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The so-called “race that stops a nation” passed with barely a ripple here at 3D Radio, though we did begin with Welsh popsters Race Horses as an ironic wink, thus leaving the rest of the show to our regular perusal of new sounds, topped up with older favourites and obscurities. In the latter grouping, we saluted the late Paul Revere, who continued performing with a version of the Raiders until last year – definitely a lifetime dedicated to music – by playing, from 1965, one of their many great songs, “Just Like Me”. Amongst the newer contingent were tracks by Moth Effect, Melbourne’s Basement Spaceman, the latest release by Beaulieu Porch and the upcoming single by Sweden’s Haleiwa. Finally, for two weeks in a row, our “Artiste of the Week” was provided by Switzerland... last week it was Borderline Symphony, this time it is the prolific musician known as Balduin. He has just released “All In A Dream”, a new limited edition ‘vinyl-only’ LP on the UK’s Sunstone Records, following his sold-out “The Glamour Forest” EP from earlier in the year. Both have been garnished with well-deserved rave reviews in magazines such as “Shindig!” and various on-line psych blogs and this new LP has flown into Technicolour Dreaming’s “Top 5 releases of 2014” list! So, until next week....

..... here is the playlist, plus some visuals.....

Race Horses – Cake      (“Goodbye Falkenburg” 2010 Cardiff, Wales)

Les Big Byrd – White Week      (“They Worshipped Cats” LP 2014 Sweden)

Halasan Bazar – Tin Foiled      (“How to Be Ever Happy” 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

the Buzzcocks – Moving Away from the Pulsebeat      (“Another Music in a Different Kitchen”  LP 1978 UK)

the Tages – To Be Free      (7”single b-side [to Fantasy Island] 1968 Sweden)

Cheval Sombre – She Went Walking in the Rain       (“Mad Love” 2013 UK)

Basement Spaceman – Outback Star     (“Basement Spaceman” LP 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Paul Revere and the Raiders – Just Like Me      (7”single 1965 USA)

Stay – I See the Rain (Marmalade cover)      (“Mersey Dream” EP 2013 Spain)

the Kinks – All Day and All of the Night      (7”single 1964 UK)

Bobby and Laurie – Hitchhiker      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Grease Arrestor –Spirit Bodies      (“What Was, Is” 2014 Sydney, Australia)

the New Dream – Groupie      (7”single 1969 Australia)

Trolley – My Obsession      (“Things that Shine and Glow” 2013 UK)

Gravenhurst – Only a Northern Song [Beatles cover]      (recorded 2012 UK for “Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces” – ‘Mojo’ magazine covermount-CD 2012 UK)

Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup – Jabberwocky [C.S.Lewis adaption]      (7”single 1968 UK)

Balduin – Which Dreamed it [Boeing Duveen cover]      (“All in a Dream” LP 2014 Switzerland)

Balduin – In a Better Land     (“Balduin 4” 2010 Switzerland)

Balduin – Mirror, Mirror      (“All in a Dream” LP 2014 Switzerland)

Balduin – Everything      (“Choose Balduin” 2011 Switzerland)

Haleiwa – Wall of Blue Sky      (7”single 2014 Sweden)

Moth Effect – Look Nicely       (“Crocodilians” 2014 UK)

Rolling Stones – Child of the Moon      (7”single b-side [to Jumpin’ Jack Flash] 1968 UK)

the Cowsills – Newspaper Blanket      (7”single b-side [to Indian Lake] 1968 USA)

New Electric Ride – The Beyond      (“Balloon Age” 2014 UK)

Kingdom of the Holy Sun – Sihanouk Trail      (“Thirteen Eyes” EP 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Crystal Jacqueline – And Yet it Was/White Rabbit [Jefferson Airplane cover]      (“Honey” EP 2014 Wales, UK)

 

Beaulieu Porch – Golden Face      (7”single 2014 UK)

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We went from Perth, Australia and Copenhagen, Denmark in 2014 back through to mid-60’s Los Angeles and many points in between on this week’s show, including new tracks from Mt Mountain, Chad & the Meatbodies, the Allah-Las and Paul Messis plus some older faves from Devo, Sun Dial and the Zombies. Our “Band of the Week” feature highlighted Finnish psychedelecists Octopus Syng who first came to our attention via songs on various Fruits de Mer label compilations and have now released their new album, “Reverberating Garden Number 7”, on Mega Dodo, another fine independent UK label. Then, topically, there were songs from both the Ukraine and Russia, by Ummagma and Polska Radio One respectively. So, until next week.....

..... here is the full playlist, with associated pics.....

Paul Revere & the Raiders – Tighter      (“Revolution!” LP 1967 USA)

Devo – Uncontrollable Urge      (“Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!” LP 1978 Akron, USA)

Allah-Las – 501-415      (“Worship the Sun” 2014 California USA)

Mystic Brew – Your Reality      (7”single 2013 Moscow, Russia)

Sultan Bathery – Fog      (“Manimal-Lingam” EP 2012 Vincenza, Italy)

the Hounds – Summertown      (7”single 1967 Sweden)

Mt Mountain – Tomorrow      (“EP” 2014 Perth, Australia)

Invisible Ships – Acid Tide      (7”single b-side [to Lucy Dream] 2014 UK)

Chad & the Meatbodies – Mountain      (split-7”single [with Ty Segall] 2014 USA)

XTC – Stupidly Happy      (“Wasp Star [Apple Venus Vol.2]” 2000 UK)

the Zombies – Time of the Season      (“Odessey & Oracle” LP 1969 UK)

Nirvana – Wings of Love      (“The Story of Simon Simopath” LP 1968 UK)

the Sunchymes – Uncle Alfred’s Slide Show      (“Let Your Free Flag Fly” 2014 UK)

Sundial – Poster Paint      (“Other Way Out” LP 1990 UK)

Polska Radio One – Time-Eternity      (“Cosmos Inside” 2014 Yekaterinburg, Russia)

Ummagma – Rotation      (mp3 single 2013 Ukraine)

                                                Band of the Week

                                                    -Octopus Syng -

Octopus Syng – Cuckoo Clock Mystery      (“Reverberating Garden Number 7” LP 2014 Finland)

 Octopus Syng – Listen to the Moths      (“The Regal Crabomorphone Annual for 2014” compilation EP 2013 UK)

Surf School Dropouts – Ebb & Flow      (mp3 demo 2014 Denmark)

Adrian Pride [aka Bernie Schwartz] – Her Name is Melody      (7”single 1966 USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Super Fantasamal Heroine [Wild Thing mix]      (bonus track on “Victoria Moon” 2014 USA)

Kim Fowley – Strangers from the Sky      (7”single 1967 USA)

Borderline Symphony – Night Panther      (“EP 1” 2014 Zurich Switzerland)

the Glass Family – House of Glass      (“Electric Band” LP 1967 USA)

Sagittarius – Hotel Indiscreet      (“Present Tense” LP 1967 USA)

Dodson & Fogg – All Day Long      (“Dodson & Fogg” 2012 UK)

Paul Messis – Penny Arcade      (7”single b-side [to Nightmares] 2014 UK)

the Mind Flowers – Japanese Hills      (mp3 single 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)

 

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As regular listeners to this show are probably aware, the Cat & the Brat are very fond of compilations, and this week saw the arrival in our letterbox of the latest in the Psychedelica series from Northern Star Records in the UK. Like the previous editions, the double-CD Psychedelica 5 is a wonderful treasure trove of psychedelic-related music from around the world, so, needless to say, we will be plundering its delights mercilessly over coming weeks, starting, on this show, with selections from Iceland’s Singapore Sling, the Lost Rivers from Germany and a cool slice of girl-group grooviness by the Silhouettes. This put us in the mood for other comps and boxsets and so we featured songs by Truth, the Majority, the Ballroom and more, all taken from variously compiled sources [details below!] plus a smattering of tunes by the likes of Life Coach, the Move, the Citradels and the Higher State, amongst others...

..... so here is the playlist and some clips for eye-candy.....

Truth – Archimedes Pad      (recorded 1972 USA, unreleased – taken from vol.7 of ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, Vols. 6-10’ compilation boxset 2011 USA)

Life Coach – Fireball      (‘Alphawaves’ 2013 USA)

Euphoria – No Me Tomorrow      (7”single b-side [to Hungry Women] 1966 Texas/California, USA)

the Majority[UK] – Hard Day’s Night [Beatles cover]      (recorded 1969 Netherlands, unreleased – taken from Vol.1 of ‘Electric Sound Show, Vols.1-5’ compilation boxset 2011 UK)

Tactics – Long Story      (‘My Houdini’ LP 1981 Sydney, Australia)

the Banshees – Project Blue      (7”single 1966 USA – taken from Vol.2 of ‘Mindrocker, Vols.1-13’ compilation boxset 2008 USA)

Fever Tree – Girl, Oh Girl      (7”single 1967 USA)

Singapore Sling – Nothing Inside      (recorded 2012 Iceland – from ‘Psychedelica 5’ compilation 2013 UK)

the Lost Rivers – Death of Eve       (‘My Beatific Vision’ EP 2011 Baden-Württemberg, Germany – taken from ‘Psychedelica 5’ compilation 2013 UK)

the Silhouettes – All a Lie      (recorded 2012 Netherlands – from ‘Psychedelica 5’ compilation 2013 UK)

the Higher State – Potentially (everyone is your enemy)      (7”single 2013 Kent, UK)

the Move – Night of Fear      (7”single 1966 UK)

Paul Revere & the Raiders – Theme from ‘It’s Happening’      (7”single b-side [to Cinderella Sunshine] 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

the Citradels – Illuminous      (‘Psychotic Syndrone’ 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Marianne Faithfull – Song for Nico      (‘Kissing Time’ 2003 UK)

Nico – Saeta      (12”single 1979 UK)

Guy Chadwick – Fall in Love with Me [Bowie cover]      (‘Lazy, Soft & Slow’ 1997 UK)

Secret Machines – Have I Run Out?      (‘Secret Machines’ 2008 UK)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Waking Up to Hand Grenades      (‘Aufheben’ 2012 USA)

the Barbarellatones – Night of the Surfing Dead      (‘Invasion of the Surf Zombies’ 2006 California, USA)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George [mono version]      (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 UK/Aust.)

the Easybeats – The Music Goes Round My Head      (7”single 1967 UK/Australia)

the Immediate Family – Rubiyat      (recorded 1967 USA, unreleased – taken from vol.2 of ‘Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965–1970’ compilation boxset 2007 USA)

the Elastik Band – Spazz      (7”single 1967 USA – taken from vol.2 of ‘Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968’ compilation boxset 1998 USA)

the Yellow Payges – Our Time Is Running Out      (7”single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Leaves – Words [Boyce & Hart/Monkees cover]      (‘Hey Joe’ LP 1966 USA)

the Ballroom – Baby Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams/Them cover]      ( 7”single b-side [to Spinning, Spinning, Spinning] 1967 USA – taken from vol.3 of ‘Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965–1968’ compilation boxset 2009 USA)

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Sometimes the best-laid plans for a show just disappear once you go to air, which is what happened this week! A phone call from a listener requesting an Atlantics song led us into some 60’s kicks of (primarily) the Australian kind, from Normie Rowe and the Easybeats to the Red Angel Panic and the Hergs amongst others. But different eras and locales were not to be ignored... new music from Canada’s Metz and the UK’s Galileo 7, 80’s singles by the Dentists and Close Lobsters, plus a brand new demo from Adelaide’s Alpha Beta Fox and the return of Go Kart Mozart... most of these were not on our original agenda, but hey, who really wants agendas anyway! The penultimate appearance of Ride Into The Sun as our “Band of the Month” and that was Technicolour Dreaming, and the Cat and the Brat, for another week......

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

the Doors – Moonlight Drive [alt.version]      (‘The Doors’ – 14^th Anniversary Reissue bonus track)

Paul Revere and the Raiders – Too Much Talk      (7”single 1968 USA)

Bobby and Laurie – Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Executives – Moving in a Circle      (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Dean and Britta – Moonshot [Buffy St Marie cover]       (‘L’Avventura’ 2008 USA)

Colourama – Lisa Lan      (‘Llyfr Lliwio’ [‘Colouring Book’] 2012 Wales UK)

Alpha Beta Fox – Spheres      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Asteroid #4 – Wicked Wire      (‘Hail to the Clear Figurines’ 2011 Philadelphia, USA)

Dead Skeletons – Kingdom of God      (‘Dead Magick’ 2011 Iceland)

the Galileo 7 – Anne Hedonia      (‘Staring at the Sounds’ LP 2012 UK)

the Atlantics – Flowers      (7”single 1967 Aust. – taken from ‘Collectibles’ anthology 2011)

the Southern Gentlemen – I Want You Back Again      (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

Sounds of Silence – Running High      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Normie Rowe – Going Home      (7”single 1967 Aust.)

Red Angel Panic – Viet Rock      (7”single 1971 Adelaide, Aust.)

Inside Looking Out – Morning Sun      (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Hergs – Cadillac [Vince Taylor cover]      (7”single b-side [to Style of Love] 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Easybeats – I’ll Make you Happy (Just Like Your Mama Wants)      (‘Easyfever’  7”EP 1966 Aust.)

Close Lobsters – Nature Thing      (‘Forever Until Victory: Singles Collection’ LP 1982 Paisley, Scotland, UK)

Simple Minds – I Travel      (‘Empires and Dance’ LP 1980 UK)

the Flatmates – I Could Be in Heaven      (7”single 1986 UK)

Go Kart Mozart – Retro-Glancing      (‘On The Hot Dog Streets’ double-LP 2012 UK)

the Dentists – Strawberries Are Growing in My Garden [and It’s Wintertime]      (7”single 1985 UK)

the Flies – Dr Who [version]      (‘Turtle Monster’ EP 1987 Sydney, Australia)

Metz – Headache      (‘Metz’ 2012 Canada)

Ride Into The Sun – New Sunday      (‘Goodbye Hipster, Hello Reality’ EP 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

      #  “Band of the Month”