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)
