Obscured By...

There were songs from many genres, different decades and numerous locales from around the world... as you’d expect on this show. We began, as usual, with a bunch of local Adelaide and/or Australian bands such as Travis Wellington Hedge and Alison Gros [both with a future Little River Band connection], the short-lived Frieze [featuring a couple of ex-Zoot members] plus an 80’s recording by Wendy Saddington with the Hare Krishna Band made in New Zealand. From there we moved onto some 60’s Japanese pop from Akiko Nakamura, a song from the debut EP by Jacques Dutronc, music from such diverse places as Mexico, Bahrain, Singapore and Lebanon, plus a surf instrumental by the Stalemates from Papua New Guinea for good measure. We dug up some interesting “cover versions”, and also delved into the ‘Top of the Pops’ [“not by original artists”] phenomenon which nevertheless occasionally featured some ‘anonymous-but-later-famous’ artistes, our example being Reg Dwight, later better known as Elton John...I guess it paid the bills! We played another track by the lovely Judy Dyble [ex-Fairport Convention, Giles, Giles and Fripp etc], this time a single from 2008 with the Conspirators which actually made Top 10 in the UK Indie Charts... plus many more rarities, obscurities and forgotten gems, brought to you this week by all three ‘DOTS’ – Peter, Megan and Michael.....

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

InKase – Rene [Small Faces cover]     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

Travis Wellington Hedge – I Put a Spell on You [Screaming Jay Hawkins cover]     7”single 1969 Adelaide)

Alison Gros – Love Song     (unreleased, recorded 1971 Adelaide)

Frieze – Friend     (‘1972 B.C.’ LP 1972 Australia)

Ronnie Burns – True True Lovin’     (‘This Is’ EP 1966 Aust.)

Wendy Saddington and Gandharvika Dasi [with the Hare Krishna Band] – Back to Gokula     (‘Where To Now?’ LP 1984 Australia/New Zealand)

Reggie Norton and the Ideas – Take It Easy     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Akiko Nakamura – Hano San Francisco [Scott Mackenzie cover]     (‘Hit Album!’ LP 1969 Japan)

Jacques Dutronc – Mini Mini Mini     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ EP 1966 France)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuIFB0HjKQ   

los Loud Jets – Mira     (7”single 1967 Mexico – taken from ‘Conquer the World Vol.2’ LP compilation)

los Syn – Chica Tientame     (7”single 1966 Chile – taken from ‘Conquer....’)

Simon C. Edwards and His Soul Set – The Way I Do     (7”single 1968 Lebanon – taken from ‘Conquer....’)

 

the Stalemates – Adventures in Paradise [TV show theme cover]     (7”single 1969 New Guinea)

the Barbarellatones – Pole Dancer     (mp3 pre-release 2012 USA)

Brian Eno – The Lion Sleeps Tonight [Solomon Linda cover]     (7”single 1975 UK)

Husker Du – Eight Miles High [Byrds cover]     (‘Love is all around’ EP 1991 USA)

 

the Morning After Girls – The Trip [Kim Fowley cover]     (‘He Put The Bomp In The Bomp: a tribute to Greg Shaw’ compilation 2007 USA)

 

Judy Dyble and the Conspirators – One Sure Thing     (7”single 2008 UK)

Shadrack Chameleon – Don’t let it get you down     (‘Shadrack Chameleon’ LP 1973 Ohio, USA – taken from ‘Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974’ compilation LP 2009 USA)

Osiris – Embers of a Flame     (‘Osiris’ LP 1982 Bahrain)

Baby Grandmothers – Somebody’s Calling My Name     (7”single 1968 Sweden – taken from ‘Forge Your Own Chains....’)

“Top of the Poppers” – Hot Love [T.Rex cover]     (‘Best of Top of the Pops 71’ LP 1971 UK)

“Top of the Poppers” – Co-Co [Sweet cover]     (‘Best of Top of the Pops 71’ LP 1971 UK)

Elton John – My Baby Loves Lovin’ [White Plains cover]     (‘Hits 70’ LP 1970 UK)

The Trailers – Quiver     (7”single 1967 Singapore)

The Rutles – Major Happy’s Up and Coming Good Time Band     (‘Archaeology’ LP 1994 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

the Cat and the Brat began this week’s edition of Technicolour Dreaming with Nuvo Bloc, a band that received quite a bit of airplay when 3D Radio (under the moniker of 5MMM) first started broadcasting way back in 1979, and then dropped in a few bands such as Almost Numan and Fluffy who’ve had similar recognition more recently, before finishing the show with the winners of the TOP 101 for 2011, Ride Into The Sun. Along the way, we played some 70’s and 80’s favourites such as Roxy Music, the Associates (featuring the brilliant voice of Billy MacKenzie) and Big Black, as well as some new music from Dewolff and La Bastard, with a sing-a-long from the Rutles thrown in... mainly so we could put up the accompanying clip from their movie..... heh heh!

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

Nuvo Bloc – Funtimes     (demo 1979 Adelaide, Australia)

Sekret Sekret – Chimes     (7”single b-side 1984 Australia)

La Bastard – Consumption Cowboy     (‘[The Fabulous Sounds of] La Bastard’ 2012 Aust.)

Floppen Z Klompen – Fistful of Bisquit     (demo 2003 Adelaide)

David Virgin – Give It Up     (7”split-single [with Leonard Samperi] 1985 Aust.)

the Rutles – Piggy in the Middle     (‘the Rutles’ soundtrack LP 1979 UK)

Fluffy – Nya Nya     (‘Fluffy Loves You [in the baddest way]’ 2011 Adelaide)

Big Black – Steelworker     (‘Lungs’ EP 1982 USA – taken from ‘Hammer Party’ anthology LP 1986)

Public Image Limited – Religion 11     (‘Public Image – First Issue’ LP 1978 UK)

Eno – Baby’s On Fire     (‘Here Come The Warm Jets’ LP 1973 UK)

Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure     (‘For Your Pleasure’ LP 1972 UK)

Adam and the Ants – Ant Invasion     (‘Kings of the Wild Frontier’ LP 1980 UK)

the Grip Weeds – She Surrounds Me     (‘Summer of a Thousand Years’ 2002 USA)

the Associates – Party Fears Two     (‘Sulk’ LP 1982 UK)

Almost Numan – Me, I Disconnect From You [Gary Numan cover]     (‘OFF – side one: versions’ 2011 Adelaide)

Dewolff – Don’t you go up the sky     (pre-release from ‘Orchards Lupine/Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’ 2012 UK)

Wolfy and the Bat Cubs – She’s Leavin’     (‘Wolfy and the Bat Cubs’ EP 2011 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – Enemy     (‘Rats, Thieves and Liars’ 2011 Adelaide)

    [this clip is part one of a series: ‘Ride Into The Sun - Live at the Exeter’ 2011 Adelaide]