Technicolour Dreaming

More new music in our letterbox again this week to share, from the 60’s psych pop sounds of England’s Flower Pot Men, Holland’s Groep 1850 and New Zealand’s Ray Woolf through to more recent releases from Colorama, the Smoking Trees and Georgiana Starlington amongst others. Of course not all was new – there were some Monkees-related songs, some Rutles and various other faves like Thee Oh Sees, Brigitte Fontaine, Sendelica and Luke Haines....

..... so here is the playlist with some filmic bonuses.....

the Flower Pot Men – Let’s Go to San Francisco (Pts. 1&2)      (7”single 1967 UK)

White Fence – White Cat      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 USA)

Marshmellow Steamshovel – Steamshovel      (7”single b-side [to Mr Mold] 1968 USA)

the Rutles – Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik      (“Archeology” 1996 UK)

Luke Haines – Rock’n’Roll Animals      (“Rock’n’Roll Animals” 2013 UK)

the Sufis – She Said to Me      (“Inventions” 2013 Nashville, USA)

Sendelica – Not the Time for Salads      (recorded 2010 Wales, UK – from “TimeMazine Vol.7” covermount-CD compilation 2012 Greece)

Surf City – I Had the Starring Role      (“We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This” 2013 New Zealand)

the Smoking Trees – Calling      (“Acetates” 2012 California, USA)

the Nashville Ramblers – The Trains      (7”single 1986 USA)

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – Two Birds      (“When the Sweet Sleep Returned” 2009 USA)

Hidden Masters – Last Days of the Sun      (“Of This & Other Worlds” 2013 UK)

the Blues Magoos – There She Goes      (“Basic Blues Magoos” 1968 USA)

Groep 1850 – We Love Life (Like We Love You)      (7” single 1968 Netherlands)

We The People – Turn Off Your Crying Gun      (recorded 1967 Orlando, Florida – taken from 7”single 2008 USA)

Boyce & Hart – P.O.Box 9847      (7”single b-side [to Alice Long, you’re still my favourite girl] 1968 USA)

the Monkees – I Wanna Be Free (fast version)      (recorded 1967 – taken from “Monkees Music Box” compilation boxset 2001 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Destroyed Fortress Reappears      (“Help” 2009 California, USA)

Ray Woolf & the Avengers – Little Things That Happen      (recorded 1967 – 7”single 2012 New Zealand)

the Wicked Whispers – Nightbird      (7”single b-side [to Voodoo Moon] 2013 UK)

Colorama – Delaware      (“Good Music” 2013 Wales, UK)

Georgiana Starlington – Moonlight      (“Paper Moon” 2013 USA)

the Peoples Temple – Blinding City      (“More For The Masses” 2012 USA)

Brigitte Fontaine – Je suis inadaptée      (“Brigitte Fontaine est... Folle!” LP 1968 France)

Sun Yama – Subterranean Homesick Blues [Bob Dylan cover]      (7”single 1982 USA)

Dennis Wilson – River Song      (“Pacific Ocean Blue” LP 1977 California, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Beginning with a track from the latest LP by Germany’s Vibravoid, the Cat & the Brat once again this week weaved a tenuous path through the labyrinths of their collective archives of favourite tunes, to bring you an assortment of sounds by bands as diverse as the Long Ryders, Death In June, Amon Düül, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Plasticland and the brilliant Espers, plus solo efforts from the likes of Cate Le Bon, Eric Ghardin and Chris Bell, before finishing on a ‘1-2 knockout’ with the Seeds and the Sufis. We confess to rather long and verbose introductions to a couple of our latest acquisitions, namely the wonderful second album from the UK’s Beaulieu Porch and the debut by young Dutch psychstar Jacco Gardner – both artists have rapidly won a high spot in our ‘all-time fave’ list! Have a listen....

..... so here is the playlist plus some clips.....

Vibravoid – Listen, Can’t You Hear?      (‘Delirio Dei Sensei’ 2013 Germany)

Chris Bell – I Am the Cosmos      (7”single 1978 USA)

Stiff Little Fingers – Bloody Dub      (‘Nobody’s Heroes’ LP 1980 UK)

Espers – Dead Queen       (‘Espers 11’ 2006 USA)

Death In June – We Drive East      (‘Heaven Street’ 12”EP 1981 UK – taken from ‘Lesson 1: Misanthropy’ anthology reissue 2006 UK/Australia)

Death in June - We Drive East (1982) by riton23

Beaulieu Porch – Limestone Head of the Year      (‘we are beautiful’ 2013 UK)

Traffic – Paper Sun      (7”single 1967 UK)

Gary Walker & the Rain – Magazine Woman      (‘Album No.1’ LP 1968 UK/Japan)

Black Box Recorder – Rock’n’Roll Suicide [Bowie cover]      (CD-single b-side [to Art of Driving] 2000 UK – taken from ‘Worst of Black Box Recorder’ anthology 2001 UK)

David Bowie – Joe the Lion      (‘Heroes’ LP 1977 UK/Germany)

Amon Düül – Hymn For The Hardcore      (‘Fool Moon’ LP 1989 Germany)

Cate Le Bon – Fold The Cloth      (‘Cyrk’ 2012 Wales, UK)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Quand Vas Tu Rendrer       (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 France/Australia)

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

Eric Ghardin – Amour Limité Zéro      (7”single 1967 France)

Ted Mulry - Remember Me       (7”single b-side [to Memories] 1972 Australia/UK)

the Long Ryders – Lookin’ for Lewis & Clarke      (7”single 1985 Los Angeles, USA)

the Daily Flash – Jack of Diamonds      (7”single 1966 USA)

Jacco Gardner – Clear the Air      (‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2013 Netherlands)

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – Drunken Leaves      (‘When Sweet Sleep Returned’ 2009 USA)

Plasticland (featuring Twink) – Iris of the Waterfall      (7”single test-pressing b-side [to Seize the Time] 1989 USA – collected on ‘Make Yourself a Happening Machine’ anthology 2006 USA)

Children of the Mushroom – You Can’t Erase a Mirror      (7”single b-side [to August Mademoiselle] 1968 USA)

the Gripweeds – Love’s Lost On You      (‘Summer of a Thousand Years’ 2001 USA)

the Seeds – Two Fingers Pointing at You      (‘Psych-Out’ soundtrack LP 1968 USA)

the Sufis – Where Did She Go?      (‘the Sufis’ 2012 Nashville, USA)

 

Technicolour Dreaming

Another sizeable delivery of CDs landed in our post office box this week, which made deciding what to play on the show exceptionally easy! We had a mixed bag of old and new music, and threw in a few of our favourites for good measure, with the Walker Brothers, Death in June, the Alohas and Clinic all making a re-appearance. From our recent acquisitions we featured some cool and crazy French tunes from Evariste and Nelly Perrier; throbbing, swirling psych from Vibravoid, Dead Skeletons and the Koolaid Electric Company and 60’s classics from The Fool, Yellow Balloon and the Beau Brummels - you get the idea! All brought to you by the Cat & the Brat on Adelaide’s 3D Radio in FM, digital and internet-streaming formats for your listening pleasure.....

..... so here is the playlist [plus some eye-candy].....

Vibravoid – Gravitation Zero         (‘Gravity Zero’  2012 Germany)

the Alohas – The Headhunter         (‘Get Leid with the Alohas’  2000 Australia)

Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup – Jabberwock         (7” single 1968 UK)

Peter Daltrey – The Room of Percussion [Kaleidoscope cover]         (‘King of the Thieves: The Best of Peter Daltrey Vol.2’  anthology 2011 UK)

Yellow Balloon – Yellow Balloon         (‘Yellow Balloon’ LP 1967 USA)

Trolley – I Woke Up         (‘Things that Shine and Glow’ 2012 UK)

the Monkees – Love is Only Sleeping         (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones’  LP 1967 USA)

the Aardvarks – Arthur C. Clarke         (‘Arthur C. Clarke’ EP 1989 UK)

 

the Beau Brummels – Don’t Talk To Strangers         (7” single 1965 USA)

Nelly Perrier – Un Soir D’ete        (‘Mr Fred Astaire’ EP 1968 France [taken from ‘Wizzz! Psychorama Français 1967-70, Vol.2’  compilation 2008 France )

the Sufis – Where Did She Go?         (‘The Sufis’  2012 Nashville, USA)

the Walker Brothers – Archangel         (7” single b-side [to Deadlier Than the Male] 1966 UK/USA)

Espers – That Which Darkly Thrives         (‘Espers 111’ 2009 USA)

the Koolaid Electric Company – Going Blind        (‘Random Noise and Organised Sounds’ 2012 USA)

the Fool – Rainbow Man         (‘The Fool’ LP 1967 Netherlands/UK)

Ty Segal and White Fence – Tongues         (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

the See See – Mary Soul         (7”single 2010 UK)

Evariste – Connais-tu l’animal qui inventa le calcul integral?         (‘E=MC^2’  EP 1968 France)

Sula Bassana – Dealer McDope / My Blue Guitar         (‘Dreamer’ 2002 Germany)

the Jigsaw Seen – Bertha Brilliance         (‘Bananas Foster’ 2010 Philadelphia, USA)

Death in June – Death of the West         (‘Burial’  LP 1984 UK - taken from ‘Lesson 1: Misanthropy’ anthology 2009 Australia/UK)

Pond – When It Explodes         (‘Beards, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Australia)

Wavves – Cop         (‘Afraid of Heights’ 2013 California, USA)

the Black Angels – Holland         (‘Indigo Meadow’  2013  Austin, Texas, USA)

Dead Skeletons – When The Sun Comes Up         (‘Dead Magick’  2011 Iceland)

Clinic – The Witch (Made to Measure)         (‘Do It’ 2008 UK)