Technicolour Dreaming

A real mixed bag of music this time round, with way more 1960's USA singles than in recent weeks - which can only be a good thing!! - and only a few new releases (The Warlocks' "Songs from the Pale Eclipse", Beaulieu Porch's "Sarum Sounds", Anton Barbeau's "Magic Act", Garden Gate's "Dark Harvest" and the latest single from The Embrooks, "Helen" pretty much covers it). The rest of the show was a melange of new acquisitions of older albums, plus the usual romp through the decades....hope you enjoyed it! So here's the playlist, for those who have been nagging me for it...

The Moving Sidewalks - I Want to Hold Your Hand  (7" single 1968 Texas, USA)

The Loose Enz - The Black Door  (7" single 1968, USA)

Ron Wray Light Show - Speed  (7" single 1970 USA)

Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Born to Lose  ("L.A.M.F." LP 1977 New York, USA)

The Embrooks - Helen  (7" single 2016 Kent, UK)

R.E.M. - Dark Globe [Syd Barrett]  ("Orange Crush" 12" EP 1989 USA)

Doug Tuttle - Falling To Believe  ("It Calls on Me" 2016 New Hampshire, USA)

Jacco Gardner - Puppets Dangling  ("Cabinet of Curiosities" 2013 Netherlands)

The Cords - The Lesson  ("Get Ready to Fly- Pop Psych From The Norman Petty Vaults" compilation 2007 USA)

Pillow - Choirs  (7" single [b-side to "Oh, Carol"] 1969 Sweden)
Tin Tin - Swans On the Canal  (7" single [b-side to "Is That The Way"] 1971 Australia)

The David - People Saying, People Seeing  (7" single 1967 Los Angeles, California USA)

The Whatt Four - Dandelion Wine  (7" single 1967 USA)

Triops - Hybrid Taxidermy  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation 2013 UK)
Barracudas - Watching the World Go By  ("Through the Mysts of Time" 1999 London, UK)

The Raunchies - Little B  ("Falk" EP 2015 Italy)

The Warlocks - Dance Alone  ("Songs From The Pale Eclipse" 2016 California, USA)

The Deep Freeze Mice - A Red Light for the Greens  ("The Gates of Lunch" LP 1982 Leicester, UK)

Schnauser - National Grid  ("Protein For Everyone" 2014 UK)

Mordecai Smyth - Dream On (Marnie)  ("Dial M for Mordecai" 7" EP 2013 UK)

Anton Barbeau - Broken in Two  ("Magic Act" 2016 UK)

Garden Gate - Dark Harvest  ("Dark Harvest" 2016)

Beaulieu Porch - Burn  ("Sarum Sounds" 2016 UK)

The High Tide - Electric Blue  (7" single [b-side to "Dancing In My Mind"] 1981 UK)

Mark and the Clouds - Blue Skies Opening  ("Blue Skies Opening" LP 2014 UK)

Mordecai Smyth - Psychedelic Sarah  ("Dial M for Mordecai" 7" EP 2013 UK)

The High Tide - Dancing in My Mind  (7" single 1981 UK))

The Karova's Milkshake - Freak Out  ("Freakout Factory" 7" single 2012 Russia)

Nick Nicely - Hilly Fields (1892)  (7" single 1982 UK)

Barbarellatones - Psychedelic Freakout  ("Glitter Train" 2016 Hawaii, USA)
Le Superhomard - Maple Key  ("Maple Key" LP 2016 France)

Obscured By...

 Perhaps it was the weather, but the majority of today’s show came from the currently cooler climes of the northern part of the planet where it is approaching winter, whilst here in Adelaide it was a very warm 37 degrees C - yet still the music brought to you by the Cat & the Brat was hot regardless of locale! We went from New Zealand via Australia with the Cleves and heard Steve Kipner’s Tin Tin before heading over to Europe with Deuter and venturing into the Swedish psychedelic underground of the late 80’s with S.T.Mikael before returning to the UK and the Human League. It would not of course be Obscured by...  without a few ‘odd’ tracks which this week included songs about puppies, both dead and alive, plus Nico’s take on all things Germanic. We also investigated US punk/new wave from, primarily, Boston and Cleveland and then, dropping back a decade, looked mainly at the Californian hotspot which gave us so many great bands like the Electric Prunes and the Turtles, before finishing with a Davy Jones from the UK who was not a Monkee, but instead a certain Mr David Jones who later traded under the surname of ‘Bowie’...

So far so good, so now check out the full playlist.....

the Sundowners – Baby Jane [Applejacks cover]      (7”single 1964 Auckland, New Zealand)

the Feelgoods – Le Soliel      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Cleves – Don’t Turn Your Back      (7”single b-side [ to Sticks & Stones] 1969 NZ/Aust.)

Tin Tin – She Said Ride      (‘Tin Tin’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Buffalo Drive – Morning Good Day      (7”single 1972 Adelaide, Aust.)

Stafford Bridge – Passing Lines      (7”single b-side [ to Song for a Blind Man] 1972 Aust.)

Mythos – Oriental Journey      (‘Mythos’ LP 1972 Germany)

Deuter – Soham      (‘Aum’ LP 1972 Germany)

S.T. Mikael – Bom Bom Mahedev      (‘Visions of a Trespasser’ LP 1989 Sweden)

the Human League – Dreams of Leaving      (‘Travelogue’ LP 1980 UK)

Locomotive – Mr Armageddon      (7”single 1969 UK)

Napoleon XIV – Photogenic, Schizophrenic You      (‘They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha!’ LP 1966 USA)

Odgen Edsel – Dead Puppies      (‘Stuffed’ LP 1977 Nebraska, USA)

Walter Steding – Hound Dog [Elvis cover]      (‘Walter Steding’ LP 1980 USA)

John Cale – Heartbreak Hotel [Elvis cover]      (‘June 1^st, 1974’ live LP 1974 UK/France)

Nico – Das Leid Der Deutschen      (‘The End’ LP 1974 UK)

the Lyres – I want to help      (7”single 1983 Boston, USA – taken from ‘DIY –Massachusetts Avenue: The Boston Scene 1975-1983’ compilation 1993 USA)

Neats – 6      (‘Propeller Product’ EP 1981 Boston, USA)

Thrills – Hey! [not another face in the crowd]      (7”single 1979 Boston, USA)

Harry Toledo & the Rockets – Busted Chevrolet      (‘Harry Toledo & the Rockets’ EP 1977 New York, USA)

Pere Ubu – Final Solution      (orig. 7”single 1976 Cleveland, USA – taken from ‘Max’s Kansas City’ compilation LP 1976 USA)

the Mirrors [aka the Styrenes] – Drano in my Veins      (demo 1975 Cleveland, USA – taken from ‘Babylon’s Burning: the Rough’n’Ready Rise of Punk Rawk 1973-1978’ boxset compilation 2007 UK)

the Electric Eels – Jaguar Ride      (demo 1975 Cleveland, USA)

DMZ – You’re Gonna Miss Me [Roky Erikson cover]      (‘DMZ’ EP 1977 Boston, USA)

the Trillium – Queen Alice      (7”single 1968 Rochester, New York, USA)

the Lexington Avenue – The Bird Collector      (7”single 1968 Canada)

the Electric Prunes – Hideaway       (‘Underground’ LP 1967 California, USA)

the Turtles – Grim Reaper of Love      (7”single 1966 California, USA)

Nunchez’s – Open Up Your Mind       (7”single 1966 Chicago, USA)

W.C.Fields Memorial Electric String Band – Hippy Elevator Operator       (7”single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Davy Jones & the Lower Third – You've Got a Habit of Leaving      (7”single 1965 London, UK)

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)