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)

Obscured By...

There were songs from many genres, different decades and numerous locales from around the world... as you’d expect on this show. We began, as usual, with a bunch of local Adelaide and/or Australian bands such as Travis Wellington Hedge and Alison Gros [both with a future Little River Band connection], the short-lived Frieze [featuring a couple of ex-Zoot members] plus an 80’s recording by Wendy Saddington with the Hare Krishna Band made in New Zealand. From there we moved onto some 60’s Japanese pop from Akiko Nakamura, a song from the debut EP by Jacques Dutronc, music from such diverse places as Mexico, Bahrain, Singapore and Lebanon, plus a surf instrumental by the Stalemates from Papua New Guinea for good measure. We dug up some interesting “cover versions”, and also delved into the ‘Top of the Pops’ [“not by original artists”] phenomenon which nevertheless occasionally featured some ‘anonymous-but-later-famous’ artistes, our example being Reg Dwight, later better known as Elton John...I guess it paid the bills! We played another track by the lovely Judy Dyble [ex-Fairport Convention, Giles, Giles and Fripp etc], this time a single from 2008 with the Conspirators which actually made Top 10 in the UK Indie Charts... plus many more rarities, obscurities and forgotten gems, brought to you this week by all three ‘DOTS’ – Peter, Megan and Michael.....

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

InKase – Rene [Small Faces cover]     (7”single 1969 Adelaide, Australia)

Travis Wellington Hedge – I Put a Spell on You [Screaming Jay Hawkins cover]     7”single 1969 Adelaide)

Alison Gros – Love Song     (unreleased, recorded 1971 Adelaide)

Frieze – Friend     (‘1972 B.C.’ LP 1972 Australia)

Ronnie Burns – True True Lovin’     (‘This Is’ EP 1966 Aust.)

Wendy Saddington and Gandharvika Dasi [with the Hare Krishna Band] – Back to Gokula     (‘Where To Now?’ LP 1984 Australia/New Zealand)

Reggie Norton and the Ideas – Take It Easy     (7”single 1966 Aust.)

Akiko Nakamura – Hano San Francisco [Scott Mackenzie cover]     (‘Hit Album!’ LP 1969 Japan)

Jacques Dutronc – Mini Mini Mini     (‘Jacques Dutronc’ EP 1966 France)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWuIFB0HjKQ   

los Loud Jets – Mira     (7”single 1967 Mexico – taken from ‘Conquer the World Vol.2’ LP compilation)

los Syn – Chica Tientame     (7”single 1966 Chile – taken from ‘Conquer....’)

Simon C. Edwards and His Soul Set – The Way I Do     (7”single 1968 Lebanon – taken from ‘Conquer....’)

 

the Stalemates – Adventures in Paradise [TV show theme cover]     (7”single 1969 New Guinea)

the Barbarellatones – Pole Dancer     (mp3 pre-release 2012 USA)

Brian Eno – The Lion Sleeps Tonight [Solomon Linda cover]     (7”single 1975 UK)

Husker Du – Eight Miles High [Byrds cover]     (‘Love is all around’ EP 1991 USA)

 

the Morning After Girls – The Trip [Kim Fowley cover]     (‘He Put The Bomp In The Bomp: a tribute to Greg Shaw’ compilation 2007 USA)

 

Judy Dyble and the Conspirators – One Sure Thing     (7”single 2008 UK)

Shadrack Chameleon – Don’t let it get you down     (‘Shadrack Chameleon’ LP 1973 Ohio, USA – taken from ‘Forge Your Own Chains: Heavy Psychedelic Ballads and Dirges 1968-1974’ compilation LP 2009 USA)

Osiris – Embers of a Flame     (‘Osiris’ LP 1982 Bahrain)

Baby Grandmothers – Somebody’s Calling My Name     (7”single 1968 Sweden – taken from ‘Forge Your Own Chains....’)

“Top of the Poppers” – Hot Love [T.Rex cover]     (‘Best of Top of the Pops 71’ LP 1971 UK)

“Top of the Poppers” – Co-Co [Sweet cover]     (‘Best of Top of the Pops 71’ LP 1971 UK)

Elton John – My Baby Loves Lovin’ [White Plains cover]     (‘Hits 70’ LP 1970 UK)

The Trailers – Quiver     (7”single 1967 Singapore)

The Rutles – Major Happy’s Up and Coming Good Time Band     (‘Archaeology’ LP 1994 UK)