Technicolour Dreaming

We began with a long track from a current band, Eternal Tapestry, and finished with another extended piece, this time by 60’s icon Ravi Shankar, illustrating yet another small indication of the ongoing influence of psychedelia, beginning thousands of years ago, as outlined in many books and studies, including “Psychedelia : An Ancient Culture, A Modern Way of Life” by the late Patrick Lundborg, eminent Swedish writer and philosopher. But hey, we’re here for the music and there were plenty of new releases for us to play for you. These included the title track from the debut Wicked Whispers album, Syd Arthur covering Led Zeppelin and new 7” singles by Quitty and the Don’ts and Adelaide’s own the Dunes. Then there were some older tracks including one from the 1967 debut of the Glass Family through to Japan’s Ghost and onto Germany’s Vibravoid and Hawaii’s Barbarellatones. Then there was our choice of “Compilation of the Week” where we went back to last year’s seven 7” vinyl singles boxset from the brilliant Fruits de Mer Records, called “7 and 7 Is”, which compiled a group of current bands covering a diverse bunch of 60’s bands such as the Byrds, Love, the United States of America and Moby Grape, amongst others, all packaged with period-faithful artwork and using a mixture of red, white and blue vinyl for the actual singles – great concept!

We’ll be back next week but before we go, just a reminder to our UK listeners/readers that “Games for May”, presented by MegaDodo and Fruit de Mer Records is being held this Sunday 24^th May at 'the Half Moon' pub in Putney [details here] with a bunch of cool bands that we feature regularly on this show, so try and get along. It’s a tad too far away from Australia for us to go but you?? Until next time.....

..... here is the playlist with appropriate [or not] visuals.....

Eternal Tapestry - Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity      ("Guru Overload" LP 2014 USA)

Ghost - Marrakech      ("Lama Rabi Rabi" LP 1996 Japan)

Jacco Gardner - Summer's Game      (7"single b-side [to Will You Go] 2013 Netherlands)

the Wicked Whispers - Maps of the Mystic      ("Maps of the Mystic" 2015 UK)

ST Mikael - My Dream      ("Mind of Fire" 2007 Sweden)

the Twilights - Bessemae      ("Once Upon a Twilight" LP 1968 Adelaide, Australia)

the Barbarellatones - L.T.K      ("The Sound of Love"  2012  USA/Hawaii)

the Glass Family - Agorn (Elements of the Complex Variable)          ("Electric Band" LP 1967 USA)

Joy Zipper - Out of the Sun      ("American Whip" 2002 USA)

Vibravoid - Listen, Can't You Hear?      ("Delirio Dei Sensi" LP 2013 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Syd Arthur - In the Light [Led Zeppelin cover]     ("Physical Graffiti Redrawn" MOJO-magazine cover-mount-CD 2015 UK) 

  

the Dunes - When You Wake Up      (7"split-single (with Glass Skies) 2015 Adelaide Australia)

Compilation of the Week :

"Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" vinyl boxset compilation

King Penguin - She Don't Care About Time [Byrds cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Chemistry Set - A House Is Not A Hotel [Love cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

Sendelica - Hard Coming Love [United States of America cover]     ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Higher State - Wait for My Love [13th Floor Elevators cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

the Seventh Ring of Saturn - Cream Puff War [Grateful Dead cover]       ("Fruits de Mer Records presents 7 & 7 Is" – 7 x 7" singles box-set 2014 UK)

    

TV Eyes - She Gets Around      ("TV Eyes"  2006 USA)

Indian Jewelry - Eva Cherie     ("Peel It" 2012 Houston, Texas, USA)

Balduin - Everything       (“Choose Balduin” 2011 Switzerland)

Quittty and the Don'ts - Running Out Of Time     (7"single 2015 USA/Adelaide)

Ravi Shankar - Raga Jinhoti      ("The Dawn of Psychedelia' compilation 2013 USA)

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)

Technicolour Dreaming

Another of the Nuggets series of boxsets was our choice for this edition’s “Compilation of the Week”... This time it was “Where the Action Is!  Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968” which was released in 2009, in a hard-cover book format with the 4-CDs slotted into the back cover – lots of very cool photos and articles with detailed liner notes about each song and artist... and what great songs they are! This is probably our favourite of the Nuggets boxset collection [the 1972 original double-LP stands separately of course!] because LA was producing a plethora of wonderful bands in this period, many well-known, but most not, which in no way diminishes the quality of the sounds coming out of the area however – brilliant stuff! Basically, if you can only have one boxset, this is the one! Another producer of fine music is the UK’s Fruits de Mer label whose latest compilation “Strange Fruit & Veg” is packed with goodies. From it this week we chose a great version of the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows”, complete with filmclip. We also featured an Australian 60’s section with tracks by Ray Brown and Hugo amongst others, plus recent music from acts such as Lumerians, the Myrrors and Elephant Stone. So now, we bid you “adieu” until next week, when we’ll have more psychedelia and associated obscurities for your listening and viewing pleasure....

.....until then, here is the playlist and some visuals to amuse you, including the Kikagaku Moyo “official clip” for ‘Kodama’..... enjoy!

Lumerians - Hook for an Eye      ("Transmissions from Telos - Volume III" 2014 UK)

Elephant Stone - Between The Lines      ("The Three Poisons" 2014 Montreal, Canada)

Rob Gould - Tomorrow Never Knows [Beatles cover]      ("Fruits De Mer Records presents ‘Strange Fruit and Veg’ – promo 2” compilation 2015 UK)

Les Annees - Freaktown Stars      ("Les Annees" 2009 Melbourne, Australia)

Jake Holmes - Leaves Never Break      ("A Letter to Catherine December" LP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

Ray Brown and the Whispers - Ain't It Strange     (7”single 1966 Australia)

the Moods – ‘Cos of You       (7”single b-side [to Say Hello to Me] 1966 Australia)

the Wild Cherries - Krome Plated Yabby      (7"single 1967 Melbourne, Australia)

Hugo - Girl in the Garden      (7"single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

Quilt - Cry Baby Cry [Beatles cover]      ("The Magical Mystery Psych Out - A Tribute to the Beatles" compilation 2015 USA)

Deep Sea Arcade featuring Megan Washington - Bonnie and Clyde [Serge Gainsbourg cover]      ("Melodie Francaise" compilation 2013 Sydney, Australia)

Peoples Temple -   Twice Burned       (7"single b-side [to Brand New Thing] 2013 USA)

Clinic - The Lion Tamer      ("Bubblegum" 2010 UK)

the Myrrors - Juana Laguna      ("Arena Negra" LP 2015 Tucson, Arizona USA)

Amon Duul II - Archangel Thunderbird     ("Yeti" LP 1970 Germany)

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

the Warlocks - House of Glass      ("Rise and Fall" 2001 USA)

      “Compilation of the Week”

  “Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968”

WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator       (7" single 1966 USA – taken from disc 1 of “Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968” compilation boxset 2009 USA)

Keith Allison - Action, Action, Action          (7" Single b-side [to Glitter and Gold] 1966 – taken from disc 3 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)

the Monkees - Daily Nightly    ("Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd" LP 1967 USA – taken from Disc 3 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)

the Leaves - Doctor Stone      ("Hey Joe" LP 1966 USA – taken from disc 1 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)

the Merry-Go-Round - Listen, Listen      (7" single 1968 USA – taken from disc 2 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)

Gene Clark - Los Angeles      (recorded 1968, unissued – taken from disc 4 of “LA Nuggets...” boxset)

the Black Hollies - Benevolent Beacon      (7" single 2011 USA)

Toy - Motoring      ("Toy" LP 2012 UK)

Dead Skeletons - Dead is God      ("Ord" EP 2012 Iceland)

Kikagaku Moyo - Kodama      ("Forest of Lost Children" LP 2014 Japan)