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And after an absence of nearly 3 months, The Cat finally returns to the airwaves, though without husband and partner-in-music, Peter Brat, who tragically passed away in July. All those who knew The Brat, whether personally, or by association with Three D Radio’s “Technicolour Dreaming”, “Obscured by …”, or his musical career, will surely agree that his death is great loss to music of all kinds, and especially his particular love, anything that could remotely be construed as psychedelic. 

Hats off to Harry and Michael Hunter, who have been keeping the Technicolour Dreaming driver’s seat warm this past couple of months & doing a fine job- the show must go on!

Needless to say, the “comeback show” featured many Cat and Brat faves from round the world, including The Fast Camels, Jim Noir, Nick Nicely, Thee Oh Sees, Vibravoid and Dolly Rocker Movement from the past decade, Roxy Music and Brian Eno from the 70’s, and many more. Particularly exciting is the news that Moon Duo will finally be playing in Adelaide in November, after their disappointing cancellation as the support for John Spencer Blues Explosion a while back. Hopefully an interview with Riley and Sanae is in the works when they get here - fingers crossed !

So …. until next week, here is the playlist plus associated visuals..... including footage of The Pretty Things performing “SF Sorrow” for the first time in its entirety, at Abbey Road Studios in 1998.

The Atlantics - Take A Trip     (“Collectibles” 2011 Australia)

High Learys - Letter to Alice     (CD single, 2015 Perth, Australia)

Fast Camels - 50 Things on your Mind     ("The Magic Optician" 2007 Glasgow, UK)

Nick Nicely - 49 Cigars     ("49 Cigars" EP 2015 UK)

Toy - Conductor      ("Join the Dots” 2013 UK)

The Moles - We are the Moles (pt 1)      (7" single 1968 UK)

Sand Pebbles - Elephant Gun      ("Atlantis Regrets Nothing" 2006 Australia)

Roxy Music - Out of the Blue     ("Country Life” LP 1974 UK)

Jim Noir - The Cheese of Jim's Command     ("Jimmy's Show" 2012 UK)

Halasan Bazar - Scroll Down     ("How to be Ever Happy" 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark)

The Mystic Tide - Psychedelic Journey Part 1     (7" single b-side [to "Frustration"] 1967 New York, USA)

Moon Duo - Slow Down Low     ("Shadow of the Sun” 2014 USA)

Dolly Rocker Movement - The Only One     ("Our Days Mind the Tyme" 2009 Australia) 

The Seed Coat - She was Happy     (“Adolescence” 2014 Stockholm, Sweden) 

Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk     ("Here Come the Warm Jets” LP  1973 UK)

July - Friendly Man     ("July" LP 1968 UK)

Pretty Things - SF Sorrow is Born     ("SF Sorrow" LP 1968 UK)

Baby Woodrose - Nothing is Real     ("Third Eye Surgery" 2012 Denmark)

Vibravoid - The White Ship  [HP Lovecraft]     ("Stepping Stone” 7” EP 2015 Dusseldorf, Germany)    

Galileo 7 - You're Not Dreaming     ("False Memory Lane" 2014 UK)

The Dead Heir - Wolves At my Door     (CD Single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

The Who - Armenia City in the Sky     (“The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

Thee Oh Sees - Sticky Hulks     ("Mutilator Defeated at Last" 2015 USA)

And as an extra bit of eye candy, The Pretty Things performing their 1968 LP “SF Sorrow” in it’s entirety, at Abbey Road Studios in 1998, narrated by Arthur Brown - 

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Firstly we’d like to begin by saying congratulations to Cat & Brat faves, Chicago’s the Luck of Eden Hall, for achieving their Kickstarter campaign to raise over $14,000 to help pay for their tour of the UK and Europe later this year. They had the bookings but not much cash so we are pleased to announce that Curvey and his merry band of psychsters achieved their goal – they are still ‘travelling on the cheap’ so it gives some idea of the logistics and cost of a relatively small band to take their music overseas..... there are many Australian musicians who can no doubt relate. Anyway, we wish this very cool band all the best and so just had to play a track from their most recent LP, “Victoria Moon”. We did get a bit nostalgic on this show and played some older tracks by a few of our favourite bands, such as Temples, All Night Radio, Dark Ocean Colors and the Dandelion, as well as recent ones from the likes of the Black Ryder, Moon Duo and Melbourne’s Ben Mason. The 60’s were not forgotten either, with songs from the Rolling Stones and Mike Furber leading up to our compilation of the week, “Psychedelia : an herbal mixture of psychedelic remedies and freakbeat fantoms”, a 5-CD boxset of rarities from that era. Four of the sides were originally issued on vinyl in the 1990s by the UK’s “Tiny Alice” label with the fifth being the intended but unreleased final release – now it’s a CD boxset compilation and a great find if you are into late-60’s pop-psych rarities from Europe and the UK. So, until next week, we bid you “adieu”.....

..... and leave you with the playlist and some visual accompaniment.....

Temples - Sand Dance      ("Sun Structures" 2013 UK)

nick nicely - 49 Cigars      ( 7" single 1980 UK – taken from "Psychotropia” anthology 2010 UK)

the Rolling Stones - Sing this all together (see what happens)    ("Their Satanic Majesties' Request" LP 1967 UK)

Mike Furber - You      (7" single 1966 Australia)

the Steve Miller Band - The Beauty of Time Is That It's Snowing [Psychedelic BB]      ("Children of the Future"  LP 1968 California USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall - The Collapse of Suzy Star      ("Victoria Moon"  LP 2014 Chicago USA)

the Black Ryder -  The Seventh Moon      ( "The Door Behind The Door" 2015  Aust. / USA)

the Dandelion - Borderline Originality Disorder      ("Strange Case of the Dandelion" LP 2014 Australia)

Moon Duo - Night Beat      ("Shadow of the Sun" 2015 California, USA)

Jack - The End of the Way It’s Always Been      ("The End of the Way It’s Always Been" 2002 Cardiff, Wales)

All Night Radio - Fall Down 7      ("Spirit Stereo Frequency" 2004 USA)

DeWolff - Silver Lovemachine      ("Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants" 2012 Holland)

Dark Ocean Colors - Alone with Candy      (“Dark Ocean Colors” 2011 USA)

High Dials - Chinese Boxes       (“Anthems for Doomed Youth” 2010 Canada)

               COMPILATION OF THE WEEK

“Psychedelia : An herbal mixture of psychedelic remedies and freakbeat fantoms”  

Orange Machine - Dr Crippen's Waiting Room       (7" single b-side (to You Can all Join In) 1969 Dublin, Ireland – taken from “Psychedelia : An herbal mixture of psychedelic remedies and freakbeat fantoms” 5-CD compilation box set  2015 UK – Disc 3)

 

Cape Kennedy Construction Company - Armageddon      (7" single b-side (to First Step on the Moon) 1969 UK – taken from “Psychedelia....” Disc 1)

the Executives - Moving in a Circle   (7" single b-side (to It's a Happening World) 1968 Australia – taken from “Psychedelia....” Disc 2)

the Gibsons - City Life    (7" single b-side (to Night and Day) 1967 Australia – taken from “Psychedelia....” Disc 1)

No to Co - Saturday to Sunday      ("So What" LP 1970 Poland – taken from “Psychedelia....” Disc 5)

the Mirage - I see the rain      (7" acetate 1970 Hertfordshire UK– taken from “Psychedelia....” Disc 3)

Edwick Rumbold - Boggle Woggle      (7" single b-side (to Shades of Grey) 1966 UK– taken from “Psychedelia....” Disc 2)

Ben Mason - Esmerelda      ("She'd Need a Heart" pre-release 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Sun Dial - Out of Space, Out of Time       (7" single 2002 USA)

the Peoples Temple - (the) Forest Speaks       ("More for the Masses" 2012 USA)

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The Scientists are in Adelaide this week so we thought we’d feature one of their classic songs, albeit one originally released as a single b-side, and this kind of set the tone for the rest of the show. Yes there were some recent releases, including songs from Pinkunoizu, the Luck of Eden Hall and Temples and even pre-releases from the Barbarellatones and the Dandelion Seeds, but the bulk of rest were from all over the place, with tracks from artists such as Chad & Jeremy, John Foxx, nick nicely, the Good, the Bad & the Queen, This Mortal Coil and the Frantics, with Mordecai Smyth finishing off on a suitably British psych-pop note.....

..... so here is the playlist, with some visuals to divert.....

Pinkunoizu – Necromancer      (“The Drop” LP 2014 Denmark)

 

nick nicely – 49 Cigars      (7”single b-side [to Hilly Fields (1892)] 1981 UK – taken from “Psychotropia” anthology 2010 UK)

the Arnold Corns (aka David Bowie) – Hang On To Yourself      (7”single b-side [to Moonage Daydream] 1971 UK)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Westward Leading      (“Wandermoon” 2011 Wales, UK)

John Foxx – Endlessly      (7”single 1982 UK)

the Scientists – Swampland      (7”single b-side [to Happy Hour] 1982 Perth, Australia)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Alluda Majaka      (“Oddments” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

The Good, the Bad & the Queen – Herculean      (CD-single 2006 UK)

This Mortal Coil – Strength of Strings [Gene Clark cover]      (“Filigree & Shadow” LP 1986 UK)

the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – In the Arena/Suppose They Give a War and No One Comes      (“Vol. 2” LP 1967 USA)

the Frantics – Just For a While      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Relax Your Mind” anthology LP 1994 USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall – The Collapse of Suzy Star      (“Victoria Moon” LP 2014 Chicago, USA)

the Dandelion Seeds – Crazy Sun      (“Dandelion Seeds” LP 2014 Iceland)

Chad & Jeremy – Rest In Peace/The Gentle Cold of Dawn      (“Of Cabbages & Kings” LP 1967 UK/USA)

the Amazing – Kirwan Song      (“The Amazing” 2010 Sweden)

Temples – Move With The Season      (“Sun Structures” 2013 UK)

the Sun Blindness – Velvet Apple      (“Far Arden” 2011 Australia)

the Barbarellatones – Then the Sausage      (mp3 demo 2014 California, USA)

the Black Hollies – Toy Boat Toy Boat Toy Boat      (7”single b-side [to Benevolent Beacon] 2011 USA)

Mordecai Smyth – I’ve Been So Tired      (“Sticky Tape & Rust” LP 2011 UK)

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It’s been a while since we played a song-suite, so the five tracks that compose the opus that is ‘In Held Twas I’ from Procol Harum’s second album seemed to fit the bill. From there it was off on a trip through eras and locales, fed by more of the goodies that have appeared in our post-box recently, plus a few old favourites like the Twilights, Eno and Jacques Dutronc. Highlights included songs from the debut album by Dean Allen Foyd, the Citradels, Beaulieau Porch and local heroes the Systemaddicts, as well as from older albums by Sweden’s the Works and criminally neglected 60’s L.A. garage-girls the Daisy Chain, plus a cool version of D.A.F.’s “Der Mussolini” by Green Hornet and a classic from nick nicely. Throw in the Wondermints, Jeff Duff, the Millennium and loads more and it’s another episode done and dusted by the Cat and the Brat.....

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

Procol Harum – In Held Twas I [suite]      (‘Shine On Brightly’ LP 1968 UK)

the Wondermints – Truth or Consequences      (‘Kaleidoscopin’: Exploring Prisms of the Past’ anthology 2009 USA)

the Systemaddicts – Sad Dark Eyes [Loved Ones cover]      (‘Do You Really Want My Love?’ 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Jeff Duff – Ziggy Stardust [Bowie cover]      (‘Fragile Spaceman’ 2011 Australia)

Psychic Ills – Mind Daze      (‘Hazed Dream’ 2011 USA)

nick nicely – Hilly Fields [1892]      (7”single 1982 – taken from ‘Psychotropia’ anthology 2010 UK)

the Seeds – I Can’t Seem to Make You Mine      (7”single 1965 Los Angeles, USA – taken from reissue of 1966 debut LP ‘The Seeds’ 2013 USA)

the Works – I Saw The Ocean      (‘The Works’ 2005 Sweden)

Dean Allen Foyd – Queen Machine      (‘The Sounds Can Be So Cruel’ 2012 Germany)

the Works –  Not The Same      (‘The Works’ 2005 Sweden)

the Rolling Stones – My Obsession      (‘Between the Buttons’ LP 1967 UK)

the Twilights – Comin’ On Down      (7”single b-side [to Tell Me Goodbye] 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

the Millennium – To Claudia on Thursday      (‘Begin’ LP 1968 California, USA)

the Beacon Street Union – The Clown Died In Marvin Gardens      (‘The Clown Died In Marvin Gardens’ LP 1968 Boston, USA)

the Daisy Chain – Zzotto      (‘Straight or Lame’ LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

the Doors – Wishful Sinful      (‘The Soft Parade’ LP 1968 USA)

the Gosteleradio – Crimean War Song      (‘Great Deeds Against the Dead’ 2010 Melbourne, Australia)

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

 

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow      (‘Psych-Out’ soundtrack LP 1968 USA)

the Citradels – Let’s Do the Mindwarp Again      (‘Psychotic Syndrone’ 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

fell – Beacon      (‘Incoherent Lullabies’ 2009 Sydney, Australia)

Green Hornet – Der Mussolini [D.A.F. cover]      (‘So Much To Give’ 2007 Groningen, Netherlands – taken from ‘Little Next Big Things - Subroutine Records’ compilation 2006 Netherlands)

Roxy Music – The Bob [medley]      (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

Eno – Driving Me Backwards      (‘Here Come the Warm Jets’ LP 1973 UK)

 

Jacques Dutronc – et Moi et Moi et Moi      (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1966 France)

Christine Pilzer – Ah Hem Ho Hu Err      (7”single 1967 France)

Sullivan – Hashish Faction      (7”single 1966 France)

the Bee Gees – Coalman [demo 1966]      (‘Morning of my Life: 1965-1966’ anthology 2013 Australia)