Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Technicolour Dreaming
Aah, this was the day when everything went wrong... a few minutes into the show and the computer had a hissy-fit, leading to several people pulling plugs in and out, and scrambling around under the desk, trying to find the on/off switch. Needless to say, by the time everything was up and running again, my programming was totally out the window, but at least the music went to air! These are the perils of Community Radio, but on the upside, when everything is operating as it should, we're very lucky to be able to play whatever we fancy (and without endless commercials interrupting the flow), which benefits you, the listener. As a result of the above-mentioned malfunctions, I ended up unintentionally relying on 2 very good compilations (as you'll see below, they feature very strongly in the playlist): Fruits de Mer Records'"Strange Fruit and Veg"compilation, and "Wild About You: A Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963 - 1968". Both releases are collections of cover versions, and very good versions they are too! So here's the playlist, but with limited clips this week...
The 49th Parallel - Close the Barn Door (7" single (b-side to "Twilight Woman") 1969 USA)
The Green Telescope - I'm a Living Sickness [The Calico Wall] ("Strange Fruit and Veg" compilation 2015 Edinburgh, Scotland UK)
Oxford Circle - Foolish Woman (7" single 1966 California, USA)
ZX+ - She's a Rainbow [Rolling Stones] ("Strange Fruit and Veg" compilation 2015 UK)
The Mint - We're Friends ("Endless Journey: Reverberation III" compilation 1971 Texas)
The Dragons - Heart Transplantation (7" single 1969 Bonn, Germany)
The Hergs - Style of Love (7" Single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)
The Dukes - The Dentist (7" single (b-side to "Vera Petruschka") 1969 Sauerland, Germany)
M.P.D. Limited - No Regrets (7" single 1966 Melbourne, Australia)
The Telephones - Hummmingbyrd (7" single 2014 UK)
Mauve La Biche and Cary Grace - Archangel Thunderbird [Amon Duul] ("Strange Fruit and Veg" compilation 2015 UK)
Mark Fry - The Witch ("Dreaming WIth Alice" LP 1972 UK)
The Crawlin' Hex - Who Do You Love? ("Strange Fruit and Veg" compilation 2015 Fylde Coast, UK)
The Lords of Gravity - Black [The Throb] ("Wild About You: A Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963 - 1968" 2002 Australia)
The Gruntled - Drivin' Me Insane [Missing Links] ("Wild About You: A Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963 - 1968" 2002 Australia)
Ninetynine - It's A Hard Life [The Atlantics] ("Wild About You: A Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963 - 1968" 2002 Melbourne Australia)
The Double Agents - I Want, Need, Love You [The Black Diamonds] ("Wild About You: A Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963 - 1968" 2002 Australia)
The Cants - Saturday Date [Toni McCann] ("Wild About You: A Tribute to the Australian Rock Underground 1963 - 1968" 2002 Australia)
Arirang - 10:15 Saturday Night [The Cure] ("The Cure In Other Voices" 2016 Milan, Italy)
The Skating Party - Metal Baby [Teenage Fanclub] ("TBTCI Loves TFC" 2016 Pennsylvania, USA)
Champanes - The Concept [Teenage Fanclub] ("TBTCI Loves TFC" 2016 Washington, USA)
T Rex - Truck On (Tyke) [full-length master version] ("Shadowhead" 2001 UK)
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Thinking About You ("Sidewalk" 2013 California, USA)
Jeffertitti's Nile - Midnight Siren (7" single 2011 California, USA)
Sidewalk Society - If Only ("Venus, Saturn and the Crescent Moon" 2012 Long Beach, California USA)
Os Noctambulos - Watching You (7" single [b-side to "Outsider"] 2015 Paris, France)
Dusty Mush - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White ("Psychotic Reaction" compilation 2015Île-de-France, France)
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