Technicolour Dreaming - 13th April 2011

This week, the Cat & the Brat prepared for ‘Record Store Day’, discussing the first records they owned and playing a couple of tracks from them. Peter played a track from the Rolling Stones “Aftermath” while Megan played one from the first local (Adelaide) record she bought, “Colour in a Black Forest” by the Spikes. And of course, both referenced the Monkees as amongst their first favourite bands, and the Moon Duo album as their current favourite...

...so here is the playlist...

Wooden Shjips – For So Long (Dos)

White Hills – Radiate (Heads on Fire)

Asteroid Belt – Coward’s Song (Blank Horizon [2011 Adelaide, Aust.])

the Black Angels – Haunting at 1300 McKinley (Phosphene Dream)

Thee Oh Sees – Destroyed Fortress Reappears (Help)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Golden Calf (Abandoned Meander)

Death In June – Burn Again (Abandon Tracks)

Gary Numan – We Are Glass (Premier Hits)

Nuvo Bloc – Beaten to a pulp (demo 1978 Adelaide)

Bliss Bombs – The Blonde Guy (demo 1982 Adelaide)

Lady Strangelove – Dunes (Freakquencies e.p. [2011 Adelaide])

Radio Spectacular – 1000 Colours (Sugar Baby, Honey Chile e.p. [2011 Adelaide])

Clinic – Radio Story (Bubblegum)

Brillig – the Hearse Song (cd single 2011 Adelaide)

the Posies – I’m Looking Through You (Mojo: Beatlemania Vol.1)

the Rolling Stones – Mother’s Little Helper (Aftermath)

the Spikes – Give Me Everything (Colour in a Black Forest L.P. 1983 Adelaide)

the Turtles – Grim Reaper of Love (LA Nuggets: Where the Action Is)

Genet Tic Toc – Darwin’s Machines (7”single 1979 Adelaide)

Moon Duo – Scars (Mazes) #

the Monkees – No Time at All (Monkees Music Box) *

(# April Album of the Month)

(* the Monkees Song of the Week)

Obscured By... April 12th, 2011

It was a briefer version of “Obscured by...” this week, with guest ‘dots’ Rodney & Jude, followed by Talbot Duckmanton, filling in until the very late arrival of regular ‘dot’, Peter Brat. But nonetheless, obscurities were still shown the light of day as usual... from the 1979 Australian single by Johnny Topper & His Beatnik Buddies to late 60s French psych band Dickens through demos by Adelaide bands, the Bad Poets and the U-Bombs, from the punk era, as well as classics by Mike Furber, the Leaves, the Rising Sons and Tony Worsley from 1965/66, it was again an eclectic show!

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

Ride Into The Sun – Save Yourself (demo 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

Quicksilver Messenger Service – Fresh Air (7”single 1971 San Francisco, USA)

The Hiss – How Do You Know (Psychedelica 3, comp.)

Bakery – Leave Scruffy Alone (7”single b-side 1970 Aust.)

Hans Poulson – Sweetest Girl I’ve Ever Seen (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Debbie Burn – Boogie Man (7”single 1974 Aust.)

Redhouse – I Like Dancing (7”single 1976 Geelong, Aust.)

Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons – Not a Woman, Not a Child (7”single b-side 1979 Melbourne, Aust.)

Johnny Topper & His Beatnik Buddies – Beatnik Twist (7”single b-side 1979 Melbourne)

Lisa Bade – Stormy Bed (7”single b-side 1980 Melbourne)

the Bad Poets – You’re Gonna Cry, Not Me (demo 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)

the U-Bombs – Rumour (demo 1978 Adelaide)

Mike Furber – You Stole My Love (7”single 1965 Melbourne)

the Leaves – Dr Stone (Hey Joe LP 1966 USA)

Tony Worsley & the Blue Jays – Just a Little Bit (7”single 1965 Queensland, Aust.)

the Rising Sons – Take a Giant Step (LA Nuggets: Where the Action is, comp.)

the Pink Finks – Louie Louie (7”single 1964 Melbourne)

the Gods – Towards the Sky (7”single b-side 1968 UK)

Dickens – Reve et Fumee (Dickens l.p. 1969 France)

Technicolour Dreaming - 6th April 2011

This week on TECHNICOLOUR DREAMING we played the brand new song from Adelaide duo, All The Leaves Have Fallen, as well as one from Melbourne’s Thee Wylde Oscars who impressed on their last visit to this town. As always, we wandered from the brilliance of Scott Walker to 60’s icons such as the Monks and Mike Furber, and onwards to the new “April Album of the Month”, which we decided is ‘Mazes’ by San Francisco psychedelicists MOON DUO... and of course there is always the “Monkees Song Of The Week”...

...so here is the playlist...

Ghost – Water Door Yellow Gate (In Stormy Night)

Dallas – I Sold My Soul to the Devil and He Said I Was Cheap [DJ Fuck It Up Odd re-mix] (Four Top Ten Hits, 2005 Adelaide Aust.)

the Seeds – Evil Hoodoo (Dirty Water compilation)

Sweatmaster – I’m a Demon and I Love Rock’n’Roll (Pushin’ Scandinavian Rock to the Man Vol. 3)

the Monks – Monk Time (Black Monk Time)

Thee Wylde Oscars – Right, Yeah (Right, Yeah)

the Black Angels – Telephone (Phosphene Dream)

Os Mutantes – Bat Macumba (Everything Is Possible)

Moon Duo – In the Sun (Mazes) *

Mondo Phase Band – Railtracker (Major Input! Live, 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Heavy Water – Mean Times (Demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the La De Da’s – All Purpose Low (A Day in My Mind’s Mind)

the Uncalled For – Do Like Me (Mindrocker Vol. 10)

the Third Bardo – I Need Love (Garagelands Vol.1)

Mike Furber and The Bowery Boys – That’s Where Happiness Began (Devil’s Children Vol. 1)

Keith Allison – Action Action Action (Where the Action Is – LA Nuggets 1965-68 Disc. 3)

Tony Worsley and the Bluejays – How Can it Be? (Hot Generation)

GT Stringer – Bikini (Surf-o-Rama)

Scott Walker – The Plague (Boy Child)

the Bee Gees – Sinking Ships (Horizontal, bonus disc)

Brillig – Gandhara (Pterodactyls)

the Vampire’s Sound Inc – Psycho Contact (Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 1)

All The Leaves Have Fallen – Sic Itur Ad Astra (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

The Monkees – P O Box 9847 (The Birds, the Bees and the Monkees) #

* April Album of the Month

# Monkees Song of the Week

Obscured By... April 5th, 2011

Michael Hunter was the ‘dot’ presenting obscured by... this week. As usual, it was an eclectic programme, which moved from a cheesy 70’s right-wing political ditty to 60’s Australian pop to a 90’s selection of Australian bands covering other Aussies’ songs finishing with yet another flexi-disc... we do like our Flexis!

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

[Unknown] – So Sing it Loud (‘National Party’ flexi-disc, circa mid 70’s Aust.)

Castaways featuring Frankie Stevens – Baby What I Mean (7” single 1968 Sydney, Aust.)

The Groove – You are the Only One I Love (7” single 1968 Melbourne, Aust.)

The Valentines – Getting Better (7” single 1969 Perth, Aust.)

Wendy Saddington – Motherless Child (live circa 1970 Sydney, Aust.)

Frame – Going Down to Eltham (Demo 1971 Sydney, Aust.)

Paul McCartney etc – Made Up (Liverpool Sound Collage)

Trembling Bells – All My Favourite Mistakes (The Constant Pageant)

PFM – The Mountain (The Mountain)

Quartermass – Post War, Saturday Echo (Quartermass)

Don’t Panic – I Australia (7” single 1988 Australia)

Redgum – Water a Stone (demo, circa 1987 Aust.)

Pantha – I am not afraid (Doway Do Doway Do, 1975 Aust.)

Gulliver’s Travels – Why should it happen (live circa 1976 Aust.)

Co. Caine – It’s up to you (Product of a Broken Reality, 1971 LP Aust.)

Hunters & Collectors – Know your Product (Earth Music [comp.] 1995 Aust.)

Chris Bailey – Not Even Close (Earth Music...)

Died Pretty – Eternally Yours (Earth Music...)

Celibate Rifles – Boys! What did the Detective say? (7” Earth Music single 1995 Aust.)

Painters & Dockers – The Nips are getting bigger (7” Earth Music single ...)

The Game – The Game (demo 1981 Adelaide, Aust.)

Happy Patch – Moment (demo 1991 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Pins – Burning Night (Greasy Pop Records flexi-disc, 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)