Technicolour Dreaming

Alongside some new releases by local Adelaide favourites Slingshot Dragster and the Dunes we also played tracks from the brand new albums from Dodson & Fogg, Ty Segall and White Fence, plus single A-sides from House of Fire and the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s ‘tambourine guy’ Joel Gion, King Penguin’s brilliant Byrds cover from Fruits de Mer’s lavish “7 & 7 Is” singles boxset, which was released this week. We also featured songs by Les Big Byrd, the Chemistry Set, Swiss psychedelecist Balduin and 60’s classics by Gary Walker & the Rain and the Millennium, as well as a previously unreleased track by the Velvet Underground, recorded in 1969 but only released in 1984 on the “VU” album. Last, but certainly not least, we celebrated Beaulieu Porch as our “Band of the Week”. Consisting of the compositions and recordings of Englishman Simon Berry, Beaulieu Porch has released two albums, an anthology and several singles, both vinyl and digital, on his own Tillsammans Records label, all of which he recently made available as free downloads on his bandcamp page. His modern, idiosyncratic take on vintage psychedelia has been hailed in magazines such as “Shindig!” and “Mojo” plus blogs like “The Active Listener” and various “Top 10 Albums of the Year” lists – not bad for a bloke recording alone in his home studio, and we are eagerly awaiting the completion of his new album which he reports is “about halfway there”. In the meantime we strongly advise downloading the back-catalogue – you won’t regret it! – and also checking out his clips on youtube, also made by him at home, a few of which we’ve posted below. So, until next week, it’s “cheerio” from the Cat and the Brat.....

..... and here’s the playlist, with aforementioned vids.....

Prince Rupert’s Drops – Plague Ride         (“Run Slow” LP 2012 New York, USA)

 

the Heart Snatchers – Silk         (“Fall in Toulouse” 2013 Toulouse, France)

Les Big Byrd – Back to Bargarmossen         (“They Worshipped Cats” 2014 Sweden)

the Chemistry Set – Come Kiss Me Vibrate and Smile        (7”single b-side [to Time to Breathe] 2012 UK)

Balduin – A Hope For Loving You         (“Post From Mars” 2014 Switzerland)

Joel Gion – Overthrow        (7”single 2014 USA)

West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Help, I’m a Rock [Frank Zappa cover]         (“Part One” LP 1967 USA)

Slingshot Dragster – St Duane [Tremolo Beergut cover]         (demo 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

the Dunes – End of the Beginning         (“Bad Lands” EP 2014 Adelaide, Australia)

the Velvet Underground – Ocean         (recorded in 1969, released on “VU” LP 1984 New York, USA)

the Brian Jonestown Massacre – La Façon Dont La Machine Va Vers l'Arrière       (previously unreleased – taken from “Dead Bees Records Label Sampler No 9”  2010 Toulouse, France)

 

House of Fire – The Keeper of the Doors         (7”single 2014 Pennsylvania, USA)

the Millenium – 5 a.m.         (“Begin” LP 1968 USA)

Dodson and Fogg – A Sweet and Strange Surprise         (“In a Strange Slumber” 2014 UK)

  ###    BAND OF THE WEEK  –  Beaulieu Porch    ###

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (“Beaulieu Porch” 2012 UK)

Beaulieu Porch – The View from Gainsborough      (7”single 2014 UK)

Beaulieu Porch – Greencroft Street      (“Beaulieu Porch” 2012 UK)

Beaulieu Porch – Is      (“We Are Beautiful” 2013 UK)

 

Tony, Caro & John – There Are No Greater Heroes      (“All On The First Day” LP 1972 UK)

White Fence – Wolf Gets Red Faced      (“For The Recently Found Innocent” 2014 California, USA)

Ty Segall – Who’s Producing You?      (“Manipulator” 2014 California, USA)

Gary Walker & the Rain – Magazine Woman      (“Album No. 1” LP 1968 Japan/UK)

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

the Myrrors – Mind’s Eye      (“Burning Circles In The Sky” 2008 Tucson, Arizona, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

“So much music, so little time” has been our mantra since day one and this week was no exception, so we squeezed in as many as possible of the diverse tunes on offer, including new releases from Morgan Delt, Diane Coffee, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and Thee Oh Sees. Naturally there was also a selection of 60’s goodies from Colours, Fleurs de Lys, the Executives and a few French ‘exotiques’ from the likes of Michel Polnareff and les Gypsys. Throw in some Luck of Eden Hall, White Fence, Sand Pebbles amongst others and it’s another sonic adventure with the Cat & the Brat on 3D Radio......

...... so here is the playlist and some associated visuals, our particular favourites this week being those by Clinic and the Lavender Brigade – hope you find them as entertaining as we did.......

Walter Ghoul’s  Lavender Brigade – Mr Spaceman      (recorded 1999 – taken from the “Retrospectoscope: 1966-70” faux-anthology 2007 UK)

Diane Coffee – New Years      (“My Friend Fish” 2013 USA)

Blackmilk – Mercy Ray      (“In Lak’ech” 2012 Perth, Australia)

Lovechain – Step Out of Your Window You Can Fly      (7”single 1969 USA – taken from “A Lethal Dose of Hard Psych” compilation 1999 USA)

Soft Hearted Scientists – Panorama       (“False Lights” 2013 Wales, UK)

Michel Polnareff – Le Roi des Fourmis      (“Âme câline“ EP 1967 France)

Henri Salvador – Carnaby Street      (“Pikabou“ EP 1967 France)

Graham Day & the Forefathers – 30-60-90      (7”single b-side [to Love Me Lies] 2014 UK)

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard – Homeless Man in Adidas      (“Oddments” 2014 Melbourne, Australia)

Us & Them – Do I Know You?      (”By the Time It Gets Dark” EP 2014 Sweden)

Colours – Love Heals      (7”single 1968 USA – taken from “Love Heals” anthology 2008 USA)

the Misunderstood – My Mind      (recorded 1966 UK  – taken from “Before the Dream Faded” anthology 1992 USA/UK)

Dead Skeletons – Yama      (“Dead Magick” LP 2011 Iceland)

Sula Bassana – Dreamer      (“Dreamer” LP 2002 Germany)

Clinic – I’m Aware      (“Bubblegum” 2010 Sheffield, UK)

Gravenhurst – She Dances      (“The Western Lands” 2007 UK)

White Fence – Beat      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 California, USA)

Foxygen – On Blue Mountain      (“We are the 21^st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic” 2012 USA)

Foxygen - 'On Blue Mountain' | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Morgan Delt – Sad Sad Trip      (“Morgan Delt” LP 2014 California, USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Wait, Let’s Go      (7”split-single [with the Mallard] 2012 California, USA – taken from “Singles Collection volume 3” anthology 2014 USA)

the Luck of Eden Hall – The Horrible Pill Book      (“Victoria Moon” LP 2014 Chicago, USA)

Loop – Cinnamon Girl [Neil Young cover]      (“The Bridge: Tribute to Neil Young” compilation LP 1989 USA – taken from “Loop: The World in Your Eyes” anthology 2009 UK)

Charlie Boyer & the Voyeurs – Evil Mothers      (7”single 2013 UK)

the Fleurs de Lys – Circles [Pete Townsend cover]      (7”single 1966 London, UK)

the Sand Pebbles – Sunshine to Burn [Long Grass cover]      (“Tomorrow is Today: A Tribute to the Australian Psychedelic Scene 1966-70” compilation 2007 Australia)

the Executives – Moving in a Circle      (7”single b-side [to It’s a Happening World] 1968 Sydney, Australia)

the Gypsys – Prolétaire      (7”single 1967 France – taken from “Psychegaelic : French Freakbeat” compilation 1999 Canada)

Technicolour Dreaming

More new music in our letterbox again this week to share, from the 60’s psych pop sounds of England’s Flower Pot Men, Holland’s Groep 1850 and New Zealand’s Ray Woolf through to more recent releases from Colorama, the Smoking Trees and Georgiana Starlington amongst others. Of course not all was new – there were some Monkees-related songs, some Rutles and various other faves like Thee Oh Sees, Brigitte Fontaine, Sendelica and Luke Haines....

..... so here is the playlist with some filmic bonuses.....

the Flower Pot Men – Let’s Go to San Francisco (Pts. 1&2)      (7”single 1967 UK)

White Fence – White Cat      (“Cyclops Reap” 2013 USA)

Marshmellow Steamshovel – Steamshovel      (7”single b-side [to Mr Mold] 1968 USA)

the Rutles – Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik      (“Archeology” 1996 UK)

Luke Haines – Rock’n’Roll Animals      (“Rock’n’Roll Animals” 2013 UK)

the Sufis – She Said to Me      (“Inventions” 2013 Nashville, USA)

Sendelica – Not the Time for Salads      (recorded 2010 Wales, UK – from “TimeMazine Vol.7” covermount-CD compilation 2012 Greece)

Surf City – I Had the Starring Role      (“We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This” 2013 New Zealand)

the Smoking Trees – Calling      (“Acetates” 2012 California, USA)

the Nashville Ramblers – The Trains      (7”single 1986 USA)

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound – Two Birds      (“When the Sweet Sleep Returned” 2009 USA)

Hidden Masters – Last Days of the Sun      (“Of This & Other Worlds” 2013 UK)

the Blues Magoos – There She Goes      (“Basic Blues Magoos” 1968 USA)

Groep 1850 – We Love Life (Like We Love You)      (7” single 1968 Netherlands)

We The People – Turn Off Your Crying Gun      (recorded 1967 Orlando, Florida – taken from 7”single 2008 USA)

Boyce & Hart – P.O.Box 9847      (7”single b-side [to Alice Long, you’re still my favourite girl] 1968 USA)

the Monkees – I Wanna Be Free (fast version)      (recorded 1967 – taken from “Monkees Music Box” compilation boxset 2001 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Destroyed Fortress Reappears      (“Help” 2009 California, USA)

Ray Woolf & the Avengers – Little Things That Happen      (recorded 1967 – 7”single 2012 New Zealand)

the Wicked Whispers – Nightbird      (7”single b-side [to Voodoo Moon] 2013 UK)

Colorama – Delaware      (“Good Music” 2013 Wales, UK)

Georgiana Starlington – Moonlight      (“Paper Moon” 2013 USA)

the Peoples Temple – Blinding City      (“More For The Masses” 2012 USA)

Brigitte Fontaine – Je suis inadaptée      (“Brigitte Fontaine est... Folle!” LP 1968 France)

Sun Yama – Subterranean Homesick Blues [Bob Dylan cover]      (7”single 1982 USA)

Dennis Wilson – River Song      (“Pacific Ocean Blue” LP 1977 California, USA)