Technicolour Dreaming

Between two English bands, beginning with Jason Crest from 1967 and finishing with P.I.L. in 2012, we heard recordings from different continents, eras and styles as always on this show, presented again this week by both the Cat & the Brat, but for the first time from our new 3D Radio studios in St Peters. There seemed to be a large European contingent though, amongst them les Liminanas from France, S.T Mikael from Sweden, Head & the Hares from Italy, and Rob de Neys from the Netherlands. We were saddened to hear of the passing of Reg Presley and featured a tribute to his iconic band, the Troggs. We played some classic Mike Furber, Doors and Rezillos plus songs from the Allah-Las, Toy and Jim Noir, not to mention Part 1 of “Space Kids”, a radio serial featuring music by the Lost from 1968 that was never broadcast [watch out for Part 2 next week!] Throw in Johnny Young & the Easybeats demoing ‘Step Back’ in 1966 and Nico joining Bauhaus onstage in 1981, with lots more great music and there’s the show for another week.....

...... and here’s the playlist, with some film-clips to watch.....

Jason Crest – Black Mass         (7” single b-side [to Place in the Sun] 1967 Kent, UK)

the Doors – Hello, I Love You         (‘Waiting for the Sun’ LP 1968 California, USA)

the Unfolding – Girl From Nowhere         (‘How to Blow Your Mind and Have a Freakout Party’ LP 1967 USA)

Mike Furber – You         (7” single 1966 Australia)

les Liminanas – Longanisse         (‘Crystal Anis’ 2012 France)

the Allah-Las – Vis a Vis         (‘Allah-Las’ 2012 California, USA)

the Troggs – Night of the Long Grass          (7” single 1967 UK)

Cheater Slicks – Gonna Make You [Troggs cover]         (recorded in 1990 – taken from ‘Groin Thunder : tribute to the Troggs’ compilation 1992 USA)

Life on Earth – Bubble         (‘Look! There is Life on Earth!” Sweden 2012)

S.T. Mikael – Gyrax         (‘Mind of Fire’ 2007 Sweden)

the Back Door Men – Dance of the Savages         (recorded 1985 – taken from ‘Sodra Esplanaden #4’ 2005 Sweden)

Johnny Young/the Easybeats – Step Back [demo version]         (recorded in Perth 1966 – taken from ‘Clarion Call’ compilation 2003 Australia)

Kim Fowley – Red China      (‘Visions of the Futures’ LP 1973 USA)

the Occasional Dead Flies – Dirt         (‘A Real Cool Time: Distorted Sounds from the North’ compilation LP 1985 Sweden)

les Problemes – Dodecaphonie      (‘Antoine et les Problemes’ EP 1966 France)

Head & the Hares – Why Must You Fade Away      (‘Autumn Songbook’ 1997 Italy)

Rob de Neys – Bye Bye Mrs Turple      (7”single 1968 Amsterdam, Holland)

Bauhaus [with Nico] – Waiting for the Man [Velvet Underground cover]      (recorded 1981 in Manchester, UK – released on 12”single b-side [to Ziggy Stardust] 1982 UK)

Sleepy Sun – New Age      (‘Embrace’ 2009 UK)

the Rezillos – Flying Saucer Attack      (‘Can’t Stand the Rezillos’ LP 1978 UK)

the Lost – Space Kids [Part 1]      (recorded 1967 – taken from ‘Flat Earth Society/the Lost’ reissue/compilation  1993 USA)

Toy – Heart Skips a Beat      (‘Toy’ 2012 UK)

Jim Noir – All Right      (‘Jim Noir’ 2008 UK)

Sagittarius – My World Fell Down      (‘Present Tense’ LP 1967 California, USA)

Daughters of Albion – 1968/John Flip Lockup      (‘Daughters of Albion’ LP 1968 California, USA)

P.I.L. – One Drop      (12”single 2012 UK)

Obscured By...

Welcome to the first edition for 2012, brought to you by the Cat and the Brat, this week’s combination of ‘dots’. As well as our usual selection of Australian and world-wide rarities, a large portion of the show was taken up by our tribute to the art of “the Boxset”... regular listeners will of course be aware of our fondness for the format, particularly of the compilation variety, the ‘Nuggets’ series being one of our faves and so we sampled from a couple of them... after all, Lenny Kaye’s original Nuggets compilation LP in 1972 kicked off the whole idea of salvaging great music that was in danger of being forgotten, and which we, in our small way, try to continue in Obscured by...  Another favourite is the ‘Babylon’s Burning’ punk obscurities set, which we made our ‘featured’ boxset and plundered mercilessly to bring you rarities by the likes of Rocket from the Tombs, Victim and the Rezillos. We also played several tracks from our newest acquisition, [XTC as] the Dukes of Stratosphear ‘Complete and Utter Dukes’ set, before finishing with a small taste from yet another favourite, ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 1-10’ by 60’s Adelaide popsters the Twilights .....

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

Wendy Saddington – Motherless Child     (Live on ‘GTK’ ABC TV 1970 Aust.)

 

  

Freshwater – Hello Sunshine     (7”single b-side 1971 Aust.)

Medium Cool – Wrist Job     (Live on ‘Scene’ ABC TV Tasmania 1970 Aust.)

Autumn – Lady Anne     (7”single b-side 1971 Aust.)

Dave Miller Set – No Need to Cry     (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Flying Circus – Turn Away     (‘Bonza Beaut and Boom Boom Boom’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Rashamra – Antelope     (7”single 1972 Adelaide, Aust.)

 

-          from “Babylon’s Burning: the Rough’n’Ready Rise of Punk Rawk 1973-78” boxset 2007    -

  the Finns – Baby’s On Fire     (Live in Cleveland 1974 USA)

  Rocket From The Tombs – Ain’t It Fun     (WMMS demo, 1975 USA)

  the Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK     (‘EMI reject’ version 1976 UK)

  the Buzzcocks – I Love You, You Big Dummy     (‘Time’s Up’ demos 1976 UK)

  the Damned – Feel The Pain     (demo 1976 UK)

  the Rezillos – (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures     (demo 1977 UK) 

 

  the Avengers – We are the One     (7”single 1978 USA)

  Victim – Why Are Fire Engines Red?     (7”single 1979 Belfast, UK)

-          from  ‘Complete and Utter Dukes’ boxset 2009 UK     -

  the Dukes of Stratosphear – You’re a Good Man, Albert Brown     (‘Psonic Psunspot’  LP 1987 UK)

 

  

  the Dukes of Stratosphear – Open Up A Can Of Human Beans      (‘Wish List’ compilation 2003 UK )

  the Dukes of Stratosphear – The Affiliated     (7”single in ‘Complete ....’  boxset 2009 UK)

the Rutles – Good Times Roll     (‘The Rutles’ soundtrack LP 1979 UK) 

 

-          from ‘Children of Nuggets’ boxset 2005 USA     -

  the Swingin’ Neckbreakers – I Live For Buzz     (‘I Live For Buzz’ LP 1993 New Jersey, USA)

  the Untamed Youth – Pabst Blue Ribbon     (‘Some Kinda Fun’ LP 1988 Missouri, USA)

 

-          from ‘Nuggets’ boxset 1997 USA      -

  the Nazz – Open My Eyes     (7”single 1968 USA)

  the Music Machine – The People In Me     (7”single 1967 USA)

the Human League – Almost Medieval      (‘Reproduction’ LP 1979 UK)

Death in June – State Slaughter     (7”single 1981 – taken from ‘Lesson 1: Misanthropy’ anthology 2009 UK/Adelaide)

the Virgin Prunes – Walls of Jericho     (12”single 1983 UK) 

  

Madroom – I Death     (‘I am for an art that takes...’ 1984 Aust.)

  the Twilights – Time and Motion Study Man     (7”single b-side 1968 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers’ boxset [disc 6] 2009 UK) 

  

Technicolour Dreaming

This week on Technicolour Dreaming, the Cat & the Brat interviewed Sam from new Melbourne band, Brat Farrar, who are playing in Adelaide this weekend as part of an Australian tour promoting their new 7” single. Sam also spoke of his ‘other band’, Digger & the Pussycats, and their recent gigs in China and Europe... Of course there was the usual eclectic mix of 60s Adelaide bands, such as Inside Looking Out, through to recent songs by Sparks and BrightblackMorningLight, as well as a track from our current ‘Album of the Month’ by Belles Will Ring. We also paid tribute to the late Martin Rushent, whose career as engineer, producer and musician spanned 40-odd years. We began with an example of his early engineering work, alongside Tony Visconti, on the classic “Electric Warrior” by T.Rex, before moving onto a selection of his production of many of the leading lights of the UK punk movement, such as the Buzzcocks, Generation X and the Stranglers... then, representing his pioneering work in the 80s ‘electro/dance’ era we played a Human League track, finishing with a recent song by his son’s band, Does It Offend You, Yeah?

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

James Taylor Move – Still I Can Go On (7”single 1967 Adelaide)

the Bucket – I Can’t Help Thinking About You (7”single 1967 Adelaide)

Wright of Waye – You Can’t Do It Alone (7”single 1968 Australia)

Inside Looking Out - Morning Sun (7”single 1968 Adelaide)

BrightblackMorningLight – Friend Of Time (BrightblackMorningLight)

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Open Heart Surgery (Tepid Peppermint Wonderland)

the Sand Pebbles – Altered Images (Atlantis Regrets Nothing)

Sparks – Ugly Guys with Beautiful Girls (‘Lil Beethoven)

R.I.P. Martin Rushent [1948-2011]

T. Rex – Mambo Sun (Electric Warrior)

the Buzzcocks – Orgasm Addict (7”single 1977 UK)

Generation X – Ready Steady Go (7”single 1977 UK)

Altered Images – Dead Pop Stars (Pinky Blue)

The Rezillos – Top of the Pops (7”single 1978 UK)

The Stranglers – Curfew (Black and White)

The Human League – The Sound of the Crowd (Dare)

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Battle Royale (NME promo cd)

[interview]

Brat Farrar – It’s On Me, Brat Farrar (7”single 2011 Aust.)

Brat Farrar – I’m Not Free (7”single 2011 Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Street Lamp Stomp (Crystal Theatre) #

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