Technicolour Dreaming

It seems that 2007 was a good year for Australian compilations, seeing the release of the excellent "Tomorrow is Today - A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-1970", as well as Off The Hip's "Burn Your Fingers on The Sun", both of which are well worth tracking down if you can find a copy. I featured tracks from both comps, as well as Ty Segall's new release "Emotional Mugger", a few classics from the late 60's, and some more recent Australian efforts, plus quite a few cover versions.... 

So if you missed the show, this is the playlist.....

The Great Apes - Sebastopol Street [Procession]  ("Tomorrow is Today" compilation 2007 Australia)

Pretty City - Mary Go Round  (CD Single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Graham Day and the Forefathers - 30-60-90 / Love Me Lies [The Prisoners]  (7" single 2014 Rochester, Kent UK)

Mid State Orange - Moving in a Circle [The Executives]  ("Tomorrow is Today" compilation 2007 Australia)

James McKeown and the Negative Drivers - I See The Rain [Marmalade] "Active Listener's Happy Record Store Day!" compilation 2013 New Zealand)

Three Minute Tease - When I Was 46 in the Year 13  ("Bite the Hand" 2014 UK)

The Higher Elevation - The Diamond Mine  (7" single 1967 Colorado, USA)

Scott Walker - The Plague  ("Scott 2" LP 1968 USA)

Jacques Brel - Amsterdam (live 1964)  ("Bowie Heard them Here First" compilation 2015)

Sir Richard Bishop - Barbary  ("The Freak of Araby" 2009 USA)

Ultimate Spinach -  (Ballad Of) The Hip Death Goddess  ("Ultimate Spinach" LP 1968 Boston, Massachusetts USA)

Brainticket - Black Sand  ("Cottonwood Hill" LP 1970 Switzerland)

Vic Conrad and the First Third - Mr V  ("Trip Fest Psychedelic Stoner Experience" sampler 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Dark Ocean Colours - When Both Our Worlds Collide  (CD Single 2013 USA)

Ty Segall - The Magazine  ("Emotional Mugger" 2016 Los Angeles USA)

El Goodo - Stuck in the 60's  ("El Goodo" 2005 Wales, UK)

The Energy Package - This is the Twelfth Night  (7" single 1967 USA)

The Bamboo Shoot - The Fox Has Gone to Ground  (7" single 1968 UK)

Procol Harum - Cerdes (Outside the Gates Of)  ("Procol Harum" LP 1967 UK)

The December Sound - Painkiller  ("The December Sound (Silver Album)" 2007 Boston Massachusetts USA)

The Byrds - Psychodrama City  ("Fifth Dimension" LP 1996 reissue bonus track USA)

Richard in Your Mind - Flower of the Heart  ("My Volcano" 2010 Sydney, Australia)

Blue Sunshine Minds - How Does it Feel  ("Burn Your Fingers on the Sun" compilation 2007 Australia)

Jay Walker and the Pedestrians - Rise and Decline of the Sun  ("Rise and Decline of the Sun" EP 2010 Adelaide, Australia)

The Janitors - Do It Again  ("Drone Head" 2013 Stockholm, Sweden)

The Wheelers of Oz - La Petit Mort  ("Revivalised" 2015 Perth, Australia)

July - The Way  ("July" LP 1968 Ealing, London UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

I don’t know whether I was thinking on a subconscious level about Australia’s change of Prime Minister the previous evening, when making musical selections for the show, but the tracks by Scott Walker, The Lovetones, Jason Crest and Halasan Bazar & Tara King th. all seemed to fit the feel of the moment! I played a couple of recent Adelaide releases - Black Coral, whose EP, “The Big Nothing” came out in August, and the very new, very exclusive “Ya Dig?” EP by Snobby Oxalis; plus a good assortment of Melbourne bands featured also - Murlocs, Witch Hats, and the inimitable King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.  A great melody has always been a Technicolour Dreaming favourite, with tracks from The Left Banke, The Turtles, The Monkees  and The Story UK and Quilt all fitting the bill nicely, and proving that there are still bands today carrying on the tradition. Speaking of The Turtles, I’ve included a clip from the trailer of “Guide for the Married Man”, their second foray into the land of movie music, the first being a track for the 1966 movie “Out of Sight” a spoof of "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." - look it up, it’s so bad it’s good!   

…so here’s the playlist for the show, with (a hell of a lot of) associated visuals…

The Lovetones - Genius     ("Meditations" 2006 Australia)

The Story UK - A Stone's Throw Away     ("A Joy Ride on Memory Lane" 2011 UK)

Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again [Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime]     ("Scott 4" LP 1969 UK)

Jason Crest - Black Mass     ( 7” single b-side [to “A Place in the Sun”] 1969 UK)

Snobby Oxalis - Kings of Seaford     ("Ya Dig? EP 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

Octopus Syng - It's Not a Coincidence     ("Reverberating Garden Number 7" 2014 Finland)

Black Coral - Chemical Reasoning     ("Big Nothing" EP 2015 Adelaide, Australia)

Halasan Bazar and Tara King th. - Below Your Deepest Expectations     ("8" 2014 Denmark/France)

The Turtles - Guide for the Married Man   (7” single 1967 USA)

and the trailer for the movie:

Sons of Hippies - The Soft Parade [the Doors]     ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" 2014 Germany)

The Turtles - Chevrolet Camaro Commercial     ("Save the Turtles - Greatest Hits" compilation 2009 USA)

The Left Banke - Shadows Breaking Over my Head     (“Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina” LP 1967 USA)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Paper Mache     (“Paper Mache Dream Balloon” LP 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Lumerians - Burning Mirrors      (“Transmalinnia” 2011 Oakland, California USA)

Thee Oh Sees - Palace Doctor     (“Mutilator Defeated at Last” 2015 San Francisco, USA)

The Greek Theatre - Frozen Highway     (“Lost Out At Sea” LP 2014 UK)

Quilt - Eye of the Pearl     (“Held in Splendour” 2014 Boston USA)

July - The Way     (7” single b-side [to “Hello, Who’s There?” 1968 Ealing, London UK)

Momus - Poison boy friend     (7” single b-side [to “Right Hand Heart” 1988 Scotland, UK)

The Mystery Trend - Johnny Was a Good Boy     (7” single 1967 USA)

Terry Manning - Guess Things Happen That Way      (“Home Sweet Home” LP 1967 USA)

The Monkees - Daily Nightly [alternative version]     (“Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd” LP  1967 USA)

Witch Hats - Slow Eyes     (“Pleasure Syndrome” 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

Peanut Butter Conspiracy - It's a Happening Thing     (“The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading” LP 1967  California USA)

Daddy Dewdrop - March of the White Corpuscles     (7” single 1972 Los Angeles, USA)

Murlocs - Control Freak     (“Loopholes”  2014 Melbourne, Australia)

New Dream - You've Got That Certain Style     (7” single b-side [to “Catchin’ Up On Fun”] 1969 Australia)

Blair Smith - Echoes     (7” single b-side [to “Vision of Molly”] 1968 USA)

Strawberry Alarm Clock - The Worlds on Fire     (“Incense and Peppermints” LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

And an extra clip, cos I felt like it!

The Story UK - Standing in the Rain  ("A Joy Ride on Memory Lane" 2011 UK) 

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Sometimes we just can’t resist playing the old favourites, and this was one of those weeks, with songs by the Dead Skeletons, the Monks, the Flower Machine, Kelley Stoltz and Wooden Shjips peppering the playlist (and just what is a “Kim Chee Taco” the Cat has often wondered??) Our choice for “Compilation of the Week” was similarly a particular favourite of ours, Scott Walker‘s “BoyChild : the Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970”. Strictly speaking it’s an anthology rather than a compilation, but hey, who’s making up the rules – we are! The collection in question covers Scott’s first four LPs, “Scott”, “Scott2”, “Scott3” and “Scott4” plus 1970’s “'Til the Band Comes In” and was originally released in 1990 and then re-mastered and re-released in 2000, which is the version we used. So, until the next instalment of “Technicolour Dreaming” next Tuesday.....

..... here is the playlist, with a few visual goodies, including a full episode of the 60’s TV show “Adventures in Paradise”, whose memorable ‘surf instro’ theme song has been covered by a number of bands, including Normie Rowe’s backing band, the Playboys, who included it on their 1965 LP.

Dead Skeletons - Psychodead      ("Dead Magik" 2011 Iceland)

Molting Vultures - Insane Jane      ("Drop in and Go"  2009 Adelaide, Australia)

 

Zakary Thaks - A Passage to India      (acetate recorded 1966, released on "Passage to India" anthology 2010 Texas, USA)

Sons of Hippies - The Soft Parade (Doors cover)      ("A Psych Tribute to the Doors" compilation 2014 Germany/USA)

H.P. Lovecraft - The White Ship      ("H.P. Lovecraft" LP 1967 Chicago, USA)

Neighb'rhood Childr'n - She's Got No Identification     ("Neighb'rhood Childr'n" LP 1968 Oregon, USA)

the Silhouettes  - All a Lie     ("Psychedelica 5" compilation 2013 UK)

the Janitors - Aside (Outside)      (recorded 2013 Sweden – taken from "Trip Inside this House, Summer Solstice Vol. VI" compilation 2013 Missouri USA)

the Flower Machine - In A Play Anyway      ("Marmoset Meadow" EP 2010 USA)

the Fallen Angels - Introspective Looking Glass     ("The Fallen Angels" LP 1967 USA)

the Monks -  I Hate You    ("Black Monk Time" LP 1966 USA/Germany)

Sheetah et les Weissmuller - Pire que le silence      ("!Hola Ye Yeah! " 2007 France)

the Cool Ghouls - Insight      ("A Swirling Fire Through the Rye" 2013 USA)

the Playboys - Adventures in Paradise [TV theme cover]      (“The Playboys” LP 1965 Australia)

the Gothic Archies - Crows      ("The Tragic Treasury: Songs From "A Series Of Unfortunate Events" 2006 UK)

                        ### “Compilation of the Week” ###   

 “BoyChild : the Best of Scott Walker 1967-1970”

Scott Walker - The Plague      ("Scott 2" LP 1968 - taken from "BoyChild - The Best of Scott Walker 1967 - 70" anthology 2000 UK)

Scott Walker - Girls from the Streets ("Scott 2" LP 1968 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Scott Walker - Plastic Palace People     ("Scott 2" LP 1968 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated To The Neo-Stalinist Regime)         ("Scott 4" LP 1969 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Scott Walker - Prologue      ("'Til the Band Comes In" LP 1970 – taken from “BoyChild” anthology)

Kelley Stoltz - The Kim Chee Taco Man      ("Double Exposure" 2013 USA)

Paul Parrish - Walking in the Forest (Of My Mind)      ("The Forest of My Mind" LP 1968 USA)

Sonny and the Sunsets - Alice Leaves for the Mountains      (“Talent Night at the Ashram" 2015 USA)

Wooden Shjips - Down By the Sea      ("Dos" 2009 USA)

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We began and ended the show with songs from the late 1960s of diverse style and from various locales, beginning with some fuzzed-out Scott Walker, an equally fuzzed track by Israeli band, Churchill’s and a sitar-drenched album cut by the Hollies, while finishing with a classic slice of “Nederbiet”  by Q65, which followed an updated version of a classic Michel Polnareff song by Germany’s Vibravoid from their 2013 EP on the Fruits de Mer Records label... and so it went for the rest of the show, with a mixture of new releases from the likes of Sydney’s Grease Arrestor  and San Francisco’s Cool Ghouls with older faves such as the Monkees through to Permanent Clear Light and the Sand Pebbles. Then of course there was our “Compilation of the Week”. Following on the heels of the Doors and the Rolling Stones in their “A Psych Tribute To...” series, Cleopatra Records is releasing "Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles" next month and since we managed to grab a pre-release copy, we thought we’d get in early and make it this edition’s featured compilation and give you a sneak preview of some of the delights on offer, with great interpretations and remakes by Quilt, the KVB and Sugar Candy Mountain amongst others, so stay tuned to 3D Radio for further tracks in coming weeks. That was the show that was, so until next week.....

..... here is the full playlist, with bonus moving pictures.....

Scott Walker - The Plague      ("Scott 2" LP 1968 UK/USA)

Churchill's - Open Up Your Eyes      ("Churchill's" LP 1968 Israel)

the Hollies - The Maker      ("Butterfly" LP 1967 UK)

Clinic - It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It) [Rolling Stones cover]     ("Stoned: A Psych Tribute to the Rolling Stones" 2014 USA)

Pond - Man it Feels Like Space Again ("Man It Feels Like Space Again" LP 2015 Perth, Australia)

the Monkees - Porpoise Song [mono version]      (7"single 1968 USA)

the David - Another Day, Another Life Time / I would Like to Know       ("Another Day, Another Life Time" LP recorded 1968, released 2001 New York)

Violet Woods- Electric Fascination      ("Violet Woods" 2014 UK)

the Amazing - Defect      ("Wait for a Light to Come" 2010  Sweden)

the Sand Pebbles - Future Proofed      ("Ceduna" 2008 Melbourne, Australia)

Permanent Clear Light - Harvest Time      ("Beyond These Things" 2013 Finland)

the Beep Seals - I Used to Work at the Zoo      ("Things that Roar" 2008 UK)

Jim Noir - Tea      ("Jimmy's Show" 2010 Scotland, UK)

                        “Compilation of the Week”  

Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles

Electric Moon – Tomorrow Never Knows [Beatles cover]      (rec. 2014 Germany – taken from "Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles" 2015 USA)

Sugar Candy Mountain – Rain [Beatles cover]     (rec. 2014 California, USA – taken from "Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles" 2015 USA)

the KVB – Taxman [Beatles cover]      (rec. 2014 Germany – taken from "Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles" 2015 USA)

Fantasmes – Love You To [Beatles cover]     (rec. 2014 Puerto Rico – taken from "Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles" 2015 USA)

Quilt – Cry Baby Cry [Beatles cover]     (rec. 2014 USA – taken from "Magical Mystery Psych Out: A Tribute to the Beatles" 2015 USA)

Cool Ghouls - And it Grows      ("A Swirling Fire Through the Rye" 2014 San Francisco, USA)

the Grease Arrestor - Let it Go      ("Volume Two" 2015 Sydney, Australia)

Ty Segall - Drug Mugger      ("Mr. Face" double 7”EP 2015 California USA)

Vibravoid - La Poupée Qui Fait Non [Michel Polnareff cover]     ("Colour Your Mind" EP 2013 Germany)

Q65 - So High I've Been, So Down I Must Fall      (7"single 1967 Netherlands)