Technicolour Dreaming

Stormy weather here in South Australia over the past week or so, and a fallen tree knocking over powerlines in downtown Stepney, caused 3D Radio to go off-air for a while during this week’s show. What? No back-ups we hear you ask? Errrr, well, they failed also.... so it was a truncated edition alas, yet we still managed to fit in some new music, including a song from the Aves brand new EP [recorded in New York] and the soon-to-be-released vinyl single from Buried Feather [their launch show with TD faves the Sun Blindness at the Old Bar in Melbourne on October 27^th sounds like the place to be if you’re in the vicinity!] plus an as-yet-unreleased track from the Citradels. There was also a song from the new White Fence double LP (produced by Ty Segall) plus of course some 60’s gems... but then all too soon, it was time for our “Band of the Month”, the Dukes of Stratosphear, and the end of the show! Hopefully we’ll be powering back to full length next Wednesday.....

..... so here is the playlist..... 

Singapore Sling – Overdriver      (‘The Curse of Singapore Sling’ 2003 Iceland)

X-Ray Spex – I am a Poseur      (‘Germ-Free Adolescents’ LP 1978 UK)

the Electric Prunes – I       (‘Underground’ LP 1967 USA)

the Beatles – Blue Jay Way      (‘Magical Mystery Tour’ double EP 1967 UK)

                 Off-Air   [Power Failure / Blackout in Stepney]

the Church – The Unguarded Moment      (7”single 1980 Australia)

Buried Feather – Time It Takes      (7”single 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Aves – In Vogue      (‘Anywhere Else’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Sam Cherry’s Last Shot      (’12 Bar Bruise’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

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

the Syssys – Jump Back      (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Hergs – Cadillac [Vince Taylor cover]       (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Citradels – John Cage, Play Nice With That Sword      (mp3 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

White Fence – Waking Up Is Confusing      (‘White Fence and Family/Perfume Vols.1&2’ double LP 2012 California, USA)

the Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC) – Mole from the Ministry      (’25 O’Clock’ EP 1986 UK)   #

     #   “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

Featuring The Damned as the psychedelic group Naz Nomad & the Nightmares, from an album purporting to be the soundtrack of a non-existant film.  Also starring a rare orchestrated Fraternity B-side, some Moving Parts and a Radioactive Sandwich.  Ably supported by The Searchers, Nico and rare Australian power pop from the abysmally named but somewhat groovy Beaut.  International stars included Singapore Sling, the Golden Earrings, Pussycat and the interestingly named Ladies WC.  All this and more, produced by Michael Hunter, Cat & Brat dot dot dot.

 

Drummond – For You Blue      (7”single 1970 Adelaide, Australia)

Phil Jones & the Unknown Blues – Brave New World  (Of Fairy Tales)    (7”single 1969 Sydney, Aust.)

Fraternity – Raglan’s Folly      (7”single b-side [to If You Got It] 1971 Adelaide, Aust.)

Esperanto – Publicity      (7”single 1973 Aust./UK)

Beaut – Goodbye Judy      (7”single 1976 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Citradels – John Cage, Play Nice With That Sword      (mp3 demo 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Buried Feather – Maybe      (7”single b-side [to Time It Takes] 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Radioactive Sandwich – Sullen Choirboy      (‘Mirage’ 2012 Philadelphia, USA)

Nico – Saeta      (12”single 1979 UK)

Jory Nodland & Harry Slottag – Theory of Colour      (‘Bess Rothman’s Charm with Cents’ LP 1960’s? [date unknown] USA)

David Arvedon – Eliot Ness      (‘In Search of the Most Unforgettable Tree We Ever Met [1967-‘74]’ anthology 1996 USA)

Moving Parts – Anti-Aircraft Warning       (‘Wrong Conclusion’ LP 1978 USA)

the Space Negros – Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (Revisited) [Yardbirds cover]      (‘The Space Negros Go Commercial’ EP 1984 USA)

the Space Negros – Man To Man      (‘The Space Negros Dig Archaeology Vol.2 [1975-‘86]’ anthology 1992 USA)

Naz Nomad & the Nightmares – The Trip [Kim Fowley/Fire Escape cover]      (‘Give Daddy The Knife Cindy’ LP 1984 UK)

the Golden Earrings – That Day      (7”single 1966 Holland)

the Pussycats – The Craftsmen      (7”single 1966 Norway)

the Motions – For Another      (7”single 1965 Holland)

the Amen Corner – Gin House Blues      (orig. 7”single 1967 Wales, UK – ‘live 1965’ version taken from ‘The Very Best of...’ anthology 1999 UK)

the Cyrkle – Turn Down Day      (7”single 1966 USA)

the Metronomes – Psychotic reaction [Count Five cover]      (recorded 1982, unreleased – taken from ‘Ash Wednesday & Friends- Love & Other Numbers 1980-1984’ anthology 2012 Aust.)

White Fence – Balance Your Heart      (‘White Fence and Family/Perfume Vol. 1&2’ 2012 California, USA)

the Searchers – Umbrella Man      (7”single 1968 UK)

Dave Christie – Penelope Breedlove      (7”single 1968 UK)

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

Singapore Sling – Roadkill      (‘The Curse of Singapore Sling’ 2003 Iceland)

the Leathercoated Minds – Psychotic Reaction [Count Five cover]      (‘A Trip Down The Sunset Strip’ LP 1967 California, USA)

Chetarca – Diary      (‘Chetarca’ LP 1975 Melbourne, Aust.)

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat & the Brat were back in the studio again after a short break (and a big thank you to heather, a true 3D Radio icon, for filling-in last week under difficult circumstances – and of course still presenting a psychedelightful programme nonetheless!) with a special ‘birthday’ edition of Technicolour Dreaming, so we just played favourites, new and old, to celebrate! Needless to say, we only made a small dent in the list of afore-mentioned ‘favourites’, but it was fine to hear such classics as the Electric Prunes ‘Too much to Dream...’, the Stranglers ‘Nuclear Device’ and the Monkees ‘Porpoise Song’ amongst all the ‘hits-in-our-alternate-universe’ that we love just as much... as always it was a diverse bunch, taking in Marianne Faithfull, Germany’s Cobra Killer, Norway’s the Apricot and an absolute killer track from Adelaide’s 60’s outfit, the Southern Gentlemen, and LOTS more! Plus we had our new “Band of the Month”, namely the Dukes of Stratosphear, who of course were XTC’s very psychedelic alter-egos, and with their excellent box-set for us to plunder, you are in for some treats in the coming weeks!

..... so here is the playlist..... 

David Bowie – Big Brother/Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family      (‘Diamond Dogs’ LP 1974 UK)

the Stranglers – Nuclear Device      (7”single 1979 UK)

Adam & the Ants – Never Trust A Man (With Egg On His Face)      (‘Dirk Wears White Sox’ LP 1979 UK)

Mikal Cronin – Again and Again      (‘Mikal Cronin’ 2011 California, USA)

Ty Segall & White Fence – Tongues      (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Heart sweats      (7”single b-side [to Tidal Wave’] 2009 Orange County, USA – taken from ‘Singles Vols. 1 & 2’ double LP 2011 USA)

Allah-Las – Vis-a-vis       (‘Allah-Las’ 2012 Los Angeles, USA)

the Daylight Braves – The Absent Ground      (‘Liquid Sun’ EP 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

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

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Gypsy Dancer      (‘A Purple Journey into the Mod Machine’ 2006 Sydney, Aust.)

the Jim Jones Revue – It’s Gotta Be About Me      (‘The Savage Heart’ 2012 UK)

Crystal Thomas – La Mort      (‘A Chance In Hell’ 2012 Aust.)

Cobra Killer – Cobra Movement      (‘76/77’ 2005 Germany)

Thee American Revolution – Grit Magazine      (‘Buddha Electrostorm’ 2009 USA)

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

the Lovetones – Stars      (‘Stars’ EP 2004 Aust. – taken from ‘Provenance:  Collected Works’ anthology 2012 Aust.)

the Apricot – For the Sake of Progression      (‘A Forestful Of Threes’ 2011 Oslo, Norway)

Marianne Faithfull – My Friends Have      (‘Before the Poison’ 2005 UK)

Tommy James & the Shondells – Crimson and Clover      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Southern Gentlemen – I Want You Back Again      (7”single 1965 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Electric Prunes – I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)      (7”single 1966 USA)  

Twentieth Century Zoo – Yellow Listen      (7”single 1967 USA)

the Monkees – Porpoise Song      (7”single 1968 USA)

Crystal Stilts – Precarious Stair      (‘In Love With Oblivion’ 2011 USA)

the Dukes of Stratosphear – Collidescope      (‘Psonic Psunspot’ LP 1986 UK)    #

     #   “Band of the Month”

Obscured By...

 All three 'dots': Cat & Brat, Michael Hunter.  All the diversity and unexpectedness of an 'Obscured By... - (intentional bad taste via Tom Lehrer and unintentional by others eg Chris Roberts / many genres from many acts including a re-worked classic by SRC and contemporary folk from Mr Pine and Autumnal /  plenty of 1960s American music from Strawberry Alarm Clock, Stained Glass, The Humane Society et al, and all the others listed below).  All as it should be, in other words...

the Sect – Don’t Talk to Strangers [Beau Brummels cover]      (7”single 1966 Australia)

the In-Sect – I am Waiting      (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Elois – By My Side      (7”single b-side [to I’m a Man] 1967 Tasmania, Aust.)

the 69-ers – Bloodflash/Rag mama      (7”single b-sides [to Harry Rag] 1973 Aust.)

Sparks – Wonder Girl      (7”single 1971 USA)

Todd Rundgren – I Saw the Light      (‘Something/Anything?’ LP 1972 USA)

 

the dB’s – Love Is For Lovers      (‘Like This’ LP 1984 USA)

Felix Cavaliere – Everlasting Love      (7”single 1974 USA)

[unknown North Korean performers] – We Are One      ("Korean Songs 1 - Both Paektu And Halla Belong To My Motherland"  2009 North Korea)

Chris Roberts – Blowin’ in the Wind [Dylan cover]      (7”single, c.early 70’s Netherlands)

Gunter Hapke – Fur Gaby tu ich alles      (7”single 1963 Germany)

Tom Lehrer – Poisoning Pigeons in the Park      (7”single 1960 USA)

Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank – My Dead Dog Rover      (rec. 1977 – taken from “The Very Best of Dr Demento” compilation 2001 USA)

Guru Guru – Der LSD- Marsch      (‘UFO’ LP 1970 Germany)

Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship – Home/Have You Seen The Stars Tonight?      (‘Blows Against the Empire’ LP 1970 San Francisco, USA)

Tully – Syndrone      (‘Sea of Joy’ soundtrack LP 1971 Aust.)

All Night Radio – Oh, When?      (‘Spirit Stereo Frequency’ 2004 USA)

Iron Butterfly – Possession      (7”single b-side [to Don’t Look Down On Me] 1968 USA)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Strawberries Mean Love      (‘Incense & Peppermints’ LP 1967 USA)

the Doppler Effect – God is Alive (in Argentina)      (7”single 1966 Colorado, USA)

Stained Glass – A Scene In Between      (7”single 1967 San Jose, USA)

the Humane Society – Eternal Prison      (7”single b-side [to Lorna] 1968 California, USA)

Mr Pine – Sleep of Ondine      (‘Rewilding’ 2008 Canada)

Autumnal – Hemisphere       (‘Hemisphere’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Alexander (Skip) Spence – Book of Moses      (‘Oar’ LP 1969 California, USA)

the Virgil Brothers – Look Away      (7”single b-side [to Temptation 'Bout To Get Me] 1969 Aust./UK)

Yours Truly – Shining Light      (‘Shining Light’ EP 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

SRC – In the Hall of the Mountain King      (‘Milestones’ LP 1969 Detroit, USA)