Technicolour Dreaming

We began this week’s edition with a tribute to the late Ian McLagan, keyboard-player extraordinaire with the Small Faces, and, later, the Faces.... plus appearing on a plethora of other bands’ records as an ‘in-demand’ sessioneer and playing ‘live’ until now, being about to tour with Nick Lowe. I was fortunate enough to see him play with the Small Faces during their notorious Australian tour with the Who... it was one of the first concerts I went to and, as a piano-player myself, his commanding style certainly made a big impression!  A brilliant career – he will be missed! We continued our 60’s venture for a while with the Twilights and Ultimate Spinach, plus a great version of the “Avengers’ Theme” by Icarus Peel, before returning to present day Adelaide with the Archers and then veering off into our usual forage through the world of psychedelia and associated obscurities. Towards the end of the show we featured King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard as our “Band of the Week”... they are a great band whose career we have followed since the early days in Geelong until their recent successes in Europe and the UK, where they have been signed by the prestigious “Heavenly” label for the release of their much-anticipated new album. Good on ‘em!! We finished with Brittany psychedelecists Sudden Death of Stars whose latest album rewards with each listening – a gem, and certainly a contender for our “releases of 2014” list. Until next week then.....

..... here is the playlist, with some attendant visuals.....

the Small Faces - Afterglow [of your love]      ("Odgen's Nut Gone Flake" LP 1967 UK)

Icarus Peel - The Avengers’ Theme [John Barry cover]      ("Postcards from the Deep" flexi-disc box-set 2014 UK)

the Twilights  - Devendra      ("Once Upon a Twilight" LP 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Ultimate Spinach - (Ballad of) the Hip Death Goddess      ("Ultimate Spinach" LP 1968 Boston, USA)

the Archers - Nobodies       (digital single 2013 Adelaide – taken from "Going Steady Mixtape # 4 – Hillside Fest" compilation  2014 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dandelion - On a June Morning      (rec. 2014 Sydney – taken from "Going Steady Mixtape # 5 – Sydney Psych Fest" compilation 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Slight - Spirit School      (7"single 2104 Quebec, Canada)

Beaulieu Porch -  Carmelite Divine    (7"single [b-side to Golden Face] 2014 UK)

Allah-Las - Buffalo Nickel      ("Worship the Sun" 2014 LA, USA)

the Black Angels - Indigo Meadow      ("Live in San Francisco 2013" EP 2014 Austin, Texas USA)

Jouis - All That Is and Is One      ("Dojo" LP 2014 UK)

Rick Nelson - Marshmallow Skies      ("Another Side of Rick" LP 1967 USA)

Del Shannon - I Think I Love You      ("The Further Adventures of Charles Westover" LP 1968 USA)

the Byrds - Change Is Now      ("The Notorious Byrd Brothers"  1968 Los Angeles, USA)

the Paperhead - Eye for Eye      ("Africa Avenue"  2014 USA)

Soft Hearted Scientists - The Up and Downs      ("The Slow Cyclone"  2014 Wales, UK)

Quilt - I Sleep In Nature      ("Held in Splendour"  2014 USA)

Halasan Bazar - Am I Blind     ("Space Junk"  2013 Denmark)

Christine Pilzer - Champs Elysees     (“Cafe Creme" EP 1967 France)

Delphine - Le Fermeture Eclair [cover of "In the Past" by We the People]     (7”single 1967 Belgium)

Thee Oh Sees - Penetrating Eye      (“Drop” 2014 USA)

Singapore Sling - Godman      (“The Curse of Singapore Sling” 2010 Iceland)

Vibravoid - Do It Alright      (“Mind Drugs”  2011 Dusseldorf, Germany – taken from “Fruits de MerRecords : Friends of the Fish” compilation 2014 UK)

   ###   “Band of the Week”   King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard  ###

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Dust in the Wind/Guns and Horses   ("Eyes Like the Sky" 2013 Geelong, Australia)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - 30 past 7    ("Float Along – Fill Your Lungs" 2013 Australia)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Crying      ("Oddments"  2014 Australia)

Sudden Death of Stars - The Void       ("All Unrevealed parts of the Unknown..." 2014 Brittany, France)

Technicolour Dreaming

harry here. You may remember me from such 3D Radio shows as the SoundLounge and TOP 20+1 or from my current show Audiophile on Fridays 2-4pm. This week however, I’ve donned paisley from my audio wardrobe to curate Technicolour Dreaming for the Cat & the Brat in their absence.....

..... so here is the playlist, with visual aids..... ENJOY!

the Small Faces – Here Come the Nice        (7”single 1967 London, UK)

the Murlocs – Occupied         (“The Murlocs” 2014 Geelong, Australia)

Traffic – Rock and Roll Stew         (“The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys” LP 1971 UK)

Canned Heat – Sic ‘Em Pigs         (7”single b-side [to Poor Moon] 1969 – taken from “Creative Outlaws – US Underground 1962-1970” compilation 2006 Germany)

Thee Oh Sees – Tidal Wave      (7”single 2009 USA – taken from “Singles Volumes 1+2” anthology 2011 USA)

Blue Cheer – Summertime Blues      (“Vincibus Eruptum” LP 1968 USA)

Horror My Friend – Nothing      (digital-single 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Sky Saxon – Cracking Ice      (“Red Planet” 2004 USA)

Frowning Clouds – Beetle Bird      (“Whereabouts” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Yardbirds – Shapes of Things      (7”single 1966 UK)

Kahvas Jute – Free      (“Wide Open” LP 1971 Australia)

 

the Barbarellatones – Song for Siddhartha      (“Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute” 2011 USA)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Someplace Else Unknown      (“Who Killed Sgt Pepper?”  2010 USA)

Shocking Blue – Acka Raga      (“At Home” LP 1969 Netherlands)

 

Dieselwitch – UFO Surf      (“Surfadelica” 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

Ava Torch – Big Bang         (“love blood cum” 2014 Sydney, Australia)

Zoot Money – Soma          (“Transition” LP 1968 UK)

Moon Duo – Motorcycle, I Love You      (“Escape” EP 2010 San Francisco, USA)

the Warlocks – Silver & Plastic      (“Skull Worship” 2013 USA)

Pearls Before Swine – Uncle John      (“One Nation Underground” LP 1967 USA)

the Long Ryders – And She Rides      (“10-5-60” EP 1983 USA)

the Dukes of Stratosphear – 25 O’Clock      (“25 O’Clock” mini-LP 1985 UK)

the Posies – Apology      (“Dear 23” LP 1990 USA)

Arthur Brown – Speaknotech      (“Speaknotech” LP 1982 UK)

the Lost & Found – I’m So Hip to Pain      (“Forever Lasting Plastic Words” LP 1968 Texas, USA)

the Chateaux – Reference Man [Part 1]      (7”single 1968 North Dakota, USA – taken from “30 Seconds Before The Calico Wall” compilation 1995 USA)

the Raveonettes – The End [Doors cover]      (“A Psych Tribute to the Doors” compilation 2013 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

This week the Cat & the Brat curated the annual RADIOTHON (extended) edition of Technicolour Dreaming and we would like to thank the many listeners and bands who have subscribed to this fine station, helping to keep 3D Radio (and us!) on-air to play music you won’t hear anywhere else in this city (and indeed few places elsewhere!) and to expose and promote local and Australian music to the wider world, whether it be the latest releases or almost-forgotten 60’s singles, and all stops in between. Apropos of this, we played new tracks from Melbourne’s Pony Face, Perth’s Tame Impala off-shoot Pond and the soon-to-be-released EP by the Dunes, 60’s singles by the Loved Ones, Chris Malcolm, the Purple Hearts and the final release by the Twilights, throwing in 80’s Adelaide icons Toyland and the Spikes, an early brillig album track and a couple of surf instrumentals by Slingshot Dragster and DieselWitch along the way. Casting our net wider, we also played tracks from new releases by Sleepy Suns, Ty Segall and Asteroid No 4, as well as a ‘promo-teaser’ from the Galileo 7, (featuring Medway legend Allan Crockford of the Prisoners, Thee Headcoats etc) from their debut LP, due for release in September on State Records – the cover is worth the price alone! (check it out at  http://thegalileo7.fourfour.com/home  ) Finally, after two and a half hours of music plus Radiothon messages and giveaways, we ended the show with a song from the brilliant Baterz, our current “Artiste of the Month”..... and don’t forget, it’s not too late to subscribe to 3D Radio (and go into the prize draw!) – just go to  http://threedradio.com  for details!

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

the Small Faces – Here Comes the Nice     (7”single 1967 UK)

Chris Malcolm – Hurt, Love & Fire     (7”single b-side [to Trip on Life] 1968 Australia)

Go-Go Sapien – Celebrities Are Your Gods Now     (‘This Body Is Wrong For Us’ 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

Pony Face – Alabama     (‘Hypnotised’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Dunes – Transition     (‘Between Midnight and Dawn’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ride Into The Sun – Drown Your Soul     (‘Rats, Thieves & Liars’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Decoys – It’s All Mine     (‘It’s All Mine’ EP 2009 UK – taken from ‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 UK)

Mondo Phase Band – Equaliser     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘DepthCharge 11 : 3D Radio Compilation of Adelaide Bands 2012’)

Pond – Leisure Pony     (‘Beards, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Tame Impala – I Don’t Really Mind     (‘Innerspeaker’ 2011 Aust.)

Jay Walker & the Pedestrians – Purple, Black & Blue     (‘The Rise & Decline of the Sun’ EP 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Purple Hearts – Early in the Morning     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Loved Ones – the Loved One     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Brat Farrar – Punk Records     (‘Brat Farrar’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Gels – Ballroom Blitz [Sweet cover]     (‘Ballroom Blitz’ EP 2004 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ty Segall & White Fence – I am Not a Game     (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Sleepy Suns – Martyrs Mantra     (‘Spine Hits’ 2012 UK)

Luke Haines – Peter Hammill     (‘21^st Century Man’ 2010 UK)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 Australia/UK)

Dark Ocean Colors – Crashing the Sky     (‘Dark Ocean Colors’ 2011 USA)

the Galileo 7 – The Only One You’re Hurting (Is You)     (pre-release from ‘Staring at the Sound’ LP 2012 UK)

Asteroid No 4 – Hail to the Clear Figurine     (‘Hail to the Clear Figurine’ 2012 USA)

 Paul McCartney & Wings – Spirits of Ancient Egypt     (‘Venus and Mars’ LP 1975 UK)

 the Gothic Archies – This Abyss     (‘The Tragic Treasury : Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

the Morning Light – Someday     (‘Otis’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Toyland – Glad To Be Australian      (‘Toyland’ 12” EP 1984 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1967 France)

Almost Numan – Me I Disconnect From You [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

brillig – Pterodactyls     (‘Pterodactyls’ 2003 Adelaide, Aust.)

Barry Adamson – 007: a Fantasy Bond Theme     (‘Cinema is King’ EP 1992 UK – taken from ‘the Murky World of Barry Adamson’ anthology 1999) 

Davie Allan & the Arrows – Experiment in Terror [Henry Mancini cover]      (‘Shots in the Dark’ compilation 1996 USA)

DieselWitch – UFO Surf     (‘Surfadelica’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slingshot Dragster – Stoli Chaser [Tremelo Beergut cover]      (demo 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Spikes – She’s Melting     (7”single 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Moodists – Frankie’s Negative     (‘Thirsty’s Calling’ LP 1984 Aust.)

Riders of the Mark – The Electronic Insides and Metal Complexion that Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg      (7”single 1967 USA)

the Twilights – Tell Me Goodbye     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Baterz – Zombie Girl     (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Baterz for Beginners’ anthology bonus CD with ‘Great Big Squiddy Fun’ tribute compilation 2009 Australia)    #

 #    “Artiste of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

This week, it was a Brat alone on Technicolour Dreaming. But the sounds remained the same... 60’s Australian pop, garage and psych, new releases from cool Adelaide bands such as brillig and the Sea Thieves, plus a sprinkling of favourites like Joy Zipper, Kelley Stoltz and Death In June. Also, responding to requests, I played the whole of the 2^nd side of the “Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake” album by the Small Faces from 1968, the ‘Happiness Stan’ saga, with narration by Stanley Unwin intertwined with its songs. And of course, I finished with the penultimate ‘Monkees Song of the Week’...

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

Cheap Trick – Magical Mystery Tour (the Greatest Hits)

the Small Faces – Happiness Stan [suite] (Ogdens Nut Gone Flake LP 1968 UK)

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

the Vegetable Garden – Even Stevens (7”single 1968 Perth Aust.)

the Playboys – Black Sheep RIP (1967 demo on ‘Datura Dreamtime’ compilation, Aust.)

the Easybeats – She’s So Fine (7”single 1965 Australia)

brillig – The Hearse Song (CD single 2011 Adelaide)

All The Leaves Have Fallen – Sic Itur Ad Astra (demo 2011 Adelaide)

the Sea Thieves – Focus the Stars (They Will Run)

Death In June – Free Tibet (demo 2005 Adelaide/UK)

the Molting Vultures – Orange Shadows (Drop In & Go)

Kamikaze – ‘Lil Red Riding Hood (pre-release 2011 Adelaide)

Kelley Stoltz – Pinecones (To Dreamers)

Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign (Bandwagonesque)

the Black Angels – Haunting at 1200 McKinley (Phosphene Dream)

Joy Zipper – Xmas Song (7”single 2005 US)

the Yardbirds – Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (7”single 1966 UK)

the Loons – If you could read your mind (7”split-single [with Clinic] 2011 US)

the Monkees – You just may be the one (Monkees’ Music Box) *

* ‘the Monkees Song of the Week’