Technicolour Dreaming

Trawling through the 3D Radio library’s “new releases” section provided us with a huge pile of music to add to the already large stack we’d chosen to bring in, way too much for just one show, so we cherry-picked, but just had to start with the insidiously catchy pre-release single from the upcoming new Jim Jones Revue album. From there, it went all over the place... from Geelong we played a track by the Citradels, from the Central Coast of NSW we heard the Mandelas, all the way from San Diego some psychedelic grooviness courtesy of the Koolaid Electric Company, from England came the title track from the debut LP by the Galileo 7 and from here in Adelaide, the True Detective and a demo from Rocket Frog. Throw in a variety of styles and sounds, including the psych drone of Lumerians and Crystal Stilts, both from the USA circa 2011, plus our current Band of the Month, Adelaide’s own Ride Into The Sun, and it was another edition of Technicolour Dreaming, done and dusted.....

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

the Jim Jones Revue – It’s Gotta Be About Me      (pre-release from ‘Savage Heart’ 2012 UK)

the New Invincibles – Barnaby       (‘Hear Some Evil’ 2012 Perth, Australia)

Rocket Frog – Secretly      (‘Avuncular 9’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Rescue Ships – Joan      (CD-single 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

the Citradels – Lost at Sea      (‘the Citradels’ EP 2012 Geelong, Aust.)

the Warlocks – Shake the Dope Out      (‘Phoenix’ 2002 USA)

the True Detective – Don’t go messing with my Rock’n’Roll [Molting Vultures cover]      (‘Hammer’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Barbarellatones – Transvestobilly Boogie      (‘Confessions of a Teenage Prostitute’ 2010 USA)

the Bombay Royale – You Me Bullets Love      (CD-single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Mandelas – Baja-Ha      (‘the Mandelas’ Last Stand’ 2012 NSW, Aust.)

the Wondermints – The Party [Henry Mancini cover]      (‘Shots in the Dark’ tribute compilation 1996 USA)

Pony Face – Howdy Moon      (‘Hypnotised’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Dunes – Bay Window      (‘Between Midnight & Dawn’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Koolaid Electric Company – Invasion of the Skies      (‘Random Noises & Organised Sounds’ 2012 California, USA)

Crocodiles – Sunday [Psychic Conversation #9]      (‘Endless Flowers’ 2012 San Diego, USA)

brillig – The Hearse Song      (CD-single 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Lammas Tide – The Murky Deep      (‘CD-single 2012 Perth, Aust.)

Crystal Stilts – Shake the Shackles      (‘In Love With Oblivion’ 2011 Brooklyn, NY, USA)

Lumerians – Gaussian Castles      (‘Transmilinnia’ 2011 San Francisco, USA)

Galileo 7 – Staring at the Sound      (‘Staring at the Sound’ LP 2012 UK)

Ride Into The Sun – Redneck      (from ‘the album that never was’ 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)  #

      # “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

Now and then were both well-represented this week, as were tracks from Bulgaria and New Zealand and other locales worldwide. There were classical versions of rock songs, rock versions of show tunes, songs from the extensive Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart songbook, cuts from the soundtracks of 60’s Hollywood ‘teen-exploitation’ movies [which weren’t necessarily in the actual film... or even by a ‘real’ band] and a group exploiting the name of a TV show [without actually having anything to do with said show!]... what more could you ask for? A Danish ‘sunshine pop’/surf band or an Adelaide artist covering other Adelaide performers or some psychedelic drone from Iceland or a Californian band revering a 50’s ‘outsider’ artist/philosopher whilst taking their name from a mythical ancient continent perhaps? Rarities abounded, with the three DOTS [Michael, Megan & Peter] all present and accounted for.....

..... so here’s the full playlist.....

 

the Groop – Annabelle Lee      (7”single 1967 Melbourne, Australia)

Maria Dallas – You Don’t Treat Me Right      (7”single 1968 New Zealand)

Chris & Peter Allen – My Silent Symphony      (‘Album # 1’ 1968 Aust/USA)

Normie Rowe – I Just Don’t Understand      (‘It Ain’t Necessarily So, But It Is... Normie Rowe’ LP 1965 Melbourne, Aust. – taken from 2012 re-issue CD)

Mopsie Beans – Mechanic      (‘One Out’ EP 1979 Sydney, Aust.)

Dee Snider – Cabaret [movie-soundtrack cover]      (‘Dee Does Broadway’ 2012 USA)

Mike Batt & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [feat. Lemmy] – Eve of Destruction [P.F.Sloan cover]      (‘Philharmania: All Time Great Rock Hits, Vol.1’ 1998 UK)

the London Punkharmonic Orchestra – White Riot [Clash cover]      (‘Symphony of Destruction: Punk Goes Classical’ 1998 UK)

the Scarring Party – Killing Moon [Echo & the Bunnymen cover]      (‘Woke Up With Fangs’ 2011 USA)

Surf School Dropouts – Searchin’ for the Perfect Wave      (‘Summer’s a State of Mind’ 2012 Denmark)

Lou Reed – N.Y.Stars      (‘Sally Can’t Dance’ LP 1974 USA)

the True Detective – Assorted Fate [brillig cover]      (‘Hammer’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Max Frost & the Troopers – Shape of Things to Come      (7”single 1968 USA – from the movie “Wild in the Streets’ 1968)

the Amboy Dukes – Journey to the Centre of the Mind      (7”single 1968 USA)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Mantra      (‘Dead Magick’ 2012 Iceland)

Kayno Yesno Slonce – No Zanik      (‘Chakrak’ 2004 Bulgaria)

Lumerians – Xulux      (‘Transmalinnia’ 2011 Oakland, California, USA)

the Standells – Last Train to Clarkesville [Boyce/Hart cover]      (‘Riot on Sunset Strip’ soundtrack LP 1967 USA – taken from ‘ACTION! the Songs of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart’ compilation CD 2012)

Del Shannon – She  [Boyce/Hart cover]     (‘This Is My Bag’ LP 1966 USA)

Dino, Desi & Billy – If You’re Thinkin’ What I’m Thinkin’ [Boyce/Hart cover]      (7”single 1966 USA)

the Munsters – $1.98 King Size Voodoo Kit      (‘the Munsters’ LP 1964 USA)

the Names – Why Can’t It Be      (7”single 1977 Illinois, USA)

Madder Lake – Ride On Fast      (‘Butterfly Farm’ LP 1974 Aust.)

the Dave Miller Set – No Need To Cry      (7”single b-side [to Does Anyone Really Know What time It Is?] 1970 Aust.)

Isherwood – Willy the Weeper      (7”single b-side [to Wave Breaker] 1970 Aust.) 

the Chocolate Watchband – In The Past       (‘The Inner Mystique’ LP 1968 USA)  

Technicolour Dreaming

In a first for our regular “Band of the Month” feature, we had several members of this month’s selection, Adelaide’s premier psychedelic outfit, Ride Into The Sun, in the 3D studio with us for an interview and also as guest presenters. They had lots to talk about – a new drummer, the return of their keyboardist, recording plans for an EP to be produced by Christian Bland of the Black Angels, discussion of the Austin Psych Fest and much more – and a bunch of songs for us to play including tracks by the aforementioned Black Angels, ex-Sydney band the Black Ryder [featuring the Cult’s Ian Asbury’s new wife Aimee], Austin’s The UFO Club and Iceland’s Singapore Sling. Also on this week’s show were tracks from the new Pony Face album and the Murlocs latest EP plus a few classic singles from the likes of T.Rex, Wire and the Rationals. Some more music, lots of chatting and laughing, and that was it! Another episode of Technicolour Dreaming with the Cat & the Brat.....

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

T.Rex – Jeepster      (7”single 1971 UK)

the Pretty Things – In the Square/the Letter/Rain      (‘The Psychedelic Years: 1966 to 1970’ anthology 2001 UK)

the Black Hollies – Look What You’ve Done      (‘Softly Towards the Light’ 2009 New York, USA)

Pony Face – Silver Tongue      (‘Hypnotised’ 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Lovetones – A New Low      ('Provenance - Collected Works’ anthology 2012 Australia)

Ride Into The Sun – Drown Your Soul      (‘Rats, Thieves & Liars’ EP 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

the Dunes – Transition      (‘Between Midnight & Dawn’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Briars – Easy Target      (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Black Ryder – Let It Go      (‘Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride’ 2009 Sydney, Aust.)

the See See – Keep Your Head      (‘Late Morning Light’ 2010 UK)

Ride Into The Sun – Remorse & Regret      ( unreleased – recorded 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

the Black Angels – Entrance Song [rain dance version]      (‘Phosgene Nightmare’ EP 2011 Austin, Texas, USA)

the Murlocs – Tee Pee      (‘Tee Pee’ EP 2012 Geelong, Aust.)

Singapore Sling – Godman      (‘Perversity, Desperation & Death’ 2008 Iceland)

Wire – I am the Fly      (7”single 1978 UK)

the Rationals – I Need You [Carole King/Ray Davies cover]      (7”single 1968 Detroit, Michigan USA)

the UFO Club – Be My Baby [Ronettes cover]      (‘The UFO Club/Night Beats’ split 10” EP 2011 USA)

Ride Into The Sun – Detached      (unreleased – recorded 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)    #

       #    “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

This week’s edition, hosted by the Cat & the Brat, seemed to come in batches.... beginning with a b-side from Bitch [the band were formerly known as the Cleves and it’s under that name that we have featured them before] we moved into our customary start-up of Australasian 60’s-70’s rarities, including a live TV version of Fraternity’s ‘Seasons of Change’ and the sole single from the Harts. Then we moved up a decade or so with a bunch of mostly unreleased Australian demos from the likes of Adelaide’s legendary Speedboat and Melbourne’s Tlot Tlot [taken from a ‘Fast Forward’ cassette magazine], before going all over the world for some proggy psych goodness, ranging from Switzerland’s Krokodil to Seoul’s Jang Hyun. Then it was New Zealand’s turn – for such a small country they certainly turned out an impressively large quantity of excellent pop-psych in the late 60’s, even continuing into the early 70’s – so it was only fair that we featured some of the more prominent acts such as the Fourmyula, Quincy Conserve and House of Nimrod, before paying tribute to the late Neil Armstrong by playing Dizzy Limits’ “Mare Tranquility” and Oak Apple Day’s classic “Moonshot” singles. A few other obscurities along the way, such as Deep Feeling’s version of “I Put a Spell on You” from 1966 and a psychobilly classic from Sunglasses After Dark, then it was all over – until next time.....

..... so here’s the full playlist for your perusal.....

Bitch – House Where I Live       (7”single b-side [to Laughing] 1971 New Zealand/Australia/UK)

Glass Web – Two Faced Woman     (7”single b-side [to In a Year or So] 1971 Adelaide, Aust.)

Fraternity – Seasons of Change      (Live on ‘GTK’ ABC-TV 1971 Aust.)

Inside Looking Out – HMS Buffalo       (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Aust.)

Ticket – Gypsy Rover       (‘Let Sleeping Dogs Lie’ LP 1972 New Zealand)

the Harts – Little Girl      (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Equal Local – Lamp That       (demo – released on ‘Fast Forward’ cassette magazine 1982 Melbourne, Aust.)

Nuvo Bloc – Never Mind      (demo – released on ‘5MMM’s Compilation of Adelaide Bands 1980’ LP 1980 Aust.)

Tubby Justice – The Laugh      (demo 1990 Adelaide, Aust.)

Tlot Tlot – Love Potion #9 [Clovers/Searchers cover]      (demo 1992 Melbourne, Aust.)

Just Kidding – Get up off the Fence      (demo 1986 Adelaide, Aust.)

Speedboat – The Monk      (demo 1982 Adelaide, Aust.)

Kollektiv – Rambo Zambo      (‘Kollectiv’ LP 1973 Germany)

Jang Hyun – Sunset      (‘Jang Hyun 2’ LP 1972 Seoul, South Korea)

Krokodil – Sunlight’s Beautiful Daughter      (‘Swamp’ LP 1970 Switzerland)

Kuni Kawachi & the Flower Travelling Band – Graveyard of Love      (‘Kirikyogen’ LP 1970 Japan)

Wizards of Time – 2^nd Son      (‘Will The Soft Curse Plague On?’ 2012 USA)

the Fourmyula – Mr Whippy      (7”single b-side [to Forever] 1969 New Zealand – taken from ‘Best of the Fourmyula’ anthology 1999 NZ)

Shane & Quincy Conserve – San Francisco Girls      (backing tracks recorded 1969/vocals recorded 2005 – taken from ‘A Day In My Mind’s Mind, Vol.3’ compilation 2008 NZ)

Tom Thumb – If I were a Carpenter [Tim Hardin cover]      (7”single 1969 NZ)

the Top Shelf – Time Beyond       (7”single b-side [to Baby, the World Really Turns] 1969 NZ)

the Gremlins – Kingsforth Hemmingseem      (7”single 1968 NZ)

House of Nimrod – Slightly Delic      (7”single 1967 NZ)

Dizzy Limits – Mare Tranquility      (7”single b-side [to Alone] 1970 NZ)

Oak Apple Day [plus the Deadly Pair] – Moonshot      (7”single 1969 Aust.)

the Peppermint Trolley Company – 9 O’Clock Business Man      (7”single 1968 USA)

Deep Feeling – I Put A Spell On You [Screamin’ Jay Hawkins cover]      (recorded 1966 – released on ‘Pretty Colours’ anthology 2008 UK)

Sunglasses After Dark – Swamp Baby      (7”single 1984 UK)