Technicolour Dreaming

There was a plethora of 1960’s goodness in this edition of Technicolour Dreaming with the centrepiece being our featured Compilation of the Week, "2131 South Michigan Avenue : 60's Garage and Psychedelia from U.S.A. and Destination Records", a double-CD from America  released in 2009 by Sundazed Records, certainly one of the leading, and most interesting, reissue labels around today. This particular compilation features a few bands you may recognise, such as the Cryan’ Shames and Park Avenue Playground, but many you probably don’t but should – for example the excellent Daughters of Eve and the Lost Agency – and that’s the fun of these type of ‘rarities’ compilations, finding great bands you’ve not heard before. Zooming to current releases, we played a tracks from the long-awaited and finally soon-to-be-released new album from Dutch psych hero, Jacco Gardner and the “Crocodilians” LP by the UK’s Moth Effect, plus recent releases from bands such as Psychic Ills, My Expansive Awareness, Vibravoid and France’s Moodoid, amongst a bunch of other delights. So, until next week.....

..... here is the playlist, complete with sundry visuals.....

Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire [Johnny Cash cover]      ("Wall of Voodoo" EP 1980 USA)

Moodoid [featuring Melody's Echo Chamber] - Le lac d'or       (digital single 2105 Paris, France)

Southern Gentlemen - I Want You Back Again      (7" single 1966 Adelaide, Australia)

We All Together - Tomorrow [Paul & Linda McCartney cover]      ("We All Together" LP 1972 Peru)

Psychic Ills – Come Around       (recorded 2014 USA – taken from “Psych For Sore Eyes 2” compilation 2014 Germany)

Vibravoid - Rheinflow      (7"single 2015 Dusseldorf, Germany)

My Expansive Awareness - Garage and Marijuana      ("Uroboros" 2014 Zaragoza, Spain)

the Magnetic Mind - Stay Away From The Door      (recorded London, UK for "The Active Listener Sampler 8" compilation 2013 New Zealand)

Jacco Gardener - Find Yourself      ("Hypnophobia" [pre-release] 2015 Netherlands)

Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup - Jabberwock      (7" single 1968 UK)

Eternal Tapestry - When I Was In Your Mind      ("A World Out Of Time" 2012 Portland USA)

Palace of Light - Books       (7" single b-side [to Catherine] UK - 2015 reissue of 1991 release)    

the Left Banke - Shadows Breaking Over My Head      ("Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina" LP 1967 USA)

James McKeown and the Negative Drivers - I See The Rain Again [Marmalade cover]       ("Active Listener : Record Store Day 2013" compilation 2103 New Zealand)

Compilation of the Week

"2131 South Michigan Avenue : 60's Garage and Psychedelia from U.S.A. and Destination Records" – double-CD pack

the Shady Daze - I'll Make You Pay     (7”single b-side [to Love is a Beautiful Thing] 1967 USA – taken from "2131 South Michigan Avenue : 60's Garage and Psychedelia from U.S.A. and Destination Records" compilation 2009 USA - disc 1)

Lord of the Flies - You Made a Fool of Me       (7"single Indiana, USA – taken from disc 2)

the Cryan' Shames  - Ben Franklin's Almanac     (7”single b-side [to Sugar & Spice] 1966 USA taken from disc 1)

the Daughters of Eve - Help Me Boy [Animals cover]      (7”single 1967 USA – taken from disc 2)

the Lost Agency - Time to Dream      (7”single 1967 USA – taken from disc 1)

Park Avenue Playground - The Trip      (7”single b-side [to I Know] 1968 USA – taken from disc 2)

    [the Daughters of Eve Radio Spot 1967]        (taken from disc 2)

White Manna - Acid Head      ("White Manna" 2012 California, USA)

Bleeding Knees Club - It's-A-Happening [Magic Mushrooms cover]      ("Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era" double-LP compilation 2012 Australia)

Traffic - Paper Sun       (7" single 1967 UK)

Moth Effect - Ghosts Afraid of the Dark      ("Crocodilians" 2015 UK)

White Noise - Black Mass: [Electric Storm in Hell]      ("An Electric Storm" 1969 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Rather than a band, we had Dutch solo performer Jacco Gardner as our “Artiste of the Week” in this edition of Technicolour Dreaming. Regular listeners will be aware that we have featured his music quite frequently since we first heard his “Clear the Air” single early last year, the song later appearing on his excellent debut album “Cabinet of Curiosities”. Whilst clearly in thrall to 60’s psychedelic pop, Jacco has managed to create his own inspired take on the genre, letting the strength of his song writing shine through – like his predecessors, he sure knows how to write a catchy pop song with twists and unexpected turns a-plenty. Wonderful music.... and his ever-growing renown is well-deserved – hopefully he’ll bring his band on tour to Australia soon! Also featured again this week was the UK record label Fruits de Mer, including tracks by FdM stalwarts such as Spain’s excellent Stay and Welsh outfit Schnauser amongst others, the two mentioned above taken from the latest promo sampler “Friends of the Fish vol. 1” which reminds us of the diversity of the label’s output and which we’ll certainly be plundering over coming months – great stuff! Also played this week were new tracks from Espectrostatic, Sky Picnic and Dodson & Fogg [featuring the Young Ones’ Nigel Planer] plus a few ‘blasts from the past’  by the likes of the Sorrows, Holland’s After Tea, the United States of America and Peru’s We All Together doing a Badfinger cover, taken from their sole 1972 LP.

There was much more of course, as always, so until next week.....

..... here is the playlist with some associated clips, plus a short film of the famous 1964 LSD debate at MiT featuring Dr Timothy Leary.... Enjoy!  

After Tea – The Time is Nigh         (7” single b-side [to Not Just a flower in Your Hair] 1967 Netherlands)

Lumerians – Xulux         (“Transmalinnia” 2013 USA)

David Crosby – Song With No Words [Tree With No Leaves]         (”If I Could Only Remember My Name...”  LP 1971 USA)

Stay – If I Needed Someone [Beatles cover]         (“Mersey Dream” EP 2013 Spain)

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

Espectrostatic – Escape from Witchtropolis         (“Escape from Witchtropolis” 2014 Austin, Texas, USA)

Paul Messis – Nightmares         (7”single 2014 UK)

Soft Walls – Won’t Remember My Name         (“No Time” 2014 USA)

the United States of America – The American Metaphysical Circus         (“The United States of America” LP 1968)

Schnauser – Westward Ho!         (“Where Business Meets Fashion” 2013 Wales, UK – taken from Fruits de Mer Records promo-CD compilation “friends of the fish – a first collection” 2014 UK)

Sendelica – Hard Coming Love [United States of America cover]         (recorded 2014 UK – taken from “Fruits de Mer label:‘7 and 7 Is’” vinyl 7”singles box-set 2014 UK)

Kaleidoscope – Flight From Ashiya         (7”single 1967 UK)

White Sails – The Answer         (“White Sails EP” 2013 USA/Finland)

the Californians – The Cooks of Cake and Kindness       (7”single b-side [to Mandy]1969 UK)

   ###    “Artiste of the Week”   –   Jacco Gardner    ###

Jacco Gardener – Puppets Dangling         (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Netherlands)

Jacco Gardener – End of August         (7”single 2013 Netherlands)

Jacco Gardener – Clear the Air         (“Cabinet of Curiosities” 2013 Netherlands)

Jacco Gardener – Always on My Mind [Billy Nicholls cover]         (“Trouble in Mind Records presents: Record Store Day 2013 4-Way Covers Split 7 inch” compilation EP [with Maston, MMOSS, and the Resonars] 2013 USA/Netherlands)

Skull Cave – Acid Tone      (CD-single 2014 Perth, Australia)

Miss Elm – Facebook Never Lies      (“Hybrid” EP 2014 Queensland, Australia)

New Electric Ride – The Beyond       (“Balloon Age” 2014 UK)

the Psychedelic Schafferson Jetplane – Blessings from the Reptiles [Diego]      (“Psychedelic Schafferson Jetplane”  2010 Chile)

Maston – Strange Rituals       (“Shadows” 2014 Los Angeles, USA)

We All Together – It’s a Sin to Go Away [Badfinger cover]      (“We All Together” LP 1972 Peru)

Dodson & Fogg (feat. Nigel Planer) – Entrepreneur in the Garden      (“In A Strange Slumber” 2014 UK)

the Sorrows – You’ve Got What I Want      (7”single 1966 UK)

Sky Picnic – Upon Further Reflection       (“Her Dawn Wardrobe” 2014 Brooklyn, New York, USA)

plus....

Timothy Leary 1964 debate link - http://www.openculture.com/2014/09/the-historic-lsd-debate-at-mit.html

Technicolour Dreaming

We got a nice surprise in the mail today in the form of the new Permanent Clear Light CD all the way from Helsinki, Finland. We were most impressed by a track we played earlier this year so we had high hopes for the album... and were not disappointed – it’s brilliant! Don’t know what it is about those northern climes, but many of our recent faves such as the Apricot, Vibravoid, Life On Earth, the Amazing and many others have come from northern Europe and now PCL joins that list, so “do yourself a favour” and check them out – we’ll certainly be playing more songs from the album in the weeks to come for you to hear. Also featured this week was the latest release by the ever-prolific Ty Segall plus a bunch of cool 60’s tracks from around the world by the likes Rainbow Ffolly, We All Together, the Churchills, Ultimate Spinach and Adelaide’s own Masters Apprentices – in other words, back to business as usual for the Cat & the Brat on Technicolour Dreaming after last week’s hectic 3D Radio-thon edition.....

...... and so here is the playlist, with an assortment of visuals.....

DeWolff – Silver Lovemachine      ("Strange Fruits & Undiscovered Plants" 2011 Netherlands)

 

Rainbow Ffolly – She's Alright      ("Rainbow Ffolly Sallies Fforth" LP 1968 UK)

the Turtles – Down In Suburbia      ("You, Baby" LP 1965 Los Angeles, USA)

the Sand Pebbles – Occupied Europe (Take Me Across the Water)         (“Dark Magic” 2011 Melbourne, Australia)

 

Prince Rama – Incarnation         (“Trust Now” 2012 USA)

 

the Masters Apprentices – Buried and Dead         (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

 

Ty Segall – Crazy          (“Sleeper” 2013 California, USA)

 

Toni McCann – No         (7”single b-side [to My Baby] 1965 Brisbane, Australia)

 Darker My Love – 18^th Street Shuffle         (“Alive as You Are” 2010 USA)

 

the Sounds Like Us – The Other Side of a Record         (7”single 1966 USA)

Deep Purple – Emmaretta [BBC Top Gear session 14/01/69]         (“Deep Purple” LP 1969 [bonus track on 2000 reissue] UK)

 We All Together – It’s a Sin to Go Away         (“We All Together” LP 1970 Peru)

    

Permanent Clear Light – Skirmish         (“Beyond These Things” 2013 Helsinki, Finland)

 the Church – Is this where you Live?         (“Of Skins and Heart” LP 1981 Australia)

 Cheval Sombre – I Found It Not So         (“Cheval Sombre” 2008 New York, USA)

 

the Lovetones – Genius        (“Meditations” 2006 Melbourne, Australia)

Andrew Douglas Rothbard – Golden Calf         (“Abandoned Meander” 2006 Canada)

 Thunderclap Newman – The Reason         (“Hollywood Dream” LP 1970 UK)

 Ultimate Spinach – (Ballad of) The Hip Death Goddess         (“Ultimate Spinach” LP 1968 USA)

 

the Churchills – Debka      (7”single 1970 Israel)