Technicolour Dreaming

Well, this is the 350th post on The Cat and The Brat blog, which has been going since January 2011, with early posts only consisting of a playlist, but gradually with video clips, and full release details being added along the way. Except for the short period when the Brat was unable to do the show, and until my return to radio after his passing, the Brat and I posted every week since that first attempt, with co-hosts Michael Hunter and Harry keeping things going when I've had to take a rare week off.

My silent current co-host, Harry, seems to have an uncanny knack of picking tracks for the second half of the show, that I was intending to play the following week, making my job all the trickier, but increasing your listening pleasure! It's always interesting to see what Harry will come up with (Harry doesn't like pronouncing French and Swedish track names, hence the silence)...but I digress... anyway, here is the playlist for this week's show - and enjoy your Easter break, if you get one!

Tara King th - Il en aura du temps  ("Hirondelle Et Beretta" 2013 France)

Tara King th - Pretty Mess  ("Extravagant, Grotesque and Nonchalant" 2008 France)

Sky Picnic - 14 Hour Technicolour Dream [The Syn]  ("Active Listener: Nuggets II Revisited" 2015 Brooklyn, New York USA)
Sudden Death of Stars - Why Won't You Try  ("All Unrevealed Parts Of The Unknown" 2014 Brittany, France)

Sultan Bathery - Fog  ("Manimal-Lingam" 7" EP 2012 Vicenza, Italy)

Paul Roland - Born in the 60's  ("Bitter and Twisted" 2015 UK)

The Buzzcocks - Autonomy  ("Another Music in a Different Kitchen" 1978 Manchester, UK)

Jerome and the Psychics - No Stone Unturned  ("Money Is Violence" 2014 Brazil/Nashville, USA) 

The Citradels - Getting Bloody with the Virgin Mary  ("Are They Still Here?" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Sir Psych - Out There  ("The Sir" 2013 Los Angeles, California USA)

Frequent Seahorse - The Rabbitman Show  ("For Mu(sic) Lovers" 2006 Adelaide, Australia)

The Honey Pot  - White Rabbit [Jefferson Airplane]  ("The Honey Pot Live in London" 2016 UK)

The Moving Sidewalks - I Wanna Hold Your Hand (7" single 1968 Houston, Texas USA)

The Loose Enz - The Black Door  (7" single 1968 York, Pennsylvania USA)

Ron Wray Light Show - Speed (7" single 1970 USA)

The Besnard Lakes - Towers Sent Her To Sheets of Sound ("A Coliseum Complex Museum" 2016 Montreal, Canada)

Mt Mountain - FX-My Love  ("Mt Mountain" EP 2014 Perth, Australia)

The Red Crayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane  ("The Parable of Arable Land" LP 1967 Houston, Texas USA)

School of Seven Bells - Wired for Light  ("Alpinisms" 2008 New York USA)

Thee Wylde Oscars - All For Naught  ("Right, Yeah" 2010 Melbourne, Australia)

The Black Hollies - Bruised Tangerines  ("Casting Shadows" 2008 New Jersey, USA)

Syd Barrett - Octopus  (7" single 1969 Cambridge, UK)

Richard In Your Mind - Tear Filled Ocean  ("Sun" 2011 Sydney, Australia)

The Wylde Mammoths - Help That Girl  ("Help That Girl" 7" EP 1988 Stockholm, Sweden)

Esko Affair - Morning Dull Fires  (7" single [b-side to "Salt and Pepper"] 1968 Philadelphia, USA)

The Shag - Stop and Listen (7" single 1967 Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA)

The Golden Dawn - Starvation  ("Power Plant" LP 1968 Austin, Texas USA)

Azitis - The Prophet  ("Help" LP 1971 Sacramento, California USA)

Eric Burdon and the Animals - Coloured Rain  ("Love Is" LP 1968 UK)

And an extra clip that I thought I'd throw in - Tara King th's "It's Hard To Be A Cat" Indeed.

Technicolour Dreaming

The first few songs played this week showed the way for the following two hours – a mix featuring a fair smattering of 80’s oddities and faves such as the Leopards and the Prisoners, some 60’s goodness from, for example, Australia’s Oak Apple Day and the Looking Glasses, seasoned with a plethora of recent tunes from the likes of Switzerland’s Balduin, Wheat Fields, Sky Picnic and the Red Plastic Buddha to name but a few. Then there was our “Band of the Week” ... the Hollies are too often dismissed as an “oldies radio staple” while the duration, variety and sheer brilliance of their 60’s output is ignored... along with the Beach Boys they were THE supreme harmonisers and, like the Beatles, seemed able to keep effortlessly throwing out pop masterpieces - so yes, we salute the Hollies! So, until next week, let’s all ponder the Vanilla Fudge’s timeless query – “Where Is My Mind?”......

..... here is the playlist, with a few diverting images while you ponder.....

Permanent Clear Light – Higher Than the Sun      (“Beyond These Things” 2013 Finland)

the Leopards – Psychedelic Boy      (“Magic Still Exists” LP 1987 USA)

Oak Apple Day plus the Deadly Pair – Moonshot      (7”single b-side [to Let’s Do It On The Moon] 1969 Australia)

Red Plastic Buddha – She’s an Alien      (“Songs For Mara” 2014 Chicago, USA)

Ultravox! – Hiroshima Mon Amour      (“Ha! Ha ! Ha !” LP 1977 UK)

the Church – Silver Machine [Hawkwind cover]      (“Box of Birds” 1999 Australia)

 

the Luck of Eden Hall – Sassafras Overcoat      (“Victoria Moon” LP 2014 Chicago, USA)

the Sunchymes – S S Serene      (“Let Your Free Flag Fly” 2012 UK)

the Greek Theatre – Frozen Highway      (“Lost Out At Sea” 2013 Sweden)

the Looking Glasses – Visions      (7”single 1967 USA)

Elephant Stone – Into The Great Wide Open [Tom Petty cover]      (“Acid Killed My Rock’n’Roll” anthology 2013 Canada/USA)

Wheat Fields – Saturnalia      (“Saturnalia” EP 2013 Sydney, Australia)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Brother Sister      (“The Bethesda” EP 2004 Wales, UK)

***    BAND OF THE WEEK    –   the Hollies    ***

the Hollies – Leave Me      (“Evolution” LP 1967 UK)

the Hollies – King Midas In Reverse      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Hollies – Dear Eloise      (“Butterfly” LP 1967 UK)

Balduin – Everything      (“Post From Mars” 2014 Switzerland)

 

the Unknowns – Not My Memory      (“Dream Sequence” LP 1981 Los Angeles, USA)

the Prisoners – Far Away       (“thewisermiserdemelza” LP 1983 Medway, UK)

Chapter V1 – Fear      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Dentists – Strawberries are Growing in my Garden [and it’s Winter-time]      (7”single 1985 UK)

Quilt – Cowboys in the Void      (“Quilt” 2012 USA)

Sky Picnic – Where the Memories Stirred [Lady Juniper]      (“Her Dawn Wardrobe” LP 2014 USA)

the Fast Camels – Ken’s Sad Vice      (“Deadrooms and Butterfly Dreams” 2014 Scotland, UK)

   

  

the Vanilla Fudge – Where Is My Mind      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Vanilla Fudge: the Complete ATCO Singles” anthology 2014 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

There were plenty of recent, new and soon-to-be-released songs featured on this edition of the show from the likes of Temples, Fogbound, the Luck of Eden Hall and Vintage Cucumber, as well as local releases by Black Coral and  Bubonic Babe, plus the usual plethora of tracks from the past, this week ranging from the 60’s psychedelic beat of the Netherlands’ Mother’s Love, the Standells and C.A.Quintet, the ‘exploito’ sitar sounds of Rajput & the Sepoy Mutiny, on to local punk legends, the U-Bombs, and up to Italy’s Strange Flowers, Russia’s Mystic Brew and Canada’s Sheepman, amongst others. But the primary feature this week was the up-coming series of releases from UK vinyl record label Fruits de Mer which are due out in March. Especially grabbing our immediate attention [apart from inspirational mottoes such as “a smile, a song and a nice piece of cod”!] were the brilliant version of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” by Welsh band the Honey Pot, Schizo Fun Addict’s intriguing take on the theme from 70’s Italian horror movie “Suspiria”, originally done by Goblin, and a new interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky” by Swedish duo, Us & Them... But fear not, dear listeners, for we shall be bringing you more cool sounds from these fine artyfacts over the coming weeks, so until next time....

..... here is the playlist plus some visual treats.....

Fogbound – Whispering  Corridors       (demo 2013 Spain)

Vintage Cucumber – Das Mönchsgebrabbel        (“Yoki Style” 2013 Berlin, Germany)

the Strange Flowers – Please When You Come         (“The Imaginary Space Travel of the Naked Monkeys” 2007 Italy)

Mother’s Love – Saint Without Glory         (“Take One” LP 1968 Netherlands)

Black Coral – Swollen         (demo  2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Los Zooms – Algo Mas        (7” single 1968 Spain)

the U-Bombs – (What’s) Your Problem?         (7” single b-side [to Give Me a Medal] 1978 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Stained Glass – If I Needed Someone         (7” single 1966 USA – taken from “A Scene In-Between 1965-1967” anthology 2013 UK)

Sky Picnic – Abbie’s Bike Ride         (“Farther in this Fairytale” LP 2010 USA)

the Standells – All Fall Down         (“Try It” LP 1967 California, USA)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Sit With The Guru [2011 version]        (“Wake Up Where You Are” LP 2012 USA)

Permanent Clear Light – And the Skies Will Fall         (demo 2012 Finland)

Rajput and the Sepoy Mutiny – Do It With Flowers         (“Flower Power Sitar” LP 1967 USA)

Bubonic Babe – Jibber Jabber Jill          (“Jubilant Kiss” LP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Mystic Brew – Your Reality         (7” single 2014 Russia)

Dark Ocean Colours – My Barbara Closed the Doors         (“Dark Ocean Colours” 2011 USA)

 

the Luck of Eden Hall – Super Phantasmal Heroine         (“Victoria Moon” 2014 Chicago, USA)

Ringo Deathstarr – Rip         (“Mauve” 2012 Texas, USA)

Temples – Sun Structures         (“Sun Structures” 2014 UK)

Fairfield Parlour – Free         (recorded live on ‘Top Gear’ BBC Radio 1970 London, UK – taken from “Please Listen to the Pictures” compilation 2003 UK)

Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade – Mary Jane         (“Retrospectoscope 1966-1970” faux-anthology 2009 UK)

Gary Walker and the Rain – Francis         (“Album No. 1” LP 1968 UK/Japan)

CA Quintet – Doctor of Philosophy         (7” single b-side [to Smooth As Silk] 1968 USA)

Lothar and the Hand People – Machines         (“Presenting ... Lothar and the Hand People” LP 1968 USA)

Sheepman – Chetwynd         (7” split EP 2014 Halifax, Canada)

Us and Them – Jabberwocky [Lewis Carroll/Donovan cover]         (7” single b-side [to By the Time it Gets Dark] 2014 Sweden)

Schizo Fun Addict – Theme from “Suspiria” [Goblin cover]         (7” single 2014 USA)

Bronco Bullfrog – Listen to the Sky [Sands cover]         (7” single b-side [to Time waits for Norman] 2014 UK)

Crystal Jacqueline and The Honey Pot – White Rabbit [Grace Slick cover]        (double-7” EP 2014 Wales, UK)

Schnauser – As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still [Soft Machine cover]         (7” single b-side [to Astral Traveller] 2014 Bristol, UK)

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)