Technicolour Dreaming

After last week’s ‘technical difficulties’, it was a pleasure to have a veteran of the Adelaide music scene, Vic Conrad [aka Mr V] join us in the studio for a chat about Gray Packham’s new album ‘La La Land’, the latest release from one of his ventures, Walking Bird Records. The album will be launched at the Grace Emily Hotel on Sunday afternoon with performances by most of the musicians involved, both individually and playing Gray’s songs, and should prove to be one of this year’s live musical highlights, so get along if you can. We also featured a number of other Australian releases including those of Melbourne psychedelicists the Grand Rapids, Davey Lane’s new E.P. and the latest compilation from Geelong’s prolific Anti-Fade Records. We also played the A-side of the debut single by our Finnish faves Permanent Clear Light on the wonderful vinyl-only Fruits De Mer label, presented in a 3D pic-sleeve [glasses included!] as well as a slice of dreamy pop from the UK’s Amor De Dias plus, as always, a bunch of 60’s psychedelic rarities from bands such as Pisces, the Golden Dawn and Austria’s Hide & Seek. So, until next week.....

..... here is the playlist plus some eye-candy.....

the Locked Ward – Breaker of Lives & Souls      (“Voyages into the Inner Psych of the Locked Ward” 2011 UK)

Bruner [aka Pisces] – Sam      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Pisces: A Lovely Sight” anthology 2012 USA)

the Wondermints – Truth or Consequences      (recorded 1992 – taken from “Kaleidoscopin’: Exploring Prisms of the Past” anthology 2009 USA)

the Strange Flowers – Mars Behind Your Eyes      (“Ortoflorovivaistica” 2006 Italy)

Hide & Seek – Riven Street      (7”single b-side [ of The Beggar of St. Pair] 1970 Austria)

Gift of Love [aka the Atlantics] – Flowers      (7”single 1967 Australia)

the Intercontinental Playboys – Can’t Find My Mind [Cramps cover]      (7”vinyl split-E.P. with “Larsen Magazine #19”  2004 France)

Davey Lane – You Got Me On Side      (“The Good Borne of Bad Tymes” EP 2013 Australia)

Jacco Gardner – Help Me Out      (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Holland)

Rasputin & the Mad Monks – Too Much to Dream Last Night [Electric Prunes cover]      (7”single 1968 Massachusetts, USA)

the Grand Rapids – Blow Up      (“Great Shakes” 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Demons of Negativity – Resurrection      (7”single 1988 Boston, USA)

Sic Alps – Drink Up!      (“Sic Alps” 2012 USA)

the Deep Six – What Would You Wish from the Golden Fish?      (7”single 1966 California, USA)

White Fence – Run Run Run [Velvet Underground cover]      (“The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records and Friends” tribute compilation LP 2012 California, USA)

Permanent Clear Light – Higher Than The Sun      (7”single 2013 Finland)

the Golden Dawn – Starvation      (“Power Plant” LP 1968 Texas, USA)

Tommy James & the Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion      (“Crimson & Clover” LP 1969 USA)

Fantastic Zoo – Light Show      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

the Baroques – Musical Tribute to the Oscar Meyer Weiner Wagon      (7”single 1967 Chicago, USA)

the Jigsaw Seen – Choreography Killed the Cat      (“Bananas Foster” 2010 USA)

the Stevens – Elpho Beach      (“New Centre of the Universe Vol.2” compilation 2013 Geelong, Australia)

the Apples in Stereo – Behind the Waterfall      (7”single b-side [to Everybody Let Up] 2000 USA)

Amor De Dias – Viento del Mar      (“The House at Sea” 2013 USA)

Gray Packham – Lincoln Told Me / The Way I Am      (“La La Land” 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Technicolour Dreaming

Being Record Store Day later in the week, we thought it appropriate to feature a number of vinyl singles and LPs, past and present, so we dug out a few favourites and obscurities including a classic from Big Star’s first album, some Australian 60’s-era singles from the likes of Mike Furber and former Masters Apprentices guitarist, Peter Tilbrook, a French tribute to Dr Wilhelm Reich by the Zorgones and a cut from the brand new LP by Paul Messis, released this week on the UK independent label, State Records. We also featured some of the artists appearing at the upcoming Austin Psych Fest, including organisers the Black Angels and Adelaide representatives Ride Into The Sun, plus some classic pop-psych from the Association and the Seeds as well as tracks from current purveyors such as Vibravoid and Clinic. Regular listeners will be aware of our fondness for  ‘suites’ of songs [most recently one from Procol Harum] so how could we resist playing - in full - the ‘audio-storybook LP’ tale of “Eyes Like The Sky”, narrated and written by Australian legend Broderick Smith [Carson/Dingoes etc] accompanied by the psychedelic/spaghetti western/surf sounds of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – brilliant stuff! On a more sombre note, we celebrated the lives of Chris Bailey and Annette Funicello, both of whom passed away recently, by playing some of their music and video-clips – R.I.P. Chris and Annette!

..... and so here is the playlist for this week’s show, plus some clips.....

Big Star – The Ballad of El Goodo      (‘# 1 Record’ LP 1972 Memphis, Tennessee, USA)

 

the High Dials – Space Hobo      (‘Moon Country’ LP 2008 Montreal, Canada)

Mike Furber – Watch Me Burn      (7”single b-side [to I’m on Fire] 1969 Australia)

Peter Tilbrook – All Mine To Play With      (7”single b-side [to Stop the Time] 1969 Aust.)

Bobby & Laurie – Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Clinic – Harvest [within you]      (‘Visitations’ 2006 UK)

Vibravoid – The White Ship [HP Lovecraft cover]      (7”split-single [with Drug Free Youth] 2011 Germany)

the Seeds – Girl I Want You      (‘The Seeds’ LP 1966 USA)

Headband – Stay With Me      (7”single b-side [to Country Lady] 1973 Adelaide, Aust.)

     *  R.I.P.  Chris Bailey  1950-2013 (bassist - Headband/Red Angel Panic/the Angels/GANGajang etc)

Pleasure [feat. Billy Elder & Tandyn Almer] – Don’t take the night away      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Koolaid Electric Company – Over the Mountain      (‘Random Noises & Organised Sounds’ 2012 USA)

the Association – Message of our Love      (‘And Then... Along Comes the Association’ LP 1966 California, USA)

Tommy James & the Shondells – Crimson & Clover [LP version + reprise]      (‘Crimson & Clover’ LP 1969 USA)

the Picture – Evolution      (7”single b-side [to I’ll Be There] 1969 USA)

the Zorgones – Herr Doktor Reich      (7”single 1968 France)

the Barbarellatones – Gothic City      (‘The Breakup Ghost’ 2009 California USA)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard [with Broderick Smith narrating] – Eyes Like The Sky [suite {in its entirety}]      (‘Eyes Like The Sky’ EP 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Black Angels – War On Holiday      (‘Indigo Meadow’ 2013 Austin, Texas, USA)

Ride Into The Sun – Lost At Sea (love story)      (CD-single 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Tame Impala – Mind Mischief      (‘Lonerism’ 2012 Aust.)

Paul Messis – Happy This Way      (‘Case Closed’ LP 2013 UK)

Annette Funicello & Fishbone – Jamaica Ska      (‘Back to the Beach’ soundtrack LP 1987 USA)

    *  R.I.P.  Annette Funicello   1942-2013 (Mouseketeer/actor/singer etc – USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat & the Brat were back in the studio again after a short break (and a big thank you to heather, a true 3D Radio icon, for filling-in last week under difficult circumstances – and of course still presenting a psychedelightful programme nonetheless!) with a special ‘birthday’ edition of Technicolour Dreaming, so we just played favourites, new and old, to celebrate! Needless to say, we only made a small dent in the list of afore-mentioned ‘favourites’, but it was fine to hear such classics as the Electric Prunes ‘Too much to Dream...’, the Stranglers ‘Nuclear Device’ and the Monkees ‘Porpoise Song’ amongst all the ‘hits-in-our-alternate-universe’ that we love just as much... as always it was a diverse bunch, taking in Marianne Faithfull, Germany’s Cobra Killer, Norway’s the Apricot and an absolute killer track from Adelaide’s 60’s outfit, the Southern Gentlemen, and LOTS more! Plus we had our new “Band of the Month”, namely the Dukes of Stratosphear, who of course were XTC’s very psychedelic alter-egos, and with their excellent box-set for us to plunder, you are in for some treats in the coming weeks!

..... so here is the playlist..... 

David Bowie – Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family      (‘Diamond Dogs’ LP 1974 UK)

the Stranglers – Nuclear Device      (7”single 1979 UK)

Adam & the Ants – Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)      (‘Dirk Wears White Sox’ LP 1979 UK)

Mikal Cronin – Again and Again      (‘Mikal Cronin’ 2011 California, USA)

Ty Segall & White Fence – Tongues      (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Heart sweats      (7”single b-side [to Tidal Wave’] 2009 Orange County, USA – taken from ‘Singles Vols. 1 & 2’ double LP 2011 USA)

Allah-Las – Vis-a-vis       (‘Allah-Las’ 2012 Los Angeles, USA)

the Daylight Braves – The Absent Ground      (‘Liquid Sun’ EP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

the Galileo 7 – Staring at the Sound      (‘Staring at the Sound’ LP 2012 UK)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Gypsy Dancer      (‘A Purple Journey into the Mod Machine’ 2006 Sydney, Aust.)

the Jim Jones Revue – It’s Gotta Be About Me      (‘The Savage Heart’ 2012 UK)

Crystal Thomas – La Mort      (‘A Chance In Hell’ 2012 Aust.)

Cobra Killer – Cobra Movement      (‘76/77’ 2005 Germany)

Thee American Revolution – Grit Magazine      (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2009 USA)

Pony Face – Silver Tongue       (‘Hypnotised’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Lovetones – Stars      (‘Stars’ EP 2004 Aust. – taken from ‘Provenance:  Collected Works’ anthology 2012 Aust.)

the Apricot – For the Sake of Progression      (‘A Forestful Of Threes’ 2011 Oslo, Norway)

Marianne Faithfull – My Friends Have      (‘Before the Poison’ 2005 UK)

Tommy James & the Shondells – Crimson and Clover      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Southern Gentlemen – I Want You Back Again      (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)      (7”single 1966 USA)  

Twentieth Century Zoo – Yellow Listen      (7”single 1967 USA)

the Monkees – Porpoise Song      (7”single 1968 USA)

Crystal Stilts – Precarious Stair      (‘In Love With Oblivion’ 2011 USA)

the Dukes of Stratosphear – Collidescope      (‘Psonic Psunspot’ LP 1986 UK)    #

     #   “Band of the Month”