Obscured By... Technicolour!!!

Especially for Three D Radio's annual Radiothon, I was joined by Technicolour Dreaming alumni Michael Hunter for a special edition of "Obscured By... Technicolour!!!" We had a hell of a lot of fun - hope you enjoyed it too!!

Bronco Bullfrog - Listen to the Sky [Sands]  ("Time Waits for Norman" 2014 UK)

Quitty and the Donts - All of You  (7" single 2013 Brooklyn, New York, USA)

White Lightning - (Under the Screaming Double) Eagle  ("Strikes Twice 1968-1969" 1997 Minnesota, USA)

The Gremlins - Kingsforth Hemmingseen  (7" single 1968 New Zealand)

Les Variations - Spicks and Specks [Bee Gees]  (7" single 1967 France)

Tony Burello - There's A New Sound (aka "The Sound of Worms")  (7" single 1953 USA)

The Monkees - You Bring the Summer  ("Good Times!" 2016 USA)

David Arvedon - Eliot Ness  ("In Search of the Most Unforgettable Tree We Ever Met 1967-1994" USA)

Sonny and the Sunsets - Blot Out the Sun  ("Talent Night at the Ashram" 2015 San Francisco, USA)

The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Breath of A Salesman  ("Monolith of Phobos" 2016 USA)

The Liminanas - Dahlia Rouge  ("Malamore" 2016 France)

Sagittarius - Glass  ("Present Tense" LP 1968 USA)

Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Two Little Ladies (Azalea and Rhododendron)  (7" single 1967 UK)

Mike Stuart Span - Second Production  ("Expansions" 7" EP 1993 [recorded 1967] Brighton, UK)

Purson - The Sky Parade  ("Desire's Magic Theatre" 2016 Southend-On-Sea, UK)

Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - The Joe 90 Theme  ("Fruits De Mer Annual 2014" 7" EP 2013 UK)

Micah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress - Don't You (Part 1 and 2)  ("Micah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress" 2004 Texas, USA)

The Demon Parade - Do You Believe in Hell?  ("God Says it's Legal" EP 2010 Melbourne, Australia)

The Mystery Lights - What Happens When You Turn the Devil Down  ("The Mystery Lights" 2016 California USA)

Dean Allen Foyd - Insects  ("Road to Atlas" EP 2013 Stockholm, Sweden)

The Winstons - 番号番号 (Number Number)  ("The Winstons" 2016 Milan, Italy)

Tor-Peders - Aye Makami  ("Brev Från Ederstorp" LP 2014 Sweden)

Schnauser - Astral Traveller [Yes]  ("Herne Bay" 7" single 2014 Bristol, UK)

Vibravoid - Get Out of Here  ("Gravity Zero" LP 2012 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Technicolour Dreaming

We began with a long track from a current band, Eternal Tapestry, and finished with another extended piece, this time by 60’s icon Ravi Shankar, illustrating yet another small indication of the ongoing influence of psychedelia, beginning thousands of years ago, as outlined in many books and studies, including “Psychedelia : An Ancient Culture, A Modern Way of Life” by the late Patrick Lundborg, eminent Swedish writer and philosopher. But hey, we’re here for the music and there were plenty of new releases for us to play for you. These included the title track from the debut Wicked Whispers album, Syd Arthur covering Led Zeppelin and new 7” singles by Quitty and the Don’ts and Adelaide’s own the Dunes. Then there were some older tracks including one from the 1967 debut of the Glass Family through to Japan’s Ghost and onto Germany’s Vibravoid and Hawaii’s Barbarellatones. Then there was our choice of “Compilation of the Week” where we went back to last year’s seven 7” vinyl singles boxset from the brilliant Fruits de Mer Records, called “7 and 7 Is”, which compiled a group of current bands covering a diverse bunch of 60’s bands such as the Byrds, Love, the United States of America and Moby Grape, amongst others, all packaged with period-faithful artwork and using a mixture of red, white and blue vinyl for the actual singles – great concept!

We’ll be back next week but before we go, just a reminder to our UK listeners/readers that “Games for May”, presented by MegaDodo and Fruit de Mer Records is being held this Sunday 24^th May at 'the Half Moon' pub in Putney [details here] with a bunch of cool bands that we feature regularly on this show, so try and get along. It’s a tad too far away from Australia for us to go but you?? Until next time.....

..... here is the playlist with appropriate [or not] visuals.....

Eternal Tapestry - Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity      ("Guru Overload" LP 2014 USA)

Ghost - Marrakech      ("Lama Rabi Rabi" LP 1996 Japan)

Jacco Gardner - Summer's Game      (7"single b-side [to Will You Go] 2013 Netherlands)

the Wicked Whispers - Maps of the Mystic      ("Maps of the Mystic" 2015 UK)

ST Mikael - My Dream      ("Mind of Fire" 2007 Sweden)

the Twilights - Bessemae      ("Once Upon a Twilight" LP 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

the Barbarellatones - L.T.K      ("The Sound of Love"  2012  USA/Hawaii)

the Glass Family - Agorn (Elements of the Complex Variable)          ("Electric Band" LP 1967 USA)

Joy Zipper - Out of the Sun      ("American Whip" 2002 USA)

Vibravoid - Listen, Can't You Hear?      ("Delirio Dei Sensi" LP 2013 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Syd Arthur - In the Light [Led Zeppelin cover]     ("Physical Graffiti Redrawn" MOJO-magazine cover-mount-CD 2015 UK) 

  

the Dunes - When You Wake Up      (7"split-single (with Glass Skies) 2015 Adelaide Australia)

Compilation of the Week :

"Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" vinyl boxset compilation

King Penguin - She Don't Care About Time [Byrds cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Chemistry Set - A House Is Not A Hotel [Love cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

Sendelica - Hard Coming Love [United States of America cover]     ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Higher State - Wait for My Love [13th Floor Elevators cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Seventh Ring of Saturn - Cream Puff War [Grateful Dead cover]       ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

    

TV Eyes - She Gets Around      ("TV Eyes"  2006 USA)

Indian Jewelry - Eva Cherie     ("Peel It" 2012 Houston, Texas, USA)

Balduin - Everything       (“Choose Balduin” 2011 Switzerland)

Quittty and the Don'ts - Running Out Of Time     (7"single 2015 USA/Adelaide)

Ravi Shankar - Raga Jinhoti      ("The Dawn of Psychedelia' compilation 2013 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

We began the show this week with a track from “Balloon Age”, the debut album by UK band New Electric Ride which is a strong contender for topping our ‘release of the year’ list. But there were other rivals for this exalted position played on the show as well, including Dodson & Fogg, Southern Boutique and our “Band of the Week”, Japan’s brilliant psychedelecists Kikagaku Moyo with their latest LP “Forest of Lost Children”, released by Beyond Beyond Is Beyond Records. We also featured some older tracks from bands as diverse as Belgium’s Moaning Cities, Los Angeles’ Maston and Australian legend Ray Brown before finishing with Iberian beat band Jysus, taken from a sampler provided by groovy Spanish label SunnyDay Records. So, until next week.....

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

New Electric Ride – In Chains         ("Balloon Age" 2014 UK)

Moaning Cities – Heaven-Abyss         ("Moaning Cities" EP 2012 Brussels, Belgium)

Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty – A Visit With Ayshia         ("Things" LP 1968 USA)

Ray Brown and Moonstone – Story of Ali         ("Mad House" LP 1970 USA)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard [feat. Broderick Smith] – Evil Man         ("Eyes Like the Sky" EP 2013 Australia)

Sidewalk Society – Shadows in the Sky         ("Fruits de Mer sampler 1 : Friends of the Fish" compilation 2014 UK)

Quitty and the Dont's – Running Out Of Time         (7"single 2104 New York/Australia)

Velvet Moth – Interstellar Stevens         ("Velvet Moth" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Wooden Wand – Baby, You're a Rich Man [Beatles cover]         ("Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaces" covermount compilation 2012 UK)

the Foreign Films – Broken Dreamers      (“The Record Collector” LP pre-release 2014 Ontario, Canada)

the Young Sinclairs – You’re Tied      (7”single 2013 Roanoke, Virginia)

the Moles – The Mysterious End of Friend # 2?      (“The Future Sounds of Ashton” 2010 Wales, UK)

     ###  Band of the Week – Kikagaku Moyo  ###

Kikagaku Moyo – Kodama      (“Forest of Lost Children” LP 2014 Japan)

Kikagaku Moyo – Dawn      (“Kikagaku Moyo” LP 2013 Japan)

Kikagaku Moyo – Streets of Calcutta [Ananda Shankar cover]      (“Forest of Lost Children” LP 2014 Japan)

Kikagaku Moyo – Pond      (“Mammatus Clouds” cassette-EP 2014 Japan)

the Junipers – And In My Dreams      (”The Junipers’ Euphonius Trolley Vol. 1” EP 2014 UK)

Maston – Gold Leaf      (“Opal” EP 2011 Los Angeles, USA)

the Hoa-Hoas – Modern Men      (“the Hoa-Hoas” EP 2011 Canada)

the Dentists – Peppermint Dreams      (recorded 1986 UK – taken from “NME C86” compilation 3-CD boxset 2014 UK)

the Brilliant Corners - Meet Me On Tuesdays         (recorded 1986 UK – taken from “NME C86” compilation 3-CD boxset 2014 UK)

the Gathering Grey – Sitting By The Window [Moby Grape cover]      (recorded 2014 UK – taken from “Fruits de Mer label:‘7 and 7 Is’” compilation of 7” singles box-set 2014 UK)

Southern Boutique – Tell Star      (“Southern Boutique” 2014 Texas, USA)

Dodson & Fogg (feat. Nigel Planer) – Clunes the Gravedigger       (“In a Strange Slumber” 2014 UK)

Jysus – Darkest Wine      (“Love, Nature & Disasters” LP 2014 Spain)