Technicolour Dreaming

This show leaned more towards garage than psych for a little while, compliments of lots of new goodies to play - Adelaide's The Systemaddicts kicked things off with their latest album, "Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor", followed by a couple of new releases from State Records, by The Embrooks (UK) and The Missing Souls (France), and squeezed in the middle was a track from Juliette Seizure and the Tremor Dolls debut long-player, "Chewing Out Your Rhythm on My Bubblegum." Somehow I managed to play THREE Tyrnaround tracks, twice from their classic 12" EP, as well as a cover of the title-track, "Colour Your Mind" by Vibravoid! And I musn't forget a selection from Sidewalk Society's new 4-track 7" EP, which is one of Fruits De Mer Records latest crop of releases - with more to be featured next week. Some "soon-to-be" releases from Heaters, Elkhorn and Drakkar Nowhere rounded out the show: luckily this entry didn't take as long to put together as the last one! Enjoy!

The Systemaddicts - Prison  ("Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Goldfrapp - Lovely Head  ("Felt Mountain" 2000 UK)

Tyrnaround - Carroll by Candlelight  ("Colour Your Mind" 12" EP 1986 Brisbane, Australia)

The Embrooks - Nightmare  (7" single 2016 UK)

Juliette Seizure and the Tremor Dolls - Self-Defeating Blues  ("Chewing Out Your Rhythm on My Bubblegum" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

The Missing Souls - The Alligator  (7" single 2016 Lyon, France)

The Chemistry Set - Albert Hoffman  ("The Endless More and More" LP 2016 UK/Spain)

Sidewalk Society - Can't Help Thinking About Me [David Bowie and The Lower Third]  (7" 4-track EP 2016 California, USA)

Ultravox! - ROckwrok  ("Ha!-Ha!-Ha!" LP 1977 UK)

The Spikes - Spy In My House  ("Colour In A Black Forest" LP 1986 Adelaide, Australia)

Elephant Stone - Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin  ("Elephant Stone" 2013 Montreal, Canada)

The Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen  (7" single 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

The Lovetones - The Colour and the Cut  ("Meditations" 2005 Melbourne, Australia)

The Liminanas - Longanisse  ("Crystal Anis" 2012 Perpignan, France)

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

Tyrnaround - Francis [Gary Walker]  ("Colour Your Mind" 12" EP 1986 Brisbane, Australia)

Fuzz - Let It Live  ("Fuzz II" 2015, Los Angeles, USA)

Drakkar Nowhere - Higher Now  ("Drakkar Nowhere" (to be released September 2016) New York, USA)

The Love Explosion - Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful  ("Movies in Your Mind" 2016 Leichardt, New South Wales, Australia)

Elkhorn - Seed  ("Elkhorn" (to be released August 2016) New York, USA)

Frantic Chant - Spellbound  ("Active Listener Sampler #42" 2016 Scotland, UK)
Opus 1 - Back Seat '38 Dodge  (7" single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Gilligan Smiles - Hopefully  ("Active Listener Sampler #42" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Heaters - Centennial  ("Baptistina" (to be released August 2016) Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA)

Vibravoid - Colour Your Mind [Tyrnaround]  ("Delirio Dei Sensi" 2014 Dusseldorf, Germany)

W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator  (7" single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Moonsicles - The Frozen Pond  ("Bay of Seething" 2016 Austin Texas)

Sir Robin and the Longbowmen - I Would Like  ("Sir Robin and the Longbowmen" 2016 Dresden, Germany)

Technicolour Dreaming

Well, we’re back!! After last week’s well-earned break, which would not have been possible without the invaluable assistance of Mellowscream’s Bryan, who concocted a splendid show in true, idiosyncratic Technicolour Dreaming style, the Cat and the Brat are back in the saddle, so to speak. Upon our return there were a few treats waiting for us in the post box, including a single from Moscow, courtesy of Russian band Mystic Brew, promo copies of upcoming releases by the UK’s wonderful Fruits de Mer label, including their lavish boxset of flexi-discs, “Postcards From The Deep”, and a fabulous EP by the Chemistry Set, a bunch of new State Records releases including the latest LP from Groovy Uncle direct from our Mole in Kent in the UK and, last but not least, our eagerly anticipated “splatter vinyl” copy of Balduin’s new “All in a Dream” album, all the way from Switzerland. And there must be something in that Alpine air, because our “Band of the Week” was also Swiss – Borderline Symphony – and we played selections from their back catalogue ranging from 2012’s “Ragazze con Pistole” LP, their current “EP1” release, and a track from current recording sessions which may appear on the next album, due for an early 2015 release... Borderline Symphony make fine, noir-ish, widescreen music, so please, check them out! Finally, as a nod to Halloween, we finished up with “Lake of Dracula”, a track from a single by the Intelligence, featuring Kelley Stoltz – you should check out the cover art... cats in space! So, until next week.....

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

the Association – Pandora’s Golden Heebie Jeebies      (“Renaissance” LP 1967 California, USA)

White Manna – Hassan      (“Come Down Safari” 2014 USA)

the Allah-Las – Buffalo Nickel      (“Worship the Sun” 2014 California, USA)

Groovy Uncle – Persuaded [vocal version]      (“Persuasion” LP 2014 Wales, UK)

Elephant Stone – Motherless Child [Love’s Not For War]      (“The Three Poisons” LP 2014 Montreal, Canada)

Galileo 7 – Don’t Follow Me      (“False Memory Lane” LP 2014 UK)

Icarus Peel – The Avengers’ Theme [Laurie Johnson cover]       (rec. 2014 UK – flexi-single from “Fruits de Mer presents ‘Postcards From The Deep’” flexi-disc boxset compilation 2014 UK)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Psychotic Reaction [Count Five cover]      (rec. 2014 USA – flexi-single from “Fruits de Mer presents ‘Postcards From The Deep’” flexi-disc boxset compilation 2014 UK)

Balduin – Autumn      (“All In A Dream” LP 2014 Switzerland)

Les Grys-Grys – Hot Gully Wind      (7”single 2014 France)

Eternal Tapestry – The Weird Stone      (“A World Out of Time” 2012 USA)

Les Limiñanas – Longanisse      (“Crystal Anis” 2012 France)

Mystic Brew – Don’t You Want to Stay      (7 single 2014 Russia)

Les Fleurs de Pavot – A Dégager      (“Les Fleurs de Pavot” LP 1968 France)

      ###   “Band of the Week” – Borderline Symphony   ###

Borderline Symphony – il Camaleonte       (“EP 1” 2014 Switzerland)

Borderline Symphony – Rifiutato      (demo 2014 Switzerland)

Borderline Symphony – Fiume d’oro       (“Ragazze con Pistole” 2012 Switzerland)

Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade – Frumpy [demo version]      (recorded 1999 UK – taken from “Retrospectoscope 1967-1970” faux-anthology 2008 UK)

the Turtles – Sound Asleep      (7”single 1968 California, USA)

the Chemistry Set – Elapsed Memories      (“Elapsed Memories” EP 2014 UK)

the Left Banke – Desiree      (7”single 1967 New York, USA)

My Expansive Awareness – Space      (“Uroboros” 2014 Zaragoza, Spain)

Sudden Death of Stars – Won’t You Try      (“All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown...” LP 2014 Brittany, France)

Apache Sun – Club Noir      (demo 2014 Scotland, UK)

Barry Crocker – Imitation World      (7”single b-side [to I’ll Catch The Sun] 1969 Australia – taken from “Upside Down – Coloured Dreams from the Underworld – Volume One : 1966-1970” compilation 2014 Australia/UK)

Morgen – Of Dreams      (7”single 1969 New York, USA)

the Tallifer Group – This Happening Feeling      (7”single 1968 Australia – taken from “Upside Down – Coloured Dreams from the Underworld – Volume One : 1966-1970” compilation 2014 Australia/UK)

the Intelligence with Kelley Stoltz – Lake of Dracula      (7”single b-side [to (They Found Me in the Back of) the Galaxy] 2012 California, USA)

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Technicolour Dreaming

Another assortment of the varied soundscape of psychedelia and associated oddities brought to you once again by the Cat and the Brat on Adelaide’s eclectic 3D Radio 93.7 “fmmmmm” [as we like to say!] There were new songs from Crystal Jacqueline & the Honey Pot and Bronco Bullfrog (courtesy of Keith at the wonderfully idiosyncratic Fruits de Mer label), as well as Temples, Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs, Graham Day & the Forefathers (thank you Mole from State Records!), Toy and les Limiñanas from their respective recent releases, plus a smattering of tracks taken from various compilations by the likes of Melbourne’s Dead Parties, Billy Nichols, the Tuneful Trolley and My Bloody Valentine and a whole bunch of others from various locales and eras – all in all, yet another episode of Technicolour Dreaming to enjoy, so until next week.....

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

the Laurels – Tidal Wave         (“Plains” 2012 Australia)

the Loose Enz – The Black Door         (7”single 1968 USA)

Dead Parties – In Dreams of Decadence         (7”single 2011 Melbourne, Australia – taken from “Psychedelica 5” compilation 2013 UK)

Morgen – Of Dreams         (7”single 1970 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Minotaur         (“Floating Coffin” 2013 USA)

Charlie Boyer and the Voyeurs – Wicked Annabella [Ray Davies cover]         (7”single b-side [to Evil Mothers] 2013 UK)

Graham Day and the Forefathers – Love Me Lies         (7”single 2014 UK)

the Cosmonauts – Cult Your Hair         (“Laserbeam” EP 2012 Scotland, UK)

Wire – The 15^th         (“154” LP 1979 UK)

My Bloody Valentine – Map. Ref. 41 N 93 W [Wire cover]         (“Whore: Various Artists Play Wire” compilation 1996 UK)

Dark Ocean Colours – When Both Our Worlds Collide         (“Close Enough To See” 2013 USA)

Toy – Frozen Atmosphere         (“Join the Dots” 2013 UK)

Espers – Another Moon Song         (“Espers III” 2009 Philadelphia, USA)

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

Bronco Bullfrog – Time Waits for Norman         (pre-release promo-CD of a 7”single 2014 UK)

the Small Faces – Here Comes the Nice [France-only alternative mono version]         (7”EP 1966 UK/France – taken from “Mojo: Small Faces & Friends” covermount-CD compilation 2014 UK)

Procul Harum – Homburg         (7”single 1967 UK)

les Limiñanas – Alicante         (“Costa Blanca” 2013 France)

Eric Ghardin – Amour limité zéro      (7”single 1967 France)

East Village – Here It Comes         (“Drop Out” LP 1992 London, UK – taken from 7”single b-side [to Circles] re-issue 2013 UK)

the Tuneful Trolley – Hello Love         (“Island in the Sky” LP 1968 New York, USA – taken from “Book A Trip 2”  compilation 2013 USA)

Serge Gainsbourg – Initials BB       ("Mr. Gainsbourg" EP 1967 France)

Ian Brown – The Gravy Train      (“Music of the Spheres” 2001 UK)

Crystal Jacqueline & the Honeypot – Too Much to Dream [Electric Prunes cover]      (pre-release promo-CD of double-7” EP 2014 Wales, UK)

Billy Nichols – Girl from New York      (“Would You Believe” LP 1968 UK – taken from “Mojo: Small Faces & Friends” covermount-CD compilation 2014 UK)

Serena Maneesh – Your Blood In Mine      (“Serena Maneesh” 2006 Norway)