been happily plundering for the show since we discovered their existence several years ago, and which are well-deserving of being acknowledged in our weekly feature; indeed the hardest part was choosing only five tracks to play with so many goodies on offer! The rest of the show also had a plethora of fine new music and older faves, including a track from the long-awaited second album from Australia’s Black Ryder, as well as more from the new one by Sydney’s the Grease Arrestor and Cleopatra Records’ soon-to-be-released Beatles psych tribute album, plus a bunch of re-issues and re-discoveries, such as tracks by the Lost and Found, the Byrds, the Aardvarks and XTC (in their Dukes of Stratosphear guise). So until next Tuesday afternoon.....

...... here is the playlist with some visuals, plus a movie at the end to enjoy.....

the Lost and Found - I'm So Hip to Pain      ("Forever Lasting Plastic Words" LP 1968 Texas, USA)

Powder Blue - Sunfire Drug Haus      ("II" 2014 Manitoba, Canada)

the Aardvaarks - Arthur C. Clarke   ("Arthur C. Clarke" EP, 1989 London UK)

the Black Ryder - Santaria      ("Door Behind the Door" 2015  Australia/USA)

the Doors - Summer's Almost Gone      ("Waiting for the Sun" LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

the Dukes of Stratosphear - Collideascope      ("Psonic Psunspot" LP 1987 UK)

Baron Samedi - Vulture Purple      ("Dollars Eye" 2014 Zaragoza, Spain)

Groep 1850 - We Love Life (Like We Love You)     (7"single 1968 Netherlands)

the Grease Arrestor - Come Together      ("Volume 2" 2015 Sydney, Australia)

Ty Segall - The Clock      ("Manipulator" 2014 USA)

the Byrds - Why? [alternate/ RCA studios version]      ("Fifth Dimension” – bonus track on 1996 CD re-issue USA)

Johnny Young - Craise Finton Kirk [Bee Gees cover]     ("Suprises" LP 1968 Australia)

the Vegetable Garden - Even Stevens      (7"single b-side [to Hypnotic Suggestion] 1969 Perth, Australia)

Jan and Dean - Laurel and Hardy      ("Carnival of Sound" LP 1968 USA)

the Prisoners - Far Away      ("The Wisermiserdemelza" LP 1983 UK)

the Sun Blindness - The Carousel      ("Far Arden" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

            ### “Compilation Series of the Week” ###

"Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers" Volumes One to Eleven

Sagittarius - Glass      ("Present Tense" LP 1968 California USA – taken from Vol 11)

Lord Sitar - I Am the Walrus [Beatles cover]      ("Lord Sitar" LP 1968 USA – taken from Vol 1)

Ray Brown and Moonstone - Start of a New Day      ("Mad House" LP 1970 Australia – taken from Vol 3)

Tomorrow - Real Life Permanent Dream      ("Tomorrow" LP 1968 UK – taken from Vol 6)

Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup - Jabberwocky      (7" single 1968 UK – taken from Vol 8)

My Invisible Friend - O.N.S.      ("My Invisible Friend" EP 2015 Fidenza, Italy)

Man or Astro-man?  - Taxidermist Surf      ("Is It... Man or Astroman? 1993 USA)

the Neptunes - Hydrophobia      ("Hydrophobia" LP 1988 Perth, Australia)

Intercontinental Playboys - Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Kill! [Bostweeds cover]     (bonus track on "Hymns of the Flesh" 2009 Australia)

Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys – You      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Blank Tapes - The Word   (“The Magical Mystery Psych Out – A Tribute to the Beatles” compilation 2015 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Ahh, technology... don’t you love it? For this week’s show we’d lined up a ‘live-to-air’ phone interview with Rick Brewer, drummer with Australian pop legends the Zoot, and were looking forward to discussing his experiences with that band, their new CD/DVD of their 2011 reunion tour, his perspective on Australian music in the 60’s and 70’s and other highlights of his long musical career – he was on the line chatting and we went to air and...... nothing! A “technical difficulty” had intervened so the interview didn’t happen – ahh, the wonders of the age! Grrr!! Fortunately, the ability to spin discs was unaffected so we were able to play a selection of the music he was involved with, including 1960’s Adelaide group the Third Party and of course the Zoot. The rest of the show went without a hitch however, and we featured the latest recordings by Technicolour Dreaming favourites such as the Barbarellatones, Lumerians and Permanent Clear Light as well as new tracks by Adelaide bands, Glass Skies and Last Days of Kali. We also couldn’t refrain from throwing in a musical commentary on the recent Australian elections with our first few songs – the X-Ray-Z song, in particular, still remains a relevant reflection on the Liberal Party’s election, both in 1978 and 2013! And with summer approaching we thought it appropriate to play some Surf School Dropouts and Sunnyboys, plus a forgotten Move b-side, a perennial Mike Furber fave and much more.....

...... so here is the playlist plus some visual treats..... 

David Bowie – Big Brother / Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family     (‘Diamond Dogs’ LP 1974 UK)

X-Ray-Z – Three Glorious Years      (‘Lethal Weapons’ compilation LP 1978 Australia)

the Bitter Lemons – Canberra Blues      (7”single 1965 Australia)

Glass Skies – To Be True      (CDsingle b-side [to Highway] 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Peter Daltrey & the Asteroid No.4 – Holy      (‘The Journey’ 2013 UK/USA)

Cheval Sombre – Hyacinth House [Doors cover]      (‘Cheval Sombre’ 2008 USA)

Permanent Clear Light – Constant Gardener      (‘Beyond These Things’ 2013 Finland)

Giles, Giles & Fripp – Call Tomorrow      (‘The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp’ LP 1968 UK)

the Monkees – Daily Nightly      (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.’ LP 1967 USA)

the Move – Omnibus      (7”single b-side [to Wild Tiger Woman] 1968 UK)

the Sunnyboys – Love in a Box      (7”single 1984 Sydney, Australia)

Lumerians – Dogon Genesis      (‘The High Frontier’ 2013 California, USA)

the Third Party – Russian Spy & I [Regents cover] / Now It’s Time     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Zoot – Better Get Going Now/1x2x3x4/Flying      (‘Zoot Live – the Reunion’ CD/DVD 2013 Australia/USA)

the Ferrets – This Night      (‘Fame At Any Price’ LP 1978 Australia)

the Zoot – Little Roland Lost      (7”single b-side [to Monty and Me] 1969 Australia)

the Demon Parade – Open Up Your Mind      (CDsingle 2013 Australia)

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs – Sorry [Easybeats cover]      (bonus track on Australian edition of ‘Under the Covers, Vol.1’ compilation 2006 USA)

Last Days of Kali – Last Days of Kali      (‘Last Days of Kali’ EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Electric Prunes – Get Me To The World On Time      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

Surf School Dropouts – Searching for the Perfect Wave      (‘Summer is a State of Mind’ 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Mike Furber & the Bowery Boys – You Stole My Love [Mockingbirds cover]      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Barbarellatones – Mermad      (‘mp3 final mix’ 2013 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

For the final show for 2011 we played a selection of our favourite music, new and old... pretty much your regular Technicolour Dreaming really! We roamed from the new Horrors album to the debut from Adelaide’s Systemaddicts, from the psychedelic harmonies of Mikal Cronin to the garage brilliance of Clinic and from a Rolling Stones gem to a great version of a ‘wormy’ classic by Adelaide’s brillig. We also paid tribute to the late Sean Bonniwell... the Music Machine were one of the great bands of the 60’s, precursors of punk dressed in black and leather, who did the ‘one-gloved-hand’ thing way before that Jackson guy! We also featured a track from our newest boxset (though it was released in 2009)... a very groovy collection by the Dukes of Stratosphear [i.e. XTC in psychedelic disguise] packaged in purple velour and including a jigsaw puzzle... what better holiday gift could we get ourselves! And in finishing with the last pick from the current “band of the month”, Paul Revere and the Raiders, we bid our listeners/readers [i.e. YOU] a “Happy New Year” and we look forward to bringing you more great music in 2012...

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

the Horrors – Moving Further Away     (‘Skying’ 2011 UK)

Mikal Cronin – Is It Alright?     (‘Mikal Cronin’ 2011 USA)

Kelley Stoltz – I Like, I Like     (‘To Dreamers’ 2010 USA)

Grant-Lee Phillips – Spring Released     (‘Mobilize’ 2002 USA)

the Lovetones – A Place For Us      (‘Meditations’ 2006 Australia)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – It Girl     (‘Thank God for Mental Illness’ 1996 USA – taken from the ‘Tepid Peppermint Wonderland’ anthology 2005 USA)

the Mynd Gardeners – Discotheque     (‘Tales from the Caramel Hourglass’ EP 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

DieselWitch – Gina the Gypsy     (‘DieselWitch Will Kill You!’ 2011 Adelaide)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians – Purple, Black and Blue     (demo 2009 Adelaide)

Kamikaze – ‘Lil Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs cover]     (demo 2011 Adelaide)

God God Dammit Dammit – Factory Man     (‘The Very First Day Of Sunshine’ 2011 Adelaide)

the Molting Vultures – Gulls Rock     (‘Drop In and Go’ 2009 Adelaide)

Mike Furber and the Bowery Boys – You Stole My Love     (7”single 1965 Australia)

Clinic – Walking With Thee      (‘Walking With Thee’ 2002 UK)

Dean and Britta – Not a Young Man Anymore [Velvet Underground cover]     (’13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests’ 2010 UK/USA)

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich – Zabadak     (7”single 1967 UK)

the Rolling Stones – Get Off My Cloud     (7”single 1965 UK)

the Sparkles – [Ain’t] No Friend of Mine     (7”single 1967 USA)

the Dukes of Stratosphear – The Mole From The Ministry     (’25 O’Clock’ EP [released on April Fool’s Day] 1985 UK – taken from “The Complete and Utter Dukes” boxset 2009)

the Music Machine – Talk Talk     (7”single 1966 USA)  * R.I.P. Sean Bonniwell  [1940-2011]

 

brillig – The Hearse Song     (CD-single 2011 Adelaide)

 

 the Systemaddicts – Can’t Put You Down     (‘The Systemaddicts’ 2011 Adelaide)

 

Paul Revere and the Raiders – Hungry     (7”single 1965 USA)   #

 

     #  “Band of the Month”