Technicolour Dreaming

Covers and Comps (cover versions and compilations, that is...) pretty much sums up this week's show, with both in abundance! And especially those of the Australian variety, such as "Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" and "Burn Your Fingers On The Sun", two classic double-CD psych comps which are now pretty hard to lay your hands on, unless you get lucky in the second-hand bins. The former release also features a disc of current (at the time) bands covering sixties Australian songs ... details of which can also be found in the accompanying book (of the same title) by Iain McIntyre, which also covers fashion, youth culture and society at large, and is still available from Wakefield Press. Unfortunately not many clips of these bands exist, so in some cases I've included an alternative song to give you an idea, in case you missed the show.

Marc Almond - Late Night [Syd Barrett]  ("The Madcap Laughs Again!" 2010 UK)

The Orange Drop - Juniper Pearl  ("Stoned In Love" 2016 Pennsylvania, USA)
Steve and the Board - The Giggle-Eyed Goo  ("The Complete Steve and the Board" 2016 Sydney, Australia)

6 Feet Under - Inspiration in My Head  ("6 Feet Under - In Retrospect [1969-70]" USA)

Jacques Du Tronc - Le Responsible  (7" single 1969 France)

The Legends - High Towers  ("The Legends - High Towers [1965-1973]" USA)

Christine Pilzer - Ah Hem Ho Hu Err  ("Cafe Creme" 7" EP 1967 France)

Peter Pan and the Good Fairies - Kaleidoscope  ("Garageaholic! Psychedelic! Outsider Music! (Arf Arf Audio Relic sampler)" 2008 (recorded 1968) USA)

biG GRunt - The Strain  (12" EP 2016 (recorded March 1970 on the John Peel Show) UK)

biG GRunt - Cyborg Signal (12" EP 2016 (recorded March 1970 on the John Peel Show) UK)
C.A. Quintet - Cold Spider  ("Trip Thru Hell" LP 1969 Minneapolis, Minnesota USA)

Die Dancing Bears - New York Valentine  (7" single 1982 Adelaide, Australia)

The Brats - We Love You [Rolling Stones]  ("Demo 1980 [Live at the Port Elliot Hotel]" 1980 (unreleased) Adelaide, Australia)
The Laurels - Turn on Your Mind  ("Mesozoic" 2011 Sydney,  Australia)

Intercontinental Playboys - Just Turn On  ("Just Turn On" 7" EP 2002 Sydney, Australia)

The Frantics - Farfisa  ("Antipodean Screams" 2003 Australia)

Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel?  ("Burn Your Fingers On The Sun" 2007 Australia)

The Great Apes - Sebastopol Street [Procession]  ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)
Mid State Orange - Moving in A  Circle [The Executives]  ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)
The Black Ryder - Rise  ("Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride" 2009 Sydney, Australia)

Thee Pink Stainless Tail - Gottzar  ("The Sky's A Soft Target" 2003 Melbourne, Australia)

Sand Pebbles - A Thousand Flowers  ("Atlantis Regrets Nothing" 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

Green Circles - Given Time  ("Brass Knobs and Bevelled Edges [And in 23 Different Positions]" 2003 Adelaide, Australia)

Richard In Your Mind - The New Sun  ("The Future Prehistoric" 2007 Sydney, Australia)

Thee Psycho Delmatics - Whoopee-Do  ("Lush, Plush and Flush" 2000 Australia)

Belles Will Ring - Lantern Of Black Light  ("Burn Your Fingers On The Sun" 2007 Sydney, Australia)

3DTV - The Neon Distortion  ("Tomorrow Is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70" 2006, Australia)
The Alohas - Kooksville  ("Get Leid With" 2000 Sydney, Australia)

The Sun Blindness - A Trip In The Painted World  ("Like Pearly Clouds" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)

Ian Wettenhall - Pirate Lies  ("Antipodean Screams" 2003 Australia)

Technicolour Dreaming

This edition’s “Compilation of the Week” is an ongoing series put out by the UK’s Particle Records called “UPSIDE DOWN – Coloured Dreams From The Underworld : 1966-1971”, the latest of which, Volume 3, was released only a couple of months ago. It is a cornucopia of mostly obscure late-60’s Australasian psych pop, with a few “hits” and lesser-known songs by well-known artists thrown in. It’s a fascinating glimpse of the New Zealand and Australian “pop scene” of the era, with extensive liner notes accompanying each volume, and though we had some difficulty finding film clips from the period to go with the songs we chose, hopefully we’ve managed to give you an idea of those sounds. Furthermore, we featured other Sixties’ songs from around the world during the course of the show, as well as recent releases from the likes of Melbourne’s Wesley Fuller, Scotland’s Dr Cosmo’s Tape Lab and Iceland’s Singapore Sling, plus Sendelica’s brilliant version of Pink Floyd’s “The Nile Song”, taken from Fruit de Mer Records recent Barrett/Floyd tribute double-CD compilation “A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl”. We finished with 1969’s uber-psychedelic “Cold Spider” by C. A. Quintet from their brilliant “Trip Thru Hell” album before saying adieu until next week.....

..... so here is the playlist plus associated eye candy.....

Cary Grace - Cirrus Minor [Pink Floyd cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents : A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl" tribute compilation 2014 UK)

Pinkunoizu - I Said Hell You Said No      ("The Drop" 2014 USA)

Sagittarius - Hotel Indiscreet       (7"single 1968 Los Angeles, California USA)

Wesley Fuller - Change Your Mind      (7"single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Mick Ronson - Only After Dark      ("Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" LP 1974 UK)

Sendelica - The Nile Song [Pink Floyd cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents : A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl" compilation 2014 UK)

Singapore Sling - You Drive Me Insane      ("The Tower of Foronicity" 2014 Iceland)

Crocodiles - Jet Boy, Jet Girl [Elton Motello cover]    (bonus track on "Sleep Forever" 2010 USA)

White Fence - Nero (Has a Lot to Think About)      (split 7"single [with Jack Name] 2014 USA)

Allah-Las - Buffalo Nickel      ("Worship the Sun" 2014 California, USA)

the Green Pajamas - With A Flower in Her Hair      ("Summer of Lust" LP 1984 USA)

the Chemistry Set - The World Is Hollow and I Touched the Sky     ("This Day will Never Happen Again" 2010 UK)

Rhubarb Rhubarb - Rainmaker      (7"single 1968 UK)

Barrington Davis - Raining Teardrops      (7"single 1966 Sydney, Australia)

Lotus - Lotus 1     (7"single 1971 Australia)

Johnny Young - Craise Finton Kirk [Bee Gees cover]      ("Surprises..." LP 1968 Australia / UK)

            ## COMPILATION OF THE WEEK ##

“UPSIDE DOWN – Coloured Dreams From The Underworld : 1966-1971” Volumes 1-3

the Twilights - Lotus      (7"single b-side [to Sand in the Sandwiches] 1968 Adelaide, Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 1)

the Gremlins - Kingsforth Hemmingseen      (7"single 1968 Auckland, New Zealand – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 2)

Long Grass - Sunshine to Burn      (7"single 1971 Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 3)

the Groop - Seems More Important to Me      (7"single 1967 Melbourne, Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 2)

the Atlantics - Light Shades of Dark [Part 1]      (7"single 1969 Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 3)

Ronnie Burns - Exit Stage Right      (7"single 1967 Melbourne, Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 1)

Dr Cosmo’s Tape Lab - The Secret of Tibetan Grapefruit Is...      ("Ever Evolving Lounge" 2014 USA)

Mayfly - Blue Sofa       ("Mayfly" LP 1973 Netherlands)

Ty Wagner - I'm a No-Count      (7”single 1965 USA)

Park Avenue Playground - The Trip      (7"single b-side (to I Know) 1968 USA)

the Byrds – Why?        (7"single b-side [to Eight Miles High] 1966 USA)

the C. A. Quintet - Cold Spider       ("Trip Thru Hell" LP 1969 USA)