Technicolour Dreaming

This week’s show once again delivered a diverse listening experience, ranging from the ‘comedic goth’[?] of the Scary Bitches and the ‘psychedelic poetry’ of 60’s US radio host Dave Diamond with the Higher Elevation, to the instant pop catchiness of the Merry-Go-Round and the 80’s Aussie punk attitude of the Hitmen. Then there were the playboys – the James Bond twang of 60’s instrumentalists and Normie Rowe backing band, the Playboys, and the garage grit of current Australian rockers, the Intercontinental Playboys. We also heard the woozy stirrings of Beach House and the latest demo from Adelaide’s All The Leaves Have Fallen as well as a few covers from the likes of Ashram Poets, the Brood and the She Creatures, finishing with our current “Band of the Month”, the awesome Thee Oh Sees... all brought to you by a solo Peter Brat.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell – Mark of the Beast     (‘Shindig: It’s Happening Vol.1’ compilation 2010 UK)

the Hitmen – I Don’t Mind     (7”single 1981 Australia)

 

the BoobyTraps – Dig Your Attitude     (‘Makin’ It With the BoobyTraps’ 2008 Australia)

the Scary Bitches – Lesbian Vampyres from Outer Space     (‘Lesbian Vampyres from Outer Space’ 2002 UK)

 

the She Creatures – Hungry [Paul Revere and the Raiders cover]     (‘She Creatures Invade’ 2009 UK)

 

the Brood – I’ve Been Thinking [Riffs cover?]     (unreleased 1989 – from ‘Lost in Tyme Vol. 4’ magazine compilation 2008 Greece)

the Merry-Go-Round – Listen, Listen     (7”single 1967 USA)

Travis Wellington Hedge – Hey Bulldog [Beatles cover]   (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

the Twilights – Blue Roundabout     (‘Once Upon a Twilight’ LP 1968 Adelaide)

the Playboys – Theme from Dr No [James Bond soundtrack cover-composer disputed]     (‘The Playboys’ LP 1965 Aust.)

the Surfer Girls – Draggin’ Wagon     (7”single 1964 USA – from “Female Surf and Drag ’61-‘66” compilation)

Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs – Blue Day     (7”single 1964 Aust.)

Best Coast – When I’m with You     (‘Crazy For You’ 2009 USA)

Beach House – Norway     (‘Teen Dream’ 2010 USA)

 

All the Leaves Have Fallen – Because I could not stop for death     (demo 2012 Adelaide)

Ashram Poets – Are Friends Electric? [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Corpios’ 2012 Australia)

Almost Numan – Me, I Disconnect from You [Gary Numan cover]     (‘Almost Numan: disc 1 – OFF’ 2011 Adelaide)

the Higher Elevation – The Diamond Mine     (from Dave Diamond’s radio show 1967 USA – taken from ‘Pebbles Vol.3’ compilation)

the Balloon Farm – A Question of Temperature     (7”single 1967 USA)

Adjeef the Poet – leek, I’m a Freak     (7”single 1967 Holland)

the Outsiders – Doctor     (‘CQ’ LP 1968 Holland)

 

the Intercontinental Playboys – No Answers     (‘Hymns of the Flesh’ 2009 Australia)

Thee Oh Sees – Warm Slime     (‘Warm Slime’ 2010 USA)     #

 

     #  “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

After our regular opening set of Australian rarities, which included a couple of songs from the ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’ compilation of Adelaide 60’s obscurities which came out in 2010, plus a Janice Slater track from a very rare promotional EP for legendary Adelaide club “Big Daddy’s”, we cast our net worldwide for tracks from that era and brought you gems from acts such as Venezuela’s Ladies W.C. and Germany’s Wolfgang Dauner Quintet. Having procured a DVD copy of the classic 80’s music film “Urgh. A Music War” over the holiday break, we felt the urge to play a couple of tracks from it, including one by Magazine, which then led us to first playing a song from their new album, ”No Thyself”, their first in 30 years... irresistible! We randomly selected bands from the huge 3D Radio library featuring D in our regular ‘Letter of the Week’ segment, which gave us our first opportunity to play a song by Doris Day (a double D no less!), played some demos, including one by Adelaide’s U-Bombs, plus a single by the She Creatures, an all-girl, all-blue band allegedly from the planet Venus... the clip of whom you can see for yourself below...  and then continued our tribute to the ‘Boxset’ format by featuring some unreleased 60’s tracks from the classic Rubble series. All this and much more on this week’s Obscured by... brought to you by yet another combo of ‘DOTS’, this time Michael Hunter and Peter Brat.....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Daisy Clover – Butterflies     (7”single 1969 Australia)

Janice Slater [with Little Sammy and the In People] – Downtown at Big Daddy’s     (promotional EP 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

Machine Gun Kelly’s Rejects – I’m Going Back     (acetate 1966 – taken from ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’ compilation 2010 Adelaide)

5 Sided Circle – Hungry [Paul Revere and the Raiders cover]     (live 1966 – taken from ‘Big Beat Cellar Scene’...)

Esperanto – Statue of Liberty      (’Esperanto’ LP 1973 Australia)

Original Aztecs with Harry Young – The Cruel Sea     (‘At the End of the Rainbow’ 2011 Australia)

Ladies W.C. – I’m Gonna Be     (‘Ladies W.C.’ LP 1969 Venezuela)

3 Hur-el – Aglarsa Aram Aglar [if he cries, my mother cries]     (‘Hurel Arsivi’ LP 1976 Turkey)

 

Euclid – Lazy Livin’     (‘Heavy Equipment’ LP 1970 USA)

Wolfgang Daunier Quintet – Take off your Clothes to Fool the Sun     (‘The Oimels’ LP 1969 Germany)

Magazine – The Worst of Progress...     (‘No Thyself’ 2011 UK)

Magazine – Model Worker     (‘Urgh. A Music War’ soundtrack LP 1981 USA)

Skafish  - Sign of the Cross      (‘Urgh. A Music War’ soundtrack LP 1981 USA)

 

Lene Lovich – Birdsong     (7”single 1979 UK)

 

the U-Bombs – Last Violin     (demo 1978 Adelaide, Aust.)

Doris Day – Please Don’t Eat the Daisies     (‘Doris Day Sings Her Great Movie Hits’ LP 1967 UK)  *

Devlin DorkoXxxchange – Spank Rock     (‘Couche Tard’ 2009 USA)  *

Jesse Deane Freeman Trio – Kick It Around     (‘Introducing...’ 2005 Adelaide, Aust.)  *

Del Webb Explosion – Too Late The Hero     (7”single b-side 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)  *

the She Creatures – Sexy Robot      (single download 2007 UK)

 

the Wayouts – Going All the Way [Squires cover]    (Belgium – taken from ‘Lost in Tyme Vol. 3’ compilation 2005 Greece)

 

the Higher State – Ballad of a Loner     (‘From Round Here’ 2006 UK)

Splodgenessabounds – Two Little Boys [Rolf Harris cover]     (7”single 1980)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Here Comes Love     (demo 2005 Aust.)

Free Action Inc. – Bob Corn     (‘Free Action Inc. Plays Eddy Korsche Rock and Blues’ LP 1970 Italy)

the Mode – Eastern Music     (unreleased 1967 UK – taken from ‘Rubble’ boxset [Vol 2])

Wimple Winch – Marmalade Hair     (unreleased 1967 UK –   taken from ‘Rubble’ boxset [Vol 2])

   * ‘Letter of the Week’

Technicolour Dreaming

A solo Peter Brat began this first edition of Technicolour Dreaming for 2012 with a rousing rama-lama from the MC5 to set the tone for the rest of the show, and indeed the year! There were tracks from current Australian bands such as the Frowning Clouds, Belles Will Ring and Midnight Woolf, plus locals, the Asteroid Belt, as well as sides by their 60’s predecessors such as Oak Apple Day and Normie Rowe, plus Adelaide groovers, the Masters Apprentices, the Hergs and Glass Web [a member of whom turned up almost a decade later as bassist in the Brats!] From the 60’s we also heard the Dave Clark 5, the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine and Love, as well as one of my fave singles from the Seeds, plus a bunch of new bands like the Hoa Hoas, Moon Duo and the sublime Espers, before finishing with our latest ‘Band of the Month’, San Francisco’s Thee Oh Sees, who will be returning to play here in Adelaide at ‘Jive’ on the 21^st of January as part of their Australian tour... go check ‘em out, ‘cos they are a blindingly good live act! Happy New Year from the Cat and the Brat!

..... and here is the full playlist.....

the MC5 – Rocket Reducer No.62 [Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa]     (rec. live 1968 – taken from ‘Kris Needs presents: Dirty Water-the birth of punk attitude’ compilation 2010)

Midnight Woolf – My Libido     (‘Tropical Disease’ 2008 Australia)

Molten Universe – The Green Ray     (‘The Green Ray’  2011 Aust.)

the Revillos – Jack the Ripper     (demo – taken from ‘From the Freezer’ anthology 1996 UK)

the Frowning Clouds – Do Like Me     (‘Listen Closlier’ 2011 Aust.)

the Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine – The Girl With the Sandy Blonde Hair     (7”single 1966 USA – taken from ‘Aliens, Psychos and Wild Things, Volume Fore’ compilation 2007)

the Ruby Suns – Kenya Dig It?     (‘Sea Lion’ 2008 New Zealand)

Messer Chups – In 3 Minutes Till Massacre     (‘Crazy Price’ 2003 Russia)

the Asteroid Belt – Slant Six     (‘Blank Horizon’ 2011 Adelaide Aust.)

Moon Duo – In The Sun     (‘Mazes’ 2011 USA)

Oak Apple Day – Oceans of Fire     (7”single 1969 Aust. – taken from ‘Datura Dreamtime: A Forest of Goldtops Vol 2’ compilation 1999 Aust.)

Love – Little Black Book     (‘Love’ LP 1966 USA)

Dave Clarke 5 – Glad All Over     (7”single 1964 UK)

Normie Rowe and the Playboys – Shakin’ All Over     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

Ray Brown and the Whispers – Ain’t It Strange     (7”single 1965 Aust.) 

the Hergs – Cadillac    (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead     (7”single 1967 Adelaide)

Glass Web – In A Year or So     (7” single 1969 Adelaide)

the Fabulous Four – 438 South Michigan Avenue – (7”single 1966 Sweden – taken from ‘Essential Pebbles Vol 3’ compilation 2000)

Espers – The Road of Golden Dust     (‘Espers III’ 2010 UK)

Belles Will Ring – The Green     (‘Crystal Theatre’ 2011 Aust.)

Sunsplit – All I Want     (‘Sing for Sunday’ 2006 – taken from ‘Psychedelica 2” compilation 2007 UK)

the Hoa Hoas – Growing up on the Seeds     (‘Pop/Drone/Pedals’ 2010 UK)

the Seeds – Mr Farmer     (7”single 1967 USA)

 

Thee Oh Sees – Chem-Farmer     (‘Carrion Crawler’ 2011 USA)    #

     #  “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

Welcome to the first edition for 2012, brought to you by the Cat and the Brat, this week’s combination of ‘dots’. As well as our usual selection of Australian and world-wide rarities, a large portion of the show was taken up by our tribute to the art of “the Boxset”... regular listeners will of course be aware of our fondness for the format, particularly of the compilation variety, the ‘Nuggets’ series being one of our faves and so we sampled from a couple of them... after all, Lenny Kaye’s original Nuggets compilation LP in 1972 kicked off the whole idea of salvaging great music that was in danger of being forgotten, and which we, in our small way, try to continue in Obscured by...  Another favourite is the ‘Babylon’s Burning’ punk obscurities set, which we made our ‘featured’ boxset and plundered mercilessly to bring you rarities by the likes of Rocket from the Tombs, Victim and the Rezillos. We also played several tracks from our newest acquisition, [XTC as] the Dukes of Stratosphear ‘Complete and Utter Dukes’ set, before finishing with a small taste from yet another favourite, ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers Vol. 1-10’ by 60’s Adelaide popsters the Twilights .....

..... and here is the full playlist.....

Wendy Saddington – Motherless Child     (Live on ‘GTK’ ABC TV 1970 Aust.)

 

  

Freshwater – Hello Sunshine     (7”single b-side 1971 Aust.)

Medium Cool – Wrist Job     (Live on ‘Scene’ ABC TV Tasmania 1970 Aust.)

Autumn – Lady Anne     (7”single b-side 1971 Aust.)

Dave Miller Set – No Need to Cry     (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Flying Circus – Turn Away     (‘Bonza Beaut and Boom Boom Boom’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Rashamra – Antelope     (7”single 1972 Adelaide, Aust.)

 

-          from “Babylon’s Burning: the Rough’n’Ready Rise of Punk Rawk 1973-78” boxset 2007    -

  the Finns – Baby’s On Fire     (Live in Cleveland 1974 USA)

  Rocket From The Tombs – Ain’t It Fun     (WMMS demo, 1975 USA)

  the Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK     (‘EMI reject’ version 1976 UK)

  the Buzzcocks – I Love You, You Big Dummy     (‘Time’s Up’ demos 1976 UK)

  the Damned – Feel The Pain     (demo 1976 UK)

  the Rezillos – (My Baby Does) Good Sculptures     (demo 1977 UK) 

 

  the Avengers – We are the One     (7”single 1978 USA)

  Victim – Why Are Fire Engines Red?     (7”single 1979 Belfast, UK)

-          from  ‘Complete and Utter Dukes’ boxset 2009 UK     -

  the Dukes of Stratosphear – You’re a Good Man, Albert Brown     (‘Psonic Psunspot’  LP 1987 UK)

 

  

  the Dukes of Stratosphear – Open Up A Can Of Human Beans      (‘Wish List’ compilation 2003 UK )

  the Dukes of Stratosphear – The Affiliated     (7”single in ‘Complete ....’  boxset 2009 UK)

the Rutles – Good Times Roll     (‘The Rutles’ soundtrack LP 1979 UK) 

 

-          from ‘Children of Nuggets’ boxset 2005 USA     -

  the Swingin’ Neckbreakers – I Live For Buzz     (‘I Live For Buzz’ LP 1993 New Jersey, USA)

  the Untamed Youth – Pabst Blue Ribbon     (‘Some Kinda Fun’ LP 1988 Missouri, USA)

 

-          from ‘Nuggets’ boxset 1997 USA      -

  the Nazz – Open My Eyes     (7”single 1968 USA)

  the Music Machine – The People In Me     (7”single 1967 USA)

the Human League – Almost Medieval      (‘Reproduction’ LP 1979 UK)

Death in June – State Slaughter     (7”single 1981 – taken from ‘Lesson 1: Misanthropy’ anthology 2009 UK/Adelaide)

the Virgin Prunes – Walls of Jericho     (12”single 1983 UK) 

  

Madroom – I Death     (‘I am for an art that takes...’ 1984 Aust.)

  the Twilights – Time and Motion Study Man     (7”single b-side 1968 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers’ boxset [disc 6] 2009 UK)