Technicolour Dreaming

This edition’s “Compilation of the Week” is an ongoing series put out by the UK’s Particle Records called “UPSIDE DOWN – Coloured Dreams From The Underworld : 1966-1971”, the latest of which, Volume 3, was released only a couple of months ago. It is a cornucopia of mostly obscure late-60’s Australasian psych pop, with a few “hits” and lesser-known songs by well-known artists thrown in. It’s a fascinating glimpse of the New Zealand and Australian “pop scene” of the era, with extensive liner notes accompanying each volume, and though we had some difficulty finding film clips from the period to go with the songs we chose, hopefully we’ve managed to give you an idea of those sounds. Furthermore, we featured other Sixties’ songs from around the world during the course of the show, as well as recent releases from the likes of Melbourne’s Wesley Fuller, Scotland’s Dr Cosmo’s Tape Lab and Iceland’s Singapore Sling, plus Sendelica’s brilliant version of Pink Floyd’s “The Nile Song”, taken from Fruit de Mer Records recent Barrett/Floyd tribute double-CD compilation “A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl”. We finished with 1969’s uber-psychedelic “Cold Spider” by C. A. Quintet from their brilliant “Trip Thru Hell” album before saying adieu until next week.....

..... so here is the playlist plus associated eye candy.....

Cary Grace - Cirrus Minor [Pink Floyd cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents : A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl" tribute compilation 2014 UK)

Pinkunoizu - I Said Hell You Said No      ("The Drop" 2014 USA)

Sagittarius - Hotel Indiscreet       (7"single 1968 Los Angeles, California USA)

Wesley Fuller - Change Your Mind      (7"single 2015 Melbourne, Australia)

Mick Ronson - Only After Dark      ("Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" LP 1974 UK)

Sendelica - The Nile Song [Pink Floyd cover]      ("Fruits de Mer Records presents : A Momentary Lapse of Vinyl" compilation 2014 UK)

Singapore Sling - You Drive Me Insane      ("The Tower of Foronicity" 2014 Iceland)

Crocodiles - Jet Boy, Jet Girl [Elton Motello cover]    (bonus track on "Sleep Forever" 2010 USA)

White Fence - Nero (Has a Lot to Think About)      (split 7"single [with Jack Name] 2014 USA)

Allah-Las - Buffalo Nickel      ("Worship the Sun" 2014 California, USA)

the Green Pajamas - With A Flower in Her Hair      ("Summer of Lust" LP 1984 USA)

the Chemistry Set - The World Is Hollow and I Touched the Sky     ("This Day will Never Happen Again" 2010 UK)

Rhubarb Rhubarb - Rainmaker      (7"single 1968 UK)

Barrington Davis - Raining Teardrops      (7"single 1966 Sydney, Australia)

Lotus - Lotus 1     (7"single 1971 Australia)

Johnny Young - Craise Finton Kirk [Bee Gees cover]      ("Surprises..." LP 1968 Australia / UK)

            ## COMPILATION OF THE WEEK ##

“UPSIDE DOWN – Coloured Dreams From The Underworld : 1966-1971” Volumes 1-3

the Twilights - Lotus      (7"single b-side [to Sand in the Sandwiches] 1968 Adelaide, Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 1)

the Gremlins - Kingsforth Hemmingseen      (7"single 1968 Auckland, New Zealand – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 2)

Long Grass - Sunshine to Burn      (7"single 1971 Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 3)

the Groop - Seems More Important to Me      (7"single 1967 Melbourne, Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 2)

the Atlantics - Light Shades of Dark [Part 1]      (7"single 1969 Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 3)

Ronnie Burns - Exit Stage Right      (7"single 1967 Melbourne, Australia – taken from “Upside Down...” Vol 1)

Dr Cosmo’s Tape Lab - The Secret of Tibetan Grapefruit Is...      ("Ever Evolving Lounge" 2014 USA)

Mayfly - Blue Sofa       ("Mayfly" LP 1973 Netherlands)

Ty Wagner - I'm a No-Count      (7”single 1965 USA)

Park Avenue Playground - The Trip      (7"single b-side (to I Know) 1968 USA)

the Byrds – Why?        (7"single b-side [to Eight Miles High] 1966 USA)

the C. A. Quintet - Cold Spider       ("Trip Thru Hell" LP 1969 USA)

Obscured By...

As always, we launched into Obscured by... with a bunch of Australian bands from the 60’s and early 70’s, this week including the pop-psych sounds of Puppy, an obscurity from the Groop, a live TV appearance by Kahvas Jute and classic garage punk from the Missing Links, and eventually bookended the show by finishing with some recent exponents of that ‘wild garage sound’... first from the USA, with Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, and then from Russia, with the Crushers. In between, we heard some goth from Christian Death, US punk from the Avengers, Krautrock from Faust, a pertinent classic from John Cooper Clarke, a strange electro set from Adelaide combo voiceROM, an interesting cover of a Velvet Underground standard by OMD, a 1976 live rehearsal recording from 801 and much more... even David Essex! And all brought to you by the DOTS for this week, the Cat and the Brat.....

..... so here is the full playlist.....  

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Missing Links – Speak No Evil     (‘You’re Driving Me Insane’ LP 1965 Australia)

Kahvas Jute – I Can’t Stop     (unreleased – live on ‘Hit Scene’ ABCTV 1971 Aust.)

Pirana – Here It Comes Again     (7”single 1971 Aust.)

Long Grass – Anywhere you wanna go     (7”single 1968 Adelaide, Aust.)

the Groop - Mandrake Wine     (Australia - recorded 1968 in London, unreleased until 1987 - on flexi-disc with "From the Vault" mag. Aust)

Puppy – Belinda     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

the Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey (recorded in 1985)     (‘Peel Sessions’ EP 1991 UK)

Xmal Deutschland – Orient     (‘Fetisch’ LP 1983 Germany)

Christian Death – Skeleton Kiss     (‘Skeleton Kiss’ 1992 USA)

Toys Went Beserk – Audrina     (‘Pieces’ double 12” EP 1987 Australia)

the  Avengers – Car Crash     (7”single 1977 USA)

Second Hand – Reality     (‘Reality’ LP 1968 UK)

Faust – J’ai Mal Aux Dents [prev.called Party 3]     (recorded 1973 – released on ‘71 Minutes’ 2004 Germany)

Tangerine Dream – Tangram     (‘Tangram’ LP 1980 Germany)

voiceROM – Sugarkeys Foreshadowing / Summon the Noodle Vendor / Kilophone     (‘Pastry Music for Pastry Chefs’ 2012 Adelaide, Australia)

the Outsiders – PrisonSong     (‘CQ’ LP 1968 Netherlands)

the Raincoats – No One’s Little Girl     (7”single 1982 UK)

John Cooper Clarke – Beasley Street     (‘Snap, Crackle and Bop’ LP 1980 UK)

David Essex – Rock On     (7”single 1973 UK)

Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark – Waiting for the Man [Velvet Underground cover]     (10”single b-side 1980 UK)

Roxy Music – Sea Breezes / Bitter End     (‘Roxy Music’ LP 1972 UK)

801 – The Fat Lady of Limbourg [Eno song]     (recorded at rehearsal  23.8.1976 – taken from ‘801 Live – Collector’s Edition re-issue’ 2009 UK)

Ty Segall – Maria Stacks [with Thee Oh Sees]     (7”single 2009 – taken from ‘Singles 2007-2010’ anthology 2011 USA)

Thee Oh Sees – Head of State     (‘Dog Poison’ 2009 USA)

the Crushers – Bonita     (‘Glory of the Day’ 2002 Moscow, Russia)

Obscured By...

This week on Obscured by... again there was a solo ‘DOT’... this time Peter Brat. I followed our regular policy of rarities and obscurities from around the world in various genres and from varied sources... including a ‘live on TV’ song from Australian 70’s band Kelly, a previously unreleased 1982 Kimberly Rew track with the Waves [later known as Katrina & the Waves], the first ever Rough Trade record [by French electro-punks Metal Urbain, who I was lucky enough to see in London in 1977], the 1978 b-side teaming Eno and UK punks Snatch [Judy Nylon & Patti Palladin] and which also featured Phil Collins on drums, 80’s psych from the United States of Existence, a couple of long tracks from the debut albums by Germany’s Guru Guru and Can, some Australian 60’s grooviness, the song by Luke Haines that ought to have featured in TV show “Spooks”, and much, much more...

...so here is the playlist...

the Vacant Lot – Don’t let me sleep too long [Myddle Class cover]     (7”single 1967 Sydney, Aust.)

Marty Rhone – No No No No     (7”single 1967 Aust.)

the Groop – Mandrake Wine     (recorded London 1968, released on flexidisc with ‘The Vault’ magazine 1989)

Dave Miller Set – Let’s Get Together     (7”single 1968 Aust.)

Kelly – See My Way [Blodwyn Pig cover]     (‘live’ on ABC-TV “Hit Scene” 1971 Aust.)

The Harts – Little Girl     (7”single 1967 Adelaide, Aust.)

Flying Circus – Turn Away     (‘Bonza Beaut & Boom Boom’ LP 1971 Aust.)

Frog Hollow – Slowish One     (‘Over, Under, Sideways, Down’ EP 1972 Aust.)

the Gentlemen – No Chance     (‘Psychedelic Super Pjotr’ compilation of Eastern Bloc psych etc)

Country Joe & the Fish – Section 43     (‘Country Joe & the Fish’ LP 1966 USA)

BabyGrandmothers – Being is more than Life      (‘Psychedelic Phinland: Finnish hippie and underground music 1967-74’ compilation)

the Firesign Theatre – More Undermutterances     (Best of the Firesign Theatre)

the Byrds – 5D     (‘Fifth Dimension’ LP 1966 USA)

the Chambers Brothers – Time Has Come Today     (‘Even More Nuggets Vol. 3’ compilation)

Love – You Set The Scene     (‘Forever Changes’ LP 1967 USA)

the Waves – Animal Song     (previously unreleased 1982 recording – bonus track on ‘Bible of Bop’)

the United States of Existence – Love to the 44^th power    (‘Introducing...’ LP 1986 USA)

the Shower Scene from Psycho – She [Monkees’ cover]     (Exploding Hits)

Eno & Snatch – RAF     (7’single b-side 1978 UK)

Metal Urbain – Paris Maquis     (7”single 1977 France/UK [1^st release of ‘Rough Trade Records’])

Cabaret Voltaire – The Set Up     (‘Extended Play’ EP 1978 UK)

Sunglasses After Dark – Swamp Baby     (7”single 1984 UK)

the Urinals – I’m a Bug     (‘Another E.P.’ 1979 USA)

the Virgin Prunes – Bau Dachong     (7”single 1982 UK)

Guru Guru – Oxymoron     (‘KanGuru’ LP 1972 Germany)

Can – Thief     (‘Delay’ LP 1968 Germany)

Luke Haines – the Spook Manifesto     (The Oliver Twist Manifesto)