Technicolour Dreaming

Regular listeners to our shows will be aware that we are rather fond of boxsets and compilations of obscurities and this week we had a couple of new ones to plunder. We were excited to find a new addition to the wonderful ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers’ series, now up to Volume Eleven, playing tracks from disparate locales such as Indonesia, the USA and Holland. We also got our hands on the new 5-CD boxset edition of the long-running ‘Electric Sound Show’ compilation LP series featuring obscure psychedelia found worldwide from the 1960’s (plus a few from the early 70’s) for our delectation! We only got it last week and have yet to hear it all, but played a few of the songs which have grabbed our attention so far, particularly tracks such as the very odd, lone single by Me Myself & Eye... very strange indeed! For our penultimate track, we played Adelaide’s own Fluffy as a ‘taster’ for 3D Radio’s annual TOP 101 which is being held on Monday 28^th January, with the Cat & the Brat hosting the 2-4pm slot... so tune in and hear the most played artists heard on 3D Radio in 2012, the bulk of whom are local Adelaide talent...

..... until then, here is the playlist for the 22^nd January edition of Technicolour Dreaming.....

the Hollies – Water on the Brain      (‘Evolution’ LP 1967 UK)

Sir Richard Bishop – Sidi Masour      (‘The Freak of Araby’ LP 2009 USA)

Eternal Tapestry – Galactic Derelict      (‘Beyond the 4^th Door’ 2011 Oregon, USA)

Jason Lytle – Your Final Setting Sun      (‘Dept. of Disappearance’ 2012 USA)

Sparkspitter – Fearsplishing      (cd-single 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

FEARSPLISHING from sparkspitter on Vimeo.

Earth – The Rakehead      (‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II’ LP 2012 USA)

Fripp & Eno – Swastika Girls [excerpt]      (‘(No Pussyfooting)’ LP 1973 UK)

the Flower Machine – Blown      (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 Los Angeles, USA)

Gary Knight – World, 2000      (7”single b-side [to Greta Green Grass] 1967 UK – taken from ‘Electric Sound Show: an Assortment of Antiquities for the Psychedelic Connoisseur’  5-CD boxset compilation 2012 UK)

Paisley Patterns – Doomsday Plus One      (7”single 1968 Hollywood, USA)

Owl – Aunt Cate is Dead      (7”single b-side [to The World Keeps Turning] 1971 Massachusetts, USA)

Me Myself & Eye – I Come from the Andromeda Galaxy [A Pioneer in Celestial Music]      (7”single 1969 California, USA)

Oxford Watchband – Diagnosis (One Way Empty and Down)      (7”single 1969 Rochester, USA)

the Panbers- Rock & the Sea      (‘Sound 2’ LP 1972 Sumatra, Indonesia – taken from ‘Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers, volume eleven’ compilation 2012 UK)

the David – People Saying, People Doing      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

the Whatt Four – Dandelion Wine      (7”single 1967 California, USA)

Sagittarius – Glass      (‘Present Tense’ LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Shocking Blue – Acka Raga      (‘Scorpio’s Dance’ LP 1970 Holland)

the Spazzys – Dissolution [is the only solution]      (‘Dumb Is Forever’ 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

the Stomachmouths – Doctor Syn      (‘Something Weird’ LP 1986 Sweden)

the Len Price 3 – Mourn, My Health      (‘Rentacrowd’ LP 2008 UK)

Ty Segall – The Hill      (‘Twins’ 2012 California, USA)

Blank Realm – Working on Love      (‘Go Easy’ 2012 Brisbane, Australia)

Useless Eaters – Addicted to the Blade      (7”single 2012 USA)

Smith Westerns – Weekend      (‘Dye It Blonde’ 2010 USA)

the Psychedelic Furs – Mack the Knife [Kurt Weill cover]      (7”single b-side [to Pretty In Pink] 1981 UK)

Tin Tin – She Said Ride      (‘Toast & Marmalade For Tea’ LP 1971 Australia)

Paul Roland – The Puppet Master      (recorded 1980 Denmark – released on ‘The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen’ split-EP 2012 UK)

the Unspoken Things – Puppets      (‘Bourbon Eyes’ cd-EP 2005 Adelaide, Australia)

the Green Mist – Roadside Graves      (‘Next Stop Antartica’ LP 2007 Australia/Spain)

Fluffy – Textas & Chocolate Cake      (‘A Rock’n’Roll Opera’ cd-EP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

Zacharias & the Tree People – We’re All Paul Bearers [Part 1]      (‘I Buried Paul’ compilation 2005 USA) 

Technicolour Dreaming

The third show of the year and we’re getting a feel for this ‘amalgamation of two shows into one’ thingee! There was current stuff from bands such as the Surf Zombies, Earth and Japandroids, a selection of 60’s music ranging from the Byrds to Svensk to the Brain [a pre-Giles, Giles & Fripp project by the Giles brothers], and a plethora of tracks in between from artists such as Echo & the Bunnymen, Wooden Shjips, Suede, Tyrnaround, Jennifer Gentle, Custard and T.Rex. Our feature this week was a 7”EP from the Fruits de Mer label called The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen, consisting of a track each by four such gentlemen, including nick nicely and Anton Barbeau... we’ll be playing the other two next week! We finished the show with the 1999 single by Jason Falkner which, in a just world, would have been a huge hit, but in this one was torpedoed by ‘major label’ shenanigans... his back catalogue is well worth checking out as he writes and plays great pop music, in the classic sense of the word!

.....So here is the playlist and a few clips to whet your interest.....

Jennifer Gentle – Couple in Bed by a Green Flashing Light      (‘Funny Creatures Lane’ LP 2002 Italy – taken from ‘Ectoplasmic Garden Party’ anthology 2003 Italy)

Tyrnaround – Carroll by Candlelight      (‘Colour Your Mind’ EP 1986 Australia)

Svensk – Dream Magazine      (7”single 1967 UK)

Procession – Mind Magician      (‘Procession’ LP 1968 Australia/UK)

the Dave Miller Set – Mr Guy Fawkes      (7”single 1969 New Zealand/Australia)

the Brain – Nightmares in Red      (7”single b-side [to Kick the Donkey] 1967 UK)

Earth – Father Midnight      (‘Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol.1’ 2011 USA)

Custard – A View to a Kill [Duran Duran cover]      (‘Undone: Songs of Duran Duran’ compilation 1999 Australia)

British Sea Power – Tugboat [Galaxie 500 cover]      (‘Rough Trade - Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before’ compilation 2003 UK)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – I Follow You      (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 France/Australia)

 

Rhubarb Rhubarb – Rainmaker      (7”single 1968 UK)

Timberjack Donaghue – Dahli Mohammed      (7”single 1970 New Zealand)

the Byrds – Natural Harmony      (‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ LP 1968 USA)

the Surf Zombies – Flat Black      (‘Lust For Rust’  2012 Iowa, USA – taken from ‘Continental Magazine #20’ cover-mount CD 2012 USA)

the Dead Rocks – La Terrible Maldicion de Tutenkamon      (‘One Million Dollar Surf Band’ 2008 Sao Carlo, Brazil)

Y Niwl – Dauddegpump      (‘Y Niwl 4’ EP 2012 Gwynned, Wales, UK)

 Japandroids – For the Love of Ivy [Gun Club cover]      (‘Celebration Rock’ 2012 USA)

 

T.Rex – Ripoff      (‘Electric Warrior’ LP 1971 London, UK)

the Barbarellatones – White Light, White Heat [Velvet Underground cover]      (‘The Sound of Love’ 2012 USA)

nick nicely – Rosemary’s Eyes      (‘The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen’ split-EP 2012 UK/USA/France)

Wooden Shjips – Out of my Head      (recorded 2009 – taken from ‘Yeti 7’ magazine cover-mount CD 2009 USA)

the House of Love – Christine      (‘House of Love’ LP 1988 UK)

Suede – The Drowners      (‘Suede’ LP 1993 UK)

Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles      (‘Crocodiles’ LP 1980 UK)

Crocodiles – My Surfing Lucifer      (‘Endless Flowers’ 2012 USA)

Anton Barbeau & the Three Minute Tease – When I Was 46 [In The Year 13]      (‘The League of Psychedelic Gentlemen’ split-EP 2012 UK/USA/France)

Jason Falkner – Holiday      (7”single 1999 USA)

 

Technicolour Dreaming

Some new, some old, some local, others from....Iceland? Yes, another trip into the psychedelic, the garage, the punk and even the ‘80’s from anywhere/anytime with the Cat & the Brat on this week’s show. Of particular note were new albums from Clinic, Toy & Melody’s Echo Chamber – all no doubt will be receiving further examination in weeks to come! And as today was the birthday for Elvis, Bowie and Dot from Almost Numan, we naturally had to give them a celebratory spin... especially with the news of a new record from David being imminent at last. On a sadder note, we noted the passing of Lee Dorman, bassist with Iron Butterfly during their prime, so just had to play a song from their oft-overlooked early period. Throw in a few covers, some ‘previously unreleased’ gems [including the full version of the theme song from an iconic Australian surf movie], and lots more... and that’s Technicolour Dreaming for another week!  Check out the clips we’ve found, and dig in......

...... here’s the playlist for 8^th January.....

the Sunsets – Hot Generation [full soundtrack version]       (rec. 1967 but unreleased – taken from ‘Down Under Nuggets: Original Australian Artyfacts 1965-1967’ compilation 2012 Australia)

Marty Rhone & the Soul Agents – Every Minute of You      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)

the Showmen – So Far Away      (7”single 1965 Sydney, Aust.)

Colin Buckley – Little Egypt [Elvis Presley cover]      (7”single 1966 Aust.)

David Bowie – Five Years      (‘Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars’ LP 1972 UK)

Almost Numan – We Are So Fragile [Gary Numan cover]      (‘Almost Numan : “OFF” side-1: covers’ 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

Iron Butterfly – Unconscious Baby      (‘Heavy’ LP 1968 USA)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Be Proud of Your Kids      (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 France/Australia)

Tenniscoats – Karogari Mario      (‘All Aboard!’ 2012 Japan)

Cosmic Dead – The White Rabbit      (rec. live in Scotland 2010 Iceland)

Fursaxa – Tyranny      (‘Amulet’ 2005 USA)

Clinic – See Saw      (‘Free Reign’ 2012 UK)

the Black Angels – Entrance Song (Rain Dance version)      (‘Phosgene Nightmare’ 10”EP 2011 Texas, USA)

the Sisters of Mercy – This Corrosion      (7”single 1987 UK)

Toy – Motoring      (‘Toy’ 2012 UK)

Beach House – Lazuli      (‘Bloom’ 2012 USA)

Marc Almond – Late Night [Syd Barrett cover]      (‘Mojo: the Madcap Laughs Again’ – Mojo magazine covermount-cd 2009 UK)

Gravenhurst – Only a Northern Song [Beatles cover]      (‘Mojo: Yellow Submarine ReSurfaces’ – Mojo magazine covermount-cd 2012 UK)

Suzi Chunk – Got Any Mantras?      (‘Girl From the Neck Down’ LP 2012 Wales, UK)

Knowbody Else – Secret Storm      (rec. 1967 but unreleased – taken from ‘Feeling High : the Psychedelic Sound of Memphis’ compilation 2012 USA)

July – Dandelion Seeds      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Chosen Few – Is This a Dream      (7”single 1966 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunnyboys – You Need a Friend      (7”single 1982 Sydney, Aust.)

the Church – Almost With You      (‘The Blurred Crusade’ LP 1982 Aust.)

Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart – Words [demo]      (rec. 1965 but unreleased – taken from ‘Where the Action Is!  Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968’ compilation boxset 2009 USA)

Woods – Cali in a Cup      (‘Bend Beyond’ 2012 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

A new year – a new show format. As mentioned in the previous few posts, the Cat & the Brat now do one show only – every Tuesday afternoon between 2 and 4pm here at 3D Radio 93.7fm in Adelaide, South Australia – so basically we’ve rolled the two old ones into a single streamlined spectacular (errrr, well, radio show – apologies for the hyperbole, but we ARE pretty happy about it!) containing the essences of the old in a new format, but keeping the ‘Technicolour Dreaming’ brand name – it does relate to what we play, after all!. Basically, we’re still playing our favourite psych, surf, garage, Krautrock, punk, pop etc etc from all over the place, some new, some old, some obscure, some better-known – you get the picture? And on the blog we’ll put up some clips to accompany the list that you can watch and perhaps take you further into related music – and don’t forget that we stream the show on the internet from the 3D website and iTunes Radio (under ‘eclectic’ – about right, eh?), so even if you live at the North Pole or the Sahara, you can work out the time difference to Adelaide and listen in! Anyway, enough chatter... here’s the playlist for the first show, appropriately on the 1^st of January, 2013!!! Happy New Year!

the Rolling Stones – We Love You      (7”single 1967 UK)

Baptism of Uzi – Baby, Please Don’t Go [Them/Shadows of Knight cover]      (‘Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era’ compilation 2012 Australia)

the Laurels – One Step Forward [two steps back)      (‘Plains’ 2012 Australia)

Step-Panther – Maybe Later      (cd-single 2012 Sydney, Aust.)

the Rationals – I Need You      (7”single 1968 Michigan, USA)

DeWolff – Don’t You Go Up The Sky      (‘Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’ 2010 Holland)

Ghost – Gareki No Toshi      (‘In Stormy Nights’ 2007 Japan)

Mick Ronson – Slaughter on 10^th Avenue      (‘Slaughter on 10^th Avenue’ LP 1974 UK)

the Bee Gees – Kitty Can [alt. version]      (from bonus disc with 2006 CD re-issue of ‘Idea’ LP 1968 UK)

Rhubarb Rhubarb – Rainmaker       (7”single 1968 UK)

Dizzy Limits – Mare Tranquility       (7”single b-side [to Alone] 1969 New Zealand)

Herman’s Hermits – Marcel’s      (7”single b-side [to I can take or leave your lovin’] 1967 UK)

the Monkees – P.O.Box 9847      (‘the Birds, the Bees & the Monkees’ LP 1967 USA)

Django Django – Skies Over Cairo      (‘Django Django’ 2012 Scotland, UK)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Magick 1      (‘Dead Magick’ LP 2011 Iceland)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – Panic in Babylon      (‘Aufheben’ 2012 USA)

Jason Lytle – Willow Wand Willow Wand      (‘Dept. of Disappearance’ 2012 Washington, USA)

Ty Segall – Who Are You      (‘Twins’ 2012 California, USA)

Toy – Kopter      (‘TOY’ 2012 London, UK)

Hagar the Womb – Armchair Observer      (‘Funnery in a Nunnery’ LP 1985 UK)

Belligerent Slaves – A Butler to Some Weirdo      (‘Belligerent Slaves’ LP 1986 Adelaide, Australia)

Systematics – Mmmmm      (‘Rural’ LP 1980 Australia)

the Bad Poets – Unexpected Rainfall      (demo 1980 Adelaide, Australia)

Ringo Deathstarr – Waste      (‘Mauve’ 2012 Texas, USA)

Salamander Jim – Fly in Dark Ointment      (‘Lorne Greene Shares His Precious Fluids’ EP 1985 Australia)

Felt – Sunlight Bathed the Golden Glow      (12”single 1981 UK)

the Gothic Archies – This Abyss       (‘the Tragic Treasury: songs from A Series of Unfortunate Events’ 2006 UK)

Jacques Dutronc – Hippie Hippie Hourrah      (‘Jacques Dutronc’ LP 1967 France)