Technicolour Dreaming

A diverse range of bands from round the world - Chile, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia and the Netherlands - found their way onto the Technicolour Dreaming playlist this week, but then again, that’s nothing unusual! This was really a show of old favourites, both Harry’s and The Cat’s, and one of those particular favourites is Adelaide stalwarts, the Molting Vultures, who are playing one of their infrequent gigs at the Grace Emily this Saturday night 26th September, and bringing with them Melbourne’s rock’n’roll garage swamp-meisters Red Motors, - so don’t miss it!!

so… here’s the playlist, with a stack of videos for good measure!

The Zoot - Eleanor Rigby (Beatles)     (7" single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

Gravenhurst - She Dances     ("The Western Lands" 2007 UK)

Polska Radio One - Time - Eternity     ("Cosmos Inside" 2014  Yekaterinburg, Russia)

The Holydrug Couple - Paisley     ("Noctuary" 2013 Chile)

Les Big Byrd - Back to Bagarmossen     ("They Worshiped Cats" 2014 Sweden)

Espectrostatic - Escape from Witchtropolis      ("Escape From Witchtropolis" 2014 Austin, Texas USA)

New Electric Ride - Marquis De Sade     ("Balloon Age" 2014 UK)

Balduin - Mirror Mirror     ("All in a Dream" 2014 Switzerland)

The Luck of Eden Hall - Dandy Horse     ("Victoria Moon" 2013 Chicago, USA) 

Front Office  - Wow     (7” single b-side [to ”Girl”] 1967 San Jose, California, USA)

Crystal Chandlier - Suicidal Flowers     (7” single b-side [to “Your Land of Love”] 1969 USA)

The Gothic Archies - Crows     ("The Tragic Treasury - Songs from a Series of Unfortunate Events" 2006 Los Angeles, USA)

De Wolff - Don't You Go Up In The Sky     (“Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants” 2009 Netherlands )

Molting Vultures - Hang Up     ("Get a Grip”  2007 Adelaide, Australia)

Fuzztones - I Gotta Way With Girls     (released in 2007, New York USA; taken from “He put the Bomp! In the Bomp” compilation)

Von Bondies - Take a Heart     ("Raw & Rare" 2003 Detroit USA)

Blues Magoos - (we aint got) Nothing Yet     (“Psychedelic Lollipop” 1966 New York, USA)

Dirtbombs - Chains of Love     ("Ultraglide in Black” 2001 Detroit, Michigan USA)

Richard in Your Mind - Creation     ("My Volcano" 2010 Sydney, Australia)

Higher State - The Gypsies Graveyard     (“Freakout at the Gallery" 2011 Folkestone, Kent, UK)

Facetime - Channel Love     ("New Centre of the Universe #1” compilation 2012 Geelong, Australia)

Murlocs - Bogan Grove     (“Teepee EP” 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

King Gizzard & Lizard Wizard - Trench Foot     ("New Centre of the Universe #1” 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Oh Lord     ("Tepid Peppermint Wonderland")

Mesa Cosa - Day of the Dead     ("Infernal Cakewalk")

House of Fire - Walking Along The Sun     (“House of Fire“ 2008 USA)

Black Angels - Mission District     (“ Directions to See a Ghost” 2008 Austin, Texas USA)

Chemical Brothers -  The Private Psychedelic Reel     (“The Private Psychedelic Reel" 2007 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Not only were we joined for this week’s show by Michael Hunter, the other ‘DOT’ from our old “Obscured by...” days, but also by ex-Masters Apprentices guitarist, Peter Tilbrook, who came into the studio to tell us about the current “Pop Treasures : Adelaide 60’s Music” exhibition [see link here] at the State Library and, in particular, a one-off performance event – “Memory Lane” – this coming Monday evening, the 17^th February, by the Twilight Zone – a band consisting of former members of Adelaide legends the Twilights, the Others and the Masters Apprentices, including of course Peter himself. It promises to be a night to remember, so if you’re in town, don’t miss either the performance or the exhibition! [for details of the gig, see link here] In honour of this, we also sprinkled in a few tracks from the era by bands such as the Hergs and the Zoot from Adelaide, the Turtles, the Beacon Street Union and Lotus, as well as newer exponents of that psychedelic beat such as Ponyface, Temples, Black Market Karma, Toy and Lady Strangelove, plus new singles from Beaulieu Porch and Magic Bones. See you at the library on Monday night - and until next week on Technicolour Dreaming.....

..... here is the playlist and relevant visuals.....

the Hergs – Cadillac         (7” single b-side [to ‘Style of Love’] 1967 Adelaide, Australia)    

Red Plastic Buddha – Seahorse         (“All Out Revolution” 2011 Chicago, USA)

Temples – Keep In the Dark         (“Sun Structures”  2014 UK)

BeatPack – I’m Walking         (7” single 2014 UK)

Thunder and Roses – Moon Child         (“King of the Black Sunrise” LP 1969 Philadelphia USA)

Lotus – Lotus 1         (7” single 1971 Aust.)

Beaulieu Porch – The View from Gainsborough [summer psych mix]            (7” single 2014 UK)

Lady Strangelove – Somewhere in the Universe        (“Freakquencies”  EP 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

Thee Wylde Oscars – White Light, White Heat [Velvet Underground cover]         (“Right, Yeah” 2010 Melbourne, Aust.)

Black Market Karma – Run, Run, Run         (“Comatose” 2012 London, UK)

the Beacon Street Union – Mystic Mourning         (“The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union” LP 1968 Boston, USA)

the Turtles – Grim Reaper of Love         (7” single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Ponyface – Silver Tongue        (“Hypnotized”  2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Flower Machine – The Sea is a Mellotron Trampoline / I am the Coelacanth        (“Chalk Dust Dream of the Tea Cozy Mitten Company” 2004 California, USA)

Dark Ocean Colours – She’s a Cornucopia         (“Dark Ocean Colours” 2011 USA)

the Photon Band – 9 of Dreams         (“All Young in the Soul” LP 1998 USA)

Toy – You Won’t Be the Same         (“Join the Dots” LP 2013 London, UK)

Tyrnaround – Francis  [Gary Walker and the Rain cover]        (“Colour Your Mind” EP 1987 Aust.)

Magic Bones – Round the Block        (cd-single 2014 Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Elevator Driver         (7” single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

 

the Twilights – What’s Wrong with the Way I Live         (7” single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sounds of Silence – Running High         (7” single 1967 Aust.)

the Zoot – 1x2x3x4          (7” single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Technicolour Dreaming

As time marches on, and the days creep inexorably by, it seems that every fortnight or so we hear of yet another luminary of the music world leaving this mortal coil … this week we paid tribute to the passing of “the Fifth Ramone” artist Arturo Vega and Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington by playing the former band’s cover of the latter’s “Somebody to Love”. On a brighter note Vic Conrad, veteran of the Adelaide music scene and also known as “Mr V” to his record-shopping friends, dropped in to do a spot of guest programming, bringing with him a copy of the brand-spanking new CD and single by the Dust Collection, of which he is a member, as well as LPs by Portugal’s Saturnia, the UK’s Instant Flight and America’s Sky Picnic amongst other delights. We also played another track from Vibravoid’s new album, this time a 60’s French cover which is better known to Australians in its translated form as “No No No No No” by Marty Rhone plus a version of a song from Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta “Iolanthe” by the inimitable Todd Rundgren, who is currently touring Australia......

...... so here is the playlist plus a few visuals to distract you.....

 the Cherokees – Minnie the Moocher [Cab Calloway cover]        (7” single 1967 Melbourne, Australia)

TC Atlantic – Faces         (7” single 1966 Minneapolis, USA)

the Zoot – Strange Things         (7” single b-side [to Hey Pinky] 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Roxy Music – Bogus Man         (‘For Your Pleasure’ LP 1973 UK)

Shocking Blue – Acka Raga       (“At Home” LP 1969 Holland)

the Ramones – Somebody to Love [Jefferson Airplane cover]         (“Acid Eaters” 1993 USA)

Dust Collection – Electricity In Between         (7” single 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Dust Collection – Maxine Brown        (“Six By Five” 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Molting Vultures [feat. Vic Conrad] – (Everybody) Loves a Loser         (“Get on Board” 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Gray Packham – Grass Grow         (“La-La Land” demo 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Sky Picnic – Lost Is Found         (“Paint Me a Dream” LP 2012 New York, USA)

Sky Picnic – White Plane         (“Farther in this Fairy Tale” LP 2011 New York, USA)

The Bevis Frond – Just Cause         (“White Number” 2013 UK)

Arc of Ascent – Search for Liberation        (“The Higher Key” LP 2012 New Zealand)

Qoph – In Your Face         (“Freaks” 2012 Sweden)

Saturnia – Mellifluous         (“Alpha Omega Alpha” LP 2012 Portugal)

Instant Flight – Her Mystery      (“Colours of Light” 2012 UK)

Ton Steine Scherben – Wir Mussen Hier Raus      (“Keine Macht fur Niemand” LP 1972 Germany)

Sammy Cropper & his Wire Connections – Mensonomu      (“Papa Akwasi” 1978 Ghana)

the Psychedelic Aliens – Gbomei Adesai      (“Psycho African Beat” 1971 Ghana)

Vibravoid – La Poupée qui fait non [Michel Polnareff cover]      (recorded 2012 Italy – bonus track on CD version of “Delirio Dei Sensi” 2013 Germany)

Beaulieu Porch – Golda 03      (“We Are Beautiful” 2013 UK)

Todd Rundgren – Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare [Gilbert & Sullivan cover]      (“Todd” LP 1974 USA)

Sula Bassana – Departure      (“Dark Days” 2012 Germany)

Obscured By...

A special radiothon edition of Obscured By... with all three dots in fundraising mood.  Special guest from Melbourne via telephone was Nick from the Molting Vultures talking about life and music in his new home city - and the importance of bands supporting community radio.  We could only agree.  The playlist is as below, and shows the usual diversity of time, place and genre - and indeed therefore the importance of EVERYONE supporting Three D if at all possible, to keep the musical obscurity flowing!

Noeleen Batley - Running Around In Circles  (7”single 1966 Aust, B of Heartaches And Kisses)

Marty Rhone - She's Coming Home   (7”single 1968 Aust)

Heart'n'Soul -  Good Things Come To Those Who Wait   (7”single 1969 Aust, B of Lazy Life)

Dave Miller Set - Someone Is Sure To  (7”single 1969 Aust, B of Mr Guy Fawkes)

The Zoot - I'm Only Sleeping   (GTK 1971, released on 'The GTK Tapes Vol.1'  1994  Aust)

Velvet Underground - A Murder Mystery (alt mix)  (rec 1968, from 'What Goes On' box set 1993 Aust) 

Pink Floyd - Crumbling Land   ('Zabriskie Point'  soundtrack 1970  UK)

Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz   ('Zabriskie Point'  soundtrack 1970  UK)

Gabba - Knowing Me Knowing You  ('Gabba Leave Stockholm' 1999 UK)

Shin Joong Hyun - Beautiful Rivers And Mountains ('Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea's Shin Joong Hyun 1958-74'  2011 Sth Korea)

Los Sacros -  En Primavera  ('Sacros'  1973 Brazil)

The Molting Vultures - Ken The Zombie Dancer  ('Get A Grip'  2007 Aust, Adelaide)

Johnny Casino & The Secrets - If You Want It ('New Clothes, Old Shoes' 2007 Aust)

The D-Coys - Bad Times  (7”single 1966 Aust, Adel)

The Blue Stars - Social End Product  (7”single 1966 NZ)

Death In June - Carousel  ('Nada Plus!' orig 1985, reissue 2011 UK/Aust)

Pony Face - Disco Cops  ('Hypnotised'  Aust 2012)

Silver Apples - Rust  ('Silver Apples' LP 1968 US) 

The Wildkat Tamers - The Wildcat Tamers  ('The Wildcat Tamers' EP 2012 UK)

Suzi Chunk & Groovy Uncle - Girl From The Neck Down   ('Girl From The Neck Down' LP 2012 UK)

Galileo 7 - Anne Hedonia  ('Staring At The Sound' LP 2012 UK)

The Bonniwells - Ms Anderson  ('Sneeze Weed' 2012 Aust)

Prince Rama - Rest In Peace  ('Trust Now' 2011 US)

Biggles - Gimme Gimme Some Lovin' (7”single 1971 UK)

Obscured By...

Another sad farewell this week, this time to Australian rock stalwart Darryl Cotton who passed away a few days previously.  A number of related rarities from a few of his musical endeavours were therefore found and played to start the show.  Another lesser known death was that of Geoff Ratz, bass player with 60s Melbourne band The Pink Finks, best known for introducing Ross Wilson & Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool) to the world.   Other material included some "new" Joey Ramone, 60s European pop with The Golden Earrings and Jacques Dutronc, 80s Irish post punk and all the other styles and locales listed below.  Not many performance videos could be found for this week's collection - brought to you by all three "dots" - but they should still be of interest, eg the clip of Zoot's "The Freak" contains stills from their cruise ship reformation performance in 2011.  

 

the Zoot – Coke advertisement     (radio ad, circa 1969, Australia)

the Zoot – 1x2x3x4     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)

Frieze – Jimmy & Jessie      (‘1972 B.C.’ LP 1972 Aust.)

Cotton, Lloyd & Christian – I Go to Pieces     (7”single 1975 Aust/USA)

Burns, Cotton & Morris – Will I     (‘Burns, Cotton & Morris’ 1996 Aust.)

the Zoot – The Freak     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Ash Ra Tempel – Daydream      (‘Starring Rosi’ LP 1973 Germany)

Tangerine Dream – No Man’s Land     (‘Hyperborea’ LP 1983 Germany)

the Nice – Country Pie/Brandenburg Concerto No.6     (‘Five Bridges’ LP 1970 UK)

the Pink Finks – Untie Me     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Groove – Soothe Me [Sam Cooke cover]     (7”single 1968 Melbourne, Aust.)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Run, Sylvie, Run     (‘Mad House’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Little Gulliver & the Children – I Was Bewitched      (‘Little Gulliver & the Children‘ EP 1966 Aust.)

Tony Worsley & the Fabulous Blue Jays – Tell Me Why     (‘Raining In my Heart’ EP 1966 Aust.)

PH – Last days      (recorded 1983 Ireland – taken from ‘Strange Passion: Explorations in Irish Post Punk, DIY and Electronic Music 1980-83’ compilation 2012)

Major Thinkers – Avenue B     (12”single 1981 Ireland/USA)

the Jigsaw Seen – Winterland’s Gone     (‘Winterland’ 2011 USA)

Joey Ramone – Life’s a Gas     (‘...Ya Know?’ 2012 USA)

Hugh Cornwall & Robert Williams – Losers in a Lost Land     (‘Nosferatu’ LP 1979 UK)

126 – Mailbox Execution System     (7”single 1978 Norway)

the Golden Earrings – That Day     (7”single 1966 Holland)

the Bonniwell Music Machine – Astrologically Incompatible     (7”single b-side [to Bottom of the Soul] 1967 USA)

the Tokens – How Nice?     (‘It’s a Happening World’ LP 1967 USA)

Noel Harrison – Sign of the Queen     (7”single b-side [to Mrs Williams Rose] 1967 Hollywood, USA)

Jacques Dutronc – L’Augmentation     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ [aka’Comment elles Dorment’] LP 1967 France)

Judy Nylon & Crucial – Jailhouse Rock [Elvis cover]     (‘Pal Judy’ LP 1982 UK)

the B-52’s – Dirty Back Road     (‘Wild Planet’ LP 1980 Athens, Georgia, USA)