Technicolour Dreaming

Obscured By... alumnus Michael Hunter returned to the Tuesday 2-4pm timeslot for this week, to indulge in some Technicolour Dreaming.  Lots of long, psych & related songs from Norway, Sweden, Poland, Australia et al?  Check.  Also, a 19-minute long jam (or "gauzy lo-fi patina" if you believe their blurb) from Golden Daze and some recently unearthed mid-60s demos from Brisbane bands such as The Down And Out on a limited edition vinyl LP that was released late 2015 and has already sold out!

A few local rarities by Headband (soon to be inducted into the SA Music Hall Of Fame) and Some Dream were also included, along with the almost obligatory Beatles cover and the late Jim Keays covering a Cheap Trick song.   Normal service will resume next week...

      Pigeons  - Foxglove  ("The Bower" 2015  New York, US) 

Electric Eye - 1. Bless  2. Heavy Steps On Desert Floor  ("Different Sun"  2016  Norway)  

McPhee - I Am The Walrus  ("McPhee" 1971 Australia)

The Down And Out - I'm Not Talkin'  ("Kaptain Kavemen From Brisbane" rec c.1966, released 2015 Australia)

Bobby Dean & The Worried Minds - Take A Look Around  ("Kaptain Kavemen From Brisbane" rec c.1966, released 2015 Australia)

Headband - Childrens Dreams  ("A Song For Tooley" 1973 Adelaide Australia)

Some Dream - Tunarama   (demo  1977  Adelaide Australia)

Golden Daze   1. Ghost  2. Low   ("Golden Daze"  2016  California, US)

Motorpsycho - Spin Spin Spin   ("Here Be Monsters"  2016  Norway)

Snowy Dunes - Atlantis Pt 1  (single  2016  Sweden)

Jim Keays - Heaven Tonight  ('Age Against The Machine'  2015  Australia)

Thumlock - Ethereal Blue  ("Emerald Liquid Odyssey" 2000  Wollongong, Australia)

Weedpecker - Sativa Landscapes  ("Woodpecker" 2013  Poland)

Pigeons - Awkward Sign  ("The Bower" 2015  New York, US)

Technicolour Dreaming

This week saw (or to be more accurate, heard) the temporary return of Michael Hunter to the timeslot, no stranger from the "Obscured By..." days.  An 18-minute suite of cleverly combined songs by The Butterscotch Cathedral set the tone, followed by psych from Australia, the UK, US, Denmark and Lithuania.  Other rarities included some recently re-discovered demos of Adelaide bands Foreign Body, Dinosaur Envy and Terminal Twist from around 1980 (not commerically available).

Trembling Bells' version of George Harrison's "Wah Wah" was also played; a couple of sources say the term was English slang for a headache, which makes more sense than the song being about an effects pedal at least!  Adelaide band The Systemaddicts also got an airing with their version of the very old song Black, taking their arrangement from 60s Australian group The Throb.  

The general concept of not knowing what's coming next on the show - keep 'em guessing! - was hopefully as apparent as ever, and normal - or as close as we're likely to get - transmission will resume next week.

The Butterscotch Cathedral - Side A  ((Won't You Come Inside) The Butterscotch Cathedral / And When We Land / Flood Of Mendoza / Paniolo By The Ocean / Waterfall Parasol / Crocodile / Uncle Tommy's Song /  Saxifrage Drive)   ("The Butterscotch Cathedral"  2015 US)


 
The Bermuda Jam -  1. Hold Me  2. Good Trip Lollipop (An Antihystathmn)  ("The Bermuda Jam" released 1971, reissue 2015  US)


 
Garbanotas Bosistas - Places Planes & Trains  ("Above Us"  2015 Lithuania)



1.  Foreign Body - Nothing Yet  2.  Dinosaur Envy - No Hands  3. Terminal Twist - King Dick (live 1979)  ("Adelaide Demos 1979-81"  Aust)


 
The Systemaddicts - Black  ("Broken Hearted On The Nullabor" 2015 Adelaide)

Kahvas Jute - Parade Of Fools  ("Wide Open"  released 1971, reissue 2006 Australia)



The Lammas Tide - Fothersby  ("High Tide" EP  2012  Australia)

Mystic Braves - 1. No Trash  2. Spanish Rain   ("Days Of Yesteryear"  2015 US)

The Sonic Dawn - Japanese Hills  (single  2013 Denmark)



Toy - Collector  ("Join The Dots"  2013 UK)

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Work This Time  ("Oddments" 2014 Australia)

Trembling Bells - Wah Wah  (single B-side 2015 Scotland)

Co. Caine  - Dr Chop  ("Dr Chop" 1975 Australia)

Pastoral Symphony - Spread A Little Love Around  (single B side  1968 Australia)


 
Sun City Girls - Space Prophet Dogon  ("Torch Of The Mystics"  1990 US)

Technicolour Dreaming

With Michael Hunter in the Technicolour Dreaming chair for the week, the music ranged from the Croatian psych pop of Pridjevi to stoner psych metal (OHHMS) and a couple of examples of psy-chill and psy-dub.  This came via some unreleased demos of 1960s Australian rock from The Wild Cherries and The Down'N'Out and live unreleased Screaming Believers, with a nod to Peter Brat with one of Rashamra's hit singles and a mash-up of The Cure and The Commodores (!) via BRAT Productions (no relation).  No wonder the Sapphire Thinkers felt a bit strange by the end!

Pridjevi - 1. Svijet Na Dlanu  2. Lucifer I Ja  ("Pridjevi" 2014 Croatia)

Ancient Sky -  1. Garbage Brain  2. Protection  ("Mosaic"  2015 US)

New Zealand Avengers - Love Hate Revenge  (7" single  1968  NZ)

Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)  (unreleased demo 1968 Australia)

Jim Keays - Shake Some Action  ("Age Against The Machine" 2015 Australia)

John Michael Roch -  1. Sky  2. Silver Rain  ("With You In My Arms"  1976, reissued 2015  US)

Trembling Bells - 'Tween The Womb And The Tomb  ("The Sovereign Self"  2015  Scotland)

OHHMS - Dawn Of The Swarm  ("Cold"  2015 UK)

Normala - Dreamwards Again  ("The Return Of Quetzalcoatl" compilation  2011 UK)

Digital Conception - The Mystical Quest  ("The Return Of Quetzalcoatl" compilation  2011 UK)

Rashamra - Mr Timekeeper  (7" single 1972 Australia, Adelaide)

The Down'N'Out - I'm Not Talking  (unreleased demo 196?  Australia, Brisbane)

Screaming Believers - Baby You Flirt  (station live to air 1982  Australia, Adelaide)

Koral & the Goodbye Horses - Pony (Nocturne For A Night Drive)  ("Nocturnes" 2015 Australia, Adelaide)

BRAT Productions - Easy Heaven  (mash-up of The Cure & The Commodores  2015  UK)

David Bowie - Width Of A Circle  ("The Man Who Sold The World"  1971 UK)  

Pridjevi -  Pjesma O Drvecu   ("Pridjevi" 2014 Croatia)  

Sapphire Thinkers - I Feel A Bit Strange  ("From Within" 1968  US)

Technicolour Dreaming

The show this week had another guest presenter in the form of Michael Hunter - no stranger to the timeslot in the Obscured By… days but for one week only, back doing the show on his own.  Actually that’s not quite true, as he was joined on the phone for an interesting chat with Bobby Bright, on the nearly-50 year anniversary of the first Bobby & Laurie single, and on the recent release of Bob’s own new EP “Child Of Rock & Roll” (available on iTunes or his own website).  The news that Led Zeppelin were being sued by the band Spirit for alleged pilfering of a musical phrase on “Stairway To Heaven” led to a few related pieces, including Frank Zappa’s take on the iconic song.  A few unreleased gems by Australian musical heavyweights such as Wendy Saddington and the Wild Cherries also found their way to air, as did some 60s European pop delights - the glam rock band Blue Vamp featuring a pre-Oxygene Jean Michel Jarre!  And so a jolly good time was had by all, and normal service will resume soon.....

..... and here is the playlist plus some vids.....

the Clevedonaires - Lost Women      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)
the National Reps - Back Streets      (unreleased demo 1967 Brisbane, Australia)
Dave Miller Set - Why? Why? Why? [Paul Revere & the Raiders cover]      (7”single 1967 Sydney, Australia)

Toni & Royce - Buy Some Love      (7”single 1966 Brisbane, Australia)
Spirit - Taurus      (“Spirit” LP 1968 US)
Frank Zappa - Stairway To Heaven      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)
Sun Kil Moon - I Watched The Film The Song Remains The Same      (“Benji” 2014 USA)
the Wild Cherries - Alice Is (Coming Through)       (unreleased demo 1968 Brisbane, Australia)

the Wendy Saddington Band - Hypocrite Heaven     (unreleased demo 1987 Australia)
X-Ray-Z - Poor Image     (7”single 1977 Australia)
Karma - Iron Fisted Woman     (7”single 1974 Australia)
Red Angel Panic - Viet Rock     (7”single 1971 Adelaide,  Australia)

Bobby & Laurie - I Belong With You      (7”single 1964 Melbourne, Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Strange Rain      (“Bobby & Laurie” LP 1965 Australia)

              *** phone interview with Bobby Bright from Melbourne ***

Bobby Bright - Great Life (Elsie’s Song)      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby Bright - Younger Days      (“Child Of Rock & Roll” 2014 Australia)
Bobby & Laurie - Every Second Day      (7”single 1966 Australia)
Marta Kubišová  - Nechte Zvony Znit      (7”single 1967 Czech)

Michel Polnareff - La Poupee Qui Fait Non      (7”single 1966 France)

les Hou-Lops - Vendredi m’obsède [Friday On My Mind – Easybeats cover]      (7”single 1967 Quebec, Canada)
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Blue Vamp - Jolly Dolly       (7”single 1973 France)
Omnia - I Don’t Speak Human      (“Musick & Poetree” 2011 Netherlands)

Frank Zappa - Bolero      (“The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life” - recorded 1988, released 1991 USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Joining the Cat & the Brat for this week’s show was our ‘Obscured by...’ co-DOT  Michael Hunter, who brought in some interesting items to share, including a bizarre one by Estonian band Winny Puhh, two versions of the song ‘You Never Know’, both from 1975, and a Steve Kilbey demo from his pre-Church days in Canberra. We also featured a sitar-drenched track from the brand-new EP by the Mynd Gardeners, a song from the latest Citradels recordings and another taster from the just-released Paul Messis LP, plus a few French 60’s delights from the likes of Claude Francois and Antoine, as well as playing a track in remembrance of Divinyls’ singer Chrissie Amphlett, who has passed away after a long illness..... Of course there were the regular nods to both 60’s and current psych from bands such as Pisces and Life On Earth! respectively, with oddities such as Giles, Giles & Fripp thrown in for good measure... all in all, another Technicolour Dream....

...... and here is the playlist, plus a few visuals.....

the Ones – Lady Greengrass      (7”single 1967 Germany – taken from ‘Ultima Thule: the Electronic Magic of Tangerine Dream’ anthology 2008 UK/Germany)

Eileen – Ces Bottes Sont Fait Pour Marcher [Nancy Sinatra cover]      (7”single 1966 France)

the Citradels – Here To Know      (‘Psychotic Syndrone’ cd-EP 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

the Mynd Gardeners – Shadow Man      (‘Partial Spyral Staircase Entanglement’ digital-EP 2013 Australia)

Richard Lockwood – Highest of the High      (‘Highest of the High’ cassette-EP 1993 Australia)

Charlie Drake – You Never Know      (7”single 1975 UK)

Charlie Drake : You Never Know by nearlyoutofideas

Giles, Giles & Fripp – Newlyweds       (‘The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp’ LP 1968 UK)

Claude Francois – Eloise [Barry Ryan cover]      (7”single 1968 France)

Paul Messis – It Doesn’t Matter to Me      (‘Case Closed’ LP 2013 UK)

Peter Gabriel – You Never Know      (demo 1975 UK)

Chrissie Amphlett & friends – Money [Barrett Strong cover]      (recorded ‘live’ at E.A.T. Benefit Concert 1985 Melbourne, Aust.)

       * R.I.P.  Chrissie Amphlett   1959-2013   [the Divinyls]

Split Enz – Xmas message for fanclub      (‘Friends of the Enz’ message 1983 Aust.)

Wendy Saddington & the Copperwine – Tomorrow Never Knows [Beatles cover]      (‘Live’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Baby Grande – Pure, White & Deadly      (demo 1977 Canberra – taken from ‘Steve Kilbey: Addenda One’ anthology 2012 Australia)

Red Angel Panic – Viet Rock      (7”single 1971 Adelaide, Aust.)

Antoine – Les Elucubrations d’Antoine      (7”single 1966 France)

the Cherokees – Minnie the Moocher [Cab Calloway cover]       (7”single 1967 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Bruner (aka Pisces) – Sam      (7”single 1969 USA – taken from ‘Pisces - A Lovely Sight: 1967-1970’ anthology 2009 USA)

Les Liminanas – Longanisse      (‘Crystal Anis’ 2012 France)

Life On Earth! – Listen       (‘A Space Water Loop’ 2009 Sweden)

Winny Puhh – Meiecundimees uks Korsakov laks eile latti       (recorded/filmed live on ‘Eesti Laul’ concert TV show 2013 Estonia)   [there are several clips of this with different costumes etc, but we liked the drummer playing upside-down suspended from the roof on this one – feel free to check out the others!]

the Five Man Electrical Band – Man with the Horse and Wagon      (‘Goodbyes & Butterflies’ LP 1970 Ottawa, Canada)

Machine – God’s Children      (‘Machine’ LP 1970 Netherlands)

the Magnificent Brotherhood of Eternal Love & the Happiness’s Close Companions – Old Tattoo      (taken from ‘Peace Frog #2’ covermount-CD compilation 2006 Greece)

the Warlocks – Bleed Without You Babe      (‘Surgery’ 2005 Los Angeles, USA)