Technicolour Dreaming

Some old 60's Aussie favourites, a few new discoveries, and the usual suspects - this week's show had it all. I particularly liked the track by Sir Robin and the Longbowmen, who hail from Dresden in Germany - can't believe that I hadn't come across this band before! Somehow I also managed to miss the latest release from The Selfish Cales, which came out last year - more psych goodness from these natives of Torino, Italy. Speaking of which, I've also included (at the end of the blog) a groovy promo clip that I came across, of the 2014 Psych Out 25 Degrees festival in Italy - the things you find on YouTube. Enjoy!

Zoot - Turn Your Head (7" single (b-side to "Eleanor Rigby") 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Joel Jerome - Strawberry Fields Para Siempre  (digital single 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Pesky Gee! - Where is My Mind?  ("Exclamation Mark" LP 1969 UK)

Espectrostatic - Carpe Nacht ("The Daemonum" EP 2014 Texas, USA)

The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan  (7" single 1968 Manchester UK)

Go-Go Sapien - Sick Love  ("This Body Is Wrong for Us" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone - Every Minute of You  (7" single (b-side to "Nature Boy") 1966 Melbourne, Australia)

Icarus Peel - Auntie Powders Her Nose  ("Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth Barnburner" 10" EP 2014 UK)

Mike Furber - Watch Me Burn  (7" single (b-side to "I'm on Fire") 1969 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Chantry  (7" single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Jon - Upstairs Downstairs  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind  (7" single 1965 Hollywood, California USA)

Ultraviolet - Ocean Rain  ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Borderline Symphony - Rubik's Cube  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Psychedelic Trips to Death - Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Greece)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Active Listener Sampler #34" 2015 Dresden, Germany) 

The David - Light of Your Mind  (7" Single 1969 UK)

Demontre - The Vale Of Health Part 2  ("Masculin/Feminin" 2010 UK)

The Citradels - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees]   ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City In The Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

The Selfish Cales - See Tomorrow's Shores  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" 2015 Torino, Italy)

Sundays and Cybele - Almost Heaven  ("Heaven" 2015 Japan)

Josephines - The Cutter ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Rio Grande, Brazil)

Felius Andromeda - Meditations  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Mushroom Club - Into Something Good [Herman's Hermits]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Glasgow, UK)

Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark  ("Dinner in the Dark" 2011 USA)

Pin Ups - Some Candy Talking [Jesus and Mary Chain]   ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015)
The Baudelaires - Colour Mary  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

The Octopus Syng - Woman  ("Hollow Dust/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Plus an old promo clip for the 2014 "Psych Out 25 Degrees" festival in Italy:

Technicolour Dreaming

Some old 60's Aussie favourites, a few new discoveries, and the usual suspects - this week's show had it all. I particularly liked the track by Sir Robin and the Longbowmen, who hail from Dresden in Germany - can't believe that I hadn't come across this band before! Somehow I also managed to miss the latest release from The Selfish Cales, which came out last year - more psych goodness from these natives of Torino, Italy. Speaking of which, I've also included (at the end of the blog) a groovy promo clip that I came across, of the 2014 Psych Out 25 Degrees festival in Italy - the things you find on YouTube. Enjoy!

Zoot - Turn Your Head (7" single (b-side to "Eleanor Rigby") 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Joel Jerome - Strawberry Fields Para Siempre  (digital single 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

Pesky Gee! - Where is My Mind?  ("Exclamation Mark" LP 1969 UK)

Espectrostatic - Carpe Nacht ("The Daemonum" EP 2014 Texas, USA)

The Glass Menagerie - Frederick Jordan  (7" single 1968 Manchester UK)

Go-Go Sapien - Sick Love  ("This Body Is Wrong for Us" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Marty Rhone - Every Minute of You  (7" single (b-side to "Nature Boy") 1966 Melbourne, Australia)

Icarus Peel - Auntie Powders Her Nose  ("Icarus Peel vs Mordecai Smyth Barnburner" 10" EP 2014 UK)

Mike Furber - Watch Me Burn  (7" single (b-side to "I'm on Fire") 1969 Sydney, Australia)

Mt Mountain - Chantry  (7" single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Jon - Upstairs Downstairs  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

Dino, Desi and Billy - The Rebel Kind  (7" single 1965 Hollywood, California USA)

Ultraviolet - Ocean Rain  ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Borderline Symphony - Rubik's Cube  ("Borderline Symphony" 2016 Switzerland)

Psychedelic Trips to Death - Bang Bang [Nancy Sinatra]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Greece)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Active Listener Sampler #34" 2015 Dresden, Germany) 

The David - Light of Your Mind  (7" Single 1969 UK)

Demontre - The Vale Of Health Part 2  ("Masculin/Feminin" 2010 UK)

The Citradels - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees]   ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City In The Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

The Selfish Cales - See Tomorrow's Shores  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" 2015 Torino, Italy)

Sundays and Cybele - Almost Heaven  ("Heaven" 2015 Japan)

Josephines - The Cutter ("Gods Will Be Gods: A Reverence to the Bunnymen" 2016 Rio Grande, Brazil)

Felius Andromeda - Meditations  (7" single 1967 UK)

The Mushroom Club - Into Something Good [Herman's Hermits]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol 2" 2013 Glasgow, UK)

Shapes Have Fangs - Dinner In The Dark  ("Dinner in the Dark" 2011 USA)

Pin Ups - Some Candy Talking [Jesus and Mary Chain]   ("Psychocandy Revisited" 2015)
The Baudelaires - Colour Mary  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Trabants - Mecca  ("Freakout" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)

The Octopus Syng - Woman  ("Hollow Dust/Rochelle Salt" LP 2016 Helsinki, Finland)

Plus an old promo clip for the 2014 "Psych Out 25 Degrees" festival in Italy:

Technicolour Dreaming

We had a plethora of eagerly awaited releases to play this week, including tracks from the brand new Wooden Shjips and les Limiñanas LPs, plus, from the Sandgate Studios in the UK, new albums by the Higher State and Groovy Uncle featuring Suzi Chunk – Cat & Brat faves all! We were also pleased to discover, from Italy, the debut LP by Milan’s Selfish Cales whose earlier EPs had quite a bit of airplay here on 3D Radio, plus the latest album by the Dials and an Asteroid #4 EP from May this year, as well as tracks from a few of our favourite vinyl labels such as Fruits de Mer and the Reverberation Appreciation Society. Of course there was also some 60’s goodness from artists such as Dave Davies, Johnny Young and Evariste, with more cuts from the Dandelion, Sky Picnic and Black Hollies albums and finishing with Adelaide’s own Black Coral, before we once again ran out of time! So until next week.....

...... here is the playlist plus a few vital visuals.....

Wings – Venus and Mars (reprise)/Spirits of Ancient Egypt      (“Venus and Mars” LP 1975 UK)

the Asteroid #4 – Windmill of the Autumn Sky      (“Windmill of the Autumn Sky” EP 2013 USA)

the Dandelion – Here Comes Love      (“Strange Case of the Dandelion” 2013 Australia)

the Night Beats – The Seven Poison Wonders      (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 USA)

Jay Tausig – The Glorious Om Riff [Gong cover]      (“Shrunken Head Music – Fruits de Mer Records compilation” EP 2013 UK)

Allen Pound’s Get Rich – Searchin’ in the Wilderness      (7”single 1966 UK)

Dave Davies – Creeping Jean      (7”single b-side [to Hold My Hand] 1969 UK)

Wooden Shjips – Servants      (“Back To Land” 2013 San Francisco, USA)

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Smell of Incense      (“Vol. 2” LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Higher State – Sky Clears to Blue      (“The Higher State” LP 2013 Kent, UK)

Groovy Uncle with Suzi Chunk – Neptune Girl      (“One Vowel Away From the Truth” LP 2013 UK)

the Dials – A Good Flying Day/Show at the End of the Pier      (“The End of the Pier” 2013 Brighton, UK)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Bangalore      (“The Luck of Eden Hall” EP 2012 USA)

Mikal Cronin – Weight      (“MC11” 2013 USA)

les Limiñanas – My Black Sabbath      (“Costa Blanca” LP 2013 Perpignan, France)

Sky Picnic – Freak Out Ethel      (“Paint Me a Dream” LP 2013 USA)

the Selfish Cales – State of Eternity      (“Light Worms & Old Dancing Ladies” 2013 Turin, Italy)

Johnny Young – Craise Finton Kirk [Bee Gees cover]      (7”single 1967 Australia)

Évariste – To The Fans      (“E=MC2” EP 1967 France – taken from “Do You Know The Beast?” anthology LP 2011 France)

the Monkees – All Of Your Toys (alt. mix)      (recorded 1967, unreleased – bonus track on  “Headquarters” reissue 1995 USA)

the Story UK – ‘Roundabout      (“Joy Ride On Memory Lane” 2011 UK)

the Black Hollies – Lunatic Influenza (suite) : Part 1-Yesterday’s Sorrows (the past is washed away with change)/Part 2-Take Me as I Am/Part 3-Path into the Sun      (“Somewhere Between Here & Nowhere” LP 2013 USA)

Black Coral – Swollen      (demo 2013 Adelaide, Australia)     

Technicolour Dreaming

As we gear up here for next week’s 3D Radiothon 2012, we felt we should up the local and Australian quotient in preparation, which was easy since there were so many new releases fitting that bill which demanded to be played! There were new singles from King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the Demon Parade, EPs from a bunch of local acts including the Sunbirds, Steering By Stars and Sleeptalker, as well as albums from Wolfmother/redsunband offshoot Good Heavens and the Laurels. But it was not all new stuff... as always, we parted the mists of time and played lost gems by Lotus, the Psychedelic Furs and Echo & the Bunnymen, plus a track by the Popinjays from their 1992 ‘covers’ EP,and one from Canada’s High Dials, taken from Psychedelica 4, the most recent of Northern Star Records excellent compilation series before finishing with our current “Artiste of the Month”, the late great Baterz.....

... so here is the full playlist from your curators, the Cat & the Brat...

the Sand Pebbles – Altered Images      (‘Atlantis Regrets Nothing’ 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

the Flower Machine – LA in the Rain     (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 USA)

the Sunbirds – I Shook     (‘Emergency Christmas’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

Steering by Stars – Shallow Breath     (‘Ties That Bind’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Swimming – Like Minds Colliding     (‘Swimming’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Lotus – Lotus 1     (7”single 1971 Australia)

the Selfish Cales – Psychedelic Eyes     (‘the Selfish Cales 11’ EP 2012 Italy)

the Demon Parade – She’s Gonna Be a Star     (7”single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Marlow – Always there     (CDsingle pre-release 2012 Aust.)

the Jessica Fletchers – Bloody 70’s Love     (7”single 2004 USA)

Sures – The Sun     (‘Stars’ EP 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Elbow     (CDsingle 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Headset – Action Man     (‘Antipodean Screams - Vol. 1’ compilation 2003 Aust.)

the Laurels – This City is Coming Down     (‘Plains’ 2012 Aust.)

Good Heavens – Are You Sick?      (‘Strange Dreams’ 2012 Aust.)

Sleeptalker – Wolves     (‘Sleeptalker’ cdEP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Napoleon XIV – They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!     (7”single 1966 USA)

the Popinjays – Rain [Beatles cover]     (‘I’m a Believer’ cdEP 1992 UK)

Echo & the Bunnymen – People are Strange [Doors cover]      (12”single 1987 UK)    

the Teardrop Explodes – Strange House in the Snow      (‘Kirimanjalo’ mini-LP 1980 Japan-only release/UK)

the Psychedelic Furs – Imitation of Christ     (‘the Psychedelic Furs’ LP 1980 UK)

the High Dials – Space Hobo     (‘Moon Country’ 2008 Montreal, Canada  – taken from ‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 UK)

the See See – Keep Your Head     (7”single 2009 UK)

Baterz – Spider Mother     (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

     #  “Artiste of the Month”

Obscured By...

We opened the show, as always, with a set of Australian rarities from the 60’s and 70’s, but this time including a tribute to Clive Shakespeare, the original guitarist with Sherbet, who passed away recently, before moving onto a selection of American and UK bands from the same era, including the Bush [also known as the Bushmen], the wonderfully named Ognir & the Nite People, Wimple Winch and the Misunderstood, a US band who relocated to London. We then returned to the 21^st Century with a bunch of bands from diverse locations who have taken that 60’s psych/garage/pop template and made it their own, such as the Flower Machine from California, the Jessica Fletchers from Norway and the Selfish Cales from Italy, as well as a set of obscure ‘cover versions’ including black UK punk band Pure Hell doing a Lee Hazlewood song and French model Ronny covering a Sly Stone number... there was an album track by Australia’s Box the Jesuit and in memory of the late Michael Davis, bassist of the MC5, we featured their regular live set-closer, ‘Black to Comm’..... all this and much more, brought to you by the three DOTS – Megan, Peter & Michael...

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

the Reverbs – Say Mama     (7”single 1963 Tasmania, Australia)

Perfection – 3 Rooms and Running Water     (7”single 1967 Aust.)

Lloyd’s World – Goodbye, Goodbye     (7”single b-side 1968 Aust.)

Sherbet – Chicago [Graham Nash cover]     (‘On with the Show’ LP 1973 Aust.)

Clive Shakespeare – I Realize     (7”single 1978 Aust.)

the Four of Us – You’re gonna be mine     (7”single 1965 Michigan, USA)

the Tracers – Watch Me     (7”single 1966 Texas, USA)

the Bush – I Wanted Her    (7”single 1966 California, USA)

Ognir and the Nite People – I found a new love     (7”single 1965 Pennsylvania, USA)

the Misunderstood – Children of the Sun     (recorded 1966 – released as 7”single 1969 UK/USA)

Wimple Winch – Save My Soul     (7”single 1966 UK)

the Selfish Cales – Black and White Rainbow     (‘Selfish Cales 11’ EP 2011 Italy)

the Flower Machine – LA in the Rain     (‘The Flower Machine’ 2011 USA)

 Outrageous Cherry – You got the magic inside you     (‘Supernatural Equinox’ 2003 Detroit, USA)

the Jessica Fletchers – Bloody Seventies Love     (‘What Happened To The?’ 2003 Norway)

the Pillbugs – Life as it Happens     (‘Everybody Wants A Way Out’ 2008 USA)

Pure Hell – These Boots are Made for Walking [Lee Hazelwood cover]     (7”single 1978 UK)

Ronny – If you want me to stay [Sly Stone cover]     (7”single 1981 France)

the Plugz – La Bamba [Richie Valens cover]     (‘Electrify Me’ LP 1981 L.A., USA)

the Rubayyat – If I was a Carpenter [Tim Hardin cover]     (7”single 1968 Texas, USA)

the Rising Storm – Message to Pretty [Love cover]     (‘Calm Before...’ LP 1967 USA)

MC5 – Black to Comm     (live 1968 – taken from ‘Dirty Water 2: More Birth of Punk Attitude’ compilation 2011 UK)

Pink Floyd – the Nile Song     (‘More’ soundtrack LP 1969 UK)

Nine Days Wonder – Only the Dancers     (‘Only the Dancers’ LP 1974 Germany)

the Cramps – The Mad Daddy     (‘Songs the Lord Taught Us’  LP 1980 USA) 

Box The Jesuit – Like Licking Honey Through Glass     (‘Guide Dogs for the Spiritually Impaired’ 1993 Aust.)

Ultra 5 – Streets of Your Town     (‘Lost In Tyme Vol.1’ compilation 1996 Greece/USA)