Technicolour Dreaming

A few notable new releases played on Technicolour Dreaming this week included The Honey Pot's latest, "Inside The Whale", which has a real West-Coast 60's psych feel to it, out now on MegaDodo Records; and The Murlocs new one "Young Blindness" - and if you were planning to buy the coloured vinyl, it's too late!! Melbourne bands were well represented on the show, making up 6 of the selections, plus the usual French oddities, some Canadian coolness, as well as tracks from Germany, Norway, Russia and The Ukraine - there's so much fantastic music out there, both old and new, the world over. Just 2 hours a week is never enough!
Here's the playlist, plus visuals.....

Deep Feeling - Pretty Colours  ("Deep Feeling" rec. 1966, rel. 2008 USA) 

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

Serge Franklin - KKK (Le Ku Klux Klan)  ("45 Tours A La Une" 7" EP 1966 France) 

Isabelle - Amstramgram  ("Dis Moi Poupée" 7" EP 1968 France) 

The Daughters of Eve - Help Me Boy  (7" single [b-side to "Symphony of Soul"] 1967 USA) 

Elephant Stone - A Silent Moment  ("Acid Killed My Rock'n'Roll - an Intro to Elephant Stone" 2015 Montreal, Canada) 

Park Avenue Playground - The Trip  (7" single [b-side to "I Know"] 1969 Lansing, Illinois, USA) 

Tyrnaround - As I Walk With You  ("Succeeds When Daylight Fails" LP 1989 Melbourne, Australia) 

The Honey Pot - Inside the Whale  ("Inside the Whale" LP 2016 UK) 

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

Twink - 10,000 Words in a Cardboard Box  ("Think Pink" LP 1970 UK) 

The Apricot - We Believe in Zoo  ("A Forestful of Threes" 2011 Norway)

The Hoa Hoas - Postcards  ("Pop/Drone/Pedals" 2009 Canada) 

The Smoking Trees - Good Morning  ("TST" 2015 Los Angeles, California USA) 

Ummagma - Rotation  ("Singles" 2012 Ukraine)  

Tara King th with Halasan Bazar - Ventolin  ("Mostly Tara Tape" 2014 France) 

The Murlocs - Rolling On  ("Young Blindness" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

The Living Eyes - Oh Yeah [The Shadows of Knight]  ("Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era" LP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

The Creeping Bam - Don't Get High  (7" single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Deerhunter - Snakeskin  ("Fading Frontier" 2015 Atlanta, USA)

Pipe Eye - People Move Along  ("Cosmic Blip" 10" EP 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Magic America - Comes and Goes  ("Magic America" EP 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

The Black Angels - Yellow Elevator #2  ("Phosphene Dream" 2010 Austin, Texas USA)

Edwick Rumbold - Shades of Grey  (7" single 1967 UK)

Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Martians Don't Surf  ("12 Theories of Time Travel" 2015 UK) 

Majic Ship - Green Plant  (7" single [b-side to "Night Time Music"] 1968 New York, USA)

Vespero - One of These Days (7" single [b-side to "Careful With That Axe, Eugene"] 2013 Russia)

The Seeds - 900 Million People Daily All Make Love  ("Raw and Alive In Concert at Merlin's Music Box" LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

The show started with a French-language version ("Noir C'Est Noir") of a Spanish hit ("Negro Es Negro"), which later became the disco anthem "Black is Black" ... cover versions seemed to be the only unifying factor for the next 2 hours of music, which stylistically wandered all over the place. I don't think that Technicolour Dreaming could ever be accused of being predictable!

Here's the playlist for your edification, with some clips to ponder while wondering what in the world will be on the show next week!

Johnny Hallyday Avec The Blackburds [Los Bravos] - Noir C'Est Noir (7" single 1966 France) 

The Black Angels - Yellow Elevator #2  ("Phosphene Dream" 2010 Austin, Texas USA) 

The Gurus - Blue Snow Night (alt version)  ("The Gurus are Hear!" rec. 1966, rel.2003 USA) 

David Hemmings - Talkin' LA ("David Hemmings Happens" LP 1967 UK) 

Sand Snowman - The Rebel's Rulebook  ("Private Culture 2006-2013" 2013 London, UK) 

Sudden Death of Stars - Why Won't You Try?  ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Brittany, France) 

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Ah Om Oh Yay (She Said) ("12 Theories of Time Travel" 2015 UK) 

Anna Karina - Roller Girl  ("Anna - Original Soundtrack" rec.1966, rel.2009 France/Denmark) 

The Dandelion Seeds - The Waiting Game  ("The Dandelion Seeds" 2014 Iceland) 

The Gods - Hey Bulldog [Beatles]  (7" single 1969 UK) 

The Lemon Tree - William Chalker's Time Machine  (7" single 1968 Birmingham,UK) 

The Dunes - When You Wake Up  ("Trip Fest Psychedelic Stoner Experience Sampler" 2016 Adelaide, Australia) 

The Fast Camels - Der Nazi Tea  ("The Magic Optician" 2007 Scotland, UK) 

 The Leathercoated Minds - Over Under Sideways Down [Yardbirds]  ("A Trip Down Sunset Strip" LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

 The Soft Boys - Dreams  ("Underwater Moonlight" LP 1980 Cambridge, UK) 

 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Menopause Man  ("Before Today" 2010 California, USA) 

 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Line  ("Howl" 2005 Los Angeles, USA) 

 Silver Apples - I Have Known Love  ("Contact" LP 1969 New York, USA)   

 Clinic - Miss You  ("Free Reign" 2012 Liverpool, UK) 

 The Magnetic Mind - Maybe the Stars, Maybe the Sun (7" single 2012 London UK) 

 Morning After Girls - Always Mine  ("Shadows Evolve" 2005 Melbourne, Australia) 

Viva K - Dekoder  ("Viva K" 2005 Los Angeles USA)

Radio Moscow - I Just Wanna Make Love to You  ("He Put the Bomp! In the Bomp" compilation 2007 Iowa, USA)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips  ("Dandelion Gum" 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA) 

 Dungen - Gjort Bort Sig  ("Ta Det Lugnt" 2004 Stockholm, Sweden) 

Wooden Shjips - Shrinking Moon For You  ("Wooden Shjips" 2007 San Francisco, USA) 

And as a little added extra, an amusing clip of the band "The Smart Alecs", featuring David Hemmings and Steve Marriott, from the 1963 movie "Live It Up!"