Technicolour Dreaming

I featured a couple of cool compilations on this week's show - the "Close to the Hedge" compilation from 2013 and the new "Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"; neither of which unfortunately proved to have many film-clips associated with it (can't have everything, I 'spose!). The former is a Pink Hedgehog Records (from Weymouth, UK) release available thru Bandcamp; and the latter a selection of the American producer's pop-psych work from the late 60's to early 70's. Both definitely worth checking out. And the latest song to get stuck in my head is Anton Barbeau's ''Heavy Psychedelic Toilet"!!! Such is life.....

The Apple Glass Cydrom - Going Wrong  ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"  2016 New Mexico, USA)

The Zodiac - Aries-The Fire Fighter  ("The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds" LP 1967 USA)

The Intricate Blend - Door Knob  ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults" 2016 Dallas, USA)

The Dentists - Just Like Oliver Reed  ("Writhing On The Shagpile" 12"EP 1987 UK)

The Hooterville Trolly - No Silver Bird  (7" single 1968 Albuquerque, USA)

Sudden Death of Stars - Bright Sunday  ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Rennes, France)

Borderline Symphony - Zundel se ne va ("EP1" 2014 Zurich, Switzerland)

Magic - Booked on A Drunk Charge  (7" single [b-side to "I Want To Fly"] 1969 Newcastle, Australia)

No Bodies - Forgotten Song  ("No Bodies" LP 2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Slingshot Dragster - UTI  ("Bite The Bullet" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Drab Doo Riffs - Hot Tanya  ("Postcards from Uranus" 2010 Auckland, New Zealand)


The Primitives - We Found a Way to The Sun  (7" single [b-side to "Really Stupid" 1986] Coventry, UK)

The Dee Jays - Twistin' Drums  (recorded 1962; "Board Boogie - Surf 'N' Twang from Downunder" compilation 2002 Australia)
The Valentines - Peculiar Hole in the Sky  (7" single 1968 Perth, Australia)

Anton Barbeau - Heavy Psychedelic Toilet  ("Magic Act" 2016 UK)

The Age - The Lantern  ("Inner Palace" 2016 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Harsh Reality - Praying For Reprieve  ("Heaven and Hell" LP 1969 Hertfordshire, UK)

Eye - Rain on Your Parade  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
8 x 8 - The Essence  ("Azaleas Room" New York, USA/Kiev, Ukraine)
Des 'n 'Al - Mistress Mine  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
Diamond Incarnation - Leaking of Our Hourglass  ("Scorpio Fifteen" EP 2014 Taipei, Taiwan)

Electrasy - Today's the Day  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)

Elephant Stone - Andromeda (demo version)  (mp3 2016, Montreal, Canada)

Hallelujah Bay - Fairy King  ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 Portland, UK)
Midwich Youth Club - Pomegranate  ("Fruit Salad Surgery" 2016 UK)
Mondo Jet Set - Wig Out  ("Provincial Drama Club" 2013 Dorset, UK)
Schnauser - Disposable Outcomes  ("Protein For Everyone" 2014 Bristol, UK)

Teenage Sin Taste - Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely  ("These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited" compilation 2016 France)

Technicolour Dreaming

I seem to have a penchant for playing songs, albums, and even bands with extremely long titles - an occupational hazard when it comes to announcing them without tripping over my tongue. The prize for the longest title of a release this week (but only just) goes to one of Fruits De Mer's latest batch of coloured 7 inch's - "The Fruits de Mer Records Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (phew!), featuring three very different interpretations of the classic sci-fi TV show theme "Journey of the Sorcerer" (written by The Eagles, no less!) by Astralasia, The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies, and Icarus Peel. Another new one from FdM is Vibravoid's take on the Iron Butterfly classic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" - all 15 minutes' worth, handily split into two-parts, all the better to fit on a 7" (I only played Part 1, I'm sure much to the relief of some listeners!). A pre-release track from Elephant Stone's long-awaited album "Ship Of Fools" (due out in September) was a welcome teaser; and the brand-spanking new debut from Brisbane's Sacred Shrines, "Come Down From the Mountain" exceeded expectations. I wonder what's in store next week...??

Donovan - Season of the Witch  ("Sunshine Superman" LP 1966 UK)

Magic Bus - Cosmic Rays of Dawn  ("Transmission From Sogmore's Garden" 2014 Devon, UK)

Status Quo - Paradise Flat  ("Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo" LP 1968 London UK)

The Missing Souls - Sweet, Sweet Sadie  (7" single 2016 France)

Fire - Flies Like a Bird  ("The Magic Shoemaker" LP 1970 UK)

Sacred Shrines - Curious Chemistry  ("Come Down From the Mountain" 2016 Brisbane, Australia)

Lou Reed - Lady Day  ("Berlin" LP 1973 USA)

Icarus Peel - Catch Your Breath  ("Forget-Me-Not-Under-Pussy-Willow" LP 2016 [pre-release] Devon, UK)
Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Journey of the Sorcerer  ("The Fruits de Mer Records Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 7" EP 2016 UK)

Cate Le Bon - I Was Born On The Wrong Day  ("Crab Day" 2016 Wales, UK)

Vibravoid - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida [Iron Butterfly]  (7" single 2016 Dusseldorf, Germany)

The Leaves - Dr Stone  ("Hey Joe" LP 1966, San Fernando Valley, USA)

Elephant Stone - Manipulator  ("Ship Of Fools" 2016 [pre-release] Montreal, Canada)

Del Shannon - I Think I Love You  ("The Further Adventures of Charles Westover" LP 1968 Michigan USA)

Velvet Illusions - Acid Head  (7" single 1967 Washington USA)

The Citradels - Love Bee (I Once Knew You)  ("The Citradels" 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Sonny And Cher - It's Gonna Rain  (7" single [b-side to "I Got You Babe"] 1965)

The Fast Camels - Der Nazi Tea  ("The Magic Optician" 2007 UK)

Singapore Sling - Shithole Town  ("Psych Fuck" 2015 Reykjavík, Iceland)

The Turtles - Grim Reaper of Love  (7" single 1966 USA)

Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapour - Highly Enchanting Eye  ("Desert Brain" 2016 Detroit, USA)

Coloured Clocks - Green Lights  ("Particle" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

The Seeds - Tripmaker  ("A Web Of Sound" LP 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

Lord Gammonshire - The Uncivil Servant  ("Lord Gammonshire's Guide to Everyday Sounds" 2009 Bristol, UK)
Children of Leir - Shades  (digital single 2016, Leicester, UK)
Sun Mahshene - A Morphing Hydrogenous Bubble Exploding In Your Head Jam  ("On Blood" EP 2015 Dublin, Ireland)
Love - You Set the Scene  ("Forever Changes" LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Astralasia - Journey of the Sorcerer  ("The Fruits De Mer Records Guide to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 7" EP 2016 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

As promised, this week I featured a veritable plethora of recent, new and soon to be released tracks (well, compared to previous weeks, a few, anyway!) from the likes of Technicolour Dreaming faves The Luck of Eden Hall, Kikagaku Moyo, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and Violet Swells. After a reasonably quiet couple of months, it seems that I hear word of great new stuff every couple of days. Could it be a publicity flurry in advance of Record Store Day on April 16th, or just a coincidence? Who knows, but it's great to see the vinyl resurgence continue to grow, though unfortunately slowed somewhat due to the major labels jumping on the bandwagon with pointless re-issues, and clogging up the pressing plant schedules at the expense of the small independent labels, who were the ones that supported them through the tough times. 

So here's the play-list, with even more new stuff in store for the next show...

Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

Richard De Bordeaux Et Daniel Beretta - La Drogue ("Extrait Du Film 'Le Temps Fou' Du Marcel Camus" EP 1968 France)

Elephant Stone (featuring Alex Maas) - The Devil's Shelter  (digital single 2015 Montreal, Canada)

Kikagaku Moyo  - Kogarishi ("House in the Tall Grass" LP [to be released in May 2016] Japan)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Gamma Knife  ("Nonagon Infinity" LP [to be released 29 April 2016] Melbourne, Australia)

Murmurs of Irma - Vacuum Cleaner [Tintern Abbey]  ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 Portsmouth UK)

Violet Swells -  Gravity Wins Again (digital single 2015 Hobart, Australia)

Circassian  - Eastern Patterns  ("Procrastinational" EP 2012 Greece) 

The Small Faces - I Feel Much Better  ("There Are But Four Small Faces" LP 1967 UK)

The Orange Revival - Lying in The Sand ("Futurecent" 2015 Sweden)

Signal to Noise Ratio - Magician [The Amazing Friendly Apple]  ("The Great British Psychedelic Trip Revisited" 2016 Warsaw, Poland) 
The Luck Of Eden Hall - A Procession of Marshmallow Soldiers Across the Clockwork Pudding  ("The Acceleration of Time" LP [to be released 1 June 2016] Chicago USA)

Black Market Karma - Run Run Run  ("Comatose" 2012 London, UK)

Neighb'rhood Childr'n - She's Got No Identification  ("Neighb'rhood Childr'n" LP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

Elephant Stone - Dhun  ("The Glass Box" EP 2010 Montreal, Canada)
The Reverb Syndicate - Return of the Angry Gentleman ("Mondo Cacti" 2011 Ottawa, Canada)

Mystic Brew - Something More Than A Dream  ("Something More Than A Dream" LP 2015 Russia)
Sacagawea and the Hunter - Boris the Assassin  ("Lewis and Clark" EP 2013 Philadelphia, USA)

Ipissimus - Hold On [Sharon Tandy]  (7" single 1969 UK)

ESP Limited - Tell Me  ("It Came From the Garage - Nuggets from Southern California"
compilation 2007 USA)  


A Little Bit of Sound - Girls Who Paint Designs  (7" single 1967 Long Island, New York USA)


The Black Ryder - Let Me Be Your Light  ("The Door Behind The Door" 2015 Australia/USA)

McGough and McGear - So Much To Love  ("McGough and McGear" LP 1968 UK) 

D.C. Drifters - Louisiana Blues  (7" single b-side [to "I Know"] 1967 USA)


The Sweet Acids - That Creature  (7" single 1969 Georgia, USA) 


Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Take Me For A Walk)  ("The Grateful Dead" LP1967 San Francisco USA)




The Messengers - We Can't Get Along  ("The Messengers" EP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)




The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Action Strasse  ("Tomorrow Belongs To Me" LP 1975 UK)




The Peep Tempel - People Don't Get You  ("The Peep Tempel" 2012 Melbourne, Australia)



Shake Spears - I Can't Tell (7" single 1965 Belgium) 



The Sand Pebbles - Red Orange Purple and Blue  ("Ceduna" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)





And an extra little treat - another track from King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's soon to be released LP "Nonagan Infinity" - it's called "People - Vultures".....enjoy!!

Technicolour Dreaming

Very sad to hear that another two legendary musicians have joined the Supergroup in the Sky - and coincidentally on the same day - Jefferson Airplane members Signe Anderson, the original vocalist, and guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Paul Kantner. This intro is rapidly becoming a list of who has died, rather than what I've played on the show - hopefully at least a week will go by without any more major losses....

So here's the playlist for the week, and amazingly with a clip for every song! Enjoy...

Vibravoid - Playing with Beuys  ("The Politics of Ecstasy" 2009 Dusseldorf Germany) 

Procul Harum - Shine on Brightly  ("Shine on Brightly" LP 1968 UK)

Billy Nicholls - Girl From New York  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

Jefferson Airplane  - Wooden Ships  ("Volunteers" LP 1969 San Francisco USA)

Pinkunoizu - I Said Hell, You Said No ("The Drop" 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Sundays and Cybele - Waiting for You  ("Gypsy House" LP 2015 Hokkaido, Japan)

The Who - Armenia City in the Sky  ("The Who Sell Out" LP 1967 UK)

Moodoid feat. Melody's Echo Chamber - Le Lac d'or  (CD single 2015 France)

Octopus Syng - Listen to the Moths  ("Reverberating Garden No 7" 2014 Finland)

Dean Allen Foyd - Lovely Sort of Death  ("The Sounds can be So Cruel" 2012 France

Ghost - Water Door Yellow Gate ("In Stormy Nights" 2007 Tokyo, Japan)

Holy Wave - Son of Sound  ("Relax" 2013 Austin, Texas USA)

Elephant Stone - Child of Nature (Om Namah Shivayah)  ("The Three Poisons" 2014 Montreal Canada)

The Tremolo Beer Gut - While Squaresville is Watching From Afar... ("From the Vinyl Archives of..." mini-album 2001 Denmark)

Turbonegro - Suffragette City [Bowie]  (7' single 1997 Norway)

The Royal Beat Conspiracy - Had To Be a Woman  ("Music to Rock the Nation" 10" LP Gothenburg, Sweden

The Cush - The Vigilant Ones  ("Between the Leaves" 2009 Fort Worth, Texas USA)

Pineapples From the Dawn of Time - Freaky Acid Planet / Too Much Acid ("Shocker" LP 1987) Brisbane, Australia

Fast Camels - 50 Things on Your Mind  ("The Magic Optician" 2007 Glasgow, Scotland)

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Smell of Incense  (7" single 1968 USA)

Tom Northcott - Who Planted Thorns in Miss Alice's Garden  (7" single b-side [to "Sunny Goodge Street"] 1967 Canada)

The Misunderstood - Never Had a Girl (Like You Before) (7" single 1969 USA/UK)

Jefferson Airplane - And I Like It (alt version prev unreleased)  ("Takes Off" LP 1966 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Another psychedelic spin around the world from the 1960’s to the present? Yes, it’s another edition of Technicolour Dreaming on 3D Radio 93.7fm, featuring new songs from Lay Llamas, H.Hawkline and Haliewa back to “should-have-been-hits” by the Pretty Things, Ray Brown & the Whispers and Del Shannon, as well as a couple more tracks from Fruits de Mer's "A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl" compilation. Then there was a set of songs by Canadian psychedelicists Elephant Stone, our “Band of the Week”. Led by sitarist Rishi Dhir, formerly of the High Dials, they have released two albums plus an anthology and are psych festival favourites. The most recent LP, “The Three Poisons” has received great reviews and has quickly become one of our picks for “best of the year”. We finished with a blast of girl garage fuzz from Melbourne’s Reprobettes, and so until next week.....

.....here is the playlist, plus visuals.....

Les Papyvores - Le Papyvore      ("Le Papyvore" EP 1967 France)

Lay Llamas - We are You      ("Ostro" LP 2014 Sicily, Italy)

White Manna - Acid Head      ("White Manna" 2012 California USA)

Dodson and Fogg [feat. Nigel Planer] - Clunes the Gravedigger  / Don't You Pass Me By      ("In a Strange Slumber'' 2014 UK)

the Junipers -  And In my Dreams     ("Euphonius Trolley EP One" 2014 UK)

Pretty Things - Alexander      ( "The Pretty Things with Phillippe De Barge" LP 1969 UK/France)

Wild Pink Yonder - Two of a Kind [Syd Barrett cover]     (recorded 2014 New York, USA for “Fruits de Mer presents: A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl” compilation 2014 UK)

Jay Tausig - Fearless [Pink Floyd cover]    (recorded 2014 USA for “Fruits de Mer presents: A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl” compilation 2014 UK)

Heaven's Gateway Drugs - Apropos      ("Apropos" 2014 Fort Wayne, Indiana USA)

the Raveonettes - Boys Who Rape (Should be Destroyed)      ("In and Out of Control" 2009 Denmark  )

the Movements - All the Lost      ("Like Elephants 1" 2013 Denmark)

Rings and Things - Strange things are Happening      (7”single 1968 Netherlands)

Ray Brown & the Whispers - Ain't it Strange      (7"single Australia 1966)

the Challenge - Reflections of Charlie Brown (Les Fleur De Lys cover)      ( 7"single 1970 Auckland, New Zealand)

Ray Columbus and the Art Collection - Snap, Crackle, Pop      (recorded 1967 but unreleased, taken from "A Day in My Minds Mind: Volume 3" compilation 2008 New Zealand)

Holy Wave - Albuquerque Freakout ("The Evil Has Landed" EP 2012 USA)

Del Shannon - I Think I Love You      ("The Further Adventures of Charles Westover" LP 1967 USA)

Haleiwa - Wall of Blue Sky      (7"single 2014 UK)

H. Hawkline - Black Domino Box      ("Salt Gall Box Ghouls" 2014 Wales, UK)

the High Dials - Your eyes are a Door ("War of the Wakening Phantoms" 2005 Montreal, Canada)

     ###   “BAND OF THE WEEK”    Elephant Stone   ###

Elephant Stone - Seven Seas      ("Seven Seas" 2009 Montreal, Canada)

Elephant Stone - Child of Nature (Om Namah Shivaya)      ("The Three Poisons" 2014 Montreal, Canada)

Elephant Stone - Sally Go Round the Sun      ("Acid Killed my Rock'n'Roll" anthology 2013 Canada)

Elephant Stone - Living for Something     ("The Three Poisons" 2014 Montreal, Canada)

Jim Noir - Come and See      ("Finnish Line" 2014 Scotland, UK)

the Reprobettes - Young and Stupid      (“Off the Hip Sampler” record company compilation 2014 Australia)