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

A solo Peter Brat began this first edition of Technicolour Dreaming for 2012 with a rousing rama-lama from the MC5 to set the tone for the rest of the show, and indeed the year! There were tracks from current Australian bands such as the Frowning Clouds, Belles Will Ring and Midnight Woolf, plus locals, the Asteroid Belt, as well as sides by their 60’s predecessors such as Oak Apple Day and Normie Rowe, plus Adelaide groovers, the Masters Apprentices, the Hergs and Glass Web [a member of whom turned up almost a decade later as bassist in the Brats!] From the 60’s we also heard the Dave Clark 5, the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine and Love, as well as one of my fave singles from the Seeds, plus a bunch of new bands like the Hoa Hoas, Moon Duo and the sublime Espers, before finishing with our latest ‘Band of the Month’, San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees, who will be returning to play here in Adelaide at ‘Jive’ on the 21^st of January as part of their Australian tour... go check ‘em out, ‘cos they are a blindingly good live act! Happy New Year from the Cat and the Brat!

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

the MC5 – Rocket Reducer No.62 [Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa]     (rec. live 1968 – taken from ‘Kris Needs presents: Dirty Water-the birth of punk attitude’ compilation 2010)

Midnight Woolf – My Libido     (‘Tropical Disease’ 2008 Australia)

Molten Universe – The Green Ray     (‘The Green Ray’  2011 Aust.)

the Revillos – Jack the Ripper     (demo – taken from ‘From the Freezer’ anthology 1996 UK)

the Frowning Clouds – Do Like Me     (‘Listen Closlier’ 2011 Aust.)

the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine – The Girl With the Sandy Blonde Hair     (7”single 1966 USA – taken from ‘Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Fore’ compilation 2007)

the Ruby Suns – Kenya Dig It?     (‘Sea Lion’ 2008 New Zealand)

Messer Chups – In 3 Minutes Till Massacre     (‘Crazy Price’ 2003 Russia)

the Asteroid Belt – Slant Six     (‘Blank Horizon’ 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

Moon Duo – In The Sun     (‘Mazes’ 2011 USA)

Oak Apple Day – Oceans of Fire     (7”single 1969 Aust. – taken from ‘Datura Dreamtime: A Forest of Goldtops Vol 2’ compilation 1999 Aust.)

Love – Little Black Book     (‘Love’ LP 1966 USA)

Dave Clarke 5 – Glad All Over     (7”single 1964 UK)

Normie Rowe and the Playboys – Shakin’ All Over     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

Ray Brown and the Whispers – Ain’t It Strange     (7”single 1965 Aust.) 

the Hergs – Cadillac    (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead     (7”single 1967 Adelaide)

Glass Web – In A Year or So     (7” single 1969 Adelaide)

the Fabulous Four – 438 South Michigan Avenue – (7”single 1966 Sweden – taken from ‘Essential Pebbles Vol 3’ compilation 2000)

Espers – The Road of Golden Dust     (‘Espers III’ 2010 UK)

Belles Will Ring – The Green     (‘Crystal Theatre’ 2011 Aust.)

Sunsplit – All I Want     (‘Sing for Sunday’ 2006 – taken from ‘Psychedelica 2” compilation 2007 UK)

the Hoa Hoas – Growing up on the Seeds     (‘Pop/Drone/Pedals’ 2010 UK)

the Seeds – Mr Farmer     (7”single 1967 USA)

 

Thee Oh Sees – Chem-Farmer     (‘Carrion Crawler’ 2011 USA)    #

     #  “Band of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat and the Brat were back again this week, with both new and old favourites... Amongst the Australian selection, we played a track from the re-issue of the Reels classic 1979 album “Quasimodo’s Dream”, some Screaming Tribesmen and a Ray Brown and Moonstone psych gem, plus hometown tracks from Roo Shooter and Isolation Valve. We visited Peter Sellers’ movie The Party via the Wondermints, went to 70’s UK with the Normal, went Scandinavian with Serena Maneesh, revisited a Canadian deejay’s 1965 bogus band doing ‘Like a Dribbling Fram’ and checked out, from the 60’s, the Knack (same label but no relation)... And we finished with ‘DieselWitch Will Kill You’, our new ‘Album of the Month’, by local surf/garage heroes DieselWitch...

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

Serena Maneesh – Selina Melodie Fountain     (Serena Maneesh)

the Fall – Totally Wired     (7”single 1980 UK)

Isolation Valve – Virus Envy     (‘Dear Warren Ellis’ demo 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

the Screaming Tribesmen – Date with a Vampyre     (‘Date with a Vampyre’ 12”EP 1985 Aust.)

the Normal – Warm Leatherette     (7”single 1978 UK)

Devo – Be Stiff     (12” mini-LP, Stiff Records 1978 US/UK)

Roo Shooter – My Pal [God cover]     (People Gather Round for the Sound of Slaughter)

the Barracudas – His Last Summer     (7”single 1980... taken from ‘Drop Out with the Barracudas’ LP 1982 UK)

the Aves – Thick as Thieves     (‘the Aves’ cdEP 2011 Adelaide)

Wild Rocket – Dewey Decimal System     (Salad Days)

Blondie – In the Flesh     (‘Plastic Letters’ LP 1978 USA)

the Reels – Kitchen Man     (‘Quasimodo’s Dream’ LP 1979 Dubbo, Aust.)

Quasi – Poverty Sucks     (When The Going Gets Dark)

Ray Brown and Moonstone – Start of a New Day     (‘Mad House’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Chapta – Journey to the Sun     (7”single 1970 New Zealand – taken from ‘A Day in My Mind’s Mind’ compilation of 60’s NZ psych)

the Third Bardo – 5 Years Ahead of My Time     (7”single 1967 USA)

 the Double Agents – I Want, Need, Love you [Black Diamonds cover]     (‘Wild About You’ comp. 2004 Aust.)

the Race Marbles – Like a Dribbling Fram      (7”single 1965 Canada – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol.3’ comp.)

the Wondermints – The Party [cover of theme song from Peter Sellers’ 1968 film]     (‘Shots In The Dark’ : Henry Mancini tribute compilation 1996 USA)

the Electric Prunes – Hideaway     (‘Underground’ LP 1967 USA)

the Knack – Time Waits for No-one     (7”single 1967 USA)

Kahli Bahlu – How Can I Tell My Guru     (‘Kahli Bahlu Takes the Forest Children On a Journey of Cosmic Remembrance’ LP 1968 USA – taken from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers’ compilation boxset)

DieselWitch – Jack It All In     (DieselWitch Will Kill You)    #

     #   “Album of the Month”      

Obscured By...

There were two ‘DOTS’ back in the studio this week, Michael Hunter and Peter Brat... and again, a big ‘thank you’ to last week’s ‘honorary DOT’, Tim K., who ably filled in for us with yet another take on the obscurities we love! And this week, it was with a gallic tinge... with a group of  francophone recordings of the 60’s from France and Canada. There was the usual spread of Australian and local rarities, a couple of American garage ragers and a track by the Aztecs, who were NOT of the Billy Thorpe of Australia variety, as the liner notes to the compilation we found it in suggested, but rather, were a band from Toronto in Canada, who recorded the single in the UK under the auspices of  British  popstars,  ‘Peter & Gordon’, during their stay in London in 1964-65... this new information came to us via a review of “what’s happening in Toronto”  in a 1965 issue of BillBoard magazine... another mystery solved by your intrepid DOTS! We picked a few random songs from the vast 3D library by bands whose name started with a “U” as part of our on-going ‘blind pick by alphabet’ segment... and of course, we finished with some surf music and an interesting radio-only version of ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ by Australian legends, the Strangers, from 1967... all very rare, obscure and often strange!....

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

Wendy Saddington – Tomorrow Never Knows     (‘Live 1972’)

Lynn Rogers – Fresh Start     (7”single 1965 Australia)

Why – Percy Grainger     (‘Present Tense’ LP 1970 Australia)

Yvonne Barrett – May my heart be cast into stone     (from ‘UpTight’ TV show 1969 Australia)

Sullivan – Hashish Faction     (7”single 1966 France)

Les Papyvores – Le Papyvore     (7”single 1967 France)

Laura Ulmer – Amoreaux d’une Affiche     (7”single 1967 Canada)

Le Bain Didonc – 4 Cheveaux dans le vent     (‘Le Bain Didonc’ EP 1967 France)

Les 5 Gentlemen – Si tu reviens chez moi     (7” single 1966 Marseilles, France)

Empty Vessels – Low Toby     (‘Incredible Sound Show Stories Vol 16’ : compilation)

Revolver – Imagination     (‘Incredible.....’ : comp.)

Peter Holm – You will be mine     (‘Incredible.....’ : comp.)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Run Sylvie Run     (‘Mad House’ LP 1971 Australia)

 *** ‘blind pick by alphabet’ section... this week brought by the letter U....

the Untouchables – I spy for the FBI     (‘Wild Child’ LP 1985 UK)

Underminers – Let’s Get T-shirts made     (‘Let’s get T-shirts Made’ 2002 Australia)

James Blood Ulmer – Are you glad to be in America?     (7”single 1980 US)

Hopscotch – In the rain     (Island Sons)

801 – Fat Lady of Limbourg     (‘801 Live’ bonus disc : rehearsal recording 1976 UK)

Earth – Engine of Ruin     (The Bee Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull)

the Aztecs – Summertime Blues     (7”single 1965 Canada/UK – from ‘MindRocker’ #8 : comp.)

Larry Wilson & Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson & Kaleidoscope – Nobody      (7”single 1967 US)

John Kay & the Sparrows – Twisted     (7”single 1966 US)

the Atlantics – Point Zero     (Point Zero)

the Ultra 5 – Love for tomorrow     (Denizons of Dementia)

the 9^th Wave – Time Tunnel     (Time Tunnel)

the Strangers – Magical Mystery Tour     (recorded for the Australian Army Public Relations Directorate for use by radio stations in 1967)