Technicolour Dreaming

As promised, this week I featured a veritable plethora of recent, new and soon to be released tracks (well, compared to previous weeks, a few, anyway!) from the likes of Technicolour Dreaming faves The Luck of Eden Hall, Kikagaku Moyo, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Violet Swells. After a reasonably quiet couple of months, it seems that I hear word of great new stuff every couple of days. Could it be a publicity flurry in advance of Record Store Day on April 16th, or just a coincidence? Who knows, but it's great to see the vinyl resurgence continue to grow, though unfortunately slowed somewhat due to the major labels jumping on the bandwagon with pointless re-issues, and clogging up the pressing plant schedules at the expense of the small independent labels, who were the ones that supported them through the tough times. 

So here's the play-list, with even more new stuff in store for the next show...

Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

Richard De Bordeaux Et Daniel Beretta - La Drogue ("Extrait Du Film 'Le Temps Fou' Du Marcel Camus" EP 1968 France)

Elephant Stone (featuring Alex Maas) - The Devil's Shelter  (digital single 2015 Montreal, Canada)

Kikagaku Moyo  - Kogarishi ("House in the Tall Grass" LP [to be released in May 2016] Japan)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife  ("Nonagon Infinity" LP [to be released 29 April 2016] Melbourne, Australia)

Murmurs of Irma - Vacuum Cleaner [Tintern Abbey]  ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 Portsmouth UK)

Violet Swells -  Gravity Wins Again (digital single 2015 Hobart, Australia)

Circassian  - Eastern Patterns  ("Procrastinational" EP 2012 Greece) 

The Small Faces - I Feel Much Better  ("There Are But Four Small Faces" LP 1967 UK)

The Orange Revival - Lying in The Sand ("Futurecent" 2015 Sweden)

Signal to Noise Ratio - Magician [The Amazing Friendly Apple]  ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 Warsaw, Poland) 
The Luck Of Eden Hall - A Procession of Marshmallow Soldiers Across the Clockwork Pudding  ("The Acceleration of Time" LP [to be released 1 June 2016] Chicago USA)

Black Market Karma - Run Run Run  ("Comatose" 2012 London, UK)

Neighb'rhood Childr'n - She's Got No Identification  ("Neighb'rhood Childr'n" LP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

Elephant Stone - Dhun  ("The Glass Box" EP 2010 Montreal, Canada)
The Reverb Syndicate - Return of the Angry Gentleman ("Mondo Cacti" 2011 Ottawa, Canada)

Mystic Brew - Something More Than A Dream  ("Something More Than A Dream" LP 2015 Russia)
Sacagawea and the Hunter - Boris the Assassin  ("Lewis and Clark" EP 2013 Philadelphia, USA)

Ipissimus - Hold On [Sharon Tandy]  (7" single 1969 UK)

ESP Limited - Tell Me  ("It Came From the Garage - Nuggets from Southern California"
compilation 2007 USA)  


A Little Bit of Sound - Girls Who Paint Designs  (7" single 1967 Long Island, New York USA)


The Black Ryder - Let Me Be Your Light  ("The Door Behind The Door" 2015 Australia/USA)

McGough and McGear - So Much To Love  ("McGough and McGear" LP 1968 UK) 

D.C. Drifters - Louisiana Blues  (7" single b-side [to "I Know"] 1967 USA)


The Sweet Acids - That Creature  (7" single 1969 Georgia, USA) 


Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Take Me For A Walk)  ("The Grateful Dead" LP1967 San Francisco USA)




The Messengers - We Can't Get Along  ("The Messengers" EP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)




The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Action Strasse  ("Tomorrow Belongs To Me" LP 1975 UK)




The Peep Tempel - People Don't Get You  ("The Peep Tempel" 2012 Melbourne, Australia)



Shake Spears - I Can't Tell (7" single 1965 Belgium) 



The Sand Pebbles - Red Orange Purple and Blue  ("Ceduna" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)





And an extra little treat - another track from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's soon to be released LP "Nonagan Infinity" - it's called "People - Vultures".....enjoy!!

Technicolour Dreaming

We began this week with a 2011 track by Jackie Paper [aka Josh Dowell from Philadelphia in the USA], an artist we’d not heard of before but discovered, like many others, through the always intriguing “Active Listener Sampler” series of free compilations emanating from New Zealand via Bandcamp – as we’ve mentioned previously, it’s a great way to find “new favourite bands”! Also featured this week were tracks from new releases by Mexico’s Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, California’s White Manna and Adelaide favourites, the Byzantines, soon to head off on their debut European tour which they’ve heralded by releasing a free digital demo single – hopefully we’ll have their guitarist Rhys on the show as guest-programmer/interviewee to share more details before they leave. Next, our selection for “Band of the Week” in this edition was Chicago’s the Luck of Eden Hall, who have won our hearts over the past few years with their uber-catchy take on modern psychedelic garage pop via their contributions to the Fruits de Mer Records series of releases, not to mention their brilliant albums, the latest of which, “Victoria Moon”, has just been released on groovy purple vinyl – LoEH... we salute you! We also peered into the past with a listen to 60’s singles by the likes of the Ivy League, the State of Mickey and Tommy and the Starfires, plus an obscurity by the Easybeats [who do have a 6-CD boxset of their albums despite our earlier statements to the contrary – our thanks to several listeners who gave us that info!] as well as another in that weird sub-genre of songs which emanated [primarily in the US] in the wake of those bizarre “Paul McCartney Is Dead” rumours in 1968/1969. Finally, we ended with The End and part one of the title track from their sole LP, the 1969 Bill Wyman-produced “Introspection”.  So until next time.....

..... here is the full playlist, plus a few dollops of eye-candy......

Jackie Paper – All Is All      (recorded 2011 Philadelphia, USA – taken from “The Active Listener Psychedelic Sampler : vol. 9” compilation 2013 New Zealand)

White Manna – Hassan       (“Come Down Safari” 2014 California, USA)

Lamposts – Melodramatics      (“...Adolt Cartoon” 2013 USA)

the State of Mickey and Tommy – With Love From 1 to 5      (7”single 1967 UK/France)

Robyn Hitchcock – The Crystal Ship [Doors cover]      (“The Man Upstairs” 2014 UK)

the Byzantines – I’m going to change the world      (mp3 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Balduin – My Love Soon      (recorded 2012 – taken from “Post From Mars” 2014 Switzerland)

Jacco Gardner – Always On My Mind [Billy Nichols cover]      (“Trouble In Mind Record Store Day 2013 Covers Split-EP” compilation EP 2013 USA)

Hindenburg Lyon – Eden      (recorded 1967 – taken from “Acid & Flowers” compilation 1996 USA)

the Walking Who – Walrus      (mp3 demo 2014 Sydney, Australia)

the Starfires – There’s Still Time       (7”single 1966 USA)

the Mystery Tour – The Ballad of Paul      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “I Buried Paul – the Paul McCartney Death Rumour Singles” compilation 2012 USA)

the Easybeats – All Gone Boy      (“Easyfever Vol.2” EP 1968 Australia)

Maston – I Go To Sleep [Ray Davies/Kinks cover]      (“Trouble In Mind Record Store Day 2013 Covers Split-EP” compilation EP 2013 USA)

Kelley Stoltz – I Am Your Singer [McCartney cover]      (rec. 2014 USA – taken from “Mojo: Songs in the Key of Paul” magazine-covermount-CD compilation 2014 UK)

Toy – Too Far Gone To Know      (“Join the Dots” 2013 UK)

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – What’s Holding You      (“Chambers” LP 2014 Guadalajara, Mexico)

            ***   “BAND OF THE WEEK” – THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL   ***

the Luck of Eden Hall – High Heeled Flippers      (“Alligators Eat Gumdrops” 2012 Chicago, USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall – A Carney’s Delirium       (“The Active Listener presents.... Greatest Hits Vol.1” compilation 2014 USA/NZ)

the Luck of Eden Hall – Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except for Me and My Monkey) [Beatles cover]      (“Fruits de Mer presents : The White E.P.” double 7”vinyl EP compilation 2012 UK)

Anna Karina – Roller Girl      (7”single France 1967)

Anna Karina - Rollergirl by clkleb

the Fast Camels – Camera Assassin      (“Deadrooms & Butterfly Dreams” 2014 Scotland, UK)

the Yardbirds – Glimpses      (“Little Games” LP 1968 UK)

the Carnaby – Jump & Dance      (7”single 1965 UK)

the Ivy League – My World Fell Down [Sagittarius cover]      (7”single 1966 UK)

the Dials – Bluebell Line      (“End of the Pier” 2013 UK)

the End – Introspection (Part 1)      (“Introspection” LP 1969 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Perusing the ‘New Releases’  section of the Three D library, we discovered the new Black Angels’ album had arrived – and with only a few weeks until the annual ‘Austin Psych Fest’, of which they are the primary organisers, we naturally felt we should give it an airing, plus play a couple of the other bands of similar ilk such as Permanent Clear Light and Ringo Deathstarr, as well as Adelaide’s own Ride Into The Sun, spinning the b-side of their new single, which is being launched this week in Adelaide. From there it was a mixture of newer music from the likes of Cate le Bon, Decoys and Los Straightjackets and a fair smattering of 60’s magic by bands such as the Strawberry Alarm Clock, July and the Avengers. We also played a cool 1967 single by Mark Radice which caught our attention recently. Though only 10 years old, he wrote, performed and produced it himself – later in life he went on to tour with Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Johnny Mathis and many others before finding fame as ‘Elmo’ on TV’s ‘Sesame Street’, thus going from child entertainer to children’s entertainer! We then spun some more UK and European psych singles before featuring a classic piece by one of our favourite bands of the 1970’s, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, to wrap up the show.... all brought to you by the Cat and Brat on Adelaide’s 3D Radio......

..... and here is the playlist, with a few filmclips accompanying.....

the Strangers – Magical Mystery Tour [Beatles cover]      (unreleased, recorded 1967 Australia – taken from ‘A Magical Mystery Tour : 1967-1971 – the David Fraser Tapes, Vol. 1’ compilation 2001 Australia)

Julian Cope – Safesurfer      (‘Peggie Suicide’ LP 1991 UK)

the Revillos – Scuba, Scuba      (7”single 1980 UK)

 

Los Straightjackets – Space Mosquito      (‘Jet Set’ 2012 Nashville, USA)

Sir Richard Bishop – The Pillars of Baalbek      (‘The Freak of Araby’ LP 2009 USA)

Ed Harcourt – Rain [Beatles cover]      (rec. 2006 – taken from ‘Mojo’ magazine covermount-CD compilation : ‘Revolver Reloaded’ 2006 UK)

the Black Angels – I Hear Colours (Chromaesthesia)       (‘Indigo Meadow’ 2013 Austin, Texas, USA)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Bisou Magique      (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 Australia/France)

Cate le Bon – Falcon Eyed      (‘Cyrk’ 2012 Wales, UK)

the Fast Camels – Der Nazi Tea      (‘The Magic Optician’ 2007 Scotland, UK)

Mark Fry – Mandolin Man      (‘Dreaming With Alice’ LP 1972 Italy/UK)

the Luck of Eden Hall – This Is Strange      (‘The Luck of Eden Hall’ EP 2012 Chicago, USA)

 Permanent Clear Light – And The Skies Will Fall      (unreleased, recorded 2012 Finland – taken from ‘TimeMazine Vol.6’ covermount-CD compilation 2012  Greece)

Ride Into The Sun – Hunt Like Wolves      (cd-single b-side [to Lost At Sea] 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Ringo Deathstarr – Fifteen      (‘Mauve’ 2012 Texas, USA)

Decoys – It’s All Mine      (‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 Bristol, UK)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – The World’s On Fire [long version]      (‘Psych-Out’ soundtrack LP 1968 USA)

the Avengers – Listen, Listen [Merry-Go-Round cover]      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)

the American Revolution – Opus #1      (‘The American Revolution’ LP 1968 USA)

the Tokens – How Nice      (7”single 1967 USA)

Mark Radice – Save Your Money      (7”single 1967 USA – taken from ‘Fading Yellow Vol.3’ compilation 2001 USA)

July – The Way      (‘July’ LP 1968 London, UK)

Ramases & Selket – Mind’s Eye      (7”single b-side [of Crazy One] 1968 UK)

Groep 1850 [as 1850] – 1,000 Years Before       (‘Polyandri’ LP 1975 Netherlands)

the Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Hot City Symphony Part 1 [Vambo]      (‘The Impossible Dream’ LP 1974 UK)