Technicolour Dreaming

I featured a couple of cool compilations on this week's show - the "Close to the Hedge" compilation from 2013 and the new "Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"; neither of which unfortunately proved to have many film-clips associated with it (can't have everything, I 'spose!). The former is a Pink Hedgehog Records (from Weymouth, UK) release available thru Bandcamp; and the latter a selection of the American producer's pop-psych work from the late 60's to early 70's. Both definitely worth checking out. And the latest song to get stuck in my head is Anton Barbeau's ''Heavy Psychedelic Toilet"!!! Such is life.....

The Apple Glass Cydrom - Going Wrong  ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"  2016 New Mexico, USA)

The Zodiac - Aries-The Fire Fighter  ("The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds" LP 1967 USA)

The Intricate Blend - Door Knob  ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults" 2016 Dallas, USA)

The Dentists - Just Like Oliver Reed  ("Writhing On The Shagpile" 12"EP 1987 UK)

The Hooterville Trolly - No Silver Bird  (7" single 1968 Albuquerque, USA)

Sudden Death of Stars - Bright Sunday  ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Rennes, France)

Borderline Symphony - Zundel se ne va ("EP1" 2014 Zurich, Switzerland)

Magic - Booked on A Drunk Charge  (7" single [b-side to "I Want To Fly"] 1969 Newcastle, Australia)

No Bodies - Forgotten Song  ("No Bodies" LP 2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Slingshot Dragster - UTI  ("Bite The Bullet" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Drab Doo Riffs - Hot Tanya  ("Postcards from Uranus" 2010 Auckland, New Zealand)


The Primitives - We Found a Way to The Sun  (7" single [b-side to "Really Stupid" 1986] Coventry, UK)

The Dee Jays - Twistin' Drums  (recorded 1962; "Board Boogie - Surf 'N' Twang from Downunder" compilation 2002 Australia)
The Valentines - Peculiar Hole in the Sky  (7" single 1968 Perth, Australia)

Anton Barbeau - Heavy Psychedelic Toilet  ("Magic Act" 2016 UK)

The Age - The Lantern  ("Inner Palace" 2016 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Harsh Reality - Praying For Reprieve  ("Heaven and Hell" LP 1969 Hertfordshire, UK)

Eye - Rain on Your Parade  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
8 x 8 - The Essence  ("Azaleas Room" New York, USA/Kiev, Ukraine)
Des 'n 'Al - Mistress Mine  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
Diamond Incarnation - Leaking of Our Hourglass  ("Scorpio Fifteen" EP 2014 Taipei, Taiwan)

Electrasy - Today's the Day  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)

Elephant Stone - Andromeda (demo version)  (mp3 2016, Montreal, Canada)

Hallelujah Bay - Fairy King  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 Portland, UK)
Midwich Youth Club - Pomegranate  ("Fruit Salad Surgery" 2016 UK)
Mondo Jet Set - Wig Out  ("Provincial Drama Club" 2013 Dorset, UK)
Schnauser - Disposable Outcomes  ("Protein For Everyone" 2014 Bristol, UK)

Teenage Sin Taste - Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely  ("These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited" compilation 2016 France)

Obscured By...

Goodbyes this week to Johnny Perez, drummer with the Sir Douglas Quintet, and Richard Lockwood - flute, sax etc with pioneering Australian psych band (and more) Tully.   Various tracks with perhaps excessively earnest spoken word from the rare album The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds - no one is sure even now which is the band name and which is the album title.  A bit of Adelaide early 70s obscurity from Glassweb.  Some more wonderful Greek rock / pop /  psych, and other cross cultural items from Iran and Russia.   The complete list is as below, and was presented by Michael Hunter, Cat and Brat... none of whom were wearing galoshes.

the La De Das – How Is the Air Up There?      (7”single 1966 New Zealand)

Normie Rowe – Too Bad You Don’t Want Me      (‘Normie Rowe A Go-Go’ LP 1965 Australia)

Glass Web – National Hero      (7”single 1971 Adelaide, Australia)

Tully – Brother Sun      (‘Sea of Joy – original soundtrack’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Spectrum – Soul Man      (‘Breathing Space As Well’ 2011 Aust.)

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Capricorn- The Uncapricious Climber      (‘The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Celestial Counterpoint with Words & Music’ LP 1967 USA)

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Aquarius- The Lover Of Life       (‘The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Celestial Counterpoint with Words & Music’ LP 1967 USA)

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Pisces- The Peace Piper        (‘The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds – Celestial Counterpoint with Words & Music’ LP 1967 USA)

SRC – The New Crusader      (‘Traveler’s Tale’ LP 1970 Detroit, USA)

Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4 – Bebop (Dizzy’s Fingers)      (‘Dizzy Gillespie’s Big 4’ LP 1974 USA)

the Misunderstood – Children of the Sun      (7”single 1969 USA/UK)

Barnes & Barnes – Fish Heads      (7”single 1979 USA – taken from “The Very Best of Dr Demento” compilation 2001 USA)

the Vestibules – Bulbous Bouffant      (‘Sketches, Songs & Shoes’ 1994 Canada)

the Frantics – Ti Kwan Leep      (‘Boot to the Head’ LP 1987 Canada)

Abbass Mehrpouya – Love Dance of the Lemmings      (‘Mehrpouya Sitar’ LP mid-70’s Iran)

Sir Douglas Quintet – She’s About a Mover      (7”single 1965 Texas, USA)

the Daltons – O Trellos (Mad)      (7”single 1972 Greece– taken from “Plato’s Trip: A Journey to Greece in the 1970’s Vol.1” compilation LP 2011 Greece)

Elpida – Koita to Fos (Look at the Light)      (7”single 1974 Greece)

Vassilis Dimitriu – Omologia (Confession)       (7”single 1974 Greece)

Crocodiles – Groove is in the Heart / California Girls [Deee-Lite/Beach Boys cover]      (‘Sleep Forever’ bonus track 2010 USA)

Noid – Kattepajo      (‘Arranged Traditional Vepsian Songs’ 2009 Karelia, Russia)

Nico – It Was a Pleasure Then      (‘Chelsea Girls’ LP 1967 USA)

Sacred Miracle Cave – Summertime [Troggs cover]      (‘Groin Thunder! Trogg-Punk Noize From All Over the Place’ compilation 1992 Australia)

Vivien Goldman – Private Armies (dub)      (orig. version 7”single b-side [to Laundrette] 1981 UK – taken from ‘Wild Dub- Dread Meets Punk Rocker’ compilation 2003 UK)

Thee Oh Sees – Lupine Dominus (demo)      (from bonus CD with ‘Putrifiers 11 EP’ 2012 USA)