Technicolour Dreaming

the Cat& the Brat were unable to do this week’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming, but fellow 3D Radio announcer Bryan, of Tuesday morning’s great “Mellowscream” show, dropped into the control console and saved the day! Following the Cat & Brat show guidelines [psych, garage, surf, punk, pop, glam etc ...] was no stretch as these included his faves as well, so we heard a diverse bunch of tunes encompassing all these and more... including three tracks on which Peter Brat played, from a teenage single with Rashamra up to the most recent with the Molting Vultures. Thanks Bryan, much appreciated! So, without further ado....

..... here is the playlist, with some video accompaniment .....  

Peter Brat and the Molting Vultures – Life on the Dole      (7” single 2010 Adelaide, Australia)....[bandcamp link may be out of date, as I heard the single was almost 'sold out' ages ago, but the digital should work...PB]

Vibravoid – Listen Can You Hear      (“Delirio dei Sensi” 2013 Germany)

the Mynd Gardeners – The Living Toys      (“The Arcing Train Set Pantograph”  EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Black Box Recorder – Child Psychology      (“England Made Me” 1998 UK)

the Black Angels – Bad Vibration      (“Phosphene Dream” 2010 Texas, USA)

the 5.6.7.8’s – Bomb the Twist      (10”single 1996 Tokyo, Japan)

the Trashwomen – I’m Trash      (“Spend the Night With…” LP 1994 San Francisco, USA)

White Knuckle Fever – White Knuckle Ride     (demo 2010 Sydney, Australia)

Brother Man Dude – I Love the 80’s      (“The Final Judgement” LP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Tubeway Army – Down In the Park      (“Replicas” LP 1979 UK)

Peter Brat/Exhibit A – Confusion      (unreleased 7” single 1981 Melbourne, Australia)

Grace Slick and the Great Society! – Somebody to Love      (“Conspicuous Only In Its Absence” LP 1967 San Francisco USA)

the Bellrays – Remember      (“The Red, White and Black” 2003 California USA)

the Barbarellatones – Baby Wants a Corndog     (“Beyond the Valley of the Barbarellatones” 2005 Hawaii)

Rashamra – Antelope      (7”single 1972 Adelaide, Australia)

the Alarm Clocks – No Reason to Complain      (7”single b-side [to Yeah] 1966 USA)

the Seventh Ring of Saturn – Cream Puff War [Grateful Dead cover]      (rec. 2014 Atlanta, Georgia, USA – taken from “Fruits de Mer label:‘7 and 7 Is’” compilation of 7”vinyl singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet      (7”single 1978 UK)

the Sex Pistols – Something Else [Eddy Cochrane cover]      (“The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle” soundtrack LP 1980 UK)

Suzi Chunk – Girl From The Neck Down      (“Girl From The Neck Down” LP 2012 UK)

Subtract S – Confidence Man      (“Love Replaced by Machine” 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Russell Morris – Sweet Sweet Love     (“Fundamentalist” 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Fifty Foot Hose – Rose      (“Cauldron” LP 1967 San Francisco, USA)

The Sunday Reeds – 2000 & Something      (“Drowning in History” 2009 Melbourne, Australia)

the Seeds – Flower Lady & Her Assistant      (“Future” LP 1967 USA)

the Jefferson Handkerchief – I’m Allergic to Flowers      (7”single 1967 USA)

Fairport Convention – Percy’s Song [Dylan cover]      (recorded 1969 UK, unreleased – taken from “Creative Outlaws : UK Underground 1965-1971” compilation 2009 Germany)

David Bowie – Rosalyn [Pretty Things cover]      (“Pin Ups” LP 1973 UK)

the Wytches – Gravedweller      (“Annabel Dream Reader” 2014 UK)

the MC5 – Skunk [Sonically Speaking]      (“High Time” LP 1971 Detroit, USA)

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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)     

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It was a more relaxed Cat & Brat this week, having recovered from last week’s 3D Radiothon marathon, but still, we hit the ground running as per the Gordon Gano song we began with! There was new music from the likes of UK songstress Suzi Chunk, Japan’s Tenniscoats and Adelaide’s Volcano Cleaner, with the latest single from Django Django and a track from Wizards of Time’s intriguing debut, plus interesting covers of songs written by the likes of Bowie and the Rutles... there was a 1971 New Zealand Top 10 chart hit by Timberjack as well as tunes from the more recent past by Painted Hills, Pugwash and the Scoundrelles plus much more, before we finished the show with a very humorous song by Baterz in his final appearance as our “Artiste of the Month”.....

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

Gordon Gano & PJ Harvey – Hitting the Ground      (‘Hitting the Ground’ 2002 USA)

Suzi Chunk – No Stone Unturned      (‘Girl from the Neck Down’ LP 2012 UK)

the Tamborines – The Great Division      (‘Camera & Tremor’ 2010 UK – taken from ‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 UK)

Django Django – W.O.R.      (‘Django Django’ 2012 Scotland, UK)

the Mona Lisa Overdrive – It’s Just Too Much      (demo 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

Big Richard Insect – I’m So Bored      (‘Big Richard Insect’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Scoundrelles – Don’t Know Why [Rutles cover]     (‘Atomic Batteries to Power’ 2008 Aust./UK)

Wizards of Time – Hi My Name Is Body      (‘Will The Soft Curse Plague On?’ 2012 USA)

Weightless – Museum of Expired Life      (‘Self-Adjustment’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Tenniscoats – Shinjitsu       (‘All Aboard!’ 2012 Japan)

the Sand Pebbles – Sunshine to Burn [Long Grass cover]      (taken from the CD compilation accompanying the ‘Tomorrow is Today’ book about 60’s Australian psychedelic music 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Volcano Cleaner – Not as Easy as it Sounds      (‘The Making of Volcano Cleaner’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Painted Hills – Kaleidoscope Eyes      (‘Painted Hills’ 2010 USA)

David Bowie – Moonage Daydream      (‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars’ LP 1972 UK)

Pugwash – A Rose in a Garden of Weeds      (‘Jollity’ 2005 UK)

Gaz Coombes – I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times [Beach Boys cover]      (‘Mojo: Pet Sounds Revisited’ compilation 2012 UK)

Black Box Recorder – Rock’n’Roll Suicide [Bowie cover]      (‘The Worst of Black Box Recorder’ anthology 2001 UK)

Mott the Hoople – All the Young Dudes [live]      (‘Uncut: Rebel Rebel’ compilation 2008 UK)

the Salt – Lucifer      (7”single 1968 USA)

Timberjack – Come to the Sabbat      (7”single 1971 New Zealand)

the Third Rail – Run, Run, Run      (7”single 1967 USA)

Baterz – You’re Not Cool      (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from the ‘Baterz for Beginners’ bonus CD with ‘Great Big Squiddy Fun’ tribute compilation 2009 Australia)    #

       #   “Artiste of the Month”

Obscured By...

Another tri-dotted Obscured By... (Michael Hunter, Cat & Brat) that veered recklessly yet with consideration from genre to genre, country to country - all in the search for musical obscurities.  Sadly, another RIP was necessary - saying goodbye to keyboardist Jimmy Niven and playing a track each from two of his best known bands, Captain Matchbox and The Sports.   Also, while Robin Gibb lies in hospital, we played a version of his song Lord Bless All from the new Trembling Bells CD with Bonnie Prince Billy, while Maurice Gibb produced the track we played from the duo Tin Tin.   Some Japanese surf guitar and Irish punk was added to the mix, along with an unexpected recording of The Chiffons performing My Sweet Lord, recorded while George Harrison was being sued for the song sounding too much like He's So Fine, by... The Chiffons!  Rare singles from Australia and the world were included as usual, in the eclectic mix that is known as Obscured By...


The Avengers  Listen Listen [Merry-Go-Rounds cover]  (single 1969, Australia)
The Rebels  I Can See The World  (single 1970, NZ / Australia)
Nova Express  Piece Of My Heart [Big Brother and the Holding Co. cover]  (single 1970, Australia)
Tin Tin  Is That The Way  (single 1971, Australia)

Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band  Out In The Suburbs  ("Australia" LP 1975, Australia)
The Sports  The Creature [AKA Right Thru Her Heart]  (unreleased demo 1977, Australia)
Trembling Bells & Bonnie Prince Billy  Lord Bless All  ("The Marble Downs" CD 2012, Scot/US)
Paul Messis & Jessica Winter  All Nightmares Turn To Dreams  (pre-release CD for 7" single 2012, UK)
Cocteau Twins  Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops  ("The Spangle Maker" EP  1984, UK)

Greenwood, Curlee & Clyde  Little Willy  ("One Time One Place" LP 1972, US)
The Chiffons  My Sweet Lord  (single 1975, US)

The Bank  History Of Rock & Roll  (single B-side 1977, US)
Sparks  Hospitality On Parade   ("Indiscreet" 1975, US)
The Kitchen Cinq  You'll Be Sorry Someday  (single 1967, US)
The Megas  Running Mr So & So  (single 1968, Holland)
Bluebird  Goin' Down  (single B-side 1971, US)
Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys  Theme From Unfinished Symphony
("Let's Go Classics" LP 1967, Japan)
Black'N'Whites  Komandosi    (single 1967, Poland)
The Eliminators  The Saint  ("Guitars & Percussion" LP 1966, UK)
Little Gerhard  Into The Go-Go Groove   (single 1964, Sweden)

The Diplomats  See My Baby Walking
("World Beaters II" comp CD / prev unreleased track c.?  Aust)
The Undertones  Smarter Than U  ("The Undertones" LP 1979, Ireland)
X-Dreamysts  Dance Away Lover  (single B-side 1978, Ireland)
Protex  Don't Ring Me Up  (single 1978, Ireland)

Eric Gradman Man & Machine  All Is Machine  
(self-titled compilation CD 2012, unreleased track c early 80s, Australia)
Suzi Chunk  Look Back & Laugh  (pre-release CD for 7" single, 2012, UK)
The Lounge  Teddy's Sandpaper  (CD single, orig Adelaide 1981)