Technicolour Dreaming

Another sizeable delivery of CDs landed in our post office box this week, which made deciding what to play on the show exceptionally easy! We had a mixed bag of old and new music, and threw in a few of our favourites for good measure, with the Walker Brothers, Death in June, the Alohas and Clinic all making a re-appearance. From our recent acquisitions we featured some cool and crazy French tunes from Evariste and Nelly Perrier; throbbing, swirling psych from Vibravoid, Dead Skeletons and the Koolaid Electric Company and 60’s classics from The Fool, Yellow Balloon and the Beau Brummels - you get the idea! All brought to you by the Cat & the Brat on Adelaide’s 3D Radio in FM, digital and internet-streaming formats for your listening pleasure.....

..... so here is the playlist [plus some eye-candy].....

Vibravoid – Gravitation Zero         (‘Gravity Zero’  2012 Germany)

the Alohas – The Headhunter         (‘Get Leid with the Alohas’  2000 Australia)

Boeing Duveen and the Beautiful Soup – Jabberwock         (7” single 1968 UK)

Peter Daltrey – The Room of Percussion [Kaleidoscope cover]         (‘King of the Thieves: The Best of Peter Daltrey Vol.2’  anthology 2011 UK)

Yellow Balloon – Yellow Balloon         (‘Yellow Balloon’ LP 1967 USA)

Trolley – I Woke Up         (‘Things that Shine and Glow’ 2012 UK)

the Monkees – Love is Only Sleeping         (‘Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones’  LP 1967 USA)

the Aardvarks – Arthur C. Clarke         (‘Arthur C. Clarke’ EP 1989 UK)

 

the Beau Brummels – Don’t Talk To Strangers         (7” single 1965 USA)

Nelly Perrier – Un Soir D’ete        (‘Mr Fred Astaire’ EP 1968 France [taken from ‘Wizzz! Psychorama Français 1967-70, Vol.2’  compilation 2008 France )

the Sufis – Where Did She Go?         (‘The Sufis’  2012 Nashville, USA)

the Walker Brothers – Archangel         (7” single b-side [to Deadlier Than the Male] 1966 UK/USA)

Espers – That Which Darkly Thrives         (‘Espers 111’ 2009 USA)

the Koolaid Electric Company – Going Blind        (‘Random Noise and Organised Sounds’ 2012 USA)

the Fool – Rainbow Man         (‘The Fool’ LP 1967 Netherlands/UK)

Ty Segal and White Fence – Tongues         (‘Hair’ 2012 California, USA)

the See See – Mary Soul         (7”single 2010 UK)

Evariste – Connais-tu l’animal qui inventa le calcul integral?         (‘E=MC^2’  EP 1968 France)

Sula Bassana – Dealer McDope / My Blue Guitar         (‘Dreamer’ 2002 Germany)

the Jigsaw Seen – Bertha Brilliance         (‘Bananas Foster’ 2010 Philadelphia, USA)

Death in June – Death of the West         (‘Burial’  LP 1984 UK - taken from ‘Lesson 1: Misanthropy’ anthology 2009 Australia/UK)

Pond – When It Explodes         (‘Beards, Wives, Denim’ 2012 Perth, Australia)

Wavves – Cop         (‘Afraid of Heights’ 2013 California, USA)

the Black Angels – Holland         (‘Indigo Meadow’  2013  Austin, Texas, USA)

Dead Skeletons – When The Sun Comes Up         (‘Dead Magick’  2011 Iceland)

Clinic – The Witch (Made to Measure)         (‘Do It’ 2008 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

Perusing the ‘New Releases’  section of the Three D library, we discovered the new Black Angels’ album had arrived – and with only a few weeks until the annual ‘Austin Psych Fest’, of which they are the primary organisers, we naturally felt we should give it an airing, plus play a couple of the other bands of similar ilk such as Permanent Clear Light and Ringo Deathstarr, as well as Adelaide’s own Ride Into The Sun, spinning the b-side of their new single, which is being launched this week in Adelaide. From there it was a mixture of newer music from the likes of Cate le Bon, Decoys and Los Straightjackets and a fair smattering of 60’s magic by bands such as the Strawberry Alarm Clock, July and the Avengers. We also played a cool 1967 single by Mark Radice which caught our attention recently. Though only 10 years old, he wrote, performed and produced it himself – later in life he went on to tour with Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, Johnny Mathis and many others before finding fame as ‘Elmo’ on TV’s ‘Sesame Street’, thus going from child entertainer to children’s entertainer! We then spun some more UK and European psych singles before featuring a classic piece by one of our favourite bands of the 1970’s, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, to wrap up the show.... all brought to you by the Cat and Brat on Adelaide’s 3D Radio......

..... and here is the playlist, with a few filmclips accompanying.....

the Strangers – Magical Mystery Tour [Beatles cover]      (unreleased, recorded 1967 Australia – taken from ‘A Magical Mystery Tour : 1967-1971 – the David Fraser Tapes, Vol. 1’ compilation 2001 Australia)

Julian Cope – Safesurfer      (‘Peggie Suicide’ LP 1991 UK)

the Revillos – Scuba, Scuba      (7”single 1980 UK)

 

Los Straightjackets – Space Mosquito      (‘Jet Set’ 2012 Nashville, USA)

Sir Richard Bishop – The Pillars of Baalbek      (‘The Freak of Araby’ LP 2009 USA)

Ed Harcourt – Rain [Beatles cover]      (rec. 2006 – taken from ‘Mojo’ magazine covermount-CD compilation : ‘Revolver Reloaded’ 2006 UK)

the Black Angels – I Hear Colours (Chromaesthesia)       (‘Indigo Meadow’ 2013 Austin, Texas, USA)

Melody’s Echo Chamber – Bisou Magique      (‘Melody’s Echo Chamber’ 2012 Australia/France)

Cate le Bon – Falcon Eyed      (‘Cyrk’ 2012 Wales, UK)

the Fast Camels – Der Nazi Tea      (‘The Magic Optician’ 2007 Scotland, UK)

Mark Fry – Mandolin Man      (‘Dreaming With Alice’ LP 1972 Italy/UK)

the Luck of Eden Hall – This Is Strange      (‘The Luck of Eden Hall’ EP 2012 Chicago, USA)

 Permanent Clear Light – And The Skies Will Fall      (unreleased, recorded 2012 Finland – taken from ‘TimeMazine Vol.6’ covermount-CD compilation 2012  Greece)

Ride Into The Sun – Hunt Like Wolves      (cd-single b-side [to Lost At Sea] 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Ringo Deathstarr – Fifteen      (‘Mauve’ 2012 Texas, USA)

Decoys – It’s All Mine      (‘Psychedelica 4’ compilation 2010 Bristol, UK)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – The World’s On Fire [long version]      (‘Psych-Out’ soundtrack LP 1968 USA)

the Avengers – Listen, Listen [Merry-Go-Round cover]      (7”single 1967 New Zealand)

the American Revolution – Opus #1      (‘The American Revolution’ LP 1968 USA)

the Tokens – How Nice      (7”single 1967 USA)

Mark Radice – Save Your Money      (7”single 1967 USA – taken from ‘Fading Yellow Vol.3’ compilation 2001 USA)

July – The Way      (‘July’ LP 1968 London, UK)

Ramases & Selket – Mind’s Eye      (7”single b-side [of Crazy One] 1968 UK)

Groep 1850 [as 1850] – 1,000 Years Before       (‘Polyandri’ LP 1975 Netherlands)

the Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Hot City Symphony Part 1 [Vambo]      (‘The Impossible Dream’ LP 1974 UK)

Technicolour Dreaming

We began and ended the show this week with a couple of our favourite current bands, Gravenhurst from the UK and Moon Duo from the USA, as well as playing a pre-release copy of the new Ride Into The Sun single, taken from their upcoming mini-LP which, was produced in Melbourne by Alex Maas of the Black Angels – more news of that as it comes to hand! As always, we ventured far and wide for the programme, with tracks from Norway, Chile, the Netherlands and New Zealand amongst others plus some 60’s rarities such as the Tripsichord Music Box and the Attack. We also paid tribute to Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co. who passed away at a mere 39 years old – certainly an indictment of the American system of health care, or rather, the lack of it for people like musicians [though even the rich aren’t immune to its deficiencies – remember Andy Warhol being left to die neglected in a hospital corridor?] But we digress... Jason made some great music, and though it wasn’t exactly ‘psychedelic’, we felt he deserved tribute. On the lighter side, we played a version of the Woody Woodpecker song, a track from the bizarre ‘I Buried Paul: death rumour singles’ compilation that was released last year and check out the Vagrants clip from the 1965 ‘Beach Party’ exploitation movie “Disk-o-Tek Holiday” – they don’t make them like that anymore! Throw in some Monkees, Toy, Donovan and other assorted goodies and it’s another edition of Technicolour Dreaming... brought to you by the Cat & the Brat on 3D Radio, Adelaide, South Australia......

..... and here is the playlist, plus some clips to watch for your delectation.....

Gravenhurst – She Dances      (‘The Western Lands’ 2007 UK)

Eternal Tapestry – When I Was In Your Mind      (‘A World Out Of Time’ 2012 USA)

  

Toy – Make It Mine      (‘TOY’ 2012 UK)

My Bloody Valentine – New You      (‘mbv’ 2013 UK)

Lothar & the Hand People – Woody Woodpecker        (‘Presenting... Lothar & the Hand People’ LP 1968 USA)

the Attack – Created By Clive      (7”single 1967 UK)

the Apricot – Look Out Your Window      (‘A Forestful of Threes’ 2001 Oslo. Norway)

Ride Into The Sun – Lost At Sea (a love song)      (pre-release cd-single 2013 Adelaide, Australia)

Los Beat 4 – Civilizacion      (‘Habia Una Vez’ LP 1968 Chile)

Congregacion – Quantos ave no tienen y merecen      (‘Congregacion’ LP 1972 Chile)

the Strawberry Alarm Clock – Sit With the Guru      (‘Wake Up Where You Are’ 2012 USA)

Donovan – Superlungs [version]       (recorded 1965 - unissued – taken from ‘Sunshine Superman’ CD-reissue 2011 UK)

the Black Hollies – No. 10 Girl       (‘Softly Towards the Light’ 2009 Philadelphia, USA)

the Twilights – Blue Roundabout      (‘Once Upon a Twilight’ LP 1967 Adelaide, Australia)

the Monkees – Porpoise Song      (7”single 1968 USA)

the Mystery Tour – Ballad of Paul      (7’single 1969 USA – taken from ‘I Buried Paul (the Paul McCartney Death Rumour Singles)’ compilation 2012 UK)

Magnolia Electric Co. – Leave The City      (‘What Comes After The Blues’ 2005 USA)

the Tripsichord Music Box – Times & Seasons        (recorded 1968 – released on ‘Tripsichord Music Box’ LP 1971 USA)

Modern Folk Quartet – Night Time Girl      (7”single 1966 Los Angeles, USA)

the High Dials – Fields In Glass      (‘Fields In Glass’ EP 2004 Canada)

DeWolff – Who Are You or The Magnificence Of Loving A Million Strangers      (‘Orchards/Lupine’ 2011 Netherlands)

Q65 [as Circus] – Fairytales of Truth      (7”single 1969 Netherlands)

the Vagrants – Oh Those Eyes      (7”single 1965 USA)

 

Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos – Rain      (7”single 1986 New Zealand)

the Higher State – It’s Not Up To You      (‘Freakout At The Gallery’ 2011 Kent, UK)

Moon Duo – Seer [Psychic Ills remix]      (‘Mazes – remixed’ 2011 USA)