Technicolour Dreaming

We had a guest in the studio with us this week ... Vic from Walking Bird Records came in to give us a sneak preview of their latest release, the album “Look!” by Adelaide’s own Tom Redwood, recorded in Vic’s Walking Bird studio and featuring members of Vic’s own band, Vic Conrad & the First Third on some of the songs. Though basically ‘singer/song-writer’ in genre, there are more electric ‘acid-folk’ and ‘soft-psych’ elements in some of the songs, which we found appropriate for Technicolour Dreaming – definitely worth checking out! Our “Band of the Week” fetured UK band the Sunchymes, whom regular listeners will recognise as long-time favourites on this show. Aaron from the band has assured us that a new album is nearing completion and we’re hoping that this will be the one that finally gets them the recognition they richly deserve – a very talented band! There were also tracks from Ty Segall, Grand Rapids, Wellwater Conspiracy and Singapore Sling plus a single from the wonderfully-named Dr Cosmo’s Tape Lab and much more.....

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

Dahga Bloom – Goodnight Moon         (7” split single [with Jeffertitti’s Nile] 2011 USA)

Polska Radio One – Time Eternity         (“Cosmos Inside” 2014 Russia)

Ty Segall – The Singer         (“Manipulator” 2014 California, USA)

Dr Cosmo’s Tape Lab – Pin The Tail         (7” single 2014 Glasgow, UK)

Los Craters – Bronco         (“Low Tide Lover” 2013 California USA)

the Grand Rapids – Copper Girl         (7”single 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Beachwood Sparks – Once We Were Trees         (7”single 2000 USA)

Tom Redwood – Help Me Lord         (“Look!” 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Clay Allison – Fell From The Sun         (7”single 1984 USA)

Painted Hills – Morning Light         (“Painted Hills” 2010 USA)

Tom Redwood – Disneyland         (“Look!” 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

Wellwater Conspiracy – Green Undertow/Enebrio         (“Single No 2”, 7”single b-side [to Trowerchord]  1994 USA)

Voice of the Seven Woods – Sailing to Byzantium         (10”single b-side [to The Holy Harbour] 2007 USA)

John Frankovic – You’re Telling Me         (“Under the Water Lily” 1993 USA)

the Minus Five – The Lurking Barrister        (“Sad Hasselhoff “ EP 2012 USA)

    ###   “BAND OF THE WEEK”   –  the Sunchymes   ###

the Sunchymes – Through My Eyes [2014 remix]         (mp3 2014 UK)

the Sunchymes – Your Disguise         (“Let Your Free Flag Fly”2012 UK)

the Sunchymes – Uncle Albert’s Slide Show            (“Let Your Free Flag Fly”2012 UK)

Night Beats – The Seven Poison Wonders         (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 USA)

the Laurels – Merry Go Round      (“Mesozoic EP”2011 Australia)

King Penguin – She Don’t Care About Time [Byrds cover]         (recorded 2014 UK – taken from “Fruits de Mer label:‘7 and 7 Is’” vinyl 7”singles box-set 2014 UK)

Singapore Sling – Listen         (“The Curse of Singapore Sling”  2005 Iceland)

Technicolour Dreaming

We’ve been asked from time to time where we find the music we bring to you each week on Technicolour Dreaming. Well, it comes from a wide range of sources - some from our own home vinyl, CD, tape and digital collection, some from the huge 3D Radio Library [90,000 items and growing!], local demos and pre-releases we are given, mp3 downloads by musicians around the world from sites such as Bandcamp or compilations on blogs such as ‘The Active Listener’, plus promo releases from independent record companies such as the UK’s Fruits de Mer and State Records, or Australia’s Walking Bird and Smashed Records, not forgetting being given their latest releases by artists such as Death In June, the Byzantines, Subtract-S and the Dunes when they come in to join us on the show. So you can see that with such diverse resources, there never seems to be enough time each week to play everything we want to... which just adds to the fun – there’s always more fine music out there to discover and to share.....

..... so here is this week’s playlist, with some associated visuals.....

the Dials – Rose Marie      (“The End of the Pier” 2013 Brighton, UK)

Country Joe & the Fish – Section 43      (recorded live 1967 – taken from “Monterey International Pop Festival” compilation 2007 USA)

the Blue Giant Zeta Puppies – ‘Lost In Space’ TV Theme [John Williams cover]      (“Fruits de Mer 2014 Annual” compilation EP 2013 UK)

Man or Astro-man? – Taxidermist Surf      (“Is it... Man or Astro-man?” 1993 Alabama, USA)

Sisters Of Your Sunshine Vapor – Black Mind      (“Spectra Spirit” 2011 Detroit, USA – taken from “The Active Listener Psychedelic Sampler Vol.2” compilation 2012 New Zealand)

John Foxx – Shifting City      (“Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour” 1997 UK)

 

Ultravox! – Saturday Night in the City of the Dead      (“Ultravox!” LP 1977 UK)

the Hoodoo Gurus – (Let’s All) Turn On      (“Stoneage Romeos” LP 1984 Australia)

Wooden Shjips – These Shadows      (“Back to Land” 2013 California, USA)

WJLP – The Moon King      (“Bad News Baby” 2013 Netherlands)

Nilsson – You Can’t Do That [Beatles cover]      (“Pandemonium Shadow Show” LP 1967 California, USA)

Dead Horse One – Undone      (“Dead Horse One/Dead Mantra” split EP 2012 France)

the Aerovons – The Years      (“Resurrection” LP 1969 USA/UK)

the Left Banke – Shadows Breaking Over My Head      (“Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina” LP 1967 New York City, USA)

the Byrds – Have You Seen Her Face      (“Younger Than Yesterday” LP 1967 USA)

the Ruby Suns – My Ten Years on Auto-Pilot      (“The Ruby Suns” 2006 New Zealand)

the Black Hollies – Here Comes the Rain      (7”single 2013 USA)

Todd Rundgren – Saving Grace/Little Red Lights      (“Something/Anything” double-LP 1972 USA)

the Rain Parade – This Can’t Be Today      (“Emergency Third Rail Power Trip” LP 1983 Los Angeles, USA)

the Dunes – Red Leaves       (“La Musique Nouveau” EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

the Asteroid #4 – Ode to Cosmo      (“The Asteroid #4” LP 2013 Philadelphia, USA)

Jonathan Wilson – Desert Trip      (“Fanfare” 2013 USA)

the Night Beats – Playin’ Dead      (“Sonic Bloom” 2013 Seattle, USA)

the Beep Seals – I Dreamt a Metal Hat      (“Things That Roar” 2008 UK)

Merrell Fankhauser & HMS Bounty – Lost In The City      (“Things” LP 1967 USA)

the Striped Bananas – Oasis of Time      (“Lady Sunshine” 2013 USA)