Technicolour Dreaming

We devoted a chunk of this week’s show to a phone interview with one of our favourite bands... Melbourne’s dulcimer-driven Dandelion Wine, who are in town on June 16 as part of their ‘Light Streaming Down 10th Anniversary Tour’ commemorating the release of their first EP back in 2002. Amongst other things, we spoke to Nicholas about their German record label, Black Rain, the upcoming European tour (their 7^th), favourite toy lobsters and, of course, dulcimers and other exotic string instruments. They are a great live act, so try and catch them next time they are in your locale. Speaking of great live performances, we also played a track from the lovely LeighStarDust who is making her first live appearance in over a year, supporting Dandelion Wine. During the rest of the show there were tracks from new releases by the likes of Gravenhurst and Suzi Chunk from the UK  and Aussie outfits, the Fabergettes and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, as well as 60’s gems by Kaleidoscope and Chris Farlowe, 80’s Australian singles by Salamander Jim (Tex Perkins et al) and the Sacred Cowboys, plus local surf tunes from Dieselwitch and GT Stringer, before we finished with our current “Band of the Month”, the Sunnyboys... all this, and more, brought to you by the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide’s foremost eclectic music station.....

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

Wooden Wand – Baby, You’re a Rich Man [Beatles cover]     (‘Mojo: Yellow Submarine Resurfaced’ compilation 2012 UK)

Gravenhurst – The Prize     (‘The Ghost in Daylight’ 2012 UK)

Kaleidoscope – (Further Reflections) In the Room of Percussion     (7”single 1968 UK)

Eric Burdon & the Animals – Anything     (7”single 1966 UK)

the Screaming Tribesmen – A Stand Alone     (7”single 1984 Australia)

the Drab Doo Riffs – Trouble     (‘Postcards from Uranus’ 2010 New Zealand)

Salamander Jim – Hot Cakes For Daddy     (‘Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids’ mini-LP 1984 Aust.)

the Damned & Lemmy – Ballroom Blitz [Sweet cover]     (7”single 1979 UK)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Bloody Ripper     (CD-single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Sacred Cowboys – Nothing Grows in Texas     (7”single 1982 Melbourne, Aust.)

Dandelion Wine – Twins      (‘Selected Anachronisms’ EP 2008 Aust.)

       [phone interview with Nicholas from Dandelion Wine]

Dandelion Wine – Found     (‘An Inexact Science’ 2006 Aust.)

Trembling Bells – All Good Men Come Last     (‘Shindig: It’s Happening Vol.2’ compilation 2010 UK)

Houdini Dax – Fizzy Moon     (‘You Belong to Dax, Darling’ 2011 Wales, UK)

the Fabergettes – Ding Dong     (‘the Fabergettes’ EP 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

the Booby Traps – Another Day, Another Man     (‘the Booby Traps’ 2006 Aust.)

Dieselwitch – Surf Wagon     (‘Surfedelica’ 2009 Adelaide, Aust.)

GT Stringer – Nothing Else Matters     (‘Surfrospective’ CD-anthology 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Race Marbles – Like a Dribbling Fram     (7”single 1966 Toronto, Canada)

LeighStarDust – The Moll Song [Matt’s Little Brother cover]     (‘They Make Good Pets But I Don’t Have One’ 2005 Adelaide, Aust.)

Chris Farlowe – Moanin’ [sitar mix]     (7”single 1967 UK – taken from ‘Immediate Mod Box Set’ compilation 2005)

Suzi Chunk – Tripwire     (7”single b-side 2012 UK)

the Sunnyboys – Show Me Some Discipline     (7”single 1982 Australia)   #

     # “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

Sadly, there were two more RIPs to announce and commemorate - Bob Welch, ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist and Eduard Khil, the Russian artist behind probably the most successful meme of recent times - quite different musically but both making their own mark on the world.    Elsewhere in the show, we continued with some favourite themes such as bizarre covers, rare singles from any place and any time, Australian obscurities, even some current Welsh music from Houdini Dax and Colorama.  Indeed, we - that is, all three "dots" - even saw fit to include a Wa Wa Nee single.  Have we no shame?  That's a rhetorical question, btw.

Annette Steele - Lazy River     (7” single 1967 Australia)

Yvonne Barrett – You’re the One [Petula Clark cover]     (7” single b-side of ‘Little People’ 1965 Aust.)

Noleen Batley – Running Round In Circles     (7” single b-side of ‘Heartaches and Kisses’ 1966 Aust.)

Marty Rhone – She’s Coming Home     (7” single 1968 Aust.)

the Factory – Hooray for Hazel    [Tommy Roe cover]   (‘Our Generation’ LP compilation 1967 Aust.)

Ronnie Charles – Wishing Well [Free cover]     (‘Prestidigitation’ LP 1976 Aust.)

Eduard Khil – I Am So Happy To Finally Be Back Home [aka ‘Trololo’; Muslim Magomayov cover]     (1976 Russia)

Alextremo Boy – Trololo [Trololo ‘metal’ cover]     (mp3, Argentina, 2012)

the Presidents – Love Bug [the Supremes ‘Love Is Like An Itching’ cover]    (date unknown, Germany)

Bugotak – Kon Tegathy [Beatles ’Come Together’ cover]     (‘Coverlar’ 2006 Tuva, Russia)

RTC – Drive My Car [Beatles cover]     (‘Seropositive’ 1987 Holland)

Cachicamoconcaspa Y Leyko El Perro de la IIII Dimension – Imagine [Lennon cover]     (‘A Pulir La Hebilla’ Venezuela 2006)

the Driving Stupid – Horror Asparagus Stories     (7” single 1966 New York)

the High Revving Tongues – Elevator     (7” single 1968 New Zealand)

Ray Columbus – Polka Dot Resistance     (‘San Francisco International Pop Festival’ LP compilation 1967 New Zealand/USA)

Boo and the Boo Boos – Oriental Boo      (7” single b-side of Linda Van Dyck’s first single, 1966 Holland)

the Graded Grains – Lucifer Sam [Pink Floyd cover}     (7” acetate b-side, 1968 Torquay, UK)

Bob Welch  - Man Overboard     (‘Man Overboard’ LP 1980 USA)

Jim Keays – Urania     (‘Boy From The Stars’ LP 1974 Aust.)

Colorama – Safara     (‘Llyfr Lliwio’ [‘Colouring Book’] 2012 Wales, UK)

Houdini Dax – You’re A Ghoul     (‘You Belong to Dax, Darling’ 2012 Wales, UK)

Asteroid #4 – Tricks of the Trade     (‘Sounds From Psychedelphia’ compilation 1998 Philadelphia, USA)

Crystal Set – Thrive [Mr Jolly Mix]     (‘Mixed Bag’ EP 1991 Aust.)

Wa Wa Nee – I Want You     (7” single 1987 Aust.)

Cousteau – Last Good Day of The Year     (‘Cousteau’ 2001 USA/Aust.)

Dukes of Stratosphear – Open A Can Of Human Beans     (’25 O’Clock’ bonus track 1992 UK)

the Strangeloves – Night Time     (7” single 1966 USA)

Bobby Comstock – Let’s Stomp     (7”single 1963 USA)

Patti Lace and the Petticoats – Girls Don’t Trust That Boy     (7” single 1964 USA)

Johnny Topper and his Beatnik Buddies – Frankie’s Goat     (7” single 1979 Aust.)

Technicolour Dreaming

After coincidentally beginning this week’s edition of  Technicolour Dreaming with Norway’s the Apricot and Wales’ Apple, the Cat & the Brat just couldn’t resist a ‘fruit-salad’ set – the Electric Prunes even had a fruit-referencing song -  from around the world, but once we got to Quincy Conserve, it had to stop, because there are so many and we could have done a whole show of them... so we moved into more psychedelic sounds starting with perennial favourites, Wooden Shjips. Later, there were a bunch of local bands from different eras, such as Systems Go from the early 80’s through to debut releases by Jim Jennings [of God God Dammit Dammit fame] and the title track from the cassette-only EP by Major Crimes, plus the debut  Zoot single in support of singer Darryl Cotton’s battle with cancer, before we ended the show with the Sunnyboys in their first appearance as our new ‘Band of the Month’.....

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

the Apricot – We Believe in Zoo     (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2011 Norway)

Apple – The Otherside     (7”single b-side 1968 Cardiff, UK)

Mid State Orange – Moving in a Circle [Executives cover]     (taken from the CD compilation accompanying the ‘Tomorrow is Today’ book about 60’s Australian psychedelic music 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

the Lemon Pipers – No Help From Me     (7”single b-side 1967 Ohio, USA)

the Electric Prunes – The Great Banana Hoax     (‘Underground’ LP 1967 USA)

Pineapples From The Dawn Of Time – Too Much Acid     (7”single 1987 Brisbane, Australia)

Quincy Conserve – San Francisco Girls [Fever cover]     (rec. 1970 New Zealand – released on ‘A Day In My Mind’s Mind, Vol.2’ compilation 2008 Wellington, N.Z.)

Wooden Shjips – Rising     (‘West’ 2011 San Francisco, USA)

Sun Dial – Magic Flight     (‘Other Way Out’ LP 1990 USA)

the Church – Shadow Cabinet     (‘Persia’ EP 1984 Australia)

Cotton Mather – 40 Watt Solution     (‘The Big Picture’ 2001 Austin, Texas, USA)

the Higher State – Turn Into Fall     (‘Freakout at the Gallery’ 2012 UK)

Jim Jennings – Hit Me Again     (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Pat Capocci Combo – Devil Got My Baby     (‘Adelaide Kustom Kulture Weekend 2003-2012’ compilation 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Major Crimes – Monsoon     (‘Monsoon’ cassette EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Sardine V – Stuck On You     (‘I Hate You’ 12”EP 1983 Sydney, Aust.)

Systems Go – Red Light On     (‘5MMM’s Compilation Album of Adelaide Bands 1980’ – local community FM radio station [now 3D Radio] comp. 1980 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Zoot – You Better Get Going Now [Jackie Lomax cover]     (‘4 Shades of Pink’ EP 1968 Aust.)

the Sunnyboys – Tomorrow Will Be Fine     (7”single b-side 1981 Australia)   #

     #  “Band of the Month” 

Obscured By...

After hearing, shortly before going to air, the news about Adelaide singer Darryl Cotton‘s cancer diagnosis, we just had to play a favourite song from his old band, the Zoot, at the conclusion of our selection of Australian music which regularly opens our show. Also included in that set was the opening track of Normie Rowe’s debut album in 1965, the debut single from the Black Diamonds, and a rare EP cut by Billy Thorpe& the Aztecs from 1966. From there, we ventured far and wide, with rarities by Slowdive, Throbbing Gristle and New Zealand’s Dizzy Limits, plus a slew of 7” singles from numerous locales, such as I Fantoms from Italy, the Beavers from Japan, Hex from the USA and the Matadors from Czechoslovakia, as well as some early Bowie in his David Jones & the Lower Third incarnation plus Marc Bolan with a later John’s Children track from the UK, before finishing with some Harmonia musik from Germany ... all brought to you this week by your two DOTS, the Cat & the Brat.....

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

the Joyboys – Murphy the Surfie     (7” single 1963 Australia)

the Black Diamonds – See the Way     (7” single 1966 Lithgow, Aust.)

Normie Rowe – She used to be mine     (‘It Ain’t Necessarily So But It Is... Normie Rowe’ LP 1965 Aust.)

Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs – My Babe [Willie Dixon cover]     (‘Stand By Me’ EP 1966 Aust.)

Johnny Young – Hold On [Fleur De Lys cover]     (‘Surprises’ LP 1968 Aust./UK) 

the Moods – Rum Drunk     (7”single b-side 1966 Aust.)

the Zoot – Turn Your Head     (7”single b-side 1970 Aust.)

Gary Numan – Metal     (rec. 2001 BBC Radio – taken from ‘1979-2001: the Complete John Peel Sessions’ 2007 UK)

Major Crimes – Poolside     (‘Monsoon’ cassette EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Slowdive – Some Velvet Morning [Lee Hazlewood cover]     (‘Volume, issue 7’ magazine/CD 1993 UK)

Simple Minds – I Travel [extended mix]     (12”single 1980 UK)

Throbbing Gristle – United     (7”single 1978 UK)

Sun Araw – Beat Cop      (‘On Patrol’ 2010 USA)

Alex – Tales of Purple Sally     (‘Alex’ LP 1974 Germany)

the Beavers – Koishite Aishite     (7”single b-side 1968 Japan)

the Hobbits – I’m Just a Young Man     (‘Down to Middle Earth’ LP 1967 New York, USA)

Les Problemes – Dodecaphonie     (7”single 1966 France)

I Fantoms – Le Insegnere Pubblicitarie     (7” single 1966 Turin, Italy)

Dizzy Limits – Mare Tranquility     (7”single b-side 1969 Wellington, New Zealand)

the Apostolic Intervention – (Tell me) have you ever seen me     (7”single 1966 UK)

Hex – Doubt     (7”s9iingle 1966 USA)

Ronnie Burns – Exit Stage Right     (7”single 1967 Aust.)

 the Twilights – Cathy Come Home     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Davy Jones & the Lower Third – You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving Me     (7”single 1966 UK)

John’s Children – A Midsummer’s Night Scene     (7” single 1967 UK)

the Yardbirds – Little games     (7”single 1967 UK)

the Matadors – Get Down from the Tree     (‘Matadors’ LP 1968 Czechoslovakia)

 Lemmy & Wendy O. Williams– Stand By Your Man [Tammy Wynette cover]     (‘Stand By Your man’ EP 1982 USA/UK)

Harmonia – Veterano     (‘Musik von Harmonia’ LP 1974 Germany)