Technicolour Dreaming

Cherry Red's new 3 CD box-set "Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985" was a welcome surprise when I arrived at Three D Radio this week, box-sets being a particular weakness of mine, and The Brat was very fond of them, too - there's quite a collection at home! It features lots of familiar names, like Julian Cope, who I opened the show with, but plenty of forgotten about, or just plain obscure bands, so I'm going to enjoy delving into it's treasures over the coming weeks. Cover versions also abounded on this week's show - can't resist a good cover when it's dangled before me... so to work out who played what, peruse the playlist below..

Julian Cope - Sunspots  ("Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985" compilation 2016 UK)

Wild Rocket - I'm Not like Everybody Else [Kinks]  ("Daisy Dream" 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

Topos Locos - Come On Back ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 UK)

Hugo - Girl In The Garden  (7" single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

The Flower Machine - Digging Flowers  ("Marmoset Meadow" EP 2008 Los Angeles, USA)
Belles will Ring - It's Only Goodbye  ("Mood Patterns" 2007 Sydney, Australia)
Mort Garson - Taurus-The Voluptuary  ("The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds" LP 1967 USA)

The She Creatures - Radar  ("The She Creatures Invade" 2009 UK)

Almost Numan - Factory  ("Depth Charge 11" compilation 2012 Adelaide, Australia)
El Goodo - Information Overload  ("Coyote" 2010 UK)

Le Mat - Waltz of the Fool  ("Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980-1985" compilation 2016 UK)

Gothic Chicken - Pitta Bread Man  ("Lift the Cobweb Veil" 2016 UK)
The Nice - Flower King of Flies  ("The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack" LP 1967 UK)

Raindrop - Home  ("Crowded Brain" EP 2015 Sydney, Australia)

Squadra Omega - Sepolto dalle Sabbie del Tempo  ("Arti Occhi ci Guardano" 2015 Italy)
Bamboo Shoot - Fox Has Gone to Ground  (7" single 1968 UK)

Diamond Incarnation - Ocean's Daughter  ("Arenaceous Flowersouls" EP 2014 Taiwan)
Laure Briand - Laure  ("Sur la Piste de Danse" [to be released June 2016] France)
Octopus Syng - Bright Trees and Symbolic Keys  ("Birds of Morning are Never Late" 2013 Helsinki, Finland)
Otomne - Ce Garcon  ("Semi-Vol 3 La Souterraine Sampler" 2016 Paris, France)
The Red Plastic Buddha - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night [Electric Prunes] ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself" 2013 Chicago USA)

The Barbarellatones - Priscilla and the Pyronauts ("Glitter Train" 2016 Hawaii USA)
Psychlops Eyepatch - Nuclear Bombora  ("Paranoise" 2013 Sydney, Australia)

The Citradels - Track 39  ("The Citradels" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

The Dig - 4th of July  (digital single 2015 New York, USA)

normA - Fantasma  ("Siguente" 2015 La Plata, Argentina)

Sonic Jesus - Somebody To Love [Jefferson Airplane]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself" 2013 Italy)

The Sorry Shop - Venus In Furs [Velvet Underground]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself" 2013 Brazil)

Technicolour Dreaming

This week’s show once again delivered a diverse listening experience, ranging from the ‘comedic goth’[?] of the Scary Bitches and the ‘psychedelic poetry’ of 60’s US radio host Dave Diamond with the Higher Elevation, to the instant pop catchiness of the Merry-Go-Round and the 80’s Aussie punk attitude of the Hitmen. Then there were the playboys – the James Bond twang of 60’s instrumentalists and Normie Rowe backing band, the Playboys, and the garage grit of current Australian rockers, the Intercontinental Playboys. We also heard the woozy stirrings of Beach House and the latest demo from Adelaide’s All The Leaves Have Fallen as well as a few covers from the likes of Ashram Poets, the Brood and the She Creatures, finishing with our current “Band of the Month”, the awesome Thee Oh Sees... all brought to you by a solo Peter Brat.....

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

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell – Mark of the Beast     (‘Shindig: It’s Happening Vol.1’ compilation 2010 UK)

the Hitmen – I Don’t Mind     (7”single 1981 Australia)

 

the BoobyTraps – Dig Your Attitude     (‘Makin’ It With the BoobyTraps’ 2008 Australia)

the Scary Bitches – Lesbian Vampyres from Outer Space     (‘Lesbian Vampyres from Outer Space’ 2002 UK)

 

the She Creatures – Hungry [Paul Revere and the Raiders cover]     (‘She Creatures Invade’ 2009 UK)

 

the Brood – I’ve Been Thinking [Riffs cover?]     (unreleased 1989 – from ‘Lost in Tyme Vol. 4’ magazine compilation 2008 Greece)

the Merry-Go-Round – Listen, Listen     (7”single 1967 USA)

Travis Wellington Hedge – Hey Bulldog [Beatles cover]   (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

the Twilights – Blue Roundabout     (‘Once Upon a Twilight’ LP 1968 Adelaide)

the Playboys – Theme from Dr No [James Bond soundtrack cover-composer disputed]     (‘The Playboys’ LP 1965 Aust.)

the Surfer Girls – Draggin’ Wagon     (7”single 1964 USA – from “Female Surf and Drag ’61-‘66” compilation)

Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs – Blue Day     (7”single 1964 Aust.)

Best Coast – When I’m with You     (‘Crazy For You’ 2009 USA)

Beach House – Norway     (‘Teen Dream’ 2010 USA)

 

All the Leaves Have Fallen – Because I could not stop for death     (demo 2012 Adelaide)

Ashram Poets – Are Friends Electric? [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Corpios’ 2012 Australia)

Almost Numan – Me, I Disconnect from You [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan: disc 1 – OFF’ 2011 Adelaide)

the Higher Elevation – The Diamond Mine     (from Dave Diamond’s radio show 1967 USA – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol.3’ compilation)

the Balloon Farm – A Question of Temperature     (7”single 1967 USA)

Adjeef the Poet – leek, I’m a Freak     (7”single 1967 Holland)

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

 

the Intercontinental Playboys – No Answers     (‘Hymns of the Flesh’ 2009 Australia)

Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime     (‘Warm Slime’ 2010 USA)     #

 

     #  “Band of the Month”