TOWARD
THE
UNKNOWN REGION
This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
December 1966On Christmas Day 1966 my
parents gave me the best present ever - my first transistor
radio. Until then we had NO radio in the house. I was 11 years
old. It changed my
life and began a lifetime love of radio, music, spoken word and record
collecting... Here are some of the 186 New Singles released
during December '66... Hour
1 There were 83 new singles released on Friday 2
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 154 PODCAST
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and
Tich-Save Me FONTANA TF775
The N' Betweens (credited to The In-Be-Tweens on demo copies,
later known as Slade)-You Better Run COLUMBIA DB8080
Frank Gorshin-The Riddler PYE 7N25402
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-It Is Finished/I See The Light
PARLOPHONE R5542
Donovan-Sunshine Superman PYE 7N17241
Who-Happy Jack REACTION 591010
Cliff Richard-In The Country COLUMBIA DB8094
The Secrets-I Suppose CBS 202466
Chim Kotari-Sitar 'n' Spice DERAM DM108
The Sabres-Roly Poly DECCA F12528
The Mirage-Tomorrow Never Knows PHILIPS BF1534
Tim Hardin-Hang On To A Dream VERVE VS1504
Blues Magoos-We Ain't Got Nothing MERCURY MF954
The Shell-Goodbye Little Girl COLUMBIA DB8082
Scots Of St James-Tic Toc GO AJ11404
Lovin' Spoonful-Nashville Cats KAMA SUTRA KAS204
Roger Young-It's Been Nice COLUMBIA DB8092
The Escorts-From Head To Toe COLUMBIA DB8061
Mick Softley with the Summer Suns-Am I The Red One
CBS202469
Studio Six-When I See My Baby POLYDOR 561311
Chim Kotari-Indian Bat DERAM DM108 Hour 2 There were 83 new singles released on Friday 2
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 154 PODCAST
Petula Clark-Colour My World PYE 7N172218
Shacklefords-The Biplane Evermore CAPITOL CL15486
David Bowie-London Boys/Rubber Band LONDON DERAM DM107
Booker T and the MGs-Jingle Bells ATLANTIC 584060
Wilson Picket-Mustang Sally ATLANTIC 584066
The Who-I've Been Away REACTION 591010
Mirage-You Can't Be Serious PHILIPS BF1534
The N' Betweens (credited to The In-Be-Tweens on demo copies,
later known as Slade)-Evil Witchman COLUMBIA DB8080
The Stereos-Sweet Water MGM 1328
Spike Milligan-Silent Night/Tower Bridge PARLOPHONE R5543
Ella Fitzgerald-These Boots Are Made For Walkin STATESIDE
SS569
Mike & Bernie Winters-That Man Batman CBS 202458
Tim Hardin-Reason To Believe VERVE VS1504
Los Bravos-Going Nowhere DECCA F22529
Herbal Mixture-Machines COLUMBIA DB8063
Donovan-The Trip PYE 7N17241
Luke and Blake-Just You CBS 2202467
Roger Young-No Address COLUMBIA DB8092 Hour 3There were 83 new singles released on Friday 2
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 154 PODCAST
Dale Adriatico-Lonely Sunday
PARLOPHONE R5530
Lee Tomlin-Sweet Sweet Lovin' CBS 202453
Junior Walker and the All Stars-Money TAMLA MOTOWN TMG586
Adge Cutler and the Worzels-Drink Up Thy Zider COLUMBIA
DB8081
Deke Layne-Ringing Reindeer FONTANA TF774
Kenny Bernard-Hey Woman PYE 7N17233
Ebony Keyes-Sitting In The Ring PICCADILLY 7N35358
Merseys (formerly the Merseybeats)-Rhythm of Love FONTANA
TF776
Forresters-Mr Smith COLUMBIA DB8086
Nola York-Whole Lotta Lovin' PHILIPS BF1527
Giles Strange-Watch The People STATESIDE SS570
Herbal Mixture-Please Leave My Mind COLUMBIA DB8063
Herbie Goins and the night timers-The Incredible Miss Brown
PARLOPHONE R5533
James Brown-Don't Be A Dropout PYE 7N25394
Jeff Elroy and Boys Blue-Honey Machine PHILIPS BF1533
Mick Softley with the Summer Suns-That's Not My Kind Of Love
CBS 203469
In the December Hit Parade:
Manfred Mann-Semi Detached
Suburban Mr James FONTANA TF757
Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin' FONTANA TF762
Easybeats-Friday On My Mind UNITED ARTISTS UP1157
Hollies-Stop Stop Stop PARLOPHONE R5508
Kinks-Deadend Street PYE 7N17222
Small Faces-My Minds Eye DECCA F12500
Troggs-Anyway That You Want Me PAGE ONE POF010Hour 4There were 50 new singles released on Friday 9
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 155 PODCAST
Temptations-I Know I'm Losing You
TAMLA MOTOWN TMG587
Stevie Wonder-Sylvia TAMLA MOTOWN TMG588
The Move-Night Of Fear DERAM DM109
Hedgehoppers Anonymous-Little
Memories DECCA F12530
Misunderstood-Who Do You Love/I Can Take You To The Sun
FONTANA TF777
Knight Brothers-That'll Get It CHESS CRS8046
Association-Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies LONDON
HLT10098
Incas-One Night Stand PARLOPHONE R5551
Walker Brothers-(The Female Of The Species Is) Deadlier Than The
Male PHILIPS BF1537
Hedgehoppers Anonymous-Stop Press DECCA F12539
Pretty Things-Buzz The Jerk/Progress FONTANA TF773
Mike Patto-Love COLUMBIA DB8091
Association-Standing Still
LONDON HLT10098
Joe Cuba Sextet-Bang Bang PYE 7N25401
Zoot Money Big Roll Band-Star Of The Show COLUMBIA DB8090
Tom Paxton-Leaving London ELEKTRA EKSN45006
Tom Glazer and the School Bus Singers-Froggie Song/Ballad of
Namu (the killer whale) UNITED ARTISTS UP1164
Pip Squeaks-Santa's Little Helpers
Viv Stanshall & Chris Bowler-Gregory PectoralsHour 5There were 50 new singles released on Friday 9
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 155 PODCAST
Lalo Schifrin-Venice After Dark
(from movie Our Venetian Affair) MGM 1329
The Move-Disturbance DERAM DM109
Corduroys-Too Much Of A Woman PLANET PLF122
Roger Denison-I'm On An Island PARLOPHONE R5545
Gary James-You're Gone POLYDOR 56134
Zoot Money Big Roll Band-The Mound Moves COLUMBIA DB8090
Scaffold-Goodbat Nightman/A Long Strong Black Pudding
PARLOPHONE R5548
Young Rascals-Too Many Fish In The Sea ATLANTIC 584067
Barry Benson-Always Waitin' PARLOPHONE R5544
Mike Leslie-Right Or Wrong DECCA F12531 There were 25 new singles released on Friday
16
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 156
Jimi (printed as Jimmy in the New
Singles listing) Hendrix-Stone Free/Hey Joe POLYDOR 56139
Sandy Posey-Single Girl MGM 1330
The Flies-I'm Not Your Stepping Stone DECCA F12533
Troggs-66 5 4 3 2 1 PAGE ONE POF010
Peter Lee Stirling-Oh What A Fool DECCA F12535
Willie Bobo-Sock It To Me/Sunshine Superman VERVE VS548
Wee Willie Harris-Try Moving Baby POLYDOR 56140
Elmer Bernstein-Magificent Seven UNITED ARTISTS UP1163 Hour 6There were 25 new singles released on Friday
16
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 156 PODCAST
Georgie Fame-Sitting In The Park
COLUMBIA DB8096
The Critters-Bad
Misunderstanding/Forever Or No More LONDON HLR 10101
The Bats-Listen To My Heart DECCA F22534
Cher-Mama LIBERTY LIB12046
(Paul) Butterfield Blues Band-Come On In LONDON HLZ 10100
Dr West's Medicine Show and Junk Band (Norman Greenbaum)-Eggplant
That Ate Chicago CBS 202492
King Richards Fluegel Knights-Crusades CBS 202485
Tudor Minstrels-Love In The Open Air DECCA F12536
There were no singles issued on
Friday 23 December 1966
56 years ago:
There were 28 new singles released on Friday
30
December 1966
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 157
George Martin Orchestra-Love In The Open Air UNITED
ARTISTS UP1165
Monkees-I'm A Believer RCA VICTOR 1560
Cat Stevens-Matthew And Son DERAM DM110
Wynder K Frog-Sunshine Superman ISLAND WI3011
Chubby's Edge-It's Only Love KING KG1047
The Tea Set (TV adverts sponsored by British Tea Council)-Join
The Tea Set KING KG1048
The Mindbenders-I Want Her She Wants Me FONTANA TF780
Cream-NSU/I Feel Free REACTION 591011
The Wailers-Rude Boy Get Bail ISLAND WI3009
Freaks Of Nature (a.k.a. Belfast Gypsies)-People Let's Freak Out
ISLAND WI3017
Richard Kerr-Hard Lovin' DECCA F12538
Monkees-I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone RCA VICTOR RCA1566
The Tea Set (TV adverts sponsored by British Tea Council)-Ready
Steady Go KING KG1048
Brian Connell and the Round Sound-Something You've Got
MERCURY MF956The Move - Night Of Fear,
released 9 December 1966
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featuring, not necessarily in this order: UFO-Treacle People
May Blitz-Smoking The Day Away Nick Nicely-Hilly Fields 1892 Senor Coconut y su conjunto-Smoke On The Water Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band-Big Eyed Beans From Venus Rush-One Little Victory/Ceiling Unlimited U2-Night and Day Marillion-GrendelMarillion-Market
Square Heroes/Three Boats Down From The CandySvensk-Dream Magazine Nick Nicely-49 Cigars Nick Drake-Way To Blue Helen Reddy-Angie Baby Van Halen-Fire In The Hole Aphrodites Child-Day Of The Fool Neil Young-A Piece Of Crap Led Zeppelin-Dancing Days T Rex-The Motivator (Demo) The Nice-Azrial revisited/Hang On To a Dream Emerson Lake & Palmer-Trilogy/Still... You Turn Me On The Nice-Azrial/Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack McDonald & Giles-Is She Waiting
Giants of Rock,
Butlins, Minehead - Sunday 23rd January 2022 Felix
Rabin (centre) with (from left) Andy, Vincenzo Capodivento, Chris B
and Kathy
with Les Newman
To paraphrase Eric Morecambe: "We've played
all the right songs, but not necessarily in the right order" -
Your corrections are always welcome
*The New Singles
were a weekly listing of 45rpm (and the occasional 33rpm maxi single) recordings published by
Francis Antony Ltd, East Hill, St Austell, Cornwall. They were distributed
to the music trade, media, record shops. Further info here:
THE NEW
SINGLESOur 'sticky thread' video for 2022: The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds The sleeve advises:
MUST BE PLAYED IN THE DARK 1971 Hunstanton/Heacham Beach:
Chris Bent (on left wearing a Radio Geronimo t shirt) with Jeremy/Jez/Jerry
Bowles
Chris B (with the delightful miss wood),
circa 1975. See https://www.facebook.com/chris.bent.319 picture restored from a damaged slide
