Technicolour Dreaming

The first few songs played this week showed the way for the following two hours – a mix featuring a fair smattering of 80’s oddities and faves such as the Leopards and the Prisoners, some 60’s goodness from, for example, Australia’s Oak Apple Day and the Looking Glasses, seasoned with a plethora of recent tunes from the likes of Switzerland’s Balduin, Wheat Fields, Sky Picnic and the Red Plastic Buddha to name but a few. Then there was our “Band of the Week” ... the Hollies are too often dismissed as an “oldies radio staple” while the duration, variety and sheer brilliance of their 60’s output is ignored... along with the Beach Boys they were THE supreme harmonisers and, like the Beatles, seemed able to keep effortlessly throwing out pop masterpieces - so yes, we salute the Hollies! So, until next week, let’s all ponder the Vanilla Fudge’s timeless query – “Where Is My Mind?”......

..... here is the playlist, with a few diverting images while you ponder.....

Permanent Clear Light – Higher Than the Sun      (“Beyond These Things” 2013 Finland)

the Leopards – Psychedelic Boy      (“Magic Still Exists” LP 1987 USA)

Oak Apple Day plus the Deadly Pair – Moonshot      (7”single b-side [to Let’s Do It On The Moon] 1969 Australia)

Red Plastic Buddha – She’s an Alien      (“Songs For Mara” 2014 Chicago, USA)

Ultravox! – Hiroshima Mon Amour      (“Ha! Ha ! Ha !” LP 1977 UK)

the Church – Silver Machine [Hawkwind cover]      (“Box of Birds” 1999 Australia)

 

the Luck of Eden Hall – Sassafras Overcoat      (“Victoria Moon” LP 2014 Chicago, USA)

the Sunchymes – S S Serene      (“Let Your Free Flag Fly” 2012 UK)

the Greek Theatre – Frozen Highway      (“Lost Out At Sea” 2013 Sweden)

the Looking Glasses – Visions      (7”single 1967 USA)

Elephant Stone – Into The Great Wide Open [Tom Petty cover]      (“Acid Killed My Rock’n’Roll” anthology 2013 Canada/USA)

Wheat Fields – Saturnalia      (“Saturnalia” EP 2013 Sydney, Australia)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Brother Sister      (“The Bethesda” EP 2004 Wales, UK)

***    BAND OF THE WEEK    –   the Hollies    ***

the Hollies – Leave Me      (“Evolution” LP 1967 UK)

the Hollies – King Midas In Reverse      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Hollies – Dear Eloise      (“Butterfly” LP 1967 UK)

Balduin – Everything      (“Post From Mars” 2014 Switzerland)

 

the Unknowns – Not My Memory      (“Dream Sequence” LP 1981 Los Angeles, USA)

the Prisoners – Far Away       (“thewisermiserdemelza” LP 1983 Medway, UK)

Chapter V1 – Fear      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Dentists – Strawberries are Growing in my Garden [and it’s Winter-time]      (7”single 1985 UK)

Quilt – Cowboys in the Void      (“Quilt” 2012 USA)

Sky Picnic – Where the Memories Stirred [Lady Juniper]      (“Her Dawn Wardrobe” LP 2014 USA)

the Fast Camels – Ken’s Sad Vice      (“Deadrooms and Butterfly Dreams” 2014 Scotland, UK)

   

  

the Vanilla Fudge – Where Is My Mind      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Vanilla Fudge: the Complete ATCO Singles” anthology 2014 USA)

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Dropping into our P.O. on the way into 3D Radio in Adelaide for our show, we had the good fortune to receive our packages of back issues from the brilliant Greek psych mag ‘TimeMazine’, including the awesome compilations that go with each [thank you Michalis!] and another pile of CDs from the Active Listener’s on-line store in New Zealand [thank you Nathan!], so we had plenty of new music to share with you on top of the trusty bagful we were already taking into the station. Whew! Another game of “what do we play first?!” But we managed, though as always there was a LARGE heap of unplayed vinyl and CDs... but they’ll be on the agenda next week, fear not dear listener!.....

..... so here is this week’s playlist with a bunch of groovy eye candy we hope you’ll enjoy.....

the Hollies – Dear Eloise      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Sand Pebbles – Sunshine to Burn [Long Grass cover]      (“Tomorrow Is Today: a tribute to The Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70” compilation 2007 Australia)

the Asteroid #4 – Ghosts of Dos Erres      (“The Asteroid #4” LP 2013 Philadelphia, USA)

Wooden Shjips – Ruin      (“Back To Land” 2013 San Francisco, USA)

Ultimate Spinach – (Ballad of the) Hip Death Goddess      (recorded ‘live’ 1967 Boston, USA – taken from “TimeMazine vol. 3” covermount-CD compilation 2008 Tripoli, Greece)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Crystal Ship [Doors cover]      (“The Luck of Eden Hall” EP 2013 Chicago, USA)

the Doors – Strange Days      (“Strange Days” LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the World of Oz – The Muffin Man      (“The World of Oz” LP 1969 UK)

Gothic Chicken – Pita Bread Man      (“Shindig! -  It’s Happening Vol.1” compilation 2009 UK)

les Limiñanas – Je suis une go-go-girl      (“Les Limiñanas” LP 2010 France)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard with Broderick Smith – The Killing Ground / Dust in the Wind/ Guns & Horses      (“Eyes Like The Sky” LP 2013 Australia)

the Leathercoated Minds – Eight Miles High [Byrds cover]      (“A Trip Down Sunset Strip” LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Pluto Walkers – Whirlcage      (“The Throwaway Age” [faux-]soundtrack compilation 2012 USA)

Carlton Melton – Sarsen      (“Always Even” 2013 San Francisco, USA)

the She Creatures – Sexy Robot       (“She Creatures Attack” EP 2008 UK)

the Beatpack – Hey Senorita      (7”single b-side [ to I’m Walkin’] 2014 London, UK)

the Wondermints – The Party [Henry Mancini cover]      (“Shots in the Dark” tribute compilation 1996 USA)

Vibravoid – Optical Sound [Human Expression cover]      (“Colour Your Mind” EP 2013 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Walter Ghoul’s Lavender Brigade – Mad John [Small Faces cover]      (“Retrospectoscope : 1966-70” faux-anthology 2008 UK)

the Barbarellatones – Underwater Dreamtime      (unreleased, recorded 2013 USA)

the Marble Vanity – Can’t Step on a Rainbow      (7”single 2013 Chicago, USA)

Soft Hearted Scientists – False Lights      (“False Lights” 2013 Cardiff, UK)

Slingshot Dragster – Castle Wolfenstein      (recorded live at the ‘3D Radio SoundLounge’ 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Markley - A Group [aka the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band] – The Magic Cat      (“Markley - A Group” LP 1969 Los Angeles, USA)

Savage Resurrection – Tahitian Melody      (orig. 1968 - recorded live 2008 – taken from “TimeMazine 3” covermount-CD compilation 2008 Greece)

Mirrorism – Night Flight      (7”single 2013 Ferrara, Italy)

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Regular listeners to our shows will be aware that we are rather fond of boxsets and compilations of obscurities and this week we had a couple of new ones to plunder. We were excited to find a new addition to the wonderful ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers’ series, now up to Volume Eleven, playing tracks from disparate locales such as Indonesia, the USA and Holland. We also got our hands on the new 5-CD boxset edition of the long-running ‘Electric Sound Show’ compilation LP series featuring obscure psychedelia found worldwide from the 1960’s (plus a few from the early 70’s) for our delectation! We only got it last week and have yet to hear it all, but played a few of the songs which have grabbed our attention so far, particularly tracks such as the very odd, lone single by Me Myself & Eye... very strange indeed! For our penultimate track, we played Adelaide’s own Fluffy as a ‘taster’ for 3D Radio’s annual TOP 101 which is being held on Monday 28^th January, with the Cat & the Brat hosting the 2-4pm slot... so tune in and hear the most played artists heard on 3D Radio in 2012, the bulk of whom are local Adelaide talent...

..... until then, here is the playlist for the 22^nd January edition of Technicolour Dreaming.....

the Hollies – Water on the Brain      (‘Evolution’ LP 1967 UK)

Sir Richard Bishop – Sidi Masour      (‘The Freak of Araby’ LP 2009 USA)

Eternal Tapestry – Galactic Derelict      (‘Beyond the 4^th Door’ 2011 Oregon, USA)

Jason Lytle – Your Final Setting Sun      (‘Dept. of Disappearance’ 2012 USA)

Sparkspitter – Fearsplishing      (cd-single 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

FEARSPLISHING from sparkspitter on Vimeo.

Earth – The Rakehead      (‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II’ LP 2012 USA)

Fripp & Eno – Swastika Girls [excerpt]      (‘(No Pussyfooting)’ LP 1973 UK)

the Flower Machine – Blown      (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 Los Angeles, USA)

Gary Knight – World, 2000      (7”single b-side [to Greta Green Grass] 1967 UK – taken from ‘Electric Sound Show: an Assortment of Antiquities for the Psychedelic Connoisseur’  5-CD boxset compilation 2012 UK)

Paisley Patterns – Doomsday Plus One      (7”single 1968 Hollywood, USA)

Owl – Aunt Cate is Dead      (7”single b-side [to The World Keeps Turning] 1971 Massachusetts, USA)

Me Myself & Eye – I Come from the Andromeda Galaxy [A Pioneer in Celestial Music]      (7”single 1969 California, USA)

Oxford Watchband – Diagnosis (One Way Empty and Down)      (7”single 1969 Rochester, USA)

the Panbers- Rock & the Sea      (‘Sound 2’ LP 1972 Sumatra, Indonesia – taken from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, volume eleven’ compilation 2012 UK)

the David – People Saying, People Doing      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

the Whatt Four – Dandelion Wine      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

Sagittarius – Glass      (‘Present Tense’ LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Shocking Blue – Acka Raga      (‘Scorpio’s Dance’ LP 1970 Holland)

the Spazzys – Dissolution [is the only solution]      (‘Dumb Is Forever’ 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Stomachmouths – Doctor Syn      (‘Something Weird’ LP 1986 Sweden)

the Len Price 3 – Mourn, My Health      (‘Rentacrowd’ LP 2008 UK)

Ty Segall – The Hill      (‘Twins’ 2012 California, USA)

Blank Realm – Working on Love      (‘Go Easy’ 2012 Brisbane, Australia)

Useless Eaters – Addicted to the Blade      (7”single 2012 USA)

Smith Westerns – Weekend      (‘Dye It Blonde’ 2010 USA)

the Psychedelic Furs – Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill cover]      (7”single b-side [to Pretty In Pink] 1981 UK)

Tin Tin – She Said Ride      (‘Toast & Marmalade For Tea’ LP 1971 Australia)

Paul Roland – The Puppet Master      (recorded 1980 Denmark – released on ‘The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen’ split-EP 2012 UK)

the Unspoken Things – Puppets      (‘Bourbon Eyes’ cd-EP 2005 Adelaide, Australia)

the Green Mist – Roadside Graves      (‘Next Stop Antartica’ LP 2007 Australia/Spain)

Fluffy – Textas & Chocolate Cake      (‘A Rock’n’Roll Opera’ cd-EP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

Zacharias & the Tree People – We’re All Paul Bearers [Part 1]      (‘I Buried Paul’ compilation 2005 USA) 

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Paul D [from 3D Radio’s “the B-Side”] curated this week’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming in the absence of the Cat & the Brat... and what a great program! Beginning with a set of UK punk rock goodness from the likes of the Leyton Buzzards and Stiff Little Fingers, he featured releases and demos by some of Adelaide and Australia’s brightest, from the new DieselWitch and Villenettes demos through a couple of tracks from the Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations... compilation of covers which was released last week, and on to current fave Subtract-S and back to a Green Circles track from 2008. The rest of the world wasn’t left out either, with great tracks from Donovan, Magazine, the Misunderstood etc, as well as introducing  Scott Walker  as our final “Band [or in this case, ‘Artiste’] of the Month” for 2012 – all said and done, a very cool listening experience! Thanks Paul!!

...... and here is his playlist.....

the Leyton Buzzards – Saturday Night [Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees]     (‘Jellied Eels to Record Deals’ LP 1979 UK)

the Not Sensibles – I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher      (7”single 1979 UK)

the Cockney Rejects – The Greatest Cockney Rip Off       (7”single 1980 UK)

TV Personalities – Happy Families      (‘Where’s Bill Grundy Now?’ EP 1978 UK)

Stiff Little Fingers – Suspect Device      (7”single 1978 Ulster, UK)

the Villenettes – Blood On The Table      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

DieselWitch – Smart Boy       (demo 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Laurels – You’re Gonna Miss Me [Roky Erikson cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)    

the Murlocs – Psychotic Reaction [Count V cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)

the Intelligence – Hippy Provider      (‘Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me’ 2012 USA)

Real Estate – All The Same      (‘Days’ 2011 USA)

the Fresh & Onlys – Dream Girls      (‘Long Slow Dance’ 2012 USA)

the Hollies – Stop Stop Stop       (7”single 1966 UK)

the Green Circles – Shaken & Stirred       (demo 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride      (‘Nantucket Sleighride’ LP 1971 USA)

Subtract S – Mb PH      (‘Love From Outer Space’ cdEP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Citradels – Orsa      (demo 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

Magazine – My Tulpa      (‘Real Life’ LP 1978 UK)

Rule Of Thirds – No More Moon      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Demons Claws – Trip To The Clinic      (‘The Defrosting of...’ 2010 Montreal,  Canada)

the Misunderstood – I Can Take You To The Sun      (7”single 1966 UK/USA – taken from 1992 cd-reissue of ‘Before the Dream Faded’ anthology LP 1982 UK)

Scott Walker – Montague Terrace (In Blue)      (‘Scott’ LP 1967 UK – taken from ‘Boy Child: Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970’ anthology 2000 UK)   #    

the Searchers – I Pretend I’m With You      (7”single b-side [to Don’t Throw Your Love Away] 1964 UK)

Donovan – Sunny South Kensington      (‘Mellow Yellow’ LP 1967 USA/UK – taken from ‘Psychedelia at Abbey Road 1965-1969’ compilation 1998 UK)

     #   “Artiste of the Month”