Technicolour Dreaming

We began the show with a track from one of our favourite albums of last year by California’s Lumerians, and while there was music from around the globe as usual, there was certainly a ‘West Coast’ bias this week, with some songs even name-checking the state of California while others featured the 12-string jangle, sunny harmonies and even the weirdness often associated with the music of the area. However, bands such as the Velvet Underground, the Yardbirds, the Playboys, les Limiñanas and the Red Crayola showed another side of psychedelia that owes little to such ‘sunshine pop’-iness – have a peek at Dead Skeletons’ video for confirmation of that .....

..... so here is the playlist plus various visuals.....

Lumerians – Life Without Skin      (“The High Frontier” 2013 Oakland, California, USA)

les Limiñanas – La Fille de la Ligne 15      (7”single 2013 Perpignan, France)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Is God      (“ORD” museum installation EP 2013 Iceland)

Brainticket – Black Sand      (“Cottonwoodhill” LP 1970 Belgium/Germany)

the Velvet Underground – The Gift [stereo mix]      (taken from 2013 “45^th Anniversary Re-issue” boxset 2013 USA – originally on “White Light, White Heat” LP 1968 New York, USA)

Maston – Tell Donna       (“Trouble In Mind : Liverpool 2013 Psych Fest” label compilation 2013 Chicago, USA)

the Yardbirds – Still I’m Sad      (7”single 1965 UK)

Wax Museums – Nothin’ to do (with the 60’s)      (“Eye Time” 2012 USA)

the Surrenders – Loaded Dice      (7”single 1988 France)

the Missing Links – You’re Driving Me Insane       (7”single 1965 Australia – taken from “Down Under Nuggets- Original Australian Artyfacts 1965-1967” compilation 2013 Australia/USA)

the Easybeats – The Last Day of May      (“Volume 3” LP 1966 Australia)

the Playboys – Sad      (7”single 1967 Australia/UK)

the Thanes – Love Is Fading Away [Poets cover]     (7”single b-side [to She’s Coming Back to Me] 2014 UK)

the Higher State – Sky Clears to Blue      (“The Higher State” LP 2013 Kent, UK)

the Entrance Band – Fine Flow      (“Face the Sun” 2013 Los Angeles, USA)

Grapefruit – Dolce Delilah [Italian version of ‘Dear Delilah’]     (7”single 1968 Italy – bonus track on “Around Grapefruit” re-issue  2005 UK)

Wild Rocket – Year of the Snake      (demo 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

White Hills – Visions of the Past, Present & Future      (“Heads On Fire” LP 2009 USA)

Ganglians – California Cousins     (“Still Living” 2011 USA)

Surf School Dropouts – California      (demo 2013 Denmark)

the Holy Mackerel – Wildflowers      (“The Holy Mackerel” LP 1968 California, USA)

Mad River – Wind Chimes      (“Mad River” LP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

the Story UK – Standing in the Rain      (“Joy Ride on Memory Lane” 2011 UK)

the Dandelion – Paranoid Floyd in a Bliss You Can Hear      (“Curse of the Dandelion” 2013 Australia)

the Red Crayola – Hurricane Fighter Plane      (“The Parable of Arable Land” LP 1967 Texas, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

With occasional co-host Michael Hunter joining the Cat & the Brat for this week’s show, we had another first for our new 3D Radio studios – our first phone interview here, chatting at some length with Mike Rudd of Spectrum fame... though we actually spent most of the interview talking about his pre-Spectrum escapades, especially his involvement with garage legends Chants R&B in his native New Zealand. He also spoke of their move to Melbourne and the vibrant music scene they found there, his time with the Party Machine before Ross Wilson zipped off to the UK to join Technicolour Dreaming faves Procession, the post-Spectrum years with Ariel and lots more – a talkative and friendly chap who still tours and records both solo and with various permutations of Spectrum [and indeed even does the occasional Chants R&B reformation]. Apart from all the chat we did manage to play some music! We have just come into possession of the classic 1969 ‘Trip Thru Hell’ album by the C.A.Quintet and bookended the show with the two sections of the title track. We also bade farewell to the two Kevins, Ayers and Peek, who passed away recently, playing, amongst other things, Soft Machine and Johnny Broome & the Handels respectively, in their honour. There were some 60’s obscurities from the likes of the Sweetarts and the Mojos, as well as some modern psych from bands such as the Higher State and Temples, including a track from the excellent debut album by the Citradels... great stuff! And with a big package of new CDs and vinyl just arrived at our mail box, there’ll be lots to hear in the coming weeks... so tune in!!

..... and here’s the playlist.....

C.A.Quintet – Trip Thru Hell [Part 1]      (‘Trip Thru Hell’ LP 1969 California, USA)

Tully – Ice      (‘Living is Hard’ LP 1972 Australia)

the Handels featuring John Broome [aka Johnny Broome & the Handels] – Do’s & Dont’s      (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

the James Taylor Move – Baby Jane      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Soft Machine – Why Are We Sleeping?       (‘Soft Machine’ LP 1968 UK)

Kevin Ayers – Song For Insane Times      (‘Joy of a Toy’ LP 1969 UK)

Nico – Henry Hudson      (‘Drama of Exile’ LP 1981 UK)

the Sweetarts – A Picture Of Me      (7”single 1967 Austin, Texas, USA)

the Mojos – What’s She Done To Me      (7”single 1966 West Virginia, USA)

David Santo – Rising of Scorpio      (‘Silver Currents’ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Neil Norman (with Kim Fowley) – Phaser Laser      (7”single 1973 California, USA)

Chants R&B – I’m Your Witchdoctor [John Mayall cover]      (7”single 1966 New Zealand)

Spectrum – Superbody      (‘Part One’ LP 1971 Australia)

          – Mike Rudd interview –  [check out the www.mikeruddbillputt.com website]

the Party Machine – Keep Your Cool      (unreleased – taken from TV show 1968 Australia)

Ariel – I Can Do Anything      (7”single 1976 Aust.)

Spectrum – Soul Man      (‘Breathing Space As Well’ 2011 Aust.)

Procession – Mind Magician      (‘Procession’ LP 1968 UK/Aust.)

the Citradels – Jantar Mantar       (‘Psychotic Syndrone’ 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Higher State – Ain’t It Hard [Electric Prunes cover]      (7”single b-side [to I Just Pretend] 2012 UK)

 

Temples – Shelter Song      (7”single 2013 UK)

the Amazing – The Kirwan Song      (‘The Amazing’ 2009 Sweden)

Jim Noir – Driving my Escort Cosworth to the Cake Circus      (‘Jimmy’s Show’ 2012 UK)

C.A.Quintet – Trip Thru Hell [Part 2]      (‘Trip Thru Hell’ LP 1969 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

So here we are.... the date? 12/12/12.... the penultimate Technicolour Dreaming, both for this year and for the Wednesday time-slot and current format – we will be starting anew on the first day of 2013 – but more of that next week... first you may like to know what was featured this week? We began with a couple of Rolling Stones tunes from the second half of the 1960’s, their pop/psych/punk prime period. We played some tracks from UK label State Records’ roster, which includes the Higher State and the Hidden Masters [check out the short film about the label], there was an Antipodean take on a Nuggets classic, a “1960’s fake” on a 1980’s single by Thee Wylde Main-iacs (exact date unknown – the single purports to be from 1966, but apparently isn’t!), some genuine modern garage/psych from Thee Oh Sees, another track from Moon Duo’s brilliant latest, some local organ weirdness (is that the brown note?) from Horrahedd, an ode to pop from Denmark’s Surf School Dropouts, and finally, of course, another song by Scott Walker, our current “Artist of the Month” ... all these goodies and more brought to you for your listening pleasure by the Cat & the Brat.....

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

David Bowie – Let’s Spend the Night Together [Rolling Stones cover]      (‘Aladdin Sane’ LP 1973 UK)

the Rolling Stones – She’s a Rainbow      (‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ LP 1967 UK)

the Aquarian Age – 10,000 Words in a Cardboard Box      (7”single 1968 UK)

Tomorrow – Revolution      (7”single 1967 UK)

Montero – My World Fell Down [Sagittarius cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)    

Oak Apple Day – Oceans of Fire      (7”single b-side [to No Face, No Name, No Number] 1969 Aust. – taken from ‘Datura Dreamtime:  Further Psychotropic Experimentation in the Forest of Goldtops’ compilation 1999 Aust.)

Horrahedd – Jogga Jogga Chuck Chuck      (‘Live @ Rob’s Haunted House’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee Oh Sees – Floods New Light      (‘Putrifiers 11 EP’ 2012 San Francisco, USA)

White Fence – King of the Decade      (‘White Fence & Family/Perfume’ 2012 USA)

Surf School Dropouts – Favourite Record      (‘Summer is a State of Mind’ 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark)

the Swamp Cats – Vampira’s Surf Tragedy      (‘Surf-a-Rama’ compilation 1998 Aust.)

DieselWitch – Guilty      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Doctor Stone – Purple Slice      (‘Purple Slice’ EP 1997 Aust.)

the Black Angels – Sunday Afternoon      (‘Phosphene Dream’ 2010 USA)

Magic Bones – On the Spot      (single b-side [to Once You Forget] 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Hidden Masters – Nobody Knows That We’re Here      (7”single 2012 UK)

the Higher State – Ain’t It Hard [Electric Prunes cover]      (7”single b-side [to I Just Pretend] 2012 Sandgate, Kent, UK)

the Market Squares – Inside My Mind      (7”single 2013 UK/USA – advance copy)

Painted Hills – Kaleidoscope Eyes      (‘Painted Hills’ LP 2010 USA)

Moon Duo – Circles      (‘Circles’ 2012 San Francisco, USA)

Thee Wylde Main-iacs – Why Ain’t Love Fair      (7”single b-side [to Not the One for Me] circa 1980 USA – taken from ‘New England Teen Scene:  the Next Generation’ compilation 1994 USA)

Scott Walker – Plastic Palace People      (‘Scott 2’ LP 1968 UK)    #   

     #    “Artist of the Month”

Obscured By...

What did the penultimate show in the current format have in store?  Well, there were folky Beatles covers and some rather lengthy tracks by Godley & Creme and Robert Wyatt (or a previously unreleased extended version in the latter case).  There was some rare "prog pop" for the want of a better term, from a little known 60s Boston band with the wonderful name of Phluph.  Also, brand new Scott Walker and a  Market Square track yet to see release.  Mask featured ex-Curved Air singer Sonja Kristina in a different format.  And... the rest is as mentioned below, painstakingly prepared by Michael Hunter & Cat and Brat.

Steve & the Board – Little Miss Rhythm’n’Blues      (‘Steve & the Board... and the Giggle Eyed Goo’ LP 1966 Sydney, Australia)

Johnny Hawker Orchestra – Spicks & Specks [Bee Gees cover]      (‘Out Front’ LP 1967 Aust.)

Dave’n’Lee – I Can See the Colours of the Butterfly      (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Thursday’s Children – It’s Love      (unreleased single, recorded 1970 Brisbane, Aust. – taken from ‘A Magical Mystery Tour : the David Fraser Tapes 1967-71’ compilation 2001 Aust.)

Trevor McNamara – Joseph Blackwell      (‘Yeah Captain’ LP 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)

Phluph – Dr Mind      (‘Phluph’ LP 1968 Boston, USA)

Phluph – Lovely Lady      (‘Phluph’ LP 1968 Boston, USA)

Dickens – Genocide      (‘Royal Incarnation’ LP  1969 France)

Godley & Creme – The Party      (‘Ismism’ LP 1981 UK/USA)

Scott Walker – The Day the ‘Conducator’ Died [an Xmas song]      (‘Bish Bosh’ 2012 UK/USA)

Gene Clark – No Other      (‘No Other’ LP 1974 California, USA)

Robert Wyatt – I’m a Believer [Monkees cover]      (extended version – taken from ‘the EP’s boxset’ 1974 UK)

June Tabor – In My Life [Beatles cover]      (recorded  December, 2005 on BBC Radio 2 – taken from ‘Rubber Folk’ comp. 2006 UK)

Show of Hands – If I Needed Someone [Beatles cover]      (recorded  December, 2005 on BBC Radio 2 – taken from ‘Rubber Folk’ comp. 2006 UK)

the Higher State – Smell of Incense [West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover]      (‘California’ EP 2008 UK)

Suzi Chunk – For the Millionth Time      (‘Girl From The Neck Down’ LP 2012 Wales, UK)

the Market Square – Afternoon Tide      (7”single 2013 USA/UK – advance promo copy)

the Galileo 7 – The Man Who Wasn’t There      (‘Staring at the Sound’ LP 2012 UK)

the Higher State – I Just Pretend      (7”single 2012 UK)

XTC – Blame the Weather      (7”single b-side [to Senses Working Overtime] 1982 UK – taken from ‘Rag & Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts and Leftovers’ compilation 1990 UK)

Mask – Blue Words      (‘Heavy Petal: The Tenebrous Odyssey of Jack & Virginia’ 2006 UK)

Suns of Arqa – Tomorrow Never Knows [Beatles cover]      (‘Solar Activity 1979-2001’ anthology 2001 UK)

Svensk – Dream Magazine      (7”single 1967 UK)

Larry’s Rebel’s – Halloween      (7”single b-side [to Everybody’s Girl] 1968 New Zealand/Aust.)

Sealing Smoke – Rubber Rapper      (unreleased single, recorded 1970 Memphis, USA – taken from ‘Feeling High: the Psychedelic Sound of Memphis’ compilation 2012 USA) 

Technicolour Dreaming

We were joined on Technicolour Dreaming this week by Isomer’s David Tonkin (and his daughter Lara... at age 7, possibly our youngest interviewee yet!) who came in to promote his latest project, the debut CD by Bordel Militaire, a collaboration with a couple of Melbourne experimental /electronic /noise /punk musicians plus a few guests, including Boyd Rice. As well as playing a few songs from the album, David also ‘guest-hosted’, so scattered through the show were songs by such diverse artists as Scott Walker and Les Baxter through to Sabbath Assembly and Areyfu. Of course we also featured our regular psychedelic content, beginning with the Beatles and followed by the likes of a classic single by Hearts & Flowers, an early Bee Gees number [featuring the late Robin Gibb] and a song from the Higher State’s new album, as well as a dash of punk from the Slimeballs and early DouglasP band Crisis, plus lots more before we concluded with the Lovetones, our current “Band of the Month”.

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

the Beatles – It’s all too much     (‘Yellow Submarine’ LP 1968 UK)

Ghost – Water Door, Yellow Gate     (‘In Stormy Night’ 2007 Japan)

Dallas – I sold my soul to the devil & he told me I was cheap [DJ Fuckitup remix]     (‘Four Top Ten Hits’ EP 2005 Adelaide, Australia)

the Higher State – The Gypsies Graveyard     (‘Freakout at the Gallery’ 2012 UK)

Hearts & Flowers – Tin Angel (will you ever come down)     (7”single 1968 USA – taken from ‘Where the Action Is: L.A. Nuggets 1965-1968’ compilation box-set 2009 USA)

Summer Flake – Run, Run, Run     (‘Summer Flake’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Bordel Militaire – And Sorrow Becomes Him / So Fear the Blinding White Light         (‘Bordel Militaire’ 2012 Australia)

Dead Boomers – Send Flirts & Modify Your Profile     (‘The Pig In The Python’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Toyland – Trotsky’s Dead     (demo 1983 Adelaide, Aust.)

Scott Walker – Big Louise     (‘Scott 3’ LP 1969 UK)

Sabbath Assembly – Glory to the God on Highest     (‘Restored to One’ 2008 USA)

Bordel Militaire – Coco Loco [feat. Boyd Rice]     (‘Bordel Militaire’ 2012 Aust.)

Les Baxter – Taboo     (‘Caribbean Moonlight’ LP 1956 USA)

Areyfu – Empty Shell     (‘Amethyst’ EP 2011 Aust.)

the Slimeballs – Shake My Ramp     (‘Pigs Might Fly’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Cramps – Garbageman     (‘Songs the Lord Taught Us’ LP 1980 USA)

Bordel Militaire – Midnight at Martini Falls     (‘Bordel Militaire’ 2012 Aust.)

Crisis – On TV     (‘Holocaust Hymns: 1977-1980’ anthology 2006 UK)

the Bee Gees – The Earnest of Being George     (‘Horizontal’ LP 1967 UK/Aust.)

the Lovetones – Across The Sea     (‘Meditations’  2005 Australia)   #

       #  “Band of the Month”