Technicolour Dreaming

the Cat& the Brat were unable to do this week’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming, but fellow 3D Radio announcer Bryan, of Tuesday morning’s great “Mellowscream” show, dropped into the control console and saved the day! Following the Cat & Brat show guidelines [psych, garage, surf, punk, pop, glam etc ...] was no stretch as these included his faves as well, so we heard a diverse bunch of tunes encompassing all these and more... including three tracks on which Peter Brat played, from a teenage single with Rashamra up to the most recent with the Molting Vultures. Thanks Bryan, much appreciated! So, without further ado....

..... here is the playlist, with some video accompaniment .....  

Peter Brat and the Molting Vultures – Life on the Dole      (7” single 2010 Adelaide, Australia)....[bandcamp link may be out of date, as I heard the single was almost 'sold out' ages ago, but the digital should work...PB]

Vibravoid – Listen Can You Hear      (“Delirio dei Sensi” 2013 Germany)

the Mynd Gardeners – The Living Toys      (“The Arcing Train Set Pantograph”  EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Black Box Recorder – Child Psychology      (“England Made Me” 1998 UK)

the Black Angels – Bad Vibration      (“Phosphene Dream” 2010 Texas, USA)

the 5.6.7.8’s – Bomb the Twist      (10”single 1996 Tokyo, Japan)

the Trashwomen – I’m Trash      (“Spend the Night With…” LP 1994 San Francisco, USA)

White Knuckle Fever – White Knuckle Ride     (demo 2010 Sydney, Australia)

Brother Man Dude – I Love the 80’s      (“The Final Judgement” LP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Tubeway Army – Down In the Park      (“Replicas” LP 1979 UK)

Peter Brat/Exhibit A – Confusion      (unreleased 7” single 1981 Melbourne, Australia)

Grace Slick and the Great Society! – Somebody to Love      (“Conspicuous Only In Its Absence” LP 1967 San Francisco USA)

the Bellrays – Remember      (“The Red, White and Black” 2003 California USA)

the Barbarellatones – Baby Wants a Corndog     (“Beyond the Valley of the Barbarellatones” 2005 Hawaii)

Rashamra – Antelope      (7”single 1972 Adelaide, Australia)

the Alarm Clocks – No Reason to Complain      (7”single b-side [to Yeah] 1966 USA)

the Seventh Ring of Saturn – Cream Puff War [Grateful Dead cover]      (rec. 2014 Atlanta, Georgia, USA – taken from “Fruits de Mer label:‘7 and 7 Is’” compilation of 7”vinyl singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet      (7”single 1978 UK)

the Sex Pistols – Something Else [Eddy Cochrane cover]      (“The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle” soundtrack LP 1980 UK)

Suzi Chunk – Girl From The Neck Down      (“Girl From The Neck Down” LP 2012 UK)

Subtract S – Confidence Man      (“Love Replaced by Machine” 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Russell Morris – Sweet Sweet Love     (“Fundamentalist” 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Fifty Foot Hose – Rose      (“Cauldron” LP 1967 San Francisco, USA)

The Sunday Reeds – 2000 & Something      (“Drowning in History” 2009 Melbourne, Australia)

the Seeds – Flower Lady & Her Assistant      (“Future” LP 1967 USA)

the Jefferson Handkerchief – I’m Allergic to Flowers      (7”single 1967 USA)

Fairport Convention – Percy’s Song [Dylan cover]      (recorded 1969 UK, unreleased – taken from “Creative Outlaws : UK Underground 1965-1971” compilation 2009 Germany)

David Bowie – Rosalyn [Pretty Things cover]      (“Pin Ups” LP 1973 UK)

the Wytches – Gravedweller      (“Annabel Dream Reader” 2014 UK)

the MC5 – Skunk [Sonically Speaking]      (“High Time” LP 1971 Detroit, USA)

Obscured By...

So obscure, it was:

a) brand new, only delivered to the station during the show (local band Alpha Beta Fox),

b) an unusual US act who took his lyrics from the Adult Personals section of his local paper (Amil Byleckie),

c) a little-heard B-side (Galadriel, Whistler's Mother, Bill Fay, Sparks etc.),

d) an early recording by a Czech band who were not allowed to record or legally perform during the first 5 years of their existence (Uz Jsme Doma),

e) late 70s UK punk from the Beggars Banquet label (The Doll, The Lurkers, Tubeway Army),

f) hard to find a performance video for!

Altogether, it was this week's Obscured By... with Cat & Brat & Michael Hunter.  As you may have suspected.

 

King Fox – Hourglass      (recorded 1970, released on ’70-2-07: the [un]forgotten album’ 2007 Sydney, Australia)

Human Instinct – Nile Song [Pink Floyd cover]      (live on ‘GTK’ – ABC-TV show 1971 Aust./New Zealand)

Galadriel – Working      (7”single b-side [to Standing in the Rain] 1971 Aust.)

Whistler’s Mother – Mister Big      (7”single b-side [to Steamboat Willie] 1971 Aust.)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Flight of the Gulls 2      (‘Mad House’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Uz Jsme Doma – Uprostred Slov [in the middle of words]      (‘Uprostred Slov’ LP 1990 Czech Republic)

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso UFO – Loved and Confused      (‘Electric Heavyland’ 2002 Japan)

Tony Burello – There’s a New Sound       (7”single 1953 USA)

Alpha Beta Fox – Pins & Needles      (CD-single 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Sparks – Lost & Found      (7”single b-side [to Amateur Hour] 1974 USA)

Eighteenth Day of May – Eighteen Days      (‘Eighteenth Day of May’ 2006 UK)

the 23^rd Turnoff – Michael Angelo      (7”single 1967 Liverpool, UK)

Bill Fay – Screams in the Ears      (7”single b-side [to Some Good Advice] 1967 London, UK)

Amil Byleckie – Mistress Seeks Property      (‘Amil Is Personal’ 2004 Phoenix, USA)

Amil Byleckie – Watch Me Watch You      (‘Amil Is Personal’ 2004 Phoenix, USA)

the Doll – Trash      (‘Streets’ compilation LP 1977 UK)

Tubeway Army – That’s Too Bad      (7”single 1978 UK)

the Lurkers – Ain’t Got a Clue      (7”single 1978 UK)

Amil Byleckie – Are You Cruel?       (‘Amil Is Personal’ 2004 Phoenix, USA)

the Dandy Warhols – Cherry Bomb [Runaways cover]      (‘Take It Or Leave It – A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways’ compilation double-LP 2011 USA)

the Otherside – Haunted House       (‘The Otherside’ EP 1985 Utrecht, Holland)

Les Thugs – Femme Fatale      (‘Femme Fatale’ demo 1984 Angers, France – taken from ‘Road Closed: 1983-1999’ anthology 2003 Belgium)

the Surfadelics – Bad Little Girl      (‘Bad Little Girl’ EP 1986 UK)

Les Klepstones – She’ll Always Be Mine [Customs cover]     (recorded 1985 Orleans, France – taken from ‘Battle Of The Garages, Vol. 4: Tomorrow The World!’ compilation LP 1986 USA)

the Zodiac/Cosmic Sounds – Taurus: the Voluptuary      (‘The Zodiac/Cosmic Sounds’ LP 1967 USA)

Zendik – I’m So Tired Again      (‘Hair’ LP 1969 Holland)

Timebox – Gone is the Sad Man      (7”single b-side [to Girl Don't Make Me Wait] 1968 UK)