Technicolour Dreaming

Some old 60's Aussie favourites, a few new discoveries, and the usual suspects - this week's show had it all. I particularly liked the track by Sir Robin and the Longbowmen, who hail from Dresden in Germany - can't believe that I hadn't come across this band before! Somehow I also managed to miss the latest release from The Selfish Cales, which came out last year - more psych goodness from these natives of Torino, Italy. Speaking of which, I've also included (at the end of the blog) a groovy promo clip that I came across, of the 2014 Psych Out 25 Degrees festival in Italy - the things you find on YouTube. Enjoy!

Zoot - Turn Your Head (7" single (b-side to "Eleanor Rigby") 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Joel Jerome - Strawberry Fields Para Siempre  (digital single 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Pesky Gee! - Where is My Mind?  ("Exclamation Mark" LP 1969 UK)

Espectrostatic - Carpe Nacht ("The Daemonum" EP 2014 Texas, USA)

The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan  (7" single 1968 Manchester UK)

Go-Go Sapien - Sick Love  ("This Body Is Wrong for Us" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone - Every Minute of You  (7" single (b-side to "Nature Boy") 1966 Melbourne, Australia)

Icarus Peel - Auntie Powders Her Nose  ("Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth Barnburner" 10" EP 2014 UK)

Mike Furber - Watch Me Burn  (7" single (b-side to "I'm on Fire") 1969 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Chantry  (7" single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Jon - Upstairs Downstairs  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind  (7" single 1965 Hollywood, California USA)

Ultraviolet - Ocean Rain  ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Borderline Symphony - Rubik's Cube  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Psychedelic Trips to Death - Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Greece)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Active Listener Sampler #34" 2015 Dresden, Germany) 

The David - Light of Your Mind  (7" Single 1969 UK)

Demontre - The Vale Of Health Part 2  ("Masculin/Feminin" 2010 UK)

The Citradels - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees]   ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City In The Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

The Selfish Cales - See Tomorrow's Shores  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" 2015 Torino, Italy)

Sundays and Cybele - Almost Heaven  ("Heaven" 2015 Japan)

Josephines - The Cutter ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Rio Grande, Brazil)

Felius Andromeda - Meditations  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Mushroom Club - Into Something Good [Herman's Hermits]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Glasgow, UK)

Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark  ("Dinner in the Dark" 2011 USA)

Pin Ups - Some Candy Talking [Jesus and Mary Chain]   ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015)
The Baudelaires - Colour Mary  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

The Octopus Syng - Woman  ("Hollow Dust/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Plus an old promo clip for the 2014 "Psych Out 25 Degrees" festival in Italy:

Technicolour Dreaming

Some old 60's Aussie favourites, a few new discoveries, and the usual suspects - this week's show had it all. I particularly liked the track by Sir Robin and the Longbowmen, who hail from Dresden in Germany - can't believe that I hadn't come across this band before! Somehow I also managed to miss the latest release from The Selfish Cales, which came out last year - more psych goodness from these natives of Torino, Italy. Speaking of which, I've also included (at the end of the blog) a groovy promo clip that I came across, of the 2014 Psych Out 25 Degrees festival in Italy - the things you find on YouTube. Enjoy!

Zoot - Turn Your Head (7" single (b-side to "Eleanor Rigby") 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Joel Jerome - Strawberry Fields Para Siempre  (digital single 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Pesky Gee! - Where is My Mind?  ("Exclamation Mark" LP 1969 UK)

Espectrostatic - Carpe Nacht ("The Daemonum" EP 2014 Texas, USA)

The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan  (7" single 1968 Manchester UK)

Go-Go Sapien - Sick Love  ("This Body Is Wrong for Us" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone - Every Minute of You  (7" single (b-side to "Nature Boy") 1966 Melbourne, Australia)

Icarus Peel - Auntie Powders Her Nose  ("Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth Barnburner" 10" EP 2014 UK)

Mike Furber - Watch Me Burn  (7" single (b-side to "I'm on Fire") 1969 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Chantry  (7" single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Jon - Upstairs Downstairs  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind  (7" single 1965 Hollywood, California USA)

Ultraviolet - Ocean Rain  ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Borderline Symphony - Rubik's Cube  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Psychedelic Trips to Death - Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Greece)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Active Listener Sampler #34" 2015 Dresden, Germany) 

The David - Light of Your Mind  (7" Single 1969 UK)

Demontre - The Vale Of Health Part 2  ("Masculin/Feminin" 2010 UK)

The Citradels - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees]   ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City In The Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

The Selfish Cales - See Tomorrow's Shores  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" 2015 Torino, Italy)

Sundays and Cybele - Almost Heaven  ("Heaven" 2015 Japan)

Josephines - The Cutter ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Rio Grande, Brazil)

Felius Andromeda - Meditations  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Mushroom Club - Into Something Good [Herman's Hermits]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Glasgow, UK)

Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark  ("Dinner in the Dark" 2011 USA)

Pin Ups - Some Candy Talking [Jesus and Mary Chain]   ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015)
The Baudelaires - Colour Mary  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

The Octopus Syng - Woman  ("Hollow Dust/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Plus an old promo clip for the 2014 "Psych Out 25 Degrees" festival in Italy:

Technicolour Dreaming

As you can see from the playlist below, I have finally received my copy of the "Astonishing Sound Show Stories Volume 2" compilation. Most of the bands are so unknown and obscure that I couldn't find any clips for the songs I played, but there's some great music on this comp, so if you want to get a copy, you'd better get your skates on, as there's under 50 copies left. I've included the quite frankly, strange and bizarre, but entertaining promo videos for this release below. And speaking of strange, I had to include the extremely groovy Brigitte Bardot clip for "Contact", which pretty unusual, even by 1967 standards. Enjoy!

The Seeds - 900 Million People Daily (All Making Love)  (7" single [b-side to "Satisfy You" 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Rolling Stones - Dandelion  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Stonefish - Boobalooba Beach  ("From 20,000 Fathoms" 12" EP 1986 Perth, Australia)

Baker Knight and the Knightmares - Hallucinations  (7" single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

James Taylor Move - And I Hear the Fire Sing  (7" single [b-side to "Magic Eyes"] 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

The Vegetable Garden - Even Stevens  (7" single 1969 Perth, Australia)

DeWolff - Wicked Moon  ("Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants" 2009 Netherlands)

The Paisleytones - Devil Stole my Surfboard  ("Happening" 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

The Revillos - Scuba Boy Bop  ("Rev Up!" LP 1980 Edinburgh, UK)

The Black Angels - Yellow Elevator #2  ("Phosphene Dream" 2009 USA)

Brigitte Bardot - Contact  (7" single [b-side to "Harley Davidson"] 1967 France)

Bonniwell Music Machine - Astrologically Incompatible  ("The Bonniwell Music Machine" LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

The Love Explosion - Black Pollen  ("Mood Processors" 2014 Sydney, Australia)

Shinkiro - Formula For Eternal Life  ("Ceremonial Ride" Barcelona, Spain 2015)

The Coathangers - Sex Beat [Gun Club]  (digital single 2015 Atlanta, Georgia USA)

The Underground Youth - The Girl Behind  ("Haunted" 2015 UK)

Lenguas Largas - Si Es Sierto  ("The Rest of the Enchilada" 2016 Tucson, Arizona, USA)

Veronica Falls - Beachy Head (7"single 2010 UK)

Cheval Sombre - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away [Beatles]  (7" split single [with Füxa] 2013 New York, USA)

Algae and Tentacles - Little Bodies  ("TOPAZ Dune Drift 1" compilation 2013 Arizona, USA)

Ohioan - No Favourites  ("TOPAZ Dune Drift 1" Arizona, USA)

Mohair Sweets - Green Light  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 2" 2016 Canada)
Death By Raygun - Danny  ("The Clifford Hoyt Experience" 2012 Japan)

Big Safari - New Felt Hat  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 2" 2016 Liverpool/Sydney)

King Claw - Save Your Mind  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 2" 2016 Nottingham)

Summer Flake - Make Your Way Back To Me  ("Hello Friends" 2016 Adelaide/Melbourne, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Frieda  ("Cosmos Terros" 2016 Perth, Australia)

Pond - Greens Pool  (7" single 2010 Perth, Australia)

Otherly Love - Aroma  (" 5+5=X " 2012 Tucson, Arizona USA)

A MARC Train Home - Taste The Floor [Jesus and Mary Chain]  ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015, Washington DC, USA)

MIMICO - The Serpent  ("MIMICO" 2013 Toronto, Canada)

The Six Ten - The Night  ("Astonishing Sound Show Stories Vol 2" 2016 Nottingham, UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Well, this is the 350th post on The Cat and The Brat blog, which has been going since January 2011, with early posts only consisting of a playlist, but gradually with video clips, and full release details being added along the way. Except for the short period when the Brat was unable to do the show, and until my return to radio after his passing, the Brat and I posted every week since that first attempt, with co-hosts Michael Hunter and Harry keeping things going when I've had to take a rare week off.

My silent current co-host, Harry, seems to have an uncanny knack of picking tracks for the second half of the show, that I was intending to play the following week, making my job all the trickier, but increasing your listening pleasure! It's always interesting to see what Harry will come up with (Harry doesn't like pronouncing French and Swedish track names, hence the silence)...but I digress... anyway, here is the playlist for this week's show - and enjoy your Easter break, if you get one!

Tara King th - Il en aura du temps  ("Hirondelle Et Beretta" 2013 France)

Tara King th - Pretty Mess  ("Extravagant, Grotesque and Nonchalant" 2008 France)

Sky Picnic - 14 Hour Technicolour Dream [The Syn]  ("Active Listener: Nuggets II Revisited" 2015 Brooklyn, New York USA)
Sudden Death of Stars - Why Won't You Try  ("All Unrevealed Parts Of The Unknown" 2014 Brittany, France)

Sultan Bathery - Fog  ("Manimal-Lingam" 7" EP 2012 Vicenza, Italy)

Paul Roland - Born in the 60's  ("Bitter and Twisted" 2015 UK)

The Buzzcocks - Autonomy  ("Another Music in a Different Kitchen" 1978 Manchester, UK)

Jerome and the Psychics - No Stone Unturned  ("Money Is Violence" 2014 Brazil/Nashville, USA) 

The Citradels - Getting Bloody with the Virgin Mary  ("Are They Still Here?" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Sir Psych - Out There  ("The Sir" 2013 Los Angeles, California USA)

Frequent Seahorse - The Rabbitman Show  ("For Mu(sic) Lovers" 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

The Honey Pot  - White Rabbit [Jefferson Airplane]  ("The Honey Pot Live in London" 2016 UK)

The Moving Sidewalks - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (7" single 1968 Houston, Texas USA)

The Loose Enz - The Black Door  (7" single 1968 York, Pennsylvania USA)

Ron Wray Light Show - Speed (7" single 1970 USA)

The Besnard Lakes - Towers Sent Her To Sheets of Sound ("A Coliseum Complex Museum" 2016 Montreal, Canada)

Mt Mountain - FX-My Love  ("Mt Mountain" EP 2014 Perth, Australia)

The Red Crayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane  ("The Parable of Arable Land" LP 1967 Houston, Texas USA)

School of Seven Bells - Wired for Light  ("Alpinisms" 2008 New York USA)

Thee Wylde Oscars - All For Naught  ("Right, Yeah" 2010 Melbourne, Australia)

The Black Hollies - Bruised Tangerines  ("Casting Shadows" 2008 New Jersey, USA)

Syd Barrett - Octopus  (7" single 1969 Cambridge, UK)

Richard In Your Mind - Tear Filled Ocean  ("Sun" 2011 Sydney, Australia)

The Wylde Mammoths - Help That Girl  ("Help That Girl" 7" EP 1988 Stockholm, Sweden)

Esko Affair - Morning Dull Fires  (7" single [b-side to "Salt and Pepper"] 1968 Philadelphia, USA)

The Shag - Stop and Listen (7" single 1967 Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA)

The Golden Dawn - Starvation  ("Power Plant" LP 1968 Austin, Texas USA)

Azitis - The Prophet  ("Help" LP 1971 Sacramento, California USA)

Eric Burdon and the Animals - Coloured Rain  ("Love Is" LP 1968 UK)

And an extra clip that I thought I'd throw in - Tara King th's "It's Hard To Be A Cat" Indeed.