Technicolour Dreaming

The new Brian Jonestown Massacre album came into our P.O. box this week so, needless to say, we felt it was a fine way to begin this week’s show before we moved into our trawl through the wonderful world of psychedelia. Also featured this week were tracks from a couple of cool Russian bands, Mystic Brew and the Spoon Box, with more to follow in coming weeks from what appears to be a very vibrant psych scene... special thanks to Dimitry of Mystic Brew for putting us onto some of the great bands there! Northern Europe also provided us with tracks by such Scandinavian bands as Octopus Syng and the Jessica Fletchers plus, from Poland, the White Kites, while from the Philippines we played D’Swooners, as well as a bunch from the USA and Britain including Flavor Crystals and Jeffertitti’s Nile from the former and Scars, the Open Mind and Schnauser from the latter, not forgetting Australia’s entries, Shining Bird and Subtract-S and New Zealand’s the Avengers, who did a great cover of “Listen, Listen”, which has to be one of our favourite 60’s classics! That’s your lot - another “Technicolour Dreaming” streamed into your ears, so until next week.....

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

Enjoy!

Brian Jonestown Massacre – Vad Hände Med Dem       (“Revelation”  2014 USA/Germany)

Octopus Syng – It’s Not a Coincidence         (”Reverberating Garden no.7” 2014 Finland)

Mind Garage – Asphalt Mother         (7”single 1968 Pittsburgh, USA)

Mystic Brew – Without You         (7”single b-side [to Don’t You Want To Stay] 2014 Moscow, Russia)

MYSTIC BREW - Without You (Official Video) from Zakharkin Oleg on Vimeo.

D’Swooners – Please Please Trina         (7”single 1968 Philippines/Hong Kong)

BB Jr – Walking with Jesus [Spaceman 3 cover]         (“Captcha Records... introducing” sampler compilation 2014 California, USA)

the Barbarellatones – Sharknado         (mp3 2014 Hawaii, USA)

the Modern Lovers – She Crack’d         (“The Modern Lovers” LP 1976 New York, USA)

Frantic Chance – My Name is Warfare         (mp3 demo 2014 Scotland, UK)

the Jessica Fletchers – Bloody Seventies Love         (“What Happened to the?” 2003 Norway)

the Green Tambourine Band – From the Seed into the Flower [Sir Psych Mix]         (mp3 – song orig. on “Let Yourself Be/Aum” LP 2014 Scotland, UK)

Cheval Sombre – You’ve got to Hide Your Love Away [Beatles cover]         (mp3 2013 USA)

Three Minute Tease – Cry Baby Cry [Beatles cover]          (“The White EP” double-7” EP 2013 UK)

Southern Boutique – Don’t Be Yourself (Cowboy Song Part 2)         (7” single 2013 USA)

Flavor Crystals – Blue Haiti         (“Three” LP 2013 USA)

Shining Bird – Can’t Stop Sleeping In         (demo 2014 Australia)

Jeffertitti’s Nile – The Day the Sky Fell         (“The Electric Hour” 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

the White Kites – Percival Buck        (“Missing” LP 2014 Poland)

the Mirage – Ebenezer Beaver         (recorded 1968 UK, but unissued – taken from ”Love, Poetry and Revolution: A Journey Through the British Psychedelic and Underground Scenes 1966-72” CD-boxset 2013 UK)

the Open Mind – Magic Potion         (7” single 1969 UK)

the Avengers – Listen, Listen [Merry-Go-Round cover]         (7” single 1969 New Zealand)

Scars – All About You         (“Author! Author!” LP 1981 UK)

Tall Tales and True – Wasted Life         (“Tale Tales and True” mini-LP 1986 Sydney, Australia)

Toys Went Berserk – Guns at My Head        (7” single [b-side to Don’t Run Away] 1986 Sydney, Australia)

Subtract-S – mb ph         (“Love From Outer Space” EP 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

Schnauser – Astral Traveller [Yes cover]         (7”single 2014 Wales, UK)

the Spoon Box – Два расиста [Two Racists]         (“The Spoon Box” EP 2012 Samara, Russia)

Technicolour Dreaming

So.... have you ever wondered if there’s a process we go through when programming Technicolour Dreaming, to select the tracks we play?  Though it may seem surprising at times, yes there is!! It involves constantly listening to music – new purchases, forgotten gems, suggestions from friends, and whatever the Pod-of-i selects for us when we’re driving. Lists are made and re-made, the bags full of CDs and vinyl are packed and ready to go, then off we set to Three D Radio. But on the way, something strange happens…. the evil Pod-of-i tries to tempt us away from our plans with tasty musical morsels … then a stop at the Post Office heralds the arrival of more music from faraway lands, further derailing our resolve to stick with our list. And upon finally arriving at our destination, a quick scan of the “new releases” section of the 3D library tempts us further, and our steely determination collapses like a stack of 7” singles falling off the shelf! So with best made plans laid to waste, we give in and play whatever takes our fancy, track by track for your listening pleasure…..

..... and here are this week’s selections, with visual accompaniment.....

Roxy Music – If There Is Something      (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

Fourmyula – Nature      (‘Creation’ LP 1969 New Zealand)

the Modern Lovers – Modern World  [alternative version]      (recorded 1972, unreleased – bonus track on re-issue of ‘The Modern Lovers’ 2003 USA)

Pugwash – Waltz #714      (‘Jollity’ 2005 Ireland)

Ride Into The Sun – Too Cold      (‘Ride Into The Sun’ mini-LP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Space Agency – Bombay Potatoes      (7”single 2013 Hove, UK)

Giobia – Fake Smiles on Statues     (‘Come and Get Me’ EP 2010 Italy)

the Story UK – Standing in the Rain      (‘Joy Ride on Memory Lane’ 2011 UK)

 

Crocodiles – Un Chant d’Amour      (‘Crimes of Passion’ 2013 USA)

Rangda – Idol’s Eye      (‘Formerly Extinct’ 2013 USA)

Dead Skeletons – Dead Mantra      (‘Dark Magick’ LP 2012 Iceland)

the Higher State – Ladder of Death      (‘Darker By The Day’ 2009 UK)

Plasticland – Let’s Play Pollyanna      (7”single 1989 Wisconsin, USA)

Siouxsie & the Banshees – She Cracked [Jonathon Richman cover]      (7”single b-side [to This Wheel’s On Fire] 1986 UK)

the Hierophants – There’s An Itch      (‘New Centre of the Universe, Vol.1’ compilation 2012 Geelong, Australia)

Montero – My World Fell Down [Sagittarius cover]      ('Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968' compilation 2013 Australia)

Sagittarius – Hotel Indiscreet      (7”single 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

Unnatural Axe – They Saved Hitler’s Brain      (7”single 1978 Massachusetts, USA)

Clinic – If You Could Read My Mind      (‘Visitations’ 2007 UK)

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

the Raveonettes – Be My Sunshine      (7”single b-side [to Love in a Trashcan] 2005 Copenhagen, Denmark)

Vibravoid – The Politics of Ecstasy      (‘The Politics of Ecstasy’ 2008 Germany)

Crystal Stilts – Dark Eyes      (‘Radiant Door’ EP 2011 USA)

the Strange Flowers – No Love, No Pain, No Fall from Grace      (‘The Imaginary Space Travel of the Naked Monkeys’ 2007 Pisa, Italy)

Johnny Young – Craise Finton Kirk [Bee Gees cover]      (‘Surprises’ LP 1967 Australia/UK)

the Hollies – King Midas In Reverse      (7”single 1967 UK)

David McWilliams – The Days Of Pearly Spencer      (7”single 1967 UK)

Peter Murphy – The Final Solution [Pere Ubu cover]      (7”single 1985 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”