Sitars, theremin and mellotron, backwards guitar, phasing and fuzz, fringes and mohawks, paisley, black, velvet and leather, feedback, bass and drone, beads, berets and safety-pins, Shindig! and Creem, 3 chord wonders, teenage symphonies and snarl, Rickenbacker, Farfisa and 4-track recorders... onstage at CBGB's, Max's Kansas City or the Trip, the Roundhouse, the 100 Club or the Crystal Ballroom, Catcher's, Big Daddy's or the Squatters Arms.... and the Cat and the Brat on 3D Radio!
Three D Radio announcer, MeganCat (up until recently with her husband, the late Peter Brat)lives in "The BratHaus" a rural seaside home about 100km from Adelaide on South Australia's scenic Fleurieu Peninsula. Veteran musician Peter, and artist/musician Megan, were long-time DJs onThree D Radio 93.7fm, Adelaide's eclectic independent music station. Together Peter & Megan, known as "The Cat and The Brat" created this blog to allow listeners to review the playlists of their radio show, "Technicolour Dreaming", watch clips of selected songs and simply join them in the enjoyment of their favourite music... psychedelia, 60's garage, surf, punk/post-punk, pop, folk-rock, glam, 'Krautrock', goth, 80's electro... and much more!
But The Cat is carrying on the tradition, with guest co-presenters, and "Technicolour Dreaming" will continue in the same format, drawing from the huge "Cat & Brat" music collection, with the addition of new releases and reissues to keep things current. The Brat is hugely missed, but the show must go on, as he wanted...
A real mixed bag of music this time round, with way more 1960's USA singles than in recent weeks - which can only be a good thing!! - and only a few new releases (The Warlocks'"Songs from the Pale Eclipse", Beaulieu Porch's"Sarum Sounds", Anton Barbeau's"Magic Act", Garden Gate's"Dark Harvest" and the latest single from The Embrooks, "Helen" pretty much covers it). The rest of the show was a melange of new acquisitions of older albums, plus the usual romp through the decades....hope you enjoyed it! So here's the playlist, for those who have been nagging me for it...
The Moving Sidewalks - I Want to Hold Your Hand (7" single 1968 Texas, USA)
The Loose Enz - The Black Door (7" single 1968, USA)
Ron Wray Light Show - Speed (7" single 1970 USA)
Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers - Born to Lose ("L.A.M.F." LP 1977 New York, USA)
The Embrooks - Helen (7" single 2016 Kent, UK)
R.E.M. - Dark Globe [Syd Barrett] ("Orange Crush" 12" EP 1989 USA)
Doug Tuttle - Falling To Believe ("It Calls on Me" 2016 New Hampshire, USA)
Jacco Gardner - Puppets Dangling ("Cabinet of Curiosities" 2013 Netherlands)
The Cords - The Lesson ("Get Ready to Fly- Pop Psych From The Norman Petty Vaults" compilation 2007 USA)
Pillow - Choirs (7" single [b-side to "Oh, Carol"] 1969 Sweden)
Tin Tin - Swans On the Canal (7" single [b-side to "Is That The Way"] 1971 Australia)
The David - People Saying, People Seeing (7" single 1967 Los Angeles, California USA)
The Whatt Four - Dandelion Wine (7" single 1967 USA)
Triops - Hybrid Taxidermy ("Close to the Hedge" compilation 2013 UK)
Barracudas - Watching the World Go By ("Through the Mysts of Time" 1999 London, UK)
The Raunchies - Little B ("Falk" EP 2015 Italy)
The Warlocks - Dance Alone ("Songs From The Pale Eclipse" 2016 California, USA)
The Deep Freeze Mice - A Red Light for the Greens ("The Gates of Lunch" LP 1982 Leicester, UK)
Schnauser - National Grid ("Protein For Everyone" 2014 UK)
Mordecai Smyth - Dream On (Marnie) ("Dial M for Mordecai" 7" EP 2013 UK)
Anton Barbeau - Broken in Two ("Magic Act" 2016 UK)
Garden Gate - Dark Harvest ("Dark Harvest" 2016)
Beaulieu Porch - Burn ("Sarum Sounds" 2016 UK)
The High Tide - Electric Blue (7" single [b-side to "Dancing In My Mind"] 1981 UK)
Mark and the Clouds - Blue Skies Opening ("Blue Skies Opening" LP 2014 UK)
Mordecai Smyth - Psychedelic Sarah ("Dial M for Mordecai" 7" EP 2013 UK)
The High Tide - Dancing in My Mind (7" single 1981 UK))
The Karova's Milkshake - Freak Out ("Freakout Factory" 7" single 2012 Russia)
Nick Nicely - Hilly Fields (1892) (7" single 1982 UK)
Barbarellatones - Psychedelic Freakout ("Glitter Train" 2016 Hawaii, USA)
Le Superhomard - Maple Key ("Maple Key" LP 2016 France)
I featured a couple of cool compilations on this week's show - the"Close to the Hedge" compilation from 2013 and the new "Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults"; neither of which unfortunately proved to have many film-clips associated with it (can't have everything, I 'spose!). The former is a Pink Hedgehog Records (from Weymouth, UK) release available thru Bandcamp; and the latter a selection of the American producer's pop-psych work from the late 60's to early 70's. Both definitely worth checking out. And the latest song to get stuck in my head is Anton Barbeau's''Heavy Psychedelic Toilet"!!! Such is life.....
The Apple Glass Cydrom - Going Wrong ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults" 2016 New Mexico, USA)
The Zodiac - Aries-The Fire Fighter ("The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds" LP 1967 USA)
The Intricate Blend - Door Knob ("Get Ready to Fly: Pop-Psych From the Norman Petty Vaults" 2016 Dallas, USA)
The Dentists - Just Like Oliver Reed ("Writhing On The Shagpile" 12"EP 1987 UK)
The Hooterville Trolly - No Silver Bird (7" single 1968 Albuquerque, USA)
Sudden Death of Stars - Bright Sunday ("All Unrevealed Parts of the Unknown" 2014 Rennes, France)
Borderline Symphony - Zundel se ne va ("EP1" 2014 Zurich, Switzerland)
Magic - Booked on A Drunk Charge (7" single [b-side to "I Want To Fly"] 1969 Newcastle, Australia)
No Bodies - Forgotten Song ("No Bodies" LP 2013 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) Slingshot Dragster - UTI ("Bite The Bullet" 2014 Adelaide, Australia)
Drab Doo Riffs - Hot Tanya ("Postcards from Uranus" 2010 Auckland, New Zealand)
The Primitives - We Found a Way to The Sun (7" single [b-side to "Really Stupid" 1986] Coventry, UK)
The Dee Jays - Twistin' Drums (recorded 1962; "Board Boogie - Surf 'N' Twang from Downunder" compilation 2002 Australia) The Valentines - Peculiar Hole in the Sky (7" single 1968 Perth, Australia)
Anton Barbeau - Heavy Psychedelic Toilet ("Magic Act" 2016 UK)
The Age - The Lantern ("Inner Palace" 2016 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) Harsh Reality - Praying For Reprieve ("Heaven and Hell" LP 1969 Hertfordshire, UK)
Eye - Rain on Your Parade ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK) 8 x 8 - The Essence ("Azaleas Room" New York, USA/Kiev, Ukraine) Des 'n 'Al - Mistress Mine ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK) Diamond Incarnation - Leaking of Our Hourglass ("Scorpio Fifteen" EP 2014 Taipei, Taiwan)
Electrasy - Today's the Day ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 UK)
Elephant Stone - Andromeda (demo version) (mp3 2016, Montreal, Canada)
Hallelujah Bay - Fairy King ("Close to the Hedge" compilation LP 2013 Portland, UK) Midwich Youth Club - Pomegranate ("Fruit Salad Surgery" 2016 UK) Mondo Jet Set - Wig Out ("Provincial Drama Club" 2013 Dorset, UK) Schnauser - Disposable Outcomes ("Protein For Everyone" 2014 Bristol, UK)
Teenage Sin Taste - Don't Want to Know If You are Lonely ("These Important Years, Husker Du Revisited" compilation 2016 France)
Ok, I've very nearly caught up with the blogging duties back-log, one more to go, then all will be back on track - the darn flu-lurgy sure has a talent for putting your life on hold while you recover! Here's some more eye-candy (and ear-candy) to feast upon, until next week's instalment.....
Kelley Stoltz - Villiers Terrace ("Crockodials" 2006 San Francisco USA)
Soft Walls - Never Come Back Again ("No Time" 2014 Brighton UK)
The Strawberry Alarm Clock - Hummin' Happy ("Incense and Peppermints" 1967 USA)
Cosmic Fields - Velvet and the Moons ("Cosmic Fields" LP 2016 Argentina)
Astralasia - Johnny, Remember Me ("Fruits De Mer Annual" 2014 UK)
Blue Giant Zeta Puppies - Lost in Space ("Fruits De Mer Annual" 2014 UK)
Worthless - Pizza Break ("All My Friends Are Stone" 2014 Brooklyn, New York USA)
Tor Peders - Tema Ett (Theme One) ("Brev Fran Edersdorp" 2014 Sweden)
Especially for Three D Radio's annual Radiothon, I was joined by Technicolour Dreaming alumni Michael Hunter for a special edition of "Obscured By... Technicolour!!!" We had a hell of a lot of fun - hope you enjoyed it too!!
Bronco Bullfrog - Listen to the Sky [Sands] ("Time Waits for Norman" 2014 UK)
Quitty and the Donts - All of You (7" single 2013 Brooklyn, New York, USA)
White Lightning - (Under the Screaming Double) Eagle ("Strikes Twice 1968-1969" 1997 Minnesota, USA)
The Gremlins - Kingsforth Hemmingseen (7" single 1968 New Zealand)
Les Variations - Spicks and Specks [Bee Gees] (7" single 1967 France)
Tony Burello - There's A New Sound (aka "The Sound of Worms") (7" single 1953 USA)
The Monkees - You Bring the Summer ("Good Times!" 2016 USA)
David Arvedon - Eliot Ness ("In Search of the Most Unforgettable Tree We Ever Met 1967-1994" USA)
Sonny and the Sunsets - Blot Out the Sun ("Talent Night at the Ashram" 2015 San Francisco, USA)
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Breath of A Salesman ("Monolith of Phobos" 2016 USA)
The Liminanas - Dahlia Rouge ("Malamore" 2016 France)
Sagittarius - Glass ("Present Tense" LP 1968 USA)
Crocheted Doughnut Ring - Two Little Ladies (Azalea and Rhododendron) (7" single 1967 UK)
Mike Stuart Span - Second Production ("Expansions" 7" EP 1993 [recorded 1967] Brighton, UK)
