Technicolour Dreaming

This week saw (or to be more accurate, heard) the temporary return of Michael Hunter to the timeslot, no stranger from the "Obscured By..." days.  An 18-minute suite of cleverly combined songs by The Butterscotch Cathedral set the tone, followed by psych from Australia, the UK, US, Denmark and Lithuania.  Other rarities included some recently re-discovered demos of Adelaide bands Foreign Body, Dinosaur Envy and Terminal Twist from around 1980 (not commerically available).

Trembling Bells' version of George Harrison's "Wah Wah" was also played; a couple of sources say the term was English slang for a headache, which makes more sense than the song being about an effects pedal at least!  Adelaide band The Systemaddicts also got an airing with their version of the very old song Black, taking their arrangement from 60s Australian group The Throb.  

The general concept of not knowing what's coming next on the show - keep 'em guessing! - was hopefully as apparent as ever, and normal - or as close as we're likely to get - transmission will resume next week.

The Butterscotch Cathedral - Side A  ((Won't You Come Inside) The Butterscotch Cathedral / And When We Land / Flood Of Mendoza / Paniolo By The Ocean / Waterfall Parasol / Crocodile / Uncle Tommy's Song /  Saxifrage Drive)   ("The Butterscotch Cathedral"  2015 US)


 
The Bermuda Jam -  1. Hold Me  2. Good Trip Lollipop (An Antihystathmn)  ("The Bermuda Jam" released 1971, reissue 2015  US)


 
Garbanotas Bosistas - Places Planes & Trains  ("Above Us"  2015 Lithuania)



1.  Foreign Body - Nothing Yet  2.  Dinosaur Envy - No Hands  3. Terminal Twist - King Dick (live 1979)  ("Adelaide Demos 1979-81"  Aust)


 
The Systemaddicts - Black  ("Broken Hearted On The Nullabor" 2015 Adelaide)

Kahvas Jute - Parade Of Fools  ("Wide Open"  released 1971, reissue 2006 Australia)



The Lammas Tide - Fothersby  ("High Tide" EP  2012  Australia)

Mystic Braves - 1. No Trash  2. Spanish Rain   ("Days Of Yesteryear"  2015 US)

The Sonic Dawn - Japanese Hills  (single  2013 Denmark)



Toy - Collector  ("Join The Dots"  2013 UK)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Work This Time  ("Oddments" 2014 Australia)

Trembling Bells - Wah Wah  (single B-side 2015 Scotland)

Co. Caine  - Dr Chop  ("Dr Chop" 1975 Australia)

Pastoral Symphony - Spread A Little Love Around  (single B side  1968 Australia)


 
Sun City Girls - Space Prophet Dogon  ("Torch Of The Mystics"  1990 US)

Technicolour Dreaming

With Michael Hunter in the Technicolour Dreaming chair for the week, the music ranged from the Croatian psych pop of Pridjevi to stoner psych metal (OHHMS) and a couple of examples of psy-chill and psy-dub.  This came via some unreleased demos of 1960s Australian rock from The Wild Cherries and The Down'N'Out and live unreleased Screaming Believers, with a nod to Peter Brat with one of Rashamra's hit singles and a mash-up of The Cure and The Commodores (!) via BRAT Productions (no relation).  No wonder the Sapphire Thinkers felt a bit strange by the end!

Pridjevi - 1. Svijet Na Dlanu  2. Lucifer I Ja  ("Pridjevi" 2014 Croatia)

Ancient Sky -  1. Garbage Brain  2. Protection  ("Mosaic"  2015 US)

New Zealand Avengers - Love Hate Revenge  (7" single  1968  NZ)

Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)  (unreleased demo 1968 Australia)

Jim Keays - Shake Some Action  ("Age Against The Machine" 2015 Australia)

John Michael Roch -  1. Sky  2. Silver Rain  ("With You In My Arms"  1976, reissued 2015  US)

Trembling Bells - 'Tween The Womb And The Tomb  ("The Sovereign Self"  2015  Scotland)

OHHMS - Dawn Of The Swarm  ("Cold"  2015 UK)

Normala - Dreamwards Again  ("The Return Of Quetzalcoatl" compilation  2011 UK)

Digital Conception - The Mystical Quest  ("The Return Of Quetzalcoatl" compilation  2011 UK)

Rashamra - Mr Timekeeper  (7" single 1972 Australia, Adelaide)

The Down'N'Out - I'm Not Talking  (unreleased demo 196?  Australia, Brisbane)

Screaming Believers - Baby You Flirt  (station live to air 1982  Australia, Adelaide)

Koral & the Goodbye Horses - Pony (Nocturne For A Night Drive)  ("Nocturnes" 2015 Australia, Adelaide)

BRAT Productions - Easy Heaven  (mash-up of The Cure & The Commodores  2015  UK)

David Bowie - Width Of A Circle  ("The Man Who Sold The World"  1971 UK)  

Pridjevi -  Pjesma O Drvecu   ("Pridjevi" 2014 Croatia)  

Sapphire Thinkers - I Feel A Bit Strange  ("From Within" 1968  US)

Technicolour Dreaming

For one week only, "Obscured By..." alumni Michael Hunter filled in for Technicolour Dreaming.  Unsurprisingly, a few obscurities therefore surfaced such as the completely unknown Australian band Melody Mae, and Adam & The Ants' cover of a Village People song! Some sad RIPs were also acknowledged for Gulliver Smith and John McInerney (both from classic Australian 70s band Company Caine), and Jim Keays' excellent new, posthumous album, chok full of garage classics.

New psych-folk-rock from Trembling Bells and Wand also merged with 70s jazz rock fusion from Mackenzie Theory, and it all made sense, in a Technicolour Dreaming kind of way!

Not quite so many videos to be found for this selection of songs, as it happens.

Wand - Fire On The Mountain I-II-III  ("Ganglion Reef"  2014 US)
Trembling Bells - Killing Time In London Fields  ("The Sovereign Self"  2015 Scotland)

Go Home Productions - 2000 Light Years From Bolan  (Rolling Stones / T.Rex mash-up)

The Lammas Tide - 1. Soldier Of The Sun  2. Bethnal Green  ("Barefoot Electric" 2014 Australia)

Mackenzie Theory - Supreme Love  ("Highlights Of Sunbury '74"  1974 Australia)
Melody Mae - The Stars They Are In Line  ("Melody Mae" EP, c1978 Australia)
Jim Keays - 1. Come On  2. Hot Smoke & Sassafras  ("Age Against The Machine" 2015 Australia)
Peter Tilbrook - Goodbye My Friend  ("Living In The Sixties", 2015 Adelaide, Australia )

Company Caine - The Day Superman Got Busted  ("Product Of A Broken Reality" 1971, Aztec reissue 2015 Australia)

The Rope Sect - Da Da Da   (7" single  year unknown Germany)
Tom Dae Turned On - I Shall Walk  (7" single  c.1970 US)
Berry Clan & The Revolution - My Crock  (7" single  year unknown Belgium)
Illes - Nem Erdekel, Amit Monsz  (7" single  year unknown Hungary)

"Flexipop" magazine flexidiscs, 1981/2:
Adam & The Ants - A N T S

Altered Images - Leave Me Alone
The Cure - Lament
Fad Gadget - King Of The Flies

Mystic Siva - 1. Keeper Of The Keys  2. And When You Go  ("Mystic Siva"  1970  US)
Wand - 1. Growing Up Boys  2. Generator Larping  ("Ganglion Reef"  2014 US)
Trembling Bells - I Is Someone Else  ("The Sovereign Self"  2015 Scotland)

Technicolour Dreaming

We devoted a chunk of this week’s show to a phone interview with one of our favourite bands... Melbourne’s dulcimer-driven Dandelion Wine, who are in town on June 16 as part of their ‘Light Streaming Down 10th Anniversary Tour’ commemorating the release of their first EP back in 2002. Amongst other things, we spoke to Nicholas about their German record label, Black Rain, the upcoming European tour (their 7^th), favourite toy lobsters and, of course, dulcimers and other exotic string instruments. They are a great live act, so try and catch them next time they are in your locale. Speaking of great live performances, we also played a track from the lovely LeighStarDust who is making her first live appearance in over a year, supporting Dandelion Wine. During the rest of the show there were tracks from new releases by the likes of Gravenhurst and Suzi Chunk from the UK  and Aussie outfits, the Fabergettes and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, as well as 60’s gems by Kaleidoscope and Chris Farlowe, 80’s Australian singles by Salamander Jim (Tex Perkins et al) and the Sacred Cowboys, plus local surf tunes from Dieselwitch and GT Stringer, before we finished with our current “Band of the Month”, the Sunnyboys... all this, and more, brought to you by the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide’s foremost eclectic music station.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Wooden Wand – Baby, You’re a Rich Man [Beatles cover]     (‘Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaced’ compilation 2012 UK)

Gravenhurst – The Prize     (‘The Ghost in Daylight’ 2012 UK)

Kaleidoscope – (Further Reflections) In the Room of Percussion     (7”single 1968 UK)

Eric Burdon & the Animals – Anything     (7”single 1966 UK)

the Screaming Tribesmen – A Stand Alone     (7”single 1984 Australia)

the Drab Doo Riffs – Trouble     (‘Postcards from Uranus’ 2010 New Zealand)

Salamander Jim – Hot Cakes For Daddy     (‘Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids’ mini-LP 1984 Aust.)

the Damned & Lemmy – Ballroom Blitz [Sweet cover]     (7”single 1979 UK)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Bloody Ripper     (CD-single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Sacred Cowboys – Nothing Grows in Texas     (7”single 1982 Melbourne, Aust.)

Dandelion Wine – Twins      (‘Selected Anachronisms’ EP 2008 Aust.)

       [phone interview with Nicholas from Dandelion Wine]

Dandelion Wine – Found     (‘An Inexact Science’ 2006 Aust.)

Trembling Bells – All Good Men Come Last     (‘Shindig: It’s Happening Vol.2’ compilation 2010 UK)

Houdini Dax – Fizzy Moon     (‘You Belong to Dax, Darling’ 2011 Wales, UK)

the Fabergettes – Ding Dong     (‘the Fabergettes’ EP 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

the Booby Traps – Another Day, Another Man     (‘the Booby Traps’ 2006 Aust.)

Dieselwitch – Surf Wagon     (‘Surfedelica’ 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

GT Stringer – Nothing Else Matters     (‘Surfrospective’ CD-anthology 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Race Marbles – Like a Dribbling Fram     (7”single 1966 Toronto, Canada)

LeighStarDust – The Moll Song [Matt’s Little Brother cover]     (‘They Make Good Pets But I Don’t Have One’ 2005 Adelaide, Aust.)

Chris Farlowe – Moanin’ [sitar mix]     (7”single 1967 UK – taken from ‘Immediate Mod Box Set’ compilation 2005)

Suzi Chunk – Tripwire     (7”single b-side 2012 UK)

the Sunnyboys – Show Me Some Discipline     (7”single 1982 Australia)   #

     # “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

Two ‘DOTS’, Michael Hunter & Peter Brat, were your guides this week into the murky world of forgotten, rarely heard and simply strange music that we like to play here on 3D Radio in Adelaide, Australia. As always, we began with a set of Australian rarities, this time from the 70’s, including comedian Norman Gunston’s take on punk-rock and the final single from Adelaide’s Vibrants, before throwing in a song which fitted our criteria because it has only just been released and this was possibly the first time it had received airplay – we refer, of course, to the Glenn Cardier track. Some listeners may question how a Beatles b-side could be ‘obscure’, but we played it for the bassline, which we, and an observant listener [Douglas P of Death in June fame], noticed was the same as the Wondermints used in their Abba cover... and it was a b-side! Other rare cover versions were also featured, including one by the accurately named Balsara & His Singing Sitars as well as the recent Scott Walker cover by 3D favourites, Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince Billy, plus an adaption of a Dylan Thomas poem by Doug Parkinson. Mix in some French language singles, two bands called the Pussycats, one from Norway, the other from Chile, a song by Dengue Fever which was originally a hit in pre-Pol Pot Cambodia, some New Zealand 60’s psychedelia from the likes of the Gremlins and there you have it – another edition of “Obscured by...”!

..... and here is the full playlist.....

the Vibrants – I can’t let go of your love     (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Tin Tin – She Said Ride     (‘Tin Tin’ LP 1970 Australia)

Ova – Metapelet     (demo 1974 Adelaide, Aust.)

Norman Gunston – I might be a punk (but I love you baby)     (7”single 1977 Aust.)

Mother Goose – I think it’s you     (7”single 1978 Aust.)

Glenn Cardier – Abducted by Aliens     (‘Stranger than Fiction’ 2012 Aust.)

the Wondermints – Knowing Me, Knowing You [Abba cover]     (‘The Wonderful World of the Wondermints’ 1996 USA)

Trembling Bells & Bonnie Prince Billy – Duchess [Scott Walker cover]     (‘Duchess’ EP 2012 UK/USA)

the Carpettes – Radio Wunderbar     (‘Radio Wunderbar’ EP 1977 UK)

Patrik Fitzgerald – Safety-pin Stuck in my Heart     (‘Safety-pin...’ EP 1977 UK)

the Pussycats – Don’t let me be misunderstood [Nina Simone cover]      (‘the Pussycats Story’ anthology 1990 Norway)

the Band of Wynand – Day-time, Night-time     (7”single 1967 USA)

Larry’s Rebels – Fantasy     (7”single 1968 New Zealand – taken from ‘A Day in my Mind’s Mind : vol.2’ compilation 2008)

the La De Da’s – Find Us a Way     (‘Find Us a Way’ LP 1967 NZ)

the Gremlins – Never You Mind     (7”single 1968 NZ)

Morgen – Love     (‘Morgen’ LP 1969 USA)

the Beatles – Rain      (7”single b-side 1966 UK)

Balsara & His Singing Sitars – Strawberry Fields Forever [Beatles cover]     (‘Great International Hits’ LP 1970 India)

Jim Ether – Valleri [Monkees cover]     (‘Monkeys in the Rabbit Hole’ compilation 2010 USA)

Dengue Fever – Tip My Canoe     (‘Escape From Dragon House’ 2008 Cambodia/USA)

Laura Ulmer – Amoureux d’une affiche      (7”single 1967 Canada)

Le Bain Didonc – 4 Cheveux dans le vent      (7”single 1966 France)

Jacques Dutronc – Je Suis Content     (7”single 1967 France)

the Pussycats – No voy a ir a tu fiesta     (7”single 1965 Chile)

the Flying Lizards – Mandalay Song      (‘The Flying Lizards’ LP 1980 UK)

Catself – Alien Vampiress is Fitting In     (demo 2009 Finland)

Nina Hagen – Taitschi Tarot     (‘NunSexMonkRock’ LP 1982 Germany)

Specimen – Dead Man’s Autochop      (7”single 1983 UK)

Doug Parkinson – Do not go gentle... [Dylan Thomas poem/lyrics]     (recorded ‘live’ on Australian ABC-TV show “GTK” 1971 – taken from ‘The GTK Tapes, vol.1’ compilation 1995 Australia)

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)

Obscured By...

This week, there were again two ‘DOTS’, Peter Brat and Michael Hunter, presenting the last ‘Obscured by...’ in its current timeslot. Beginning next week, we are moving... we’ll still be heard on Tuesdays, but later in the day... now it will be from 2pm til 4pm. So on this final lunch-time edition, we played a typical mix of world-wide obscurities and rarities from various eras and genres, including 60’s Australian singles on the legendary W&G label, as well as singles from Europe, the UK and the US during the 60’s and 70’s, an album track from one of our favourite new bands, the Trembling Bells, a 1969 track by the Koala, an American ‘faux-Australian’ outfit, plus a version of a TV cartoon theme by the New York Dolls...

...so here is the full play-list...

the Loved Ones – I want you to love me (W&G – Our Generation : Aust. Compilation)

the Strangers – My Generation (W&G...)

Annette Steele – Lazy River (W&G...)

the Factory – Hooray for Helen (W&G...)

Trevor McNamara – Country Corn (‘Yeah Captain’ LP 1972 Australia)

Bakery – Holocaust (‘Momento’ LP 1973 Aust.)

the Trolls – Alone (7”single 1966 Sweden)

the Hounds – The Office Girl (7”single 1967 Sweden)

the Motions – You’re my Adee (7”single 1968 Holland)

the Jackpots – Sounds of Silence (7”single 1968 Sweden)

Electronicas La Fuente – Jamas (‘Electronicas La Fuente’ LP 1969 Guatemala)

Golden Half – Proud Mary ( ‘2’ LP 1972 Japan)

the Trembling Bells – Otley Rock Oracle (The Constant Pageant)

King Crimson – Court of the Crimson King (In the Court of the Crimson King)

Toyah – For You (FlexiPop flexi-disc 1981 UK)

Hazel O’Connor – Men of Good Fortune [Lou Reed cover] (FlexiPop 1981)

Martin Plaza – Perfect Day [Lou Reed cover] (Andy’s Chest : comp.)

Mystic Siva – Find Out Why (Mystic Siva)

the New York Dolls – Courageous Cat theme (Rock’n’Roll)

Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages – Monster in Black Tights (7”single b-side 1963 UK)

the Revillos – Jack the Ripper (From the Freezer : rarities & demos)

the Troggs – I Can’t Control Myself (demo version)

the Sonics – Have Love will Travel (‘Here are the Sonics’ LP 1965 USA)

Johnny Halliday – Joue Pas de Rock’n’Roll Pour Moi (7”single 1976 France)

the Koala – Scattered Children’s Toys (‘The Koala’ LP 1969 USA)

the Masters Apprentices – Easy to Lie (‘Choice Cuts’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Obscured By... April 5th, 2011

Michael Hunter was the ‘dot’ presenting obscured by... this week. As usual, it was an eclectic programme, which moved from a cheesy 70’s right-wing political ditty to 60’s Australian pop to a 90’s selection of Australian bands covering other Aussies’ songs finishing with yet another flexi-disc... we do like our Flexis!

...so here is the full playlist...

[Unknown] – So Sing it Loud (‘National Party’ flexi-disc, circa mid 70’s Aust.)

Castaways featuring Frankie Stevens – Baby What I Mean (7” single 1968 Sydney, Aust.)

The Groove – You are the Only One I Love (7” single 1968 Melbourne, Aust.)

The Valentines – Getting Better (7” single 1969 Perth, Aust.)

Wendy Saddington – Motherless Child (live circa 1970 Sydney, Aust.)

Frame – Going Down to Eltham (Demo 1971 Sydney, Aust.)

Paul McCartney etc – Made Up (Liverpool Sound Collage)

Trembling Bells – All My Favourite Mistakes (The Constant Pageant)

PFM – The Mountain (The Mountain)

Quartermass – Post War, Saturday Echo (Quartermass)

Don’t Panic – I Australia (7” single 1988 Australia)

Redgum – Water a Stone (demo, circa 1987 Aust.)

Pantha – I am not afraid (Doway Do Doway Do, 1975 Aust.)

Gulliver’s Travels – Why should it happen (live circa 1976 Aust.)

Co. Caine – It’s up to you (Product of a Broken Reality, 1971 LP Aust.)

Hunters & Collectors – Know your Product (Earth Music [comp.] 1995 Aust.)

Chris Bailey – Not Even Close (Earth Music...)

Died Pretty – Eternally Yours (Earth Music...)

Celibate Rifles – Boys! What did the Detective say? (7” Earth Music single 1995 Aust.)

Painters & Dockers – The Nips are getting bigger (7” Earth Music single ...)

The Game – The Game (demo 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

Happy Patch – Moment (demo 1991 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Pins – Burning Night (Greasy Pop Records flexi-disc, 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)