Technicolour Dreaming

The phones were ringing, subscribers knocking on the doors, volunteers filling out forms & taking details and payments.... yes, it was our annual Radiothon week at 3D Radio! The Cat & the Brat were busy playing a bunch of faves plus tracks from ‘giveaway’ albums, chatting to local musicians such as Brenton Manser, who brought in his latest album, and even managing to squeeze in a ‘live-in-the-studio’ interview with up-and-coming local band the Byzantines, who are releasing their debut EP this week. Whew! So we’d like to thank all those people who subscribed to help keep this great totally volunteer-run radio station continue to be independent and on-air – and you can still subscribe anytime... just go to the 3D Radio website and follow the prompts, and don’t forget that each subscriber receives a copy of the latest edition of DepthCharge, our annual CD compilation of Adelaide bands.

.....so here is the playlist plus a few associated clips.....

Ride Into The Sun – Hunt Like Wolves      (‘Ride Into The Sun’ LP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Thee Oh Sees – Sweets Helicopter      (‘Floating Coffin’ 2013 California, USA)

the Barbarellatones – I am Verwolf      (mp3 demo 2013 USA)

Tall Tales & True – Wasted Life      (7”single 1986 Sydney, Australia)

Cate Le Bon – What Is Worse      (‘Cyrk 11’ EP 2013 Wales, UK)

the Purple Hearts – Early In The Morning      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets: Original Australian Artyfacts 1965-1967’ compilation 2013 Australia)

Embryo – The Bad Times Are Gone      (recorded ‘live’ 1976 – taken from ‘Live Kraut: Live Rock Explosions from the Heyday of Krautrock’ compilation 2013 Germany)

the Electric Banana [aka the Pretty Things] – Blow Your Mind      (‘Even More Electric Banana’ LP 1969 UK)

the Beatles – Word      (‘Rubber Soul’ LP 1965 UK)

Wire – I Should Have Known Better      (‘154’ LP 1979 UK)

the Byzantines – CFC (Colourvision Football Club)      (‘Colourvision’ EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dagoes – We Sell Soul      (7”single 1980 Adelaide, Australia)

Metal Urbain – Lady Coca-Cola      (7”single b-side [to Panik] 1977 France)

Death In June – The Scents of Genocide      (‘Peaceful Snow’ LP 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George      (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 Australia/UK)

Moon Duo – Sleepwalker      (‘Circles’ 2012 California, USA)

Tom Lehrer – Poisoning Pidgeons in the Park      (7”single 1961 USA)

the Walking Who with Soko – Mini Mini Mini [Jacques Dutronc cover]      (‘Melodie Francaise’ compilation 2013 Australia)

Jacques Dutronc – Et moi et moi et moi      (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1966 France)

the Monkees – Your Auntie Grizelda      (‘More of the Monkees’ LP 1966 USA)

Tame Impala – Elephant [Todd Rundgren remix]      (cd-single 2013 Perth, Australia)

Brenton Manser – Abel & the Bad One      (‘Below the Moan’ 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Love – A Message to Pretty      (‘Love’ LP 1966 California, USA)

les Liminanas – Une Ballade Pour Clive      (‘Crystal Anis’ 2012 France)

the Alohas – Dagnabit      (‘Get Leid With The Alohas’ 2002 Australia)

Obscured By...

Well, it’s RADIOTHON time again, where you (the listeners) can do your bit to keep us on-air and playing all this fine, but largely forgotten or  ignored, music. Whether you live here in Adelaide or  in Addis Ababa, just go to www.threedradio.com and subscribe to this very unique all-volunteer music radio station. We come to you in various formats... locally on the fm band at 93.7, on digital and streaming on the internet... so tune in, and if you like what you hear, subscribe! This week’s ‘DOTS’ were Michael Hunter & Peter Brat and we played our favourite mix of rarities and obscurities, ranging from Adelaide outfits like the Twilights and Smokestack Lightning, to Tiny Tim, the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and the Dave Clark 5 (whose music is strangely VERY hard to get hold of). We also featured two of Australia’s greatest vocalists, Wendy Saddington (from her new CD reissue with lots of bonus stuff!) and Lynne Randell (from an American-release-only single). We raided the T sections of 3D Radio’s 70,000-plus CD and vinyl library for our ’letter of the week random-pick’ segment, again finding some forgotten gems in the process! And we finished with a song from the brilliant Korean guitarist, Shin Joong Hyun, who made great psych rock music and was persecuted by an authoritarian government in a similar way to America’s treatment of Roky Erikson, but with a better outcome... he’s one of only about half a dozen guitarists to have a ‘signature’ guitar made by Fender!... check him out on the ‘net!

..... anyway, here is the full playlist.....

the Cleves – Work Out     (‘Cleves’ LP 1970 New Zealand/Australia)

Smokestack Lightning – Mellow Down Easy     (‘Don’t Nobody Know’ LP 1975 Adelaide, Aust.)

Company Caine – Dr Chop     (‘Dr Chop’ LP 1975 Aust.)

the Wild Colonials – Roses are Red     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Twilights – Bare Footin’     (‘Twilight Time’ LP 1967 Adelaide)

Lynne Randell – An Open Letter     (7”single 1968 Aust/US)

Wendy Saddington – Looking Through a Window [7”single 1971]     (‘Wendy Saddington & Copperwine – Live’ LP 1972 Australia : taken from the CD reissue with bonus tracks)

the Tourists – Talk to Me     (‘Luminous Basement’ LP 1979 UK)

TuTu Z – The Strange     (7”single 1985 Adelaide)

Frank Turner – Reasons not to be an Idiot     (Love, Ire, and Song)

Spectrum – Take your Time     (Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows 1994 UK)

Spectrum – Superbody     (‘Part One: Spectrum’ LP 1971 Australia)

Tiny Tim – the Other Side     (‘God Bless Tiny Tim’ LP 1968 US)

Craig Collinge – Rock Paper Metal     (Evolution 2 Revolution)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – In The Arena     (‘Volume 2’ LP 1967)

the Who – Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand [alt. version]     (‘The Who Sell Out’ LP 1967 UK – reissue CD with bonus tracks)

the Blue Swede – Hooked on a feeling     (‘Explosive Hits’ LP 1974)

the Monkees – Zilch     (‘Headquarters’ LP 1967 US)

the Monkees – No Time     (‘Headquarters’ LP 1967 US)

the Dave Clark 5 – Bits & Pieces     (the Hits)

Shin Joong Hyun – The Man Who Must Leave     (‘Beautiful Rivers & Mountains’ 1969 South Korea)

Technicolour Dreaming

Finally, the Cat & the Brat are back presenting the whole show together... so it’s a mix of favourites, like the Byrds and Golden Triangle, new releases, including tracks from Like Leaves, the Penny Dreadfuls and Wooden Shjips, plus a few ‘lost’ classics from bands such as the Outsiders, the Chocolate Watchband and the Essex Green. Of course we finished with a track from our current ‘Album of the Month’ by Australia’s Sand Pebbles... and don’t forget that 3D Radio’s annual RADIOTHON is on during August, from the 19th until the 28^th, so next week we will be having our ‘Radiothon Special’!

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

the Byrds – Mr Spaceman     (‘Fifth Dimension’ LP 1966 US)

the Beatles – She Said, She Said     (‘Revolver’ LP 1966 UK)

the Misunderstood – Children of the Sun     (7”single 1969 UK – taken from ‘Dirty Water 2’ compilation)

Friends – Choose your Words     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Like Leaves – Like Leaves     (Like Leaves)

the Essex Green – Bald     (Essex Green EP 1999 US)

All the Leaves Have Fallen – Ruby Bland     (demo 2011 Adelaide)

Wooden Shjips – Lazy Bones     (pre-release from ‘West’ album)

the Penny Dreadfuls – She Put the Baby in the Microwave     (the Penny Dreadfuls)

the Barbarellatones – Mommy’s Gone Insane     (Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute)

the Cramps – Goo Goo Muck     (‘Psychedelic Jungle’ LP 1979 US)

Zombina & the Skeletones – Nobody Loves You (when you’re dead)     (demo 2004 US)

Zombie Ghost Train – Girl U Want     (Glad Rags & Body Bags)

Devilish Presley – Hammer Horror Glamour     (CD single 2005 UK)

Golden Triangle – Blood & Arrow     (Double Jointer)

Molten Universe – 1323 B.C.     (The Green Ray)

the Outsiders – Prisonsong     (‘CQ’ LP 1968 Holland)

Q65 – I was Young     (Nothing but Trouble 1966-68)

the Chocolate Watchband – No Way Out     (7”single 1966 US)

Ride Into The Sun – Drown Your Soul     (Rats, Thieves & Liars)

the Sand Pebbles – Because I Could     (Dark Magic)    #

    #  ‘Album of the Month’