Technicolour Dreaming

It’s the final show for 2013 and it was on New Year’s Eve, so it was appropriate we wrapped up our series of “Favourites of the Year” with what was certainly a highlight of 2013 – the new Wooden Shjips LP. Before we got there though, there was a plethora of other faves to be played, though of course some slipped through the cracks and these will no doubt ooze into our early 2014 shows! Anyway, we hope you all have a great New Year – one that promises to build on the growing eruption of excellent psychedelia that seems to be overtaking us... 2014 should hold some very intriguing new music! So, without further ado.....

..... here is the playlist plus a bunch of eye-candy to enjoy.....

Sundial – She’s Looking All Around      (“Other Way Out” LP 1990 UK)

Me & My Kites – Isis’ Adventure      (7”single b-side [to The Band] 2013 UK)

Brenton Manser – Dogged Old Joy      (“The Edge of Forgiveness” 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Easybeats – Amanda Storey      (recorded 1968, unreleased – taken from “The Definitive Anthology” 2-CD box 2003 Australia)

the Sufis – I’ll Come to See You      (“Inventions” 2013 Nashville, USA)

Plastic Penny – Give Me Money      (“Currency” LP 1969 UK)

the Seeds – Mr Farmer      (“A Web of Sound” LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Corey – Come On, Let’s Go      (7”single b-side [to Is It Really Really Real?] 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Peter Sarstedt – Mary Jane      (“Peter Sarstedt” LP 1969 UK)

Montero – My World Fell Down [Sagittarius/Ivy League cover]      (“Nuggets : Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era” compilation 2013 Australia)

Sendelica – Set the Controls for the Heart of the Buddha      (“The Kaleidoscopic Kat And It’s Autoscopic Ego” 2013 Wales, UK)

Temples – Mesmerise      (pre-release from forth-coming “Sun Structures” LP 2014 UK)

the Hidden Masters – Last Days of the Sun      (“Of This & Other Worlds” 2013 UK)

the Lovetones – Was I There In Your Future?      (“Meditations” 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

Kaleidoscope – Flight From Ashiya       (7”single 1967 UK)

France Gall – Teenie Weenie Boppie      (“Teenie Weenie Boppie” EP 1967 France)

the Mynd Gardeners – Misinterpreted      (split-EP [with the Stanleys] 2013 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – Lost At Sea [a love song]      (“Ride Into The Sun” LP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Black Angels – The Day      (“Indigo Meadow” 2013 Texas, USA)

Warm Soda – Waiting For The Man [Velvet Underground cover]      (“The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records and Friends” tribute compilation LP 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Crystal Stilts – Future Folklore      (“Nature Noir” 2013 USA)

Fuzz – Sunderberry Dream      (7”single 2013 USA)

the Monkees – Mary, Mary      (“More of the Monkees” LP 1966 USA)

Kak – Rain      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “The Gathering of the Tribes” compilation boxset 2013)

the Dandelion – Here Comes Love      (“Strange Case of the Dandelion” 2013 Australia)

Espers – Blue Mountain [Michael Hurley cover]      (“The Weed Tree” EP 2004 USA)

Olly Holmes – Mercedes Benz [trad. cover]      (“Whiskey Barrel” EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Warlocks – Dead Generation      (“Skull Worship” 2013 USA)

Wooden Shjips – Ghouls      (“Back to Land” 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat & the Brat again brought a mixture of genres and eras to the airwaves this week, including, of course, some diverse psychedelia from the likes of the Rainbow Ffolly, Sundial, Jacco Gardner and Beaulieu Porch, power pop from the Knickerbockers  and Adelaide’s own Arch Menaces, plus some 70’s German bands such as Gila and Electric Sandwich. There were a bunch of singles, primarily b-sides, from Paul Jones, the Syn, the Market Squares and more – slabs of vinyl genius. We have included amongst the clips we chose this week, Part 1 of “The Modern Antiquarian” doco by ‘arch-druid’ Julian Cope – the other parts are linked to this one – as we couldn’t find an original video of our chosen track ‘Sunspots’ from the time it was recorded, but thought that some Cope-archaeology-spieling was a rather good alternative....

.....so here is the playlist, with pictures.....

Sundial – World Without Time         (‘Other Way Out’ LP 1990 USA)

 

the Dandy Warhols – Everyday Should Be A Holiday         (‘Dandy Warhols Come Down’ 1997 USA) 
the Mynd Gardeners – East of Where         (‘Partial Spyral Staircase Entanglement’ digital-EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia) 
Bronco Bullfrog – Never Been to California         (7”single [b-side to Clarifoil] 2013 UK) 
the Arch Menaces – Fancy Free         (‘Primitive Germs’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.) 
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich – Zabadak         (7”single 1967 UK) 
 
Paul Jones – The Dog Presides         (7”single [b-side to And the Sun Will Shine] 1966 UK)

 

the Market Squares – Inside My Mind         (7”single [b-side to Afternoon] 2013 UK)
the Blue Angel Lounge – Ashes Round the Skull       (‘The Blue Angel Lounge’ 2009 Germany)
the Intricate Blend – Door Knob         (recorded in 1968 New Mexico, unissued – taken from ‘Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults’ compilation 2007 USA) 
    
the Bee Gees – Play Down         (‘Spicks and Specks’ LP 1966 Aust.)
Stu Mitchell and Wes Dakus’ Rebels – Acid         (7” single 1966 Canada)
Jacco Gardner – Puppets Dangling         (‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2013 Netherlands) 
 
the Rainbow Ffolly – She’s Alright         (‘The Rainbow Ffolly Rallies Fforth’ LP 1968 UK)

Gila – Sundance Chant         (‘Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee’ LP 1966 Germany)

Wolfgang Riechmann – Himmelblau         (‘Wunderbar’ LP 1978 Germany)

Electric Sandwich – China      (‘Electric Sandwich’ LP 1973 Germany – taken from ‘Deutsche Elektronische Musik Vol. 2’ compilation 2013)

the Morgans – Rasal      (7”single b-side [to Sitar Beat] 1966 Germany)

Clinic – the Magician      (‘Winchester Cathedral’ 2004 UK)

 

Turn Me On Dead Man – Wondermint      (‘Technicolour Mother’ 2006 San Francisco, USA)

Sands – Listen to the Sky      (7”single b-side [to Mrs Gillespie’s Refridgerator] 1967 UK)

Boeing Duveen & the Beautiful Soup – Which Dreamed It      (7”single b-side [ to Jabberwock] 1968 UK)

Endle St Cloud In The Rain – Tell Me One More Time      (7”single 1969 Texas, USA)

the Syn – Grounded      (7”single b-side [to Created By Clive] 1967 UK)

 

Ride Into The Sun – Devil’s Soul      (‘Ride Into The Sun : 2010-2012’ anthology 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Julian Cope – Sunspots       (recorded live on ‘the Peel Sessions’  1984 London, UK – taken from ‘Floored Genius 2 - Best of the BBC Sessions 1983-91’ anthology 1993 UK)

  

the Beach Boys – Heroes & Villains [alternate take]      (recorded 1966/67 during ‘Smile’ sessions, Los Angeles, unissued – taken from ‘Smiley Smile/Wild Honey’ re-issue 1990 USA) 

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

 

the Knickerbockers – High On Love      (7”single b-side [to Stick To Me] 1966 USA)

Kelley Stoltz – Keeping the Flame      (‘To Dreamers’ 2010 USA)