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

The show this week had another guest presenter in the form of Michael Hunter - no stranger to the timeslot in the Obscured By… days but for one week only, back doing the show on his own.  Actually that’s not quite true, as he was joined on the phone for an interesting chat with Bobby Bright, on the nearly-50 year anniversary of the first Bobby & Laurie single, and on the recent release of Bob’s own new EP “Child Of Rock & Roll” (available on iTunes or his own website).  The news that Led Zeppelin were being sued by the band Spirit for alleged pilfering of a musical phrase on “Stairway To Heaven” led to a few related pieces, including Frank Zappa’s take on the iconic song.  A few unreleased gems by Australian musical heavyweights such as Wendy Saddington and the Wild Cherries also found their way to air, as did some 60s European pop delights - the glam rock band Blue Vamp featuring a pre-Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre!  And so a jolly good time was had by all, and normal service will resume soon.....

..... and here is the playlist plus some vids.....

the Clevedonaires - Lost Women      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)
the National Reps - Back Streets      (unreleased demo 1967 Brisbane, Australia)
Dave Miller Set - Why? Why? Why? [Paul Revere & the Raiders cover]      (7”single 1967 Sydney, Australia)

Toni & Royce - Buy Some Love      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)
Spirit - Taurus      (“Spirit” LP 1968 US)
Frank Zappa - Stairway To Heaven      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)
Sun Kil Moon - I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same      (“Benji” 2014 USA)
the Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)       (unreleased demo 1968 Brisbane, Australia)

the Wendy Saddington Band - Hypocrite Heaven     (unreleased demo 1987 Australia)
X-Ray-Z - Poor Image     (7”single 1977 Australia)
Karma - Iron Fisted Woman     (7”single 1974 Australia)
Red Angel Panic - Viet Rock     (7”single 1971 Adelaide,  Australia)

Bobby & Laurie - I Belong With You      (7”single 1964 Melbourne, Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Strange Rain      (“Bobby & Laurie” LP 1965 Australia)

              *** phone interview with Bobby Bright from Melbourne ***

Bobby Bright - Great Life (Elsie’s Song)      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby Bright - Younger Days      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Australia)
Marta Kubišová  - Nechte Zvony Znit      (7”single 1967 Czech)

Michel Polnareff - La Poupee Qui Fait Non      (7”single 1966 France)

les Hou-Lops - Vendredi m’obsède [Friday On My Mind – Easybeats cover]      (7”single 1967 Quebec, Canada)
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Blue Vamp - Jolly Dolly       (7”single 1973 France)
Omnia - I Don’t Speak Human      (“Musick & Poetree” 2011 Netherlands)

Frank Zappa - Bolero      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

It was once again a diverse show this week, with the Cat & the Brat ranging through old favourites such as Iggy & the Stooges, Clinic and Magazine through Adelaide stalwarts the Asteroid Belt and Van Cleef, plus some recent releases from Ty Segall, Crystal Stilts and Maya. We also sadly bid farewell to a couple of our favourite Australian bands, Belles Will Ring and the Amcats, who have both announced their final performances and that they are going on an indefinite hiatus, as well as playing the Dukes of Stratosphear’s final showing as our “Band of the Month”, plus of course, much more, so without further ado.....

..... here is the playlist.....

the Church – Hiroshima Mon Amour [Ultravox cover]      (‘Box of Birds’ 1999 Australia)

Magazine – The Light Pours Out of Me      (recorded 1978 on BBC ‘Peel Sessions’ – taken from ‘...Magazine [Maybe it’s right to be nervous now]’ anthology boxset  2000 UK)

Clinic – Sunlight Bathes Our Home      (‘Walking With Thee’ 2002 UK)

Maya – Running Low (On Empty)      (‘EPs 1 + 2’ 2012 Aust.)

the Asteroid Belt – Incantations      (‘Incantations/Exultations’ 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

Van Cleef – Dalek Gulch      (‘Where the River Meets the Rock’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Amcats – Why Can’t You See Her      (7”single 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Belles Will Ring – Pallisade Alley      (‘Crystal Theatre’ 2011 Sydney, Aust.)

the Wild Cherries – Krome Plated Yabby      (7”single 1967 Aust.)

Capt. Groovy – Capt. Groovy & his Bubblegum Army      (7”single 1969 USA)

Ty Segall & White Fence – Time      (‘Hair’ 2012 USA)

Tyrnaround – Colour Your Mind      (‘Colour Your Mind’ 12”EP 1987 Aust.)

Crystal Stilts – Through the Floor      (‘In Love with Oblivion’ 2011 USA)

Eric Burdon & the Animals – A Girl Called Sandoz      (7”single b-side [to When I Was Young] 1967 UK)

the Weirdos – Life of Crime      (7”single 1977 USA)

Naz Nomad & the Nightmares – She Lied [Rockin’ Ramrods cover]      (‘Give Daddy The Knife Cindy’ LP 1984 UK)

Iggy & the Stooges – Search and Destroy      (‘Raw Power’ LP 1973 USA)

13^th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me      (7”single 1966 Texas, USA – taken from ‘Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968’ compilation LP 1972 USA)

Lowell George & the Factory – Candy Cane Madness      (recorded 1967 – taken from ‘Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968’ compilation boxset 2009 USA)

David Bowie – All the Madmen      (‘The Man Who Sold The World’ LP 1970 UK)

the Dukes of Stratosphear – Vanishing Girl      (‘Psonic Psunspot’ LP 1987 UK)   #

     #   “Band of the Month”

Technicolour Dreaming

The psych-pop classic “We Love You” by the Rolling Stones, with Brian Jones on mellotron and Lennon & McCartney on backing vocals, began today’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming, while, with ‘The Seeker’ from their debut EP, the Sunnyboys, in their last appearance as our “band of the month”, finished it. In between, we played a cut from the soon-to-be-released debut album by the Laurels, recent releases from bands such as Thee American Revolution, Love Parade and Them Plasms, a song from a Brian Eno’s ‘Another Green World’, a track from Paul McCartney’s debut solo album featuring his first recorded duet with Linda, a version of “The Saint” theme by a UK band found on a compilation of instrumentals supposedly from behind ‘the Iron Curtain’ [?], a Ray Davies song given the Redd Kross treatment, the brilliantly-named ‘Krome Plated Yabby’ 1967 single from Australia’s own Wild Cherries and the Count Five’s ‘Psychotic Reaction’, plus much more... all brought to you once more by the Cat & the Brat on 3D Radio 93.7fm.....

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

the Rolling Stones – We Love You     (7”single 1967 UK)

the Laurels – Glacier     (‘Plains’ 2012 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – New Sunday     (demo version 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Love Parade – Like Lovers Do     (CD single 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Redd Kross – Fancy [Ray Davies cover]     (‘Lady in the Front Row’ CDsingle b-side 1993 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Crushed Grass      (‘The Dream’ EP 2011 California, USA)

Them Plasms – Australian of the Year      (7”split-single [with the Hootenannies – Perth] 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Headset – Action Man     (‘Antipodean Screams Vol.1’ compilation 2003 Aust.)

the Molting Vultures – Morning Sun     (‘Get On Board’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Eno – Sky Saw     (‘Another Green World’ 1975 UK)

Paul McCartney – Man We Was Lonely     (‘McCartney’ 1970 UK)

Jim White – All Together Now [Beatles cover]     (‘Mojo : Yellow Submarine Resurfaces’ comp. 2012 UK/USA)

Sonny & the Sunsets – I See The Void     (‘Long-time Companion’ 2012 California, USA)

Arbouretum – Another Hiding Place     (‘Song of the Pearl' 2009 USA)

Hush Arbors – Fast Asleep     (‘Yankee Reality’ 2009 USA)

White Denim – Mirrored & Reverse     (‘Fits’ 2009 USA)

the Sand Pebbles – Occupied Europe (take me across the water)     (‘Dark Magic’ 2011 Aust.)

the Count Five – Psychotic Reaction      (7”single 1966 California, USA)

the Wild Cherries – Krome Plated Yabby     (7’single 1967 Aust.)

the Apricot – In Slower Motion     (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2011 Norway)

Inside Looking Out – Morning Sun     (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee American Revolution – Grit Magazine     (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2012 USA)

the Eliminators – The Saint [TV-theme cover]    ("Guitars & Percussion" LP 1966 UK – taken from ‘Planetary Pebbles Vol.1 : Surfbeat Behind The Iron Curtain’ comp. 1997)

the Sunnyboys – The Seeker     (‘Sunnyboys’ EP 1980 Sydney, Aust.)  #

      # “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

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)