Obscured By...

The main feature this week was a live phone chat (from New Zealand) with Peter Williams, known for his 50-year musical career including such acts as Max Merritt & The Meteors, The Groove and The Mixtures!  Naturally, there was plenty to talk about - including factoids such as the synth intro to Captain Zero being played by Brian Eno - and plenty to play, including Peter's own rare solo single and an unreleased track by Eureka Stockade, the name The Groove took when they moved to the UK.  A fair number of other NZ acts were played throughout the show such as The Underdogs and Shane, along with the usual obscurities and genre-defying bands such as Gangstagrass combining bluegrass with hip hop.  NB: the Peter Williams interview, with Michael Hunter, Cat and Brat but sans music, will be available for download for approx 30 days from http://tinyurl.com/9rtlcvg

The Groove -  Coke ad c.1968
The Groove -  I See A New Day   (7”single 1968 Australia)
The Underdogs - Looking Back   (7”single 1967 NZ, B of See Saw)
The Avengers - Just One More Chance    (7”single 1969 Aust, B of Listen Listen)
The New Zealand Avengers - Days Of Pearly Spencer   (7”single 1969 NZ, B of Daniel The Postman)


Espers - Mansfield & Cyclops  (‘II’ 2006 US)
Cranium Pie - There It Is (Part 2) (provenance unclear)
Miles Davis - Rated X (‘Get Up With It’ 1972 US)
Psychonauts - Circles  (‘Songs For Creatures’ 2003 Germany)
Pentangle - Light Flight   (‘Basket Of Light’ 1969 UK)

All taken from 'A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind: Volume 1' (compiled by Amorphous Androgynous) (2008)

Shado - Evil City (7”single 1974 UK)

Heatwave - 9-9-9  (7”single c early 1970s UK, B of One Eyed Man)
The Association - Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies   (7”single 1966 US)
The World Column - Lantern Gospel   (7”single 1968 US)
Tom Northcott - Who Planted The Thorns In Miss Alice's Garden  (7”single 1967 US, B of Sunny Goodge Street)

Max Merritt & The Meteors - So Long Baby   (7”single 1965 NZ)
The Groove - The Wind  (7”single 1969 Australia)

Eureka Stockade - Sing No Love Songs   (7”single 1970 UK)
Peter Williams - Gimme A Sign   (7”single 1971 UK)
The Mixtures - Captain Zero   (7”single 1971 Australia)

Eureka Stockade - The Long Face  (unreleased, 1970 UK)

Flake - Breadalbane  (7”single 1974 Aust, B of Scotch On The Rocks)
Shane - Town Of Tuxley Toymaker  (7”single 1967 NZ)
Gangstagrass - Red Sky Morning  (feat. Nitty Scott MC)  (‘Rappalachia’ 2012 US)

Technicolour Dreaming

Beginning with a psychedelic Rolling Stones gem, the Cat & the Brat juggled genres, eras and geography for your listening pleasure. But minutes into the show, we were pleasantly interrupted (twice!) by a knock at the door of Three D Radio, with members of Adelaide bands bearing their brand new releases. Not long after, hot-off-the-press tracks from Brenton Manser and the Readymades were unleashed on the airwaves – ‘seat of the pants radio’ in action!! You too can have your songs aired on Three D – send us a copy, and if we like it, we’ll play it! – regardless, it’ll go into the ‘new releases’ section of the 3D Library for other announcers to discover! But we digress – your hosts proceeded on their merry way with gems from Baker Knight and the Knightmares, Major Tom and the Atoms, the Buzzcocks, and the Great Apes, to name but a few. A highlight was the Jigsaw Seen’s version of ‘Circle of Steel’, featuring Dave Davies on backing vox, so naturally we had to follow this with a rare Davies track from his new “Hidden Treasures” anthology.  And being the first day of August, it was time to finish the show with a new “Artiste of the Month”, with Adelaide’s late, great Baterz winning the spot for the next 4 weeks.....

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

the Rolling Stones – She’s a Rainbow     (‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ LP 1967 UK)

the Great Apes – Sebastopol Street [Procession cover]     (‘Tomorrow Is Today: a tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70’ compilation 2007 Australia)

the Lovetones – Mantra     (‘Meditations’ 2006 Aust.)

Jacques Dutronc – Les metamorphoses      (‘Jacques Dutronc [aka Comment Elles Dorment]’ LP 1967 France)

the Good, the Bad & the Queen – the Good, the Bad & the Queen     (‘the Good, the Bad & the Queen’ 2007 UK)

the Triffids – Raining Pleasure     (‘Love in Bright Landscapes’ LP 1986 Aust.)

Brenton Manser – Don’t Shut Me Out     (‘3 Song Sampler’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Bikini Atoll – Then Amplify     (‘Moratoria’ 2004 UK)

the B-52’s – 53 Miles West of Venus     (‘Wild Planet’ LP 1980 USA)

the Royal Dave Graney Show – Bodysnatcher Blues     (‘All our Friends are Stars’ EP 2004 Aust.)

the Jigsaw Seen – Circle of Steel [Gordon Lightfoot cover]     (‘Winterland’ 2011 USA)

Dave Davies – Creeping Jean [unreleased stereo version]    (rec. 1969 – taken from ‘Hidden Treasures’ anthology 2011 UK)

Paul Revere & the Raiders – Mr Sun Mr Moon     (7”single 1969 USA – taken from ‘Hungry for Kicks: singles & choice cuts 1965-69’ Rev-Ola anthology 2009)

the Moles – Brain Garden     (‘The Future Sounds of Ashton’ 2011 UK)

the Mynd Gardeners – Falling in Love Again [Ted Mulry cover]     (hidden track on ‘Tales From The Caramel Hourglass’ EP 2010 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Readymades – Ghost & the Bones     (‘Handmade’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Monkees – Love Is Only Sleeping     (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones’ LP 1967 USA)

Baker Knight & the Knightmares – Hallucinations      (7”single 1967 USA – taken from ‘My Mind Goes High: Psychedelic Pop Nuggets from the WEA Vaults’ compilation 2005)

Major Tom & the Atoms – Last Dance of the Lizard King     (‘Shake It Til You Break It’ EP 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Buzzcocks – Boredom     (‘Spiral Scratch’ EP 1977 UK)

the Monks – Oh, How to Do Now     (‘The Early Years 1964-1965’ anthology 2009 USA)

Kamikaze – ‘Lil Red Riding Hood [Sam the Sham cover]     (demo 2011 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Flamin’ Groovies – Teenage Head     (‘Teenage Head’ LP 1971 USA)

Baterz – Goth      (‘Goth’ EP 2000 Adelaide, Aust. – taken from the ‘Great Big Squiddy Fun: A Baterz Tribute’ compilation’s bonus disc ‘Baterz for Beginners’ 2009 Aust.)   #

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Obscured By...

Another sad farewell this week, this time to Australian rock stalwart Darryl Cotton who passed away a few days previously.  A number of related rarities from a few of his musical endeavours were therefore found and played to start the show.  Another lesser known death was that of Geoff Ratz, bass player with 60s Melbourne band The Pink Finks, best known for introducing Ross Wilson & Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool) to the world.   Other material included some "new" Joey Ramone, 60s European pop with The Golden Earrings and Jacques Dutronc, 80s Irish post punk and all the other styles and locales listed below.  Not many performance videos could be found for this week's collection - brought to you by all three "dots" - but they should still be of interest, eg the clip of Zoot's "The Freak" contains stills from their cruise ship reformation performance in 2011.  

 

the Zoot – Coke advertisement     (radio ad, circa 1969, Australia)

the Zoot – 1x2x3x4     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Aust.)

Frieze – Jimmy & Jessie      (‘1972 B.C.’ LP 1972 Aust.)

Cotton, Lloyd & Christian – I Go to Pieces     (7”single 1975 Aust/USA)

Burns, Cotton & Morris – Will I     (‘Burns, Cotton & Morris’ 1996 Aust.)

the Zoot – The Freak     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Ash Ra Tempel – Daydream      (‘Starring Rosi’ LP 1973 Germany)

Tangerine Dream – No Man’s Land     (‘Hyperborea’ LP 1983 Germany)

the Nice – Country Pie/Brandenburg Concerto No.6     (‘Five Bridges’ LP 1970 UK)

the Pink Finks – Untie Me     (7”single 1965 Aust.)

the Groove – Soothe Me [Sam Cooke cover]     (7”single 1968 Melbourne, Aust.)

Ray Brown & Moonstone – Run, Sylvie, Run     (‘Mad House’ LP 1970 Aust.)

Little Gulliver & the Children – I Was Bewitched      (‘Little Gulliver & the Children‘ EP 1966 Aust.)

Tony Worsley & the Fabulous Blue Jays – Tell Me Why     (‘Raining In my Heart’ EP 1966 Aust.)

PH – Last days      (recorded 1983 Ireland – taken from ‘Strange Passion: Explorations in Irish Post Punk, DIY and Electronic Music 1980-83’ compilation 2012)

Major Thinkers – Avenue B     (12”single 1981 Ireland/USA)

the Jigsaw Seen – Winterland’s Gone     (‘Winterland’ 2011 USA)

Joey Ramone – Life’s a Gas     (‘...Ya Know?’ 2012 USA)

Hugh Cornwall & Robert Williams – Losers in a Lost Land     (‘Nosferatu’ LP 1979 UK)

126 – Mailbox Execution System     (7”single 1978 Norway)

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

the Bonniwell Music Machine – Astrologically Incompatible     (7”single b-side [to Bottom of the Soul] 1967 USA)

the Tokens – How Nice?     (‘It’s a Happening World’ LP 1967 USA)

Noel Harrison – Sign of the Queen     (7”single b-side [to Mrs Williams Rose] 1967 Hollywood, USA)

Jacques Dutronc – L’Augmentation     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ [aka’Comment elles Dorment’] LP 1967 France)

Judy Nylon & Crucial – Jailhouse Rock [Elvis cover]     (‘Pal Judy’ LP 1982 UK)

the B-52’s – Dirty Back Road     (‘Wild Planet’ LP 1980 Athens, Georgia, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Beginning with a 60’s classic has become a regular feature of the show and this week’s choice was the 1967 debut single by UK band Traffic, which we felt melded quite nicely with the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s eastern-tinged instrumental that followed. In fact we played a fair number of songs from “the original psychedelic era”, as Lenny Kaye named it on the Nuggets LP back in 1972... amongst them was the title-track of Donovan’s 7^th album which featured the Jeff Beck Group, the flip-side of the sole UK single by Normie Rowe’s backing-band, the Playboys, on Immediate Records, as well as a track from the “lost” LP by Gary Walker & the Rain – a 1968 ‘Japan-only’ release which just recently became available in the rest of the world. It was also the last appearance of Brian Eno as our ‘Artiste of the Week’ and we concluded the show with the brilliant opening track of his second solo album. Finally, there was also a selection of ‘punk-era’ recordings from the likes of the Ramones, Siouxsie & the Banshees and Patti Smith, which we played in memory of Ian ‘Butch Brat’ Roberts, who passed away last week... Butch was Adelaide band the Brats’ mixer, roadie and valued friend, and we saw all these bands, and more, play gigs in London in the mid/late 70’s!

R.I.P. Butch..... 

Traffic – Paper Sun     (7”single 1967 UK)

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

the Lovetones – Come Home     (‘Meditations’ 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

Weightless – Holding On     (‘Self-Adjustment’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the What 4 – Logan’s Run     (‘Say It Straight’ 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Sunbirds – Stone     (‘Emergency Christmas’ EP 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Grand Rapids – Brian’s Got a Rubber Soul     (‘Great Shakes’ 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

Siouxsie & the Banshees – Mittageisen     (7”double A-side single [with Love in a Void] 1979 UK)

Ian Brown – F.E.A.R.     (‘Music of the Spheres’ 2001 UK)

the Smiths – How Soon Is Now?     (‘Meat Is Murder’ LP 1985 UK)

Caveman – My Room     (‘CoCo Beware’ 2011 Brooklyn, USA)

the Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop     (‘the Ramones’ LP 1976 New York, USA)

John Cooper Clarke – I Don’t Want to be Nice     (‘Disguise in Love’ LP 1978 UK)

Patti Smith – Free Money     (‘Horses’ LP 1975 New York, USA)

the Clash – London Calling     (‘London Calling’ LP 1979 UK)

Gary Walker & the Rain – Francis     (‘Album Number One’ LP 1968 Japan/UK)

Caleb – Baby Your Phrasing is Bad     (7”single 1967 UK)

Donovan – Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love is Hot)     (7”single 1969 UK)

the Fleur De Lys – Circles [Who cover]     (7”single 1966 UK)

the Playboys – Sad     (7”single b-side [to Black Sheep R.I.P.] 1967 Aust./UK)

Bobby & Laurie – Every Second Day     (7”single 1966 Aust. – also on ‘Exposaic’ LP 1966 : taken from  ‘A Forest of Gold Tops in the Land of Oz - 26 Tabs from the Semiconscious Sixties’ compilation 1997 Aust.)

the Masters Apprentices – But One Day     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Eno – Burning Airlines Give You So Much More     (‘Taking Tiger Mountain [By Strategy]’ LP 1974 UK)  #

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