Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
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Covers and Comps (cover versions and compilations, that is...) pretty much sums up this week's show, with both in abundance! And especially those of the Australian variety, such as "Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" and "Burn Your Fingers On The Sun", two classic double-CD psych comps which are now pretty hard to lay your hands on, unless you get lucky in the second-hand bins. The former release also features a disc of current (at the time) bands covering sixties Australian songs ... details of which can also be found in the accompanying book (of the same title) by Iain McIntyre, which also covers fashion, youth culture and society at large, and is still available from Wakefield Press. Unfortunately not many clips of these bands exist, so in some cases I've included an alternative song to give you an idea, in case you missed the show.
Marc Almond - Late Night [Syd Barrett] ("The Madcap Laughs Again!" 2010 UK)
The Orange Drop - Juniper Pearl ("Stoned In Love" 2016 Pennsylvania, USA)
Steve and the Board - The Giggle-Eyed Goo ("The Complete Steve and the Board" 2016 Sydney, Australia)
6 Feet Under - Inspiration in My Head ("6 Feet Under - In Retrospect [1969-70]" USA)
Jacques Du Tronc - Le Responsible (7" single 1969 France)
The Legends - High Towers ("The Legends - High Towers [1965-1973]" USA)
Christine Pilzer - Ah Hem Ho Hu Err ("Cafe Creme" 7" EP 1967 France)
Peter Pan and the Good Fairies - Kaleidoscope ("Garageaholic! Psychedelic! Outsider Music! (Arf Arf Audio Relic sampler)" 2008 (recorded 1968) USA)
biG GRunt - The Strain (12" EP 2016 (recorded March 1970 on the John Peel Show) UK)
biG GRunt - Cyborg Signal (12" EP 2016 (recorded March 1970 on the John Peel Show) UK)
C.A. Quintet - Cold Spider ("Trip Thru Hell" LP 1969 Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)
Die Dancing Bears - New York Valentine (7" single 1982 Adelaide, Australia)
The Brats - We Love You [Rolling Stones] ("Demo 1980 [Live at the Port Elliot Hotel]" 1980 (unreleased) Adelaide, Australia)
The Laurels - Turn on Your Mind ("Mesozoic" 2011 Sydney, Australia)
Intercontinental Playboys - Just Turn On ("Just Turn On" 7" EP 2002 Sydney, Australia)
The Frantics - Farfisa ("Antipodean Screams" 2003 Australia)
Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel? ("Burn Your Fingers On The Sun" 2007 Australia)
The Great Apes - Sebastopol Street [Procession] ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)
Mid State Orange - Moving in A Circle [The Executives] ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)
The Black Ryder - Rise ("Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride" 2009 Sydney, Australia)
Thee Pink Stainless Tail - Gottzar ("The Sky's A Soft Target" 2003 Melbourne, Australia)
Belles Will Ring - Lantern Of Black Light ("Burn Your Fingers On The Sun" 2007 Sydney, Australia)
3DTV - The Neon Distortion ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006, Australia)
The Alohas - Kooksville ("Get Leid With" 2000 Sydney, Australia)
The Sun Blindness - A Trip In The Painted World ("Like Pearly Clouds" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)
Ian Wettenhall - Pirate Lies ("Antipodean Screams" 2003 Australia)
Some tasty treats from the wonderful Fruits de Mer Records arrived in my letterbox, so of course I just had to play ALL of them on the show this week - how could I resist! The current crop of soon-to-be-released vinyl included the latest single from the sixties legendsJuly (an exclusive extended version, and a demo mix of "Can I Go Back Again" a song that appeared in it's original form on their new album "Resurrection"); a coloured vinyl 4-track 7" 33rpm EP (phew!) from Crystal Jacqueline, titled "Morning Dew"; and finally Sendelica's latest spacerock epic, "The Cromlech Chronicles" LP, with which I closed the show by playing all 20 minutes worth of Side 2 - because I can! Other new releases included Doug Tuttle's"It Calls on Me", and another track off The Luck of Eden Hall's wonderful "The Acceleration of Time" plus a swag of songs from 2015 which I've only just got around to playing..... So here's the playlist, with not nearly as many clips as usual, cos I can't include what doesn't exist - a pitfall of playing relatively "unknown" bands, but at least the music's out there to enjoy.
The Sun Birds - Drag Me Down ("Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 (Portland, Oregon USA)
Inside Looking Out - Long Live Sivananda (7" single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)
Al Hotchkiss (Los Tentakills) - I'm a Wolfman For You ("Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 Glasgow, UK)
Erasers - By Your Side ("Stem Together" 2015 Perth, Australia)
July - Can I Go Back Again (7" single [to be released 9 May 2016] UK)
Vibromaniacs - Gloria's Nightmare ("Sweet Smell of Hell" 2007 Dijon, France)
The Diamond Center - Messenger of Wonder ("Crystals for the Brass Empire" 2015 Austin, Texas USA)
Barry Uhl - Song of Songs ("The Stargazer's Bible" 2015 Seattle, USA)
The Striped Bananas - Open Eyes ("Cosmic Carnival" 2015 Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)
The Luck Of Eden Hall - Arthropoda Lepidoptera ("The Acceleration of Time" LP [to be released 1 June 2016] Chicago, Illinois USA)
Doug Tuttle - Saturday-Sunday ("It Calls On Me" 2016 Rochester, New Hampshire, USA)
Apple - The Otherside ("An Apple a Day" LP 1969 Cardiff, Wales UK)
The Flies - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone (7" single 1966, London UK)
Billy Nicholls - London Social Degree ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)
The Wrong Society - Without You (7" single [b-side to "She Destroyed Me"] 2015 Hamburg, Germany)
Paul Messis - The Blind Leading the Blind (7" single 2015, West Sussex, UK)
The Brats - We Love You [Rolling Stones] ("Live at the Pt Elliot Hotel" demo 1980 Adelaide, Australia)
Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel ("Burn Your Fingers on the Sun" compilation 2007 Melbourne, Australia)
Crystal Jacqueline - Morning Dew [Bonnie Dobson/Tim Rose] ("Morning Dew" 7" EP [to be released 9 May 2016] UK)
Maston - Gold Leaf ("Opal Collection" 2014 Los Angeles, California USA)
Felipe Arcazas - Carl Sagan ("Felipe Arcazas and Vintage Cucumber" split EP 2013 Brazil)
It seems that 2007 was a good year for Australian compilations, seeing the release of the excellent "Tomorrow is Today - A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-1970", as well as Off The Hip's "Burn Your Fingers on The Sun", both of which are well worth tracking down if you can find a copy. I featured tracks from both comps, as well as Ty Segall's new release "Emotional Mugger", a few classics from the late 60's, and some more recent Australian efforts, plus quite a few cover versions....
So if you missed the show, this is the playlist.....
The Great Apes - Sebastopol Street [Procession] ("Tomorrow is Today" compilation 2007 Australia)
Pretty City - Mary Go Round (CD Single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)
Graham Day and the Forefathers - 30-60-90 / Love Me Lies [The Prisoners] (7" single 2014 Rochester, Kent UK)
Mid State Orange - Moving in a Circle [The Executives] ("Tomorrow is Today" compilation 2007 Australia)
James McKeown and the Negative Drivers - I See The Rain [Marmalade] "Active Listener's Happy Record Store Day!" compilation 2013 New Zealand)
Three Minute Tease - When I Was 46 in the Year 13 ("Bite the Hand" 2014 UK)
The Higher Elevation - The Diamond Mine (7" single 1967 Colorado, USA)
Scott Walker - The Plague ("Scott 2" LP 1968 USA)
Jacques Brel - Amsterdam (live 1964) ("Bowie Heard them Here First" compilation 2015)
Sir Richard Bishop - Barbary ("The Freak of Araby" 2009 USA)
Ultimate Spinach - (Ballad Of) The Hip Death Goddess ("Ultimate Spinach" LP 1968 Boston, Massachusetts USA)
Brainticket - Black Sand ("Cottonwood Hill" LP 1970 Switzerland)
Vic Conrad and the First Third - Mr V ("Trip Fest Psychedelic Stoner Experience" sampler 2016 Adelaide, Australia)
Dark Ocean Colours - When Both Our Worlds Collide (CD Single 2013 USA)
Ty Segall - The Magazine ("Emotional Mugger" 2016 Los Angeles USA)
El Goodo - Stuck in the 60's ("El Goodo" 2005 Wales, UK)
The Energy Package - This is the Twelfth Night (7" single 1967 USA)
The Bamboo Shoot - The Fox Has Gone to Ground (7" single 1968 UK)
