Technicolour Dreaming

One could suspect that for UK legend Mick Farren, dying suddenly on stage during a gig with his boots on would not have been an entirely inappropriate way to end an eventful life! A musician, writer, journalist and bon vivant, he first gained notoriety in the London of the late 1960’s with his band, the Deviants, from whose debut album “Ptoof!” we played a track exemplifying his anarcho-punk spirit, in tribute to a true original. Another rock notable, JJ Cale, also passed away this week, and so as not to forget his role as a studio session player in mid-60’s L.A. we played a track he wrote as part of a very cool faux-soundtrack ‘exploito’ album, “A Trip Down Sunset Strip”. Arriving in our letterbox this week was some new vinyl, including a recent tribute LP to the Velvet Underground’s debut which includes cover versions by the likes of Thee Oh Sees, White Fence, Ty Segall and the two we played this week, Kelley Stoltz and Blasted Canyons – expect to hear more in coming weeks. Of course there was also the usual variety of sounds you’ve come to expect from Technicolour Dreaming, with tracks from Sweden’s Leather Nun, London’s Toy and Teeth of the Sea, H.P. Lovecraft’s 1967 debut, Vibravoid and Joy Zipper plus some classic Scott Walker, a spoken word piece from Viv Stanshall’s Bonzo Dog Band and a delicious slice of instrumental psychedelia by Carlton Melton, all brought to you on Adelaide’s 3D Radio by the Cat & the Brat....

..... so here is the playlist plus a few moving pictures.....  

H.P. Lovecraft – The White Ship      (‘H.P. Lovecraft’ LP 1967 Chicago, USA)

Teeth of the Sea – A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.      (‘Your Mercury’ 2010 London, UK)

White Fence – Cyclops Reap      (7”single b-side [to Pink Gorilla] 2013 California, USA)

Ty Segall – Ghost      (‘Twins’ 2012 California, USA)

Edwyn Collins – The Gospel According to Tony Day [David Bowie cover]      (‘Uncut Magazine: Starman’ cover-mount CD compilation 2003 UK)

the Leathercoated Minds – Sunset & Clark      (‘A Trip Down Sunset Strip’ LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Deviants – Garbage      (‘Ptoof!’ LP 1967 London, UK)

Kelley Stoltz – Sunday Morning [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records & Friends’ compilation LP 2012 USA)

Joy Zipper – For Lenny’s Own Pleasure      (‘The Heartlight Set’ 2005 USA)

Luna – The Owl & the Pussycat      (‘Rendezvous’ 2004 USA/UK)

Carlton Melton – Smoke Drip      (‘Photos of Photos’ 2012 San Francisco, USA)

Scott Walker – The Seventh Seal      (‘Scott 4’ LP 1969 UK/USA)

the Velvet Underground – Femme Fatale      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico‘ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Hidden Masters – She Broke the Clock of the Long Now      (‘Of This & Other Worlds’ 2013 Scotland, UK)

the Bonzo Dog Band – Rawlinson End, Part 14      (‘Let’s Make Up And Be Friendly’ LP 1971 UK)

John Bryant – I Bring The Sun      (7”single 1968 UK – taken from the ‘Electric Sound Show’ compilation CD-boxset 2012 UK)

the Beacon Street Union – The Prophet      (‘The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union’ LP 1968 Boston, USA)

Blasted Canyons [with Jeremy Cox] – Venus In Furs [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Velvet Underground & Nico by Castleface Records & Friends’ compilation LP 2012 USA)

Vibravoid – Brainplane      (‘Gravity Zero’ 2012 Düsseldorf, Germany)

Toy – The Reasons Why      (‘TOY’ 2012 UK)

Leather Nun – Prime Mover      (‘Alive’ LP 1985 Gothenburg, Sweden)

Anne Richmond Boston – You Just May Be The One [Monkees cover]      (‘Here No Evil: tribute to the Monkees’ compilation 1992 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

This week the Cat & the Brat curated the annual RADIOTHON (extended) edition of Technicolour Dreaming and we would like to thank the many listeners and bands who have subscribed to this fine station, helping to keep 3D Radio (and us!) on-air to play music you won’t hear anywhere else in this city (and indeed few places elsewhere!) and to expose and promote local and Australian music to the wider world, whether it be the latest releases or almost-forgotten 60’s singles, and all stops in between. Apropos of this, we played new tracks from Melbourne’s Pony Face, Perth’s Tame Impala off-shoot Pond and the soon-to-be-released EP by the Dunes, 60’s singles by the Loved Ones, Chris Malcolm, the Purple Hearts and the final release by the Twilights, throwing in 80’s Adelaide icons Toyland and the Spikes, an early brillig album track and a couple of surf instrumentals by Slingshot Dragster and DieselWitch along the way. Casting our net wider, we also played tracks from new releases by Sleepy Suns, Ty Segall and Asteroid No 4, as well as a ‘promo-teaser’ from the Galileo 7, (featuring Medway legend Allan Crockford of the Prisoners, Thee Headcoats etc) from their debut LP, due for release in September on State Records – the cover is worth the price alone! (check it out at  http://thegalileo7.fourfour.com/home  ) Finally, after two and a half hours of music plus Radiothon messages and giveaways, we ended the show with a song from the brilliant Baterz, our current “Artiste of the Month”..... and don’t forget, it’s not too late to subscribe to 3D Radio (and go into the prize draw!) – just go to  http://threedradio.com  for details!

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

the Small Faces – Here Comes the Nice     (7”single 1967 UK)

Chris Malcolm – Hurt, Love & Fire     (7”single b-side [to Trip on Life] 1968 Australia)

Go-Go Sapien – Celebrities Are Your Gods Now     (‘This Body Is Wrong For Us’ 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)

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

the Dunes – Transition     (‘Between Midnight and Dawn’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ride Into The Sun – Drown Your Soul     (‘Rats, Thieves & Liars’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Decoys – It’s All Mine     (‘It’s All Mine’ EP 2009 UK – taken from ‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 UK)

Mondo Phase Band – Equaliser     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘DepthCharge 11 : 3D Radio Compilation of Adelaide Bands 2012’)

Pond – Leisure Pony     (‘Beards, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Tame Impala – I Don’t Really Mind     (‘Innerspeaker’ 2011 Aust.)

Jay Walker & the Pedestrians – Purple, Black & Blue     (‘The Rise & Decline of the Sun’ EP 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Purple Hearts – Early in the Morning     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Loved Ones – the Loved One     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Brat Farrar – Punk Records     (‘Brat Farrar’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Gels – Ballroom Blitz [Sweet cover]     (‘Ballroom Blitz’ EP 2004 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ty Segall & White Fence – I am Not a Game     (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Sleepy Suns – Martyrs Mantra     (‘Spine Hits’ 2012 UK)

Luke Haines – Peter Hammill     (‘21^st Century Man’ 2010 UK)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 Australia/UK)

Dark Ocean Colors – Crashing the Sky     (‘Dark Ocean Colors’ 2011 USA)

the Galileo 7 – The Only One You’re Hurting (Is You)     (pre-release from ‘Staring at the Sound’ LP 2012 UK)

Asteroid No 4 – Hail to the Clear Figurine     (‘Hail to the Clear Figurine’ 2012 USA)

 Paul McCartney & Wings – Spirits of Ancient Egypt     (‘Venus and Mars’ LP 1975 UK)

 the Gothic Archies – This Abyss     (‘The Tragic Treasury : Songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

the Morning Light – Someday     (‘Otis’ 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Toyland – Glad To Be Australian      (‘Toyland’ 12” EP 1984 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1967 France)

Almost Numan – Me I Disconnect From You [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

brillig – Pterodactyls     (‘Pterodactyls’ 2003 Adelaide, Aust.)

Barry Adamson – 007: a Fantasy Bond Theme     (‘Cinema is King’ EP 1992 UK – taken from ‘the Murky World of Barry Adamson’ anthology 1999) 

Davie Allan & the Arrows – Experiment in Terror [Henry Mancini cover]      (‘Shots in the Dark’ compilation 1996 USA)

DieselWitch – UFO Surf     (‘Surfadelica’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slingshot Dragster – Stoli Chaser [Tremelo Beergut cover]      (demo 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Spikes – She’s Melting     (7”single 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Moodists – Frankie’s Negative     (‘Thirsty’s Calling’ LP 1984 Aust.)

Riders of the Mark – The Electronic Insides and Metal Complexion that Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg      (7”single 1967 USA)

the Twilights – Tell Me Goodbye     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Baterz – Zombie Girl     (‘Out of Hell’ 2000 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Baterz for Beginners’ anthology bonus CD with ‘Great Big Squiddy Fun’ tribute compilation 2009 Australia)    #

 #    “Artiste of the Month”

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Our regular opening set of Australian 60’s and 70’s music this week featured a Loved Ones track found on a rare 1966 W&G Records compilation, plus a ‘live’ 1971 Wild Cherries recording from Australia’s fondly-remembered ABC-TV series ‘GTK’. Other highlights included the “Light & Darkness suite”, comprising the whole of side 1 of Ash Ra Tempel’s second album, a couple of  Perth punk gems, a Peter Tork penned and performed song from the Monkees which remained unissued for more than twenty years, and a track from a new album spawned from the collaboration of Ty Segall and White Fence.  All rounded out with lots more, shall we say, obscurities and forgotten masterpieces... brought to you by the Cat & the Brat, your DOTS for this week......

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

Freshwater – Hello Sunshine      (7”single b-side 1971 Australia)

the Wild Cherries – G.O.D. (Guitar Over Drive)      (broadcast on ABC-TV July 1971 – taken from “the GTK Tapes Vol.1” 1995 Australia)

the Vacant Lot – Don’t Let Me Sleep Too Long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Sydney, Aust.)

the Twilights – The Way They Play     (7”single b-side 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Wright of Waye – Sun God     (7”single 1968 Sydney, Aust.)

Ray Brown & the Whispers – Too Late to Come Home     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

the Loved Ones – I Want You To Love Me     (‘Our Generation’ W&G Records compilation LP 1966 Aust.)

the Numbers – Govt Boy      (‘Govt Boy’ EP 1979 Aust.)

the Rich Kids – Ghosts of Princes in Towers     (7”single 1978 UK)

the Rockets – Mean Mistress     (7”single 1979 Perth, Aust.)

the Manikins – Love at Second Sight     (7”single 1980 Perth, Aust.)

the Vice Creems – Danger Love      (‘Danger Love’ EP 1979 UK)

Ultravox! – Satday Night in the City of the Dead     (‘Ultravox!’ LP 1977 UK)

the Human League – Circus of Death [Fast Product version]     (7”single 1978 UK)

Ash Ra Tempel – Light & Darkness     (‘Schwingungen’ LP 1972 Germany)

Michael Bundt – Les Classes Aux Microbes     (‘Just Landed Cosmic Kid’ LP 1977 Germany)

Ultimate Spinach – Fragmentary March of Green     (‘Behold & See’ LP 1968 USA)

Svensk – Dream Machine     (7”single 1967 UK)

Pleasure – Poor Old Organ Grinder     (7”single 1969 USA)

Ola & the Janglers – What a Way to Die     (7”single 1969 Sweden)

the Garden Club – Little Girl Lost & Found     (7”single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Monkees – Tear The Top Right Off My Head     (recorded/unissued 1968 – released on ‘Listen to the Band’ compilation 1991 USA)

Gene Clark – Los Angeles     (recorded/unissued 1968 – released on ‘Flying High’ compilation 1998 USA)

Ty Segall & White Fence – The Black Glove/Rag     (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Dark Ocean Colors – The Other Line     (‘Dark Ocean Colors’ 2011 USA)

the Jelly Bean Bandits – Generation     (‘the Jelly Bean Bandits’ LP 1967 USA)