Technicolour Dreaming

Here's one of the shows that I never got round to posting at the time -for the completist in me, I had to get it done, late or not!

Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Heroes [David Bowie] ("A New Career in Town - More Songs By David Bowie" 2016 UK)
Joseph Cave - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide [David Bowie] ("A New Career in Town - More Songs By David Bowie" 2016 Shrewsbury, UK)

Papy - Toi Le Shazam  ("Wizzz! Psychorama Francais Vol 3" France)

Fatty Nauty - Tumba Part 2  ("Wizzz! Psychorama Francais Vol 3" France)

Insekt Life Cycle - Sleepcrawler  (7" single, The Phillipines 2016)

Sudden Death Of Stars - Over the Top   ("All Unreleased Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Rennes, France)

Sendelica - Nite Flights [Scott Walker]  (7" single 2016 UK)

The Pretty Things - Defecting Grey (extended version)  ("Let's Go Down and Blow Our Minds - The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967" 2016 UK)

Us and Them - Next Time Around [Sandy Denny] (10" single 2016 Scandinavia)

Peter and the Wolves - Little Girl Lost and Found [The Garden Club] ("Let's Go Down and Blow Our Minds - The British Psychedelic Sounds of 1967" 2016 UK)

Butterscotch Cathedral - Waterfall Parasol  ("Topaz - Dune Drift III" Arizona, USA)

Frantic Chant - Colour  ("Ruthless Superman" 2014 Edinburgh, Scotland UK)

My Expansive Awareness - Liar Liar [The Castaways]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol III" 2015 Spain)

Algae and Tentacles - Cuddle Up  ("Algae and Tentacles" cassette 2015 Tucson, USA)

The Prefab Messiahs - Flight Reaction [The Calico Wall]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of The Blog That Celebrates Itself Vol III" 2015 USA)
The Shivas - We Go On  ("Freezing to Death" 2010 Portland, Oregon USA)

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The Coathangers - Stomp Stomp Stompin'  ("Scramble" 2009 Atlanta, Georgia USA)

Wight Lhite - Counting Diamonds  ("Beyond the Satellites" 2014 Tucson, USA)

Black Vacation - Germantown  ("Germantown,TN" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Death By Raygun - Sheila Comes Back  ("The Clifford Hoyt Experience" 2012 Japan)

Dick Diver - Tearing the Posters Down  ("Melbourne, Florida" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Epsilon One - Sweet Airwaves and TV Spells  ("Spirals" EP 2012 Edinburgh, UK)

Spacegazer - Not Your Steppin' Stone [Monkees]  ("The Psychedelic Sounds of TBTCI Vol 2" 2013 Paris, France)

Basement Spaceman - Pussyfooter  ("BS2" 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Spaceman - Dead Baum  ("Palm Haus" 2016 Fremantle WA)

The Maybes - Don't Ask  (digital single 2012, Glasgow, UK)

Tooth and Tusk - Nothing Makes Sense  (digital single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

The Smoking Trees - Goodbye  ("The Archer and the Bull" 2016 LA, USA)

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This week I featured some of the bands that are taking part in the Wintersteady Festival, presented by Adelaide's Going Steady Music at the Crown and Anchor on Saturday July 23rd. I played tracks by headliners Demon Parade, as well as The Dandelion, The Dunes, and Trappist Afterland, who are playing at a pre-party at the Exeter on July 22nd. For more info on the festival, take a look at https://www.facebook.com/goingsteadymusic/  And take a look at the 2-part October Country movie at the end of the blog - classic!

So here's the playlist...

Marc Almond - Late Night  ("The Madcap Laughs Again!" compilation 2010 UK)

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

Nozmo King - Hold On  ("Big Beat Cellar Scene" 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Demon Parade - Cut My Ties  ("Chameleon EP" 2012 Melbourne, Australia)

The Dandelion - In The Shadow of Light  ("Seeds Flowers and Magical Powers of the Dandelion" 2015 Sydney, Australia)

The Dunes - Mountain  (Digital single 2016 Adelaide, Australia)

Trappist Afterland - The Penitents Rail  ("Like a Beehive, the Hill Was Alive" 2013 Melbourne, Australia)

October Country  - My Girlfriend is A Witch  ("October Country" LP 1968 LA, USA)

Gnoomes - Myriads  ("Ngan!" 2015 Perm, Russia)

The Pasternak Progress - Flower Eyes  (7" single [b-side to "Cotton Soul"] 1967 LA, USA)

Frantic Chant - Mushroom Jim  (Demo from "The Glass Factory" to be released 2016 Glasgow, Scotland UK)

Espectrostatic - The Corridor  ("Silhouette" 2016 Austin, Texas USA)

Sundays and Cybele - Time Mirror  ("Heaven" 2016 Tokyo, Japan)

The Resonars - Here's the Frenzy  ("That Evil Drone" 2008 Austin, Texas USA)

Sudden Death of Stars - Supernovae  ("Getting Up, Getting Down" 2011 Rennes, France)

Coloured Clocks - Green Lights  ("Particle" 2016 Melbourne, Australia)

Barbarellatones - Dark Thing  (demo 2016 Hawaii, USA)

Tommy - Love  ("Astonishing Soundshow Stories Vol 2" compilation 2016)
Deano's Hose - Henry for Judith  ("Astonishing Soundshow Stories Vol 2" compilation 2016 UK) 

Dodson and Fogg - Watch the Skies  ("The Call" 2013 Leeds, UK)
Electric Alice - Coffin Joe  ("The Electric Alice Xperiment" 2013 Edinburgh, Scotland UK)
Lord Gammonshire - Tundra  ("Lord Gammonshire's Guide to Everyday Sounds" 2009 Bristol, UK)
Martha - Lost Without You  (7" single 2013 Durham, UK)
Mouses - Psycho  ("The Mouses Album" to be released September 2016 Manchester UK) 

Rainsmoke - Mean Meanwhile  (CD Single 2015 Leeds, UK)
Soft Candy - Song for Ellie May  ("Chelsea Boots + Violet Eyelids" 2012 Chicago, USA) 

Lenguas Largas - No Wrong No Right  ("Dune Drift 2" compilation 2013 Tucson, Arizona USA)

The October Country movie - a short film shot in 1967 when the band October Country was seeking a record deal, in 2 parts

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The show started with a French-language version ("Noir C'Est Noir") of a Spanish hit ("Negro Es Negro"), which later became the disco anthem "Black is Black" ... cover versions seemed to be the only unifying factor for the next 2 hours of music, which stylistically wandered all over the place. I don't think that Technicolour Dreaming could ever be accused of being predictable!

Here's the playlist for your edification, with some clips to ponder while wondering what in the world will be on the show next week!

Johnny Hallyday Avec The Blackburds [Los Bravos] - Noir C'Est Noir (7" single 1966 France) 

The Black Angels - Yellow Elevator #2  ("Phosphene Dream" 2010 Austin, Texas USA) 

The Gurus - Blue Snow Night (alt version)  ("The Gurus are Hear!" rec. 1966, rel.2003 USA) 

David Hemmings - Talkin' LA ("David Hemmings Happens" LP 1967 UK) 

Sand Snowman - The Rebel's Rulebook  ("Private Culture 2006-2013" 2013 London, UK) 

Sudden Death of Stars - Why Won't You Try?  ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Brittany, France) 

The Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Ah Om Oh Yay (She Said) ("12 Theories of Time Travel" 2015 UK) 

Anna Karina - Roller Girl  ("Anna - Original Soundtrack" rec.1966, rel.2009 France/Denmark) 

The Dandelion Seeds - The Waiting Game  ("The Dandelion Seeds" 2014 Iceland) 

The Gods - Hey Bulldog [Beatles]  (7" single 1969 UK) 

The Lemon Tree - William Chalker's Time Machine  (7" single 1968 Birmingham,UK) 

The Dunes - When You Wake Up  ("Trip Fest Psychedelic Stoner Experience Sampler" 2016 Adelaide, Australia) 

The Fast Camels - Der Nazi Tea  ("The Magic Optician" 2007 Scotland, UK) 

 The Leathercoated Minds - Over Under Sideways Down [Yardbirds]  ("A Trip Down Sunset Strip" LP 1967 Los Angeles, USA)

 The Soft Boys - Dreams  ("Underwater Moonlight" LP 1980 Cambridge, UK) 

 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Menopause Man  ("Before Today" 2010 California, USA) 

 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - The Line  ("Howl" 2005 Los Angeles, USA) 

 Silver Apples - I Have Known Love  ("Contact" LP 1969 New York, USA)   

 Clinic - Miss You  ("Free Reign" 2012 Liverpool, UK) 

 The Magnetic Mind - Maybe the Stars, Maybe the Sun (7" single 2012 London UK) 

 Morning After Girls - Always Mine  ("Shadows Evolve" 2005 Melbourne, Australia) 

Viva K - Dekoder  ("Viva K" 2005 Los Angeles USA)

Radio Moscow - I Just Wanna Make Love to You  ("He Put the Bomp! In the Bomp" compilation 2007 Iowa, USA)

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips  ("Dandelion Gum" 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA) 

 Dungen - Gjort Bort Sig  ("Ta Det Lugnt" 2004 Stockholm, Sweden) 

Wooden Shjips - Shrinking Moon For You  ("Wooden Shjips" 2007 San Francisco, USA) 

And as a little added extra, an amusing clip of the band "The Smart Alecs", featuring David Hemmings and Steve Marriott, from the 1963 movie "Live It Up!" 

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I actually managed to stay for the whole 2 hours of this week's show, whichwas a welcome change, while Harry had a well-earned rest. Amongst the bands I played were The Moving Sidewalks, which included Billy Gibbons,later of ZZ Top, as well as The WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band,who were the first band to release Stepping Stone, the classic version of which was made famous by The Monkees not long after. Also featured were a selectionof bands playing at the "Going Steady Festival" at Jive on December 13 2015, such as local acts The Dunes, Black Coral and Glass Skies, and headliners Moon Duo.

...and here's the playlist,moving pictures and all!

Pinkunoizu - Necromancer ("The Drop" LP 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark) 

Sudden Death of Stars - I'm Not Among Believers ("Getting Up, Going Down" LP 2011

Rennes, France)

Dead Skeletons - Dead Mantra ("Dead Magick" 2011 Reykjavík, Iceland)

The Moving Sidewalks - 99th floor (7" single 1967 Texas USA)

The Purple Gang - Granny Takes a Trip (7" single 1967 UK)

The Litter - Action Woman (7" single 1967 Minneapolis USA)

The WC Fields Memorial Electric String Band - Hippy Elevator Operator 

(7 " single 1966 California USA)

The Rokes - When the Wind Arises (7" single 1968 UK)

The Pretty Things - Defecting Grey (7" single 1967 UK)

Flamin Groovies - Slow Death (7" single 1972 San Francisco USA)

Goat - Gathering of Ancient Tribes ("Commune" 2014  Sweden)

The Night Beats - Outta Mind ("Sonic Bloom" 2013 Seattle USA)

Holy Wave - Spooky Fuckin' Blues ("Evil Hits" LP 2012 Austin, Texas USA)

Wall of Death  - Marble Blues     ("Main Obsession" LP 2012 Paris, France)

Magician - Fuck for Peace ("Golden State Psychedelia" compilation, late 1960's San Francisco USA)

Wooden Shjips - We Ask You To Ride ("Wooden Shjips" 2007 San Francisco, USA)

Six Organs of Admittance - Actaeon's Fall (Against the Hounds) ("Luminous Night" 2009

California USA)

Espers - Widow's Weeds ("Espers II" 2006) 

Black Coral - Please Never (CD Single 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Moon Duo - In A Cloud ("Shadow of the Sun" 2015 San Francisco, USA)

Glass Skies - Highway ("Glass Skies" EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

The Dunes - When You Wake Up ("Live at the Sound Lounge, Three D Radio" 2015 Adelaide Australia)

The Systemaddicts - Black [The Throb] ("Broken Hearted on the Nullarbor" 2015 AdelaideAustralia)

Richard Hell - (I Belong To The) Blank Generation ("Ork Records: New York, New York" compilation 2015 USA)

Alex Chilton - Can't Seem to Make You Mine [Seeds] ("Ork Records: New York, New York"

compilation 2015 USA)

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Amongst the songs we played for our first show of 2015 were still more of our picks for “Best of 2014” which we couldn’t fit in or had missed  on the final few shows last year, such as Sacred Shrines, Kikagaku Moyo, Sudden Death of Stars, and Southern Boutique, plus anthologies by Balduin and the Luck of Eden Hall. We also wish to acknowledge a bunch of very cool, small independent record companies who help make it possible for these bands to get their music pressed on vinyl or CD or cassette, as often the bands can’t afford to pay all the costs, as I personally well know [thank you Smashed Records!]. Amongst our favourites are the prolific Fruits de Mer , Beyond Beyond is Beyond, MegaDodo, State Records, Trouble In Mind, Captcha, Sunny Day Records, the Active Listener label, Sonic Cathedral, Off The Hip, Anti-Fade and many more. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to play most of the new music that we do, so thank you all [and to the others that we’ve forgotten, as no doubt we have, our apologies!] Lastly, played our final “Band of the Week”  [we’re making way for a new weekly feature, due to start next week... ] but it was a good one – Polska Radio One from Yekaterinburg in Russia, who’ve been making great psychedelic music for some years now, but with the release of their excellent debut album “Cosmos Inside” on an American label, they have moved to a new level and hopefully will gain worldwide recognition... as I think we’ve mentioned before, this new wave of psychedelia is a global movement and there are new bands everywhere. So until next week.....

...... here is the playlist, with some visuals….. plus a very cool German TV show from 1968 dedicated to the Bee Gees “Idea” album. Enjoy!.....

Les Fleurs De Pavot - À Dégager      ("Les Fleurs de Pavot" LP 1968 France)

Les Liminanas - (I've Got) Trouble in Mind      ("I've Got Trouble in Mind: 7" and Rare Stuff" anthology 2014 France)

Les Papyvores - Le Papyvore      ("Les Papyvore" EP 1967 France)

Sacred Shrines - Hung Up On Your Wall      (7"single 2014 Queensland, Australia)

the Golden Dawn - Starvation      ("Power Plant" LP 1968 Texas, USA)

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks - I Scare Myself      ("Strikin' It Rich" LP 1972 USA)

Dead Skeletons - Dead Mantra       ("Dead Magick" LP 2011 Iceland)

Kikagaku Moyo - Smoke and Mirrors      ("Forest of Lost Children" LP 2014 Japan)

Sudden Death of Stars - Magical Mirror      ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown..." 2014 Brittany, France)

Balduin - Everything      ("Post From Mars" anthology 2014 Switzerland)

Quilt - Cowboys in the Void      ("Quilt" 2014 USA)

Southern Boutique - Rabbit Trail      (7"single 2014 USA)

the Warlocks - Dead Generation      ("Skull Worship" 2014 USA)

Bee Gees - Idea (alternate mix)      ("Idea" LP 1968 Australia/UK - taken from the bonus disc of rarities/alternate mixes/unreleased songs included with 2006 re-issue)

    ###   “Band of the Week”    Polska Radio One   ###

Polska Radio One - Volga       ("North Berry" EP 2014 Yekaterinburg, Russia)

Polska Radio One - To The Delta of Aquarius      ("Cosmos Inside" LP 2014 Russia)

Polska Radio One - New Space      (CD-single 2013 Russia)

Polska Radio One - Launch #93      ("Cosmos Inside" LP 2014 Russia)

Dark Ocean Colors - She's a Cornucopia      ("Dark Ocean Colors" 2011 USA)

Crystal Jacqueline and the Honeypot - Hole in My Shoe [Traffic cover]     ("Electronic Memory" CD-box-set 2015 Wales)    

the Sunnyboys - Show Me Some Discipline     (7"single, 1983 Sydney, Australia)

the Luck Of Eden Hall - Dandy Horse      ("Greatest Hits, Volume 1"   2014 USA)

Jim Noir - Honour and Moogswings      ("Finnish Line" 2014 Scotland)

Toni and Royce - Buy Some Love      (7"single 1966 Queensland, Australia)

the Masters Apprentices - Buried and Dead      ((7"single 1966 Adelaide, Australia)

Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe (mono single version)      (bonus track on 200 re-issue of "Would You Believe" LP 1967 London, UK)

plus ....  1968 German TV show “Idea” – feat. Bee Gees, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity .... and more! Enjoy.......