Three D Radio announcer, Megan Cat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat) lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula.
Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs on Three D Radio 93.7fm
, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station.
Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming" , watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage,
surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Technicolour Dreaming



Apologies for the late posting and abbreviated introduction ..... does “technical difficulties” strike a chord?  Perhaps more of a dis-chord!?  Anyway, this week we ventured into New Zealand’s golden era of psychedelia, which ran far longer than elsewhere, going  from about 1966 through to the early 1970’s, with a supportive industry  of small studios recording this output on vinyl, with most being distributed a large company, EMI and preserved for posterity.  Hence the large number of bands and songs from all over New Zealand to be found in the on-going “A Day In My Mind’s Mind” compilation series which we featured as our “Compilation of the Week”. Of course we also played our usual selection of old and new from around the world for your edification... so, barring any further technical problems, we’ll join you again next week, whilst in the meantime.....

..... here is the playlist, complete with visual aids.....

Sun Dial - Plains of Nazca      ("Other Way Out" LP 1990 UK)


Sonny and the Sunsets - Green Blood      ("Antenna to the Afterworld" 2013 San Francisco, USA)


the Fast Camels - Der Nazi Tea     ("The Magic Optician" 2007 Scotland, UK)


Schnauser - Walking Stick & Cat      ("Where Business Meets Fashion" 2013 Wales, UK)
Johnny Young - Every Christian Lionhearted Man Will Show You [Bee Gees cover]      ("Surprises" LP 1968 Australia)
the Striped Bananas - Lady Sunshine      ("Lady Sunshine" 2013 Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)
Dickens - Genocide      ( "Royal Incarnation" LP 1969 France)
Jim Noir - The Ancoats Dream      ("Finnish Line" 2014 Scotland UK)
the Luck of Eden Hall - The Crystal Ship (Doors cover)      ("The Luck of Eden Hall" EP 2012 Chicago, USA)


Diane Coffee - WWWoman      ("My Friend Fish" 2013 USA)
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Don't Do It      ("Revolution Zero" EP 2013 USA)
Salvadarlings - Beta Swan     (digital single 2014 Brisbane, Australia – taken from "Going Steady Records Mixtape #5" compilation 2014 Adelaide, Australia)


Mordecai Smyth - Georgina Jones      (7"single 2012 UK)


The Third Party - Russian Spy and I       (7"single b-side [to Now It's Time] 1967 Adelaide, Australia)
The Sunsets - Hot Generation     (7"single 1967 Australia)
Judy Carne - Sock It To Me (7"single 1968 USA)


    #  “Compilation of the Week” 
         "A Day In My Mind's Mind Volumes 1-4   #

Human Instinct - A Day in My Mind's Mind      (7"single 1967 New Zealand – taken from "A Day In My Mind's Mind Vol. 1" compilation 2005 NZ)


Timberjack Donaghue - Dahli Mohammed      (7"single 1972 NZtaken from "A Day In My Mind's Mind, Vol. 2 - Fantasies, Polka Dots & Flowers" compilation 2008 NZ)


Ray Columbus and the Art Collection - Snap, Crackle, Pop      (recorded 1968 USA, released on a 7" EP 1993 NZ – taken from "A Day In My Mind's Mind, Vol. 3 - Spinning Spinning Spinning" compilation 2008 NZ)
Lew Pryme - Gracious Lady (Alice Dee)      (7"single 1972 NZtaken from "A Day In My Mind's Mind, Vol. 4 - Hurt, Love and Fire" compilation 2014 NZ)


Aether Beach - The Same Things      ("Aether Beach" EP 2014 Sydney, Australia)
El Goodo - Stuck in the 60's      ("El Goodo" 2006 UK)
Singapore Sling - You Drive Me Insane      ("Tower of Foronicity" 2014 Iceland")


the Koobas - Barricades      ("Koobas" LP 1969 UK)
Brian Eno - Driving Me Backwards      ("Here Come the Warm Jets" LP 1974 UK)



Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Technicolour Dreaming


The psych-pop classic “We Love You” by the Rolling Stones, with Brian Jones on mellotron and Lennon & McCartney on backing vocals, began today’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming, while, with ‘The Seeker’ from their debut EP, the Sunnyboys, in their last appearance as our “band of the month”, finished it. In between, we played a cut from the soon-to-be-released debut album by the Laurels, recent releases from bands such as Thee American Revolution, Love Parade and Them Plasms, a song from a Brian Eno’s ‘Another Green World’, a track from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album featuring his first recorded duet with Linda, a version of “The Saint” theme by a UK band found on a compilation of instrumentals supposedly from behind ‘the Iron Curtain’ [?], a Ray Davies song given the Redd Kross treatment, the brilliantly-named ‘Krome Plated Yabby1967 single from Australia’s own Wild Cherries and the Count Five’s ‘Psychotic Reaction’, plus much more... all brought to you once more by the Cat & the Brat on 3D Radio 93.7fm.....
..... and here is the full play-list.....
the Rolling Stones – We Love You     (7”single 1967 UK)
the Laurels – Glacier     (‘Plains’ 2012 Australia)
Ride Into The Sun – New Sunday     (demo version 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)
Love Parade – Like Lovers Do     (CD single 2012 Perth, Aust.)
Redd Kross – Fancy [Ray Davies cover]     (‘Lady in the Front Row’ CDsingle b-side 1993 USA)
Thee Oh Sees – Crushed Grass      (‘The Dream’ EP 2011 California, USA)
Them Plasms – Australian of the Year      (7”split-single [with the Hootenannies – Perth] 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)
the Headset – Action Man     (‘Antipodean Screams Vol.1’ compilation 2003 Aust.)
the Molting Vultures – Morning Sun     (‘Get On Board’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)
Eno – Sky Saw     (‘Another Green World’ 1975 UK)
Paul McCartney – Man We Was Lonely     (‘McCartney’ 1970 UK)
Jim White – All Together Now [Beatles cover]     (‘Mojo : Yellow Submarine Resurfaces’ comp. 2012 UK/USA)
Sonny & the Sunsets – I See The Void     (‘Long-time Companion’ 2012 California, USA)
Arbouretum – Another Hiding Place     (‘Song of the Pearl' 2009 USA)
Hush Arbors – Fast Asleep     (‘Yankee Reality’ 2009 USA)
White Denim – Mirrored & Reverse     (‘Fits’ 2009 USA)
the Sand Pebbles – Occupied Europe (take me across the water)     (‘Dark Magic’ 2011 Aust.)
the Count Five – Psychotic Reaction      (7”single 1966 California, USA)
the Wild Cherries – Krome Plated Yabby     (7’single 1967 Aust.)
the Apricot – In Slower Motion     (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2011 Norway)
Inside Looking Out – Morning Sun     (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)
Thee American Revolution – Grit Magazine     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)
the Eliminators – The Saint [TV-theme cover]    ("Guitars & Percussion" LP 1966 UK – taken from ‘Planetary Pebbles Vol.1 : Surfbeat Behind The Iron Curtain’ comp. 1997)
the Sunnyboys – The Seeker     (‘Sunnyboys’ EP 1980 Sydney, Aust.)  #
      # “Band of the Month”