Technicolour Dreaming

This week’s show featured a variety of Australian artists, both new and from the past, including a song from this week’s “No. 1” album on 3D Radio by Adelaide’s own Avant Gardeners, as well as the ‘A-side’ of the new 7” single by the Amcats... the vinyl revival continues to gain pace! From the 80’s, we played a favourite from the Church and from the 60’s, a track by the brilliant, but largely forgotten, Toni McCann... she is, in our view, one of the best rockin’ singers of the era, the equal of the ‘stars’ such as Normie Rowe or Stevie Wright of the Easybeats! Also featured this week were tracks from the new six CD “Circus Days : Pop Psych Obscurities 1966-1972” box-set compilation and of course, a song from our new “Album of the Month” for June, “Crystal Theatre” by Belles Will Ring, the second album from this great Sydney psychedelic-flavoured outfit...

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

Spacemen 3 – Suicide (live) (Playing with Fire)

Asteroid Belt - Slant Six (Blank Horizon)

Sand Pebbles – Sioux City Falls (Ghost Transmissions)

the Sun Blindness – Crack in the Concrete (Like Pearly Clouds)

August Born – You Will Be Warm (August Born)

Slingshot Dragster – Dil Mohammed (demo 2010 Adelaide)

Kelley Stoltz – I Like, I Like (To Dreamers)

Avant Gardeners – We Love Our Audience (Mine Errant VanGarden)

the Amcats – Peggy Sue (7”single Adelaide 2011)

Normie Rowe – She Used to Be Mine (7”single 1965 Aust)

Toni McCann – If You Don’t Come Back (7”single 1965 Queensland, Aust)

Mike Furber & The Bowery Boys – That’s When Happiness Began (Diddy Wah Diddy: Best of...))

(unknown artist)* – Junior Newsgirl (“Devil’s Children Vol.3” : compilation, 1960’s Aust.)

Radio Spectacular – Little Stevie (demo 2006 Adelaide)

Amelia Smile – Father Good’s Space Flight (“Circus Days” Vol 6 : comp.)

the Cat’s Pyjamas – Virginia Water (“Circus Days” Vol 4)

Arzachel – Garden of Earthly Delights (“Circus Days” Vol 1)

the Mirage – Tomorrow Never Knows [Beatles’ cover] (“Circus Days” Vol 3)

Sheila Chandra – Storm Trance (“Electric Psychedelic Sitar Headswirlers” Vol 5 : comp.)

Belles Will Ring – The River (Crystal Theatre) #

the Church – When You Were Mine (‘Hindsight’ : Best of...)

(* backing track by ‘the Wild Colonials’, singer unknown)

# “Album of the Month”

Obscured By...

Peter Brat was the lone ‘DOT’ this week on “Obscured by...” and focused primarily on 1960’s music, though a few more recent tracks (...well, 80’s anyway!) were also played, including the version of ‘Greggary Peckory’ by Siouxsie & the Banshees’ drummer Budgie, taken from the British TV series, “Play for Today”, as well as a song from Adelaide post-punk band, Nuvo Bloc. But back to the 60’s... a smattering of local and Australian talent started the show, including a couple of live TV performances; one by Procession, the other featuring Wendy Saddington singing in a rare duo performance with Jeff St John... both sang with the band, Copperwine, but not in the same line-ups. I also played the full 17 minute suite, “In Held Twas In I”, from the second Procol Harum LP, the theme song from the classic “Bedazzled” movie by Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, plus a selection from the new “Circus Days: Pop/Psych Obscurities 1966-70” six cd boxset put out by UK label ‘Past&Present’, including a couple of “mystery tracks” contained therein.... hmmmm!?

...so here is the full playlist...

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long (7”single 1967 Australia)

Wendy Saddington [with Jeff St John] – Don’t Get Me Wrong (live on ‘GTK’ TV 1970 Australia)

Procession – Up, Up & Away/Happy Times (live on ‘UpTight’ TV 1967 Aust.)

Freshwater – Hello Sunshine (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Lynne Randell – Wasn’t It You (7”single 1968 – US-only release)

Magic – I Want to Fly (7”single 1969 Aust.)

Headband – Stay With Me (7”single 1973 Adelaide, Aust.)

Jim Sullivan – Jerome (UFO)

the Walker Brothers – Child of Flames (Nite Flight [written & sung by the late John Maus])

Hawkwind – Paranoia [Pts 1&2] (Hawkwind)

Mad River – Wind Chimes (‘Ah Feel Like Ahcid’ : US 60’s comp.)

Budgie – Greggary Peccary (‘Play for Today’ BBC-TV 1982 UK)

Procol Harum – In Held Twas In I (Shine On Brightly)

‘promo’ – Psych-Out (ad for the 1967 US movie)

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore – Bedazzled (theme from 1967 UK movie)

Russell Morris – Into Paper Walls [the Real Thing: Part 3] (7”single 1969 Aust.)

? – (my dream world?)? (‘mystery track’ from ‘Circus Days: Pop/Psych Obscurities 1966-1972’ Vol 2 – UK comp.)

the Scots of St James – Eiderdown Clown (1967 single: taken from ‘Circus Days...’ Vol 6)

Alex Harvey – Dance of the Seven Scarabs (1967 acetate: from ‘Circus Days...’ Vol 2)

Shy Limbs – Reputation (1969 single: from ‘Circus Days...’ Vol 3)

Bent Frame – Fairy Lights (1971 single: from ‘Circus Days...’ Vol 4)

Cecil McCartney – Liquid Blue (1968 single: from ‘Circus Days...’ Vol 5)

? – ? (‘mystery track’ from ‘Circus Days...’ Vol 4)

the Triffids – Family Name (from their self-released 1983 ‘Dungeon Tape’, Perth, Aust.)

Seems Twice – Look at It (‘Non-Plussed’ EP 1980 Aust.)

Nuvo Bloc – Equal Education (demo 1978 Adelaide Aust.)