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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Wow, how time flies when you have to catch up on blog entries ... I'm so far behind it's not funny! But catch up I will, so enough of my dribbling, here's the show from way back in early October... and onto the next one, post-haste...!
KAK - Trieulogy - I. Golgotha II. Mirage III. Rain ("KAK" LP 1969 Davis, California USA)
The Animated Egg - Sock It My Way ("Animated Egg" LP 1968 USA)
Sullivan - Hashish Faction (7" single 1966 France)
Les Papyvores - Le Papyvore (7" single 1967 France)
Stu Phillips - Skip To My Mary Lou ("Hell's Angels on Wheels" LP 1966 USA)
Crimson Shadows - Even I Tell Lies (7" single 1985 Vallingby, Sweden)
Dolkows - Silent Woods ("Story of Robi & The Nudes" LP 1987 Sweden)
This edition’s featured compilation is a 3-CD
boxset released in 2013 by Grapefruit Records
in the UK called "Love, Poetry and Revolution:
A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72" which
has mostly rare and unreleased tracks by obscure bands, many of which have never
appeared on compilations, or indeed anywhere, before. Yet many of these tracks
are real gems which deserve to be heard by a much wider audience – for example,
Deep Feeling were comprised
of some of the best musicians in the UK. They later
went on to renown in bands such as Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Mott the
Hoople, Blossom Toes, Family and more, yet the tracks they recorded for
a debut album and single were left unreleased and untouched until 2012. Indeed,
the track we played, “Pretty Colours”, is arguably one of the finest
examples of mid-60’s English psychedelia, yet it remained unheard until
recently, so for us, this is the best reason for record companies to release,
and us to buy these types of compilations. This music should be heard! The rest
of the show was comprised of more recent releases from the likes of the Black Ryder, Worthless,
Les Limiñanas and Crystal Jacqueline plus the title track from the outstanding
new LP from Swedish band the Amazing, as well
as a smattering of older songs by artists such as the
Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lost & Found
and Traffic, before finishing with New Yorker Amen Dunes from the recently released “Cowboy Worship” EP .....
..... so here is the playlist
plus some related clips .....
the Strawberry Alarm Clock - The World's On Fire ("Incense and
Peppermints" LP 1967 USA)
the Black Ryder - Seventh Moon ("The Door Behind the
Door" LP 2015 Australia/USA)
the Luck of Eden Hall - This is Strange ("Alligators Eat
Gumdrops" 2012 USA)
Les Limiñanas- Tu Es À Moi("(I've Got) Trouble In Mind:
7" And Rare Stuff 2009/2014" compilation 2014 France)
Tintern Abbey - Do What You Must (demo acetate recorded 1968, taken
from "What's The Rush, Time Machine Man? Psychedelic Jumble Volume
1" compilation 2007 USA)
Wesley Fuller - Melvista (7" single [b-side to Change
Your Mind] 2015 Melbourne, Australia)
the Horrors - Still Life ("Skying" 2011
UK)
the Amazing - Picture You ("Picture You" 2015
Sweden)
the Orange Drop - Electric Sitar Beat ("Drone Pop" EP
2014 Philadelphia USA)
the Dandelion - On a June Morning ("Going Steady Mixtape
#5" compilation 2015 Adelaide, Australia)
Crystal Jacqueline - Siren ("The Rainflower" 2015
Wales, UK)
Claudio Cataldi - Here She Comes Now [Velvet
Underground cover] ("Fruits de Mer Records
presents ‘Strange Fruit and Veg’ - promo 2" compilation 2015 UK)
Sapphire Thinkers - I Feel a Bit Strange ("From
Within" 1968 USA)
Worthless - Dee Minor ("All my Friends are
Stone" LP 2015 UK)
Traffic - Coloured Rain ("Mr Fantasy" LP
1967 UK)
“COMPILATION OF THE
WEEK”
"Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British
Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72"2013Grapefruit Records
the Liverpool Scene- We'll All be Spacemen Before We Die ("the
Amazing Adventures of..." compilation 2009 – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...”
compilation, disc 2)
Tuesday's Children - A Strange Light from the East (7" single
1967 – taken from “Love, Poetry and
Revolution...” compilation, disc 1)
Beau - Creation ("Creation" LP 1971 UK –
taken from “Love, Poetry and
Revolution...” compilation, disc 3)
Deep Feeling - Pretty Colours (recorded 1966 UK, unissued, released
on “Pretty Colours” anthology 2012 –
taken from “Love, Poetry and
Revolution...” compilation, disc 1)
the Sorrows - The Makers ("Old Songs, New
Songs" LP 1969 UK – taken from “Love, Poetry and Revolution...” compilation, disc 2)
Crocheted Doughnut Ring- Two Little Ladies (Azalea and Rhododendron) (7"
single 1967 – taken from “Love, Poetry
and Revolution...” compilation, disc 1)
the Apricot - Too Far Behind ("A Forestful of Threes"
LP 2011 Norway)
Lost and Found - When Will You Come Through (7" single 1968
USA)
Amen Dunes - I Know Myself (Montreal) ("Cowboy
Worship" 2015 USA)
