Technicolour Dreaming

Again this week we indulged our fondness for ‘suites’, this time by playing all the tracks from side 2 of DeWolff’s latest album ‘IV’, which are collectively entitled “A Mind Slip” – in our opinion, the best thing they’ve yet done! There were also songs from current bands such as Pugwash, Vibravoid, Youngteam and Clue to Kalo plus the debut recording by Melbourne psychsters Flyying Colours, as well as a selections from the past by luminaries such as the Adverts, Johnny Young, Naz Nomad & the Nightmares and the gloriously-named Frumious Bandersnatch. Finally, we featured a mystery song whose unknown provenance has been commented on by the ‘arch-drood’ himself – Julian Cope – who noted: “the track ‘A Walk Down Emily Lane’ by The Unexplained, I was informed by a pretty reliable source, ... was an 80's studio creation by a mystery group that was recorded exclusively for the album, so don't waste your time trying to find the record, I don't think it exists”  ..... http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1731/  

..... so here is the playlist, with some moving pictures.....

Pugwash – Even I        (‘Jollity’ 2005 Ireland)

Steve Hillage – It’s All Too Much [George Harrison cover]         (‘L’ LP 1976 UK)

A Little Bit of Sound – Incense and Peppermints [Strawberry Alarm Clock cover]         (7” single 1967 California, USA)

Clue to Kalo – What Went Down Around         (‘Lily Perdida’ 2008 Adelaide, Australia)

the Mecki Mark Men – Free         (‘The Mecki Mark Men’ LP 1967 Sweden)

Flyying Colours – Wavygravy         (CD single 2013 Melbourne, Aust.)

Crocodiles – Hollow Hollow Eyes         (‘Sleep Forever’ 2010 USA)

Manfred Mann – A “B” Side         (7” single b-side [to Ragamuffin Man] 1969 UK)

Nazz Nomad and the Nightmares – Cold Turkey [Big Boy Pete cover]         (‘Give Daddy the Knife, Cindy’ LP 1984 UK)

Henri Salvador – Carnaby Street         (‘Pikabou’ 7” EP 1967 France)

the Adverts – One Chord Wonders         (7” single 1977 UK)

the Times – Glad Not Sad         (live recording, unreleased – taken from ‘Devil’s Children: Vol.2’ compilation 2000 Australia)

Johnny Young and Kompany – Caralyn [Strangeloves cover]         (7” single b-side [to Step Back] 1966 Australia)

 

the Apple – The Otherside         (‘An Apple a Day’ LP 1969 Cardiff, Wales)

the Unexplained – A Walk down Emily Lane         (‘Chocolate Soup for Diabetics Vol. 1’ compilation LP 1980 UK – taken from the ‘Chocolate Soup for Diabetics’ 5-CD boxset 2010 UK)

DeWolff – A Mind Slip [suite]   i Devil on a Wire   ii The Telephone   iii Black Hole Raga   iv Sixth Dimension Blues   v The Telephone Pt.2   vi Astral Awareness   vii Vicious Times      (‘DeWolff IV’ 2013 Limburg, Netherlands)

Vibravoid – The Politics of Ecstacy      (‘The Politics of Ecstacy’ 2006 Germany)

Pink Floyd – Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up      (‘Zabriskie Point’ soundtrack LP 1970 USA/Italy)

Youngteam – Daydreamer      (‘Daydreamer’ 2011 Sweden)

Southwest F.O.B. – Smell of Incense [West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band cover]      (7”single 1968 Texas, USA) 

the Higher State – Levitation [13^th Floor Elevators cover]      (‘Texas’ EP 2010 UK)

the Rising Sons – Take a Giant Step [Monkees cover]      (recorded 1966, unreleased – taken from ‘LA Nuggets - Where the Action Is: 1965-1968’ compilation boxset  2009 USA)

the British North-American Act – Don’t Run Away      (‘In the Beginning...’ LP 1968 Canada)

Frumious Bandersnatch – Hearts to Cry      (‘Frumious Bandersnatch’ EP 1968 San Francisco, USA)

Technicolour Dreaming

Our fondness for ‘suites’ will be familiar to regular listeners to Technicolour Dreaming, so it will come as no surprise that this week’s feature was ‘The Saga of Rodney Toady’ by Giles, Giles & Fripp in its entirety.... with recent psych and garage by bands such as les Liminanas, Vibravoid and Nothing People through some glam, courtesy of T.Rex and Shudder To Think [from the Velvet Goldmine movie], UK punk by Wire and Adam & the Ants, the odd slice of sunshine pop from a couple of Curt Boettcher-related projects plus a number of goodies from the likes of Lotus, Beaches and the Green Circles to round out the show....

..... so here is the playlist, with some visuals.....

les Liminanas – I’m Dead      (‘Crystal Anis’ 2012 France)

   

the Green Circles – Watermelon Sugar Blues       (‘Mr Cocking’s Descent’ 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Del Shannon – I Think I Love You      (‘The Further Adventures of Charles Westover’ LP 1968 USA)

Beaulieu Porch – Keep On Screaming      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

the Byrds – Change Is Now      (‘The Notorious Byrd Brothers’ 1968 USA)

Giles, Giles & Fripp – The Saga of Rodney Toady [suite] :  1)North meadow  2)Newly-weds  3)One in a million  4)Call tomorrow  5)Digging my lawn  6)Little children  7)The crukster  8)Thursday morning      (‘The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp’ LP 1968 UK)

Wire- Outdoor Miner      (‘Chairs Missing’ LP 1978 UK)

Adam & the Ants – Physical      (‘Kick’ 12”EP 1982 London, UK)

  

Lotus – Lotus 1      (7”single 1971 Australia)

the Besnard Lakes – People of the Sticks      (‘Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO’ 2013 Canada)

the Paperhead – Can’t Keep My Eyes Open      (‘The Paperhead’ 2011 USA)

Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin – I Wear Black      (‘Reverse Shark Attack’  2012 California, USA)

Nothing People – Enemy with an Invitation      (7”single 2010 USA)

Beaches – Granite Snake      (‘She Beats’ 2013 Australia)

the Psychedelic Furs – It Goes On      (‘Talk Talk Talk’ LP 1981 UK)

Spizzenergi – Where’s Captain Kirk?      (7”single 1979 UK)

Shudder To Think – Hot One      (‘Velvet Goldmine’ soundtrack compilation 1998 USA/UK)

T.Rex – Ballrooms of Mars      (‘The Slider’ LP 1972 London, UK)

Bryan Ferry – San Simeon      (‘Frantic’ 2002 UK)

the Millennium – Karmic Dream Sequence #1      (‘Begin’ LP 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Sagittarius – The Truth Is Not Real      (7”single 1968 Los Angeles, USA)

Vibravoid – Incense & Peppermints [Strawberry Alarm Clock cover]      (‘The Politics of Ecstacy’ 2008 Dusseldorf, Germany)

Technicolour Dreaming

The Cat & the Brat again brought a mixture of genres and eras to the airwaves this week, including, of course, some diverse psychedelia from the likes of the Rainbow Ffolly, Sundial, Jacco Gardner and Beaulieu Porch, power pop from the Knickerbockers  and Adelaide’s own Arch Menaces, plus some 70’s German bands such as Gila and Electric Sandwich. There were a bunch of singles, primarily b-sides, from Paul Jones, the Syn, the Market Squares and more – slabs of vinyl genius. We have included amongst the clips we chose this week, Part 1 of “The Modern Antiquarian” doco by ‘arch-druid’ Julian Cope – the other parts are linked to this one – as we couldn’t find an original video of our chosen track ‘Sunspots’ from the time it was recorded, but thought that some Cope-archaeology-spieling was a rather good alternative....

.....so here is the playlist, with pictures.....

Sundial – World Without Time         (‘Other Way Out’ LP 1990 USA)

 

the Dandy Warhols – Everyday Should Be A Holiday         (‘Dandy Warhols Come Down’ 1997 USA) 
the Mynd Gardeners – East of Where         (‘Partial Spyral Staircase Entanglement’ digital-EP 2013 Adelaide, Australia) 
Bronco Bullfrog – Never Been to California         (7”single [b-side to Clarifoil] 2013 UK) 
the Arch Menaces – Fancy Free         (‘Primitive Germs’ 2013 Adelaide, Aust.) 
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich – Zabadak         (7”single 1967 UK) 
 
Paul Jones – The Dog Presides         (7”single [b-side to And the Sun Will Shine] 1966 UK)

 

the Market Squares – Inside My Mind         (7”single [b-side to Afternoon] 2013 UK)
the Blue Angel Lounge – Ashes Round the Skull       (‘The Blue Angel Lounge’ 2009 Germany)
the Intricate Blend – Door Knob         (recorded in 1968 New Mexico, unissued – taken from ‘Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych from the Norman Petty Vaults’ compilation 2007 USA) 
    
the Bee Gees – Play Down         (‘Spicks and Specks’ LP 1966 Aust.)
Stu Mitchell and Wes Dakus’ Rebels – Acid         (7” single 1966 Canada)
Jacco Gardner – Puppets Dangling         (‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ 2013 Netherlands) 
 
the Rainbow Ffolly – She’s Alright         (‘The Rainbow Ffolly Rallies Fforth’ LP 1968 UK)

Gila – Sundance Chant         (‘Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee’ LP 1966 Germany)

Wolfgang Riechmann – Himmelblau         (‘Wunderbar’ LP 1978 Germany)

Electric Sandwich – China      (‘Electric Sandwich’ LP 1973 Germany – taken from ‘Deutsche Elektronische Musik Vol. 2’ compilation 2013)

the Morgans – Rasal      (7”single b-side [to Sitar Beat] 1966 Germany)

Clinic – the Magician      (‘Winchester Cathedral’ 2004 UK)

 

Turn Me On Dead Man – Wondermint      (‘Technicolour Mother’ 2006 San Francisco, USA)

Sands – Listen to the Sky      (7”single b-side [to Mrs Gillespie’s Refridgerator] 1967 UK)

Boeing Duveen & the Beautiful Soup – Which Dreamed It      (7”single b-side [ to Jabberwock] 1968 UK)

Endle St Cloud In The Rain – Tell Me One More Time      (7”single 1969 Texas, USA)

the Syn – Grounded      (7”single b-side [to Created By Clive] 1967 UK)

 

Ride Into The Sun – Devil’s Soul      (‘Ride Into The Sun : 2010-2012’ anthology 2013 Adelaide, Aust.)

Julian Cope – Sunspots       (recorded live on ‘the Peel Sessions’  1984 London, UK – taken from ‘Floored Genius 2 - Best of the BBC Sessions 1983-91’ anthology 1993 UK)

  

the Beach Boys – Heroes & Villains [alternate take]      (recorded 1966/67 during ‘Smile’ sessions, Los Angeles, unissued – taken from ‘Smiley Smile/Wild Honey’ re-issue 1990 USA) 

Beaulieu Porch – Laminations are Loaded      (‘Beaulieu Porch’ 2012 UK)

 

the Knickerbockers – High On Love      (7”single b-side [to Stick To Me] 1966 USA)

Kelley Stoltz – Keeping the Flame      (‘To Dreamers’ 2010 USA)