Technicolour Dreaming

More dreadful weather, internet outages, and a weekend away up in the big smoke to DJ at Wintersteady has meant a really big delay for this week's blog post...so no more prevarication, here it is, and on with the next one!

Vibravoid - Listen, Can't you Hear  ("Delirio Dei Sensi" 2013 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Ola And the Janglers - We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin' [Paul Simon] ("Lime Light" LP 1966 Stockholm, Sweden)

Blush Response - The City Will Eat Itself  ("Wintersteady - Going Steady Mix Tape #7" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Captain Sensibile - Octopus [Syd Barrett]  ("The Madcap Laughs Again!" compilation 2009 UK)

Flyying Colours - Wavy Gravy  ("Wintersteady - Going Steady Mix Tape #7" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Float Along-Fill Your Lungs  ("Float Along - Fill Your Lungs" LP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

Demon Parade - Succumb to a Feather  ("Wintersteady - Going Steady Mix Tape #7" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Tyrnaround - Colour Your Mind  ("Colour Your Mind" 12" EP 1987 Brisbane, Australia)

Love - The Red Telephone  ("Forever Changes" LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

The Selfish Cales - Sulphureous Haze  ("Throw Your Watch to the Water" LP 2015 Torino, Italy)

The Red Plastic Buddha - Little White Pills  ("Songs for Mara" 2014 Chicago, USA)

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife  ("Nonagon Infinity" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Heaters - Sanctuary Blues  ("Holy Water Pool" 2015 Grand Rapids, Michigan USA)

Psychlops Eyepatch - God's Armchair  ("Paranoise EP" 2013 Sydney, Australia)

The Misunderstood - I Can Take You to the Sun  (7" single 1966 US/UK)

Holy Cosmos - Hurricane Fighter Plane [Red Krayola]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of the Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol. III" 2015 Mexico City, Mexico)

The Luck Of Eden Hall - Another High Speed Blowout  ("Acceleration of Time" LP 2016 Chicago, USA)
Procul Harum - Shine On Brightly  ("Shine On Brightly" LP 1968 UK)

Monochromatic Visions - Don't Let Your Youth Go To Waste  ("Blue Thunder - A Tribute to Galaxie 500" compilation 2016 Athens, Greece)
Warm Sounds - Nite Is A Comin'  (7" single 1967 UK)

Mystic Brew - Something More Than A Dream  ("Something More Than a Dream" LP 2015 Russia)
Polska Radio One - Volga  ("North Berry EP" 2014 Yekaterinburg, Russia)

Sun Mahshene - No Control (demo)  ("Dog's Got A  Bone #5" compilation  2016 Dublin, Ireland)

Dream Sick - Dig  ("Last Little Bit" 2014 Tucson, Arizona, USA)
Violet Swells - Strange, Strange Design  (CD Single 2016 Hobart, Australia)

and something extra...

Captain Sensible - Astronomy Domine

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In this internet age, it never fails to surprise me how much music is now available from all over the world, that once wouldn't have been accessible unless you were lucky enough to travel extensively. Bands from Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Belgium and Spain all appeared on the Technicolour Dreaming playlist this week, along with the usual selections from Australia, France and the USA. But even the most obscure releases from those more familiar countries, especially the ones from the 60's, and once available only to dedicated crate diggers, can now be bought at most on-line shops. So enjoy the fruits of the computer age, complete with a few clips to give you the idea...

Sula Bassana - Perry Rhodan  ("Dreamer" LP 2002 Germany)

Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde  (7" single 1968 France)

Deep Feeling  - Blues for Witley  ("Pretty Colours" 1968 UK)

Cato Salsa Experience - So, The Circus Is Back in Town  ("A Good Tip for a Good Time" 2000 Norway)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Invisible Face  ("Nonagon Infinity" 2016, Australia)

The Drab Do Riffs - Gold Coin  ("Postcards from Uranus" EP 2010 New Zealand)

Doug Tuttle - Failing to Believe  ("It Calls on Me" 2015 New Hampshire, USA)

Alex Chilton - Take it Off  ("High Priest" 1987 USA)

Hal Blaine - Wiggy (November)  ("Psychedelic Percussion" LP 1967 USA)

The Daisy Chain - Zzotto  ("Straight or Lame" LP 1967 California USA)

Somebody's Image - Livin' In Style  (7" single [b-side to "Hide and Seek" 1968 Melbourne, Australia)

The In-Betweens - While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Beatles]  (7" single [b-side to "Make A Wish, Amanda"] 1970 Dunedin, New Zealand)

Kingdom of the Holy Sun - Cat Sounds  ("At The Gates of Dawn" 2016 Seattle, USA)

Raindrop - Out of Sight  ("Crowded Brain" 10" EP 2015 Sydney, Australia)

Wild Al Hotchkiss - You're Gonna Miss Me [13th Floor Elevators]  ("Wild Al Hotchkiss and the Three-Eyed Men" 2016 Glasgow, UK)

De Underjordiske - Kravler Ind I Sig Selv  ("Ind I Flammerne" 2015 Denmark)

The Hare and the Moon - Cruel Henry  ("Wood Witch" 2015 Edinburgh, Scotland UK)

Blondi's Salvation - War or Hands of Time [The Master's Apprentices] ("Nuggets 2 Revisited" 2015)

Alice Artaud - La Mort De La Rose  ("Ouroboros" 2015 Belgium)

Buried Feather - Time it Takes  (7" single 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Lou Reed  ("Frankie and the Witch Fingers" 2015 LA, USA)

Gilligan Smiles - Sorry  ("Nuggets 2 Revisited" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Invisible Ships - Acid Tide  (digital single 2013 UK)

Jim Noir - In Hell  (7" single 2015 Manchester, UK)

Levitation Room - Crystal Ball  ("Levitation Room" LP 2016 LA, USA)

Throw Down Bones - Our Home, The Holy Mountain  ("Throw Down Bones" 2015 London UK)

Ozarks - One Thing  ("Ozarks" EP 2015 Portland, Oregon USA)

Frantic Chant - Echoes [Gene Clark]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of the Blog That Celebrates Itself" 2013 Scotland, UK)

Requin Chagrin - Poisson Lune  ("Requin Chagrin" LP 2015 France)

The Extended Plays - Street In Colours  ("Fruitful Shower" 2002 Bilbao, Spain)

The Triptides - Couch Surfer  ("Predictions" LP 2013 LA, California USA)

Violet Swells - The Strange, Strange Design  (digital single 2016 Hobart, Australia)

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As promised, this week I featured a veritable plethora of recent, new and soon to be released tracks (well, compared to previous weeks, a few, anyway!) from the likes of Technicolour Dreaming faves The Luck of Eden Hall, Kikagaku Moyo, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Violet Swells. After a reasonably quiet couple of months, it seems that I hear word of great new stuff every couple of days. Could it be a publicity flurry in advance of Record Store Day on April 16th, or just a coincidence? Who knows, but it's great to see the vinyl resurgence continue to grow, though unfortunately slowed somewhat due to the major labels jumping on the bandwagon with pointless re-issues, and clogging up the pressing plant schedules at the expense of the small independent labels, who were the ones that supported them through the tough times. 

So here's the play-list, with even more new stuff in store for the next show...

Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

Richard De Bordeaux Et Daniel Beretta - La Drogue ("Extrait Du Film 'Le Temps Fou' Du Marcel Camus" EP 1968 France)

Elephant Stone (featuring Alex Maas) - The Devil's Shelter  (digital single 2015 Montreal, Canada)

Kikagaku Moyo  - Kogarishi ("House in the Tall Grass" LP [to be released in May 2016] Japan)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife  ("Nonagon Infinity" LP [to be released 29 April 2016] Melbourne, Australia)

Murmurs of Irma - Vacuum Cleaner [Tintern Abbey]  ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 Portsmouth UK)

Violet Swells -  Gravity Wins Again (digital single 2015 Hobart, Australia)

Circassian  - Eastern Patterns  ("Procrastinational" EP 2012 Greece) 

The Small Faces - I Feel Much Better  ("There Are But Four Small Faces" LP 1967 UK)

The Orange Revival - Lying in The Sand ("Futurecent" 2015 Sweden)

Signal to Noise Ratio - Magician [The Amazing Friendly Apple]  ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 Warsaw, Poland) 
The Luck Of Eden Hall - A Procession of Marshmallow Soldiers Across the Clockwork Pudding  ("The Acceleration of Time" LP [to be released 1 June 2016] Chicago USA)

Black Market Karma - Run Run Run  ("Comatose" 2012 London, UK)

Neighb'rhood Childr'n - She's Got No Identification  ("Neighb'rhood Childr'n" LP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

Elephant Stone - Dhun  ("The Glass Box" EP 2010 Montreal, Canada)
The Reverb Syndicate - Return of the Angry Gentleman ("Mondo Cacti" 2011 Ottawa, Canada)

Mystic Brew - Something More Than A Dream  ("Something More Than A Dream" LP 2015 Russia)
Sacagawea and the Hunter - Boris the Assassin  ("Lewis and Clark" EP 2013 Philadelphia, USA)

Ipissimus - Hold On [Sharon Tandy]  (7" single 1969 UK)

ESP Limited - Tell Me  ("It Came From the Garage - Nuggets from Southern California"
compilation 2007 USA)  


A Little Bit of Sound - Girls Who Paint Designs  (7" single 1967 Long Island, New York USA)


The Black Ryder - Let Me Be Your Light  ("The Door Behind The Door" 2015 Australia/USA)

McGough and McGear - So Much To Love  ("McGough and McGear" LP 1968 UK) 

D.C. Drifters - Louisiana Blues  (7" single b-side [to "I Know"] 1967 USA)


The Sweet Acids - That Creature  (7" single 1969 Georgia, USA) 


Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Take Me For A Walk)  ("The Grateful Dead" LP1967 San Francisco USA)




The Messengers - We Can't Get Along  ("The Messengers" EP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)




The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Action Strasse  ("Tomorrow Belongs To Me" LP 1975 UK)




The Peep Tempel - People Don't Get You  ("The Peep Tempel" 2012 Melbourne, Australia)



Shake Spears - I Can't Tell (7" single 1965 Belgium) 



The Sand Pebbles - Red Orange Purple and Blue  ("Ceduna" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)





And an extra little treat - another track from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's soon to be released LP "Nonagan Infinity" - it's called "People - Vultures".....enjoy!!

Technicolour Dreaming

This was a very, very sad week for losing legendary front-men - first, the news that the Easybeats' Stevie Wright, later a successful solo musician in his own right, had died on December 26; and 3 days later we lost Lemmy, best known from Motorhead, but prior to this the Rockin' Vickers, Sam Gopal, Opal Butterfly, and of course Hawkwind. At least The Brat will have some more people to jam with! So of course a few tribute songs were in order, but of course the show must go on - with quite a few instrumentals - Wiskey Biscuit, Scantharies and White Candles featured, plus some French tracks (which I'd been missing) from Jacques du Tronc, Bernard Chabert and Dansez avec Moa. There was also a bit of a "Garden" and "Violet" theme going on for a while there, too, and another track from Sir Psych & LA Al's Smoking Trees. Plus the usual mix...

...so here is the playlist, with candy to feast your eyeballs upon!!!

White Candles - Behold! The Abstract Eye  ("Flowers for Delia" EP 2014 Philadelphia, USA)

The Scantharies - The Bear  ("The Scantharies" 2012 UK)
 

The Smoking Trees  - Victoria's Garden  ("TST" 2015 Los Angeles, USA)
 

Violet Swells - Jupiter's Garden  (CD Single 2014 Hobart, Aust.)
 

Violet Woods - Take Your Time  ("Violet Woods" 2014 Cambridge UK)
 

Frantic Chant  - Spittin' Fire  ("Ruthless Supermen" 2014 Edinburgh, Scotland)
 

Love - Seven and Seven Is  ("Da Capo" LP 1966 Los Angeles USA) 

Wiskey Biscuit - A Shot in the Dark [Henry Mancini]  ("Shots in the Dark" comp 1996 USA)
 

Sagittarius - My World Fell Down  ("Present Tense" LP 1968 USA)
 

The Church - Silver Machine [Hawkwind]  ("Box of Birds" 1999 Aust.)
 

The Easybeats - Sorry  (7" Single 1966 Sydney, Aust.)

Thursday's Children - E Too D [Small Faces]  ("Kaptain Kavemen From Brisbane" 2015 Aust.)
 

Running Jumping Standing Still - Diddy Wah Diddy (7" single 1967 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Lord and the Flies - Echoes  (7" single 1966 USA)
 

Purple Hearts - Early in the Morning  (7" single 1966 Brisbane, Aust.) 

The Cryan Shames - Ben Franklin's Almanac (7" single [b-side to "Sugar and Spice"] 1966 USA)
 

Jacques Du Tronc - Les Gens Sont Fous, Les Temps Sont Flous  ("Jacques Du Tronc" (1) LP 1966 France)
 

Dansez avec Moa - Les Francais sont des veaux  (7” single late 1960s, taken from “Wizzz Psychorama Francais Vol 3 "compilation 2015  France)
 

Bernard Chabert - Helga Selzer  (7" single (b-side to L'homme De L'univers {Neanderthal Man] 1970 France)
 

Flyying Colours - Like You Said  ("Flyying Colours" EP 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Myrchents - Indefinite Inhibition (7" single 1967 Ohio, USA)
 

The Craig - I Must Be Mad  (7" single 1967 USA)
 

Les Mistigris - Summer Nights  ("Psychedelic Super Pjotr (Original Motion Score)" 1999 Ukraine)
 

George & Beathovens - Jdi Dal  ("Psychedelic Super Pjotr (Original Motion Score)" 1999 Ukraine)
 

Stevie Wright - Black Eyed Bruiser ("Black Eyed Bruiser" LP 1975 Sydney, Aust.)
 

Hurdy Gurdy - Peaceful Open Space  ("Hurdy Gurdy" LP 1972, Denmark)
 

Tooth and Tusk - Nothing Makes Sense  (CD single 2015 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Dead Radio - Tokeloshe  ("Crystal Moth" 2012 Sydney, Aust.)
 

Redcoats - Dreamshaker  ("Redcoats" 2011 Melbourne, Aust.)
 

Grand Rapids - Brian's Got a Rubber Soul  ("Great Shakes" 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

The Morning Night - Someday  ("Otis" 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Technicolour Dreaming

Some new releases, some recent favourites plus a further bunch of “classics from the past” [in our minds at least] all go towards providing the regular formula for an episode of Technicolour Dreaming, and indeed all are present and correct here this week. In particular, we were excited to find in our PO Box the long-awaited second album by the Fast Camels, “Dead Rooms and Butterfly Dreams” as it’s been quite a while since they delivered their brilliant 2007 debut “The Magic Optician”. Despite personnel changes along the way, the band has continued to play live intermittently in their native Scotland and elsewhere, but no recordings were released until now. It was definitely worth the wait though, for, like their debut, it sounds more enticing every time we spin it and we believe you’ll agree that it’s another prime slice of 21^st century psych-pop. Another such delicious slice came in the form of a [very] limited CD edition of “The Soft Focus EP”, previously only available digitally on Bandcamp etc, by Tasmania’s Violet Swells. They’ve created quite a buzz with these songs, especially lead single “Jupiters Garden”, even getting a rave-up in premier UK psych magazine “Shindig!” – not bad for a young band who only had their first live show a few months ago! Also on the show, our “Band of the Week” feature saluted Australia’s late, lamented Belles Will Ring, whose three albums and assorted singles will continue to enrich our musical vistas. Throw in some Kak, Pere Ubu, Luna, Morgan Delt and a plethora of others, and that was the show. Until we meet again next week .....

..... here is the full playlist, with moving pictures..... 

the Red Crayola (with the Familiar Ugly) – Hurricane Fighter Plane / Free Form Freakout         (“The Parable of Arable Land ” LP 1967 Texas, USA)

Verma – The Traveller         (“Sunrunner” 2014 Chicago, USA)

the Myrrors – Solar Collector         (“Solar Collector” EP 2014 Arizona, USA)

Alpha Waves – Vampiric Vultures         (“Distopia” EP 2014 Hamburg, Germany)

Pere Ubu – Non-alignment Pact         (“The Modern Dance” LP 1978 Ohio, USA)

Night Beats – Outta Mind         (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 USA)

Luna – Superfreaky Memories         (“The Days of Our Nights” 1999 USA)

the Fast Camels – Cecilia Deal        (“Dead Rooms and Butterfly Dreams” 2014 Scotland, UK)

James McKeown & the Negative Drivers – See the Rain [Marmalade cover]         (recorded 2013 Wales, UK for “The Active Listener Record Store Day 2013” compilation 2013 New Zealand)

Violet Swells – Into the Ether         (“The Soft Focus EP” 2014 Tasmania, Australia)

the Triptides – Throne of Stars         (“Colors” EP 2014 Indiana, USA)

**  BAND OF THE WEEK – Belles Will Ring  **

Belles Will Ring – The River         (“Crystal Theatre” 2011 Sydney, Australia)

Belles Will Ring – Mad Love      (“Mood Patterns” 2007 Sydney, Australia)

the Velvet Underground – Venus in Furs      (“The Velvet Underground & Nico” LP 1967 New York, USA)

Kak – Trieuology      (“Kak” LP 1967 California, USA)

Kingdom of the Holy Sun – A Go Go      (“Kingdom of the Holy Sun” 2012 California, USA)

Demons of Negativity – Resurrection      (“These Dogs Live in the Garage” LP compilation 1988 Boston, USA)

the Ceyleib People – Changes      (“Tanyet” LP 1967 USA)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – What’s That Sound      (7”single 2007 Sydney, Australia)

Frumious Bandersnatch – Hearts to Cry      (“Frumious Bandersnatch” EP 1967 San Francisco, USA)

the Syssys – Jump Back      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

unknown [possibly the Wild Colonials] – Junior Newsgirl      (acetate 1964 Australia – taken from “Devil’s Children : Vol.3” compilation 2002 Australia)

the Laughing Leaves – Tree People      (“Off Our Tree” EP 2014 Perth, Australia)

Morgan Delt – Mr Carbon Copy      (“Morgan Delt” LP 2014 California, USA)