Technicolour Dreaming

Some tasty treats from the wonderful Fruits de Mer Records arrived in my letterbox, so of course I just had to play ALL of them on the show this week - how could I resist! The current crop of soon-to-be-released vinyl included the latest single from the sixties legends July (an exclusive extended version, and a demo mix of "Can I Go Back Again" a song that appeared in it's original form on their new album "Resurrection"); a coloured vinyl 4-track 7" 33rpm EP (phew!) from Crystal Jacqueline, titled "Morning Dew"; and finally Sendelica's latest spacerock epic, "The Cromlech Chronicles" LP, with which I closed the show by playing all 20 minutes worth of Side 2 - because I can!
Other new releases included Doug Tuttle's "It Calls on Me", and another track off The Luck of Eden Hall's wonderful "The Acceleration of Time" plus a swag of songs from 2015 which I've only just got around to playing.....
So here's the playlist, with not nearly as many clips as usual, cos I can't include what doesn't exist - a pitfall of playing relatively "unknown" bands, but at least the music's out there to enjoy.

The Sun Birds - Drag Me Down  ("Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 (Portland,  Oregon USA)

Inside Looking Out - Long Live Sivananda  (7" single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

Al Hotchkiss (Los Tentakills) - I'm a Wolfman For You  ("Your Psych Tunes Vol 3" compilation 2007 Glasgow, UK)

Gilligan Smiles - Whatever Happened to Atlas Johnson?  ("Karmasouptruck" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Erasers - By Your Side  ("Stem Together" 2015 Perth, Australia)
July  - Can I Go Back Again  (7" single [to be released 9 May 2016] UK)

Vibromaniacs - Gloria's Nightmare  ("Sweet Smell of Hell" 2007 Dijon, France)
The Diamond Center - Messenger of Wonder  ("Crystals for the Brass Empire" 2015 Austin, Texas USA)
Barry Uhl - Song of Songs  ("The Stargazer's Bible" 2015 Seattle, USA)

The Striped Bananas - Open Eyes ("Cosmic Carnival" 2015 Ann Arbor, Michigan USA)
The Luck Of Eden Hall - Arthropoda Lepidoptera  ("The Acceleration of Time" LP [to be released 1 June 2016] Chicago, Illinois USA)

Doug Tuttle - Saturday-Sunday  ("It Calls On Me" 2016 Rochester, New Hampshire, USA)

Apple - The Otherside  ("An Apple a Day" LP 1969 Cardiff, Wales UK)

The Flies - (I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone  (7" single 1966, London UK)

Billy Nicholls  - London Social Degree  ("Would You Believe" LP 1968 UK)

The Wrong Society - Without You  (7" single [b-side to "She Destroyed Me"] 2015 Hamburg, Germany)

Paul Messis - The Blind Leading the Blind  (7" single 2015, West Sussex, UK)

The Brats - We Love You [Rolling Stones]  ("Live at the Pt Elliot Hotel" demo 1980 Adelaide, Australia)
Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel  ("Burn Your Fingers on the Sun" compilation 2007 Melbourne, Australia)

Crystal Jacqueline - Morning Dew [Bonnie Dobson/Tim Rose]  ("Morning Dew" 7" EP [to be released 9 May 2016] UK)

Maston - Gold Leaf  ("Opal Collection" 2014 Los Angeles, California USA)

Felipe Arcazas - Carl Sagan  ("Felipe Arcazas and Vintage Cucumber" split EP 2013 Brazil)

Flowers of Hell - Atmosphere [Joy Division]  ("Odes" 2012 Toronto, Canada / London)

The Green Circles  - Let Me Through  ("Tavistock Street" 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

The Perpetuated Spirits of Turpentine - The Girl with the Sandy Blonde Hair (7" single 1966 USA)

Sendelica - Satori (Part 1)/Vellichor/Zenosyne  ("The Cromlech Chronicles" LP [to be released 29 May 2016] West Wales, UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

A mixture of the familiar and the new was Technicolour Dreaming’s guiding ethos again this week. For the former, we began with a psychedelic  fave from the Who and later in the show, a different version of a Jonathon Richman classic, as well as an Adam & the Ants punkoid killer. For the latter category, we moved into less charted waters, with new releases by Pond, the Laurels and the Frowning Clouds, debuts from Adelaide’s Plasticine Army and Weightless, a demo from Big Richard Insect, recent music from the Moles, Surf City and the Green Circles, plus a track from an all-time favourite, 2004’s ‘Spirit Stereo Frequency’ by All Night Radio, which was sadly their sole album... but what an album – psychedelic genius! We finished off with the penultimate appearance of Brian Eno as our “Artiste of the Month” with a brilliant live recording by his short-lived ensemble, 801... all brought to you by your hosts, the Cat & the Brat, on Adelaide’s eclectic 3D RADIO 93.7fm.....

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

the Who – Armenia City in the Sky     (‘The Who Sell Out’ LP 1968 UK)

Pond – Fantastic Explosion of Time     (‘Beard, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Australia)

Surf City – See How the Sun     (‘Kudos’ 2010 New Zealand)

Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes     (‘Astro Coast’ 2010 USA)

Dieselwitch – Octopus      (‘Dieselwitch Will Kill You’ 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Vashti Bunyan – I Want To Be Alone     (7”single 1965 UK – taken from the ‘Some Things That Just Stick In Your Mind’ anthology)

Johnny Dowd – Betty     (‘No Regrets’ 2012 USA)

the High Dials – The Holy Ground      (‘the holy ground’ EP 2007 Canada)

the Moles – The Combined Forces of an Atom     (‘The Future Sounds of Ashton’ 2011 Bristol, UK)

the Beep Seals – I Used to Work at the Zoo      (‘Things That Roar’ 2008 UK)

Weightless – Summer of John      (‘Self-Adjustment’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Laurels – Sway Me Down Gently     (‘Plains’ 2012 Aust.)

the Flower Machine – The Tangerine Albatross      (‘Lavender Lane’ 2010 USA)

the Frowning Clouds – Bad Vibes      (CD-single b-side [to Propellers] 2012 Melbourne, Aust.)

the Green Circles – Long Love Sivinanda [Inside Looking Out cover]       (‘Tavistock Street’ 2008 Adelaide, Aust.)

Big Richard Insect – I’m So Bored     (demo 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

Adam & the Ants – Fall-In      (7”single b-side [to Antmusic] 1980 UK)

the Dils – I Hate The Rich      (7”single 1977 USA)

the Modern Lovers – Modern World [alt. version]     (rec. 1972 – taken from ‘The Modern Lovers’ CD reissue [with bonus tracks] 2003 USA)

Plasticine Army – On The Bus     (‘I Can Hardly Smell It!’ 2012 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Triffids – Family Name     (‘Dungeon Tapes’ cassette 1983 Perth, Aust.)

All Night Radio – Fall Down 7     (‘Split Stereo Frequency’ 2004 USA)

801 [feat. Eno] – Miss Shapiro/You Really Got Me [Kinks cover]      (rehearsal recording 1976 – taken from “801 Live: collector’s edition” reissue 2008 UK)   #

       # “Artiste of the Month”           

Technicolour Dreaming

Fellow 3D Radio announcer Bryan (have a listen to his “MellowScream” breakfast show on Tuesdays, 6-9am Adelaide-time!) filled in for us again this week... keeping the sound of our show, but adding his own twist, he dug up some punk classics such as the Toy Dolls and Last Words, a taste of the 80’s with the Lime Spiders, a Beatles’ cover from 60’s Singapore, some recent Australian psych from bands such as the Dolly Rocker Movement, as well as diverse local Adelaide music from bands such as Circle Clan, the Green Circles and the Aves... finishing with a track off the Cat & the Brat’s new “Album of the Month”,  which of course is “West”, by San Francisco’s Wooden Shjips, their first album to be recorded in a “proper studio”, rather than ‘live’ or at their home studio...

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

the Amorphous Androgynous  –  Falling Down [Oasis cover]     ( A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind [Vol 1. Space Rock])

Cheap Trick – Day Tripper [Beatles cover -Live 1979]     (‘Found All The Parts’ 10” EP 1980 USA)

Shan Kuan Liu Yun – Can’t Buy Me Love [Beatles cover]     ([Singapore 1965]: from ‘The Exotic Beatles  4: Plastic Soul’ – comp. 2011)

the Mops – I Am Just A Mops     (‘Psychedelic Sound in Japan’ LP 1968 Japan)

Mach Pelican – Dance In Chicago     (‘Dance In Chicago’ cdEP 1999 Australia)

the Aves – Grow Up     (CDsingle 2011 Adelaide, Australia)

Lou Reed – Doin’ The Things That We Want To     (‘New Sensations’ LP 1984 USA)

Circle Clan – Stunned Fish     (‘Follow the White Line’ CD 2002 Adelaide)

Almost Numan – Wrong Girl     (Almost Numan –‘On Side’)

Johnny Dowd – Big Wave     (Temporary Shelter)

Russell Morris – Sweet Sweet Love     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Pink Floyd – Julia Dream     (‘Relics’ LP 1971 UK)

the Dolly Rocker Movement – Gypsy Dancer     (A Purple Journey into the Mod Machine)

Dandelion Wine – Cat Walk Away     (Reunion)

the Sand Pebbles – Dark Magic     (Dark Magic)

Toy Dolls – She Goes to Finos     (7”single 1986 UK)

the Lime Spiders – 25^th Hour     (7” EP 1983 Aust.)

the Green Circles – Bucket Full Of Nothing     (‘Get On the Outside of This’ CD 2003 Adelaide)

Last Words – Animal World     (7”single 1977 Australia... also re-released 1978 [Aust.] and 1979 [UK]!)

the Ransome Brothers – I Feel Like Dancin’     (Whiskey Set)

Dollsquad – Rock’n’Roll Boy     (Lethal In Leather)

Sin City – Summer Love Song     (Hungry For Love)

Wooden Shjips – Lazy Bones     (West)    #

  # “Album of the Month”

      Thanx Bryan!!!