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May 1967
 
 
The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-05 Hour 1
There were 54 new singles released on Friday 5th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 175
 PODCAST
B Bumble and the Stingers-Silent Movies  MERCURY MF977 (released 28.04.67)
The Snappers-Upside Down Inside Out  CBS 2719 (released 28.04.67)
Young Rascals-Groovin'/Sueno  ATLANTIC 584111
The Tribe-Love Is A Beautiful Thing  RCA VICTOR RCA1592
Fats Domino-It Keeps Raining  LIBERTY LIB12055
The Tribe-Guitar And A Glass Of Wine  RCA VICTOR RCA1592
Lee Dorsey-My Old Car  STATESIDE SS2017
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-I've Seen It All Before/Day Time Night Time (Mike Hugg)  PARLOPHONE R5594
Richard Kent Style-I'm Out  COLUMBIA DB8182
Bob Dylan-Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat/Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine  CBS 2700
Jimi Hendrix Experience-Wind Cries Mary/Highway Chile  TRACK 604004
Mike Rayner and the Condors-Turn Your Head  DECCA F12605
New Vaudeville Band-Finchley Central  FONTANA TF824
Nino Tempo and April Stevens-Wings Of Love  LONDON HLU10130
Manfred Mann-Sweet Pea/One Way  FONTANA TF828
 
The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-05 Hour 2
There were 54 new singles released on Friday 5th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 175
 PODCAST 
The Mirage-Lazy Man/Wedding Of Ramona Blair/Lazy Man (unreleased version in style of Beatles Rain)  PHILIPS BF1571
Supremes-The Happening  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG607
Kinks-Waterloo Sunset  PYE 7N17321
The Monopoly-House Of Lords/Magic Carpet  POLYDOR 56164
Warren Davis Monday Band-Wait For Me  COLUMBIA DB8190
The Seeds-Daisy Mae/Can't Seem To Make You Mine  VOCALION VN9287
Shangri-La's-Take The Time  MERCURY MF979
Jeannie Lambe-Day After Day After Day  CBS 2731
Moody Blues-Fly Me High/Really Haven't Got The Time  DECCA F12607
Wilson Picket-New Orleans  ATLANTIC 584107
Kinks-Act Nice And Gentle  PYE 7N17321
The Act-Cobbled Streets  COLUMBIA DB8179
Supremes-All I Know About You  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG607
Original Dyaks-Would You Love Me Too  COLUMBIA DB8184
Willis Brothers-Bob  LONDON HLB10132
Raelettes-One Hurt Deserves Another  HMV POP1591
 
 

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The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-12 Hour 1
There were 56 new singles released on Friday 12th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 176
 PODCAST
Burt Bacharach Orchestra-Bond Street A&M AMS702
Procol Harum-Lime Street Blues/A Whiter Shade Of Pale  DERAM DM126
Byrds-My Back Pages/Renaissance Fair  CBS 2648
Mae West-Day Tripper  STATESIDE SS2021
Clarendonians-You Can't Be Happy  ISLAND WI3041
Nancy Sinatra-Coastin'  REPRISE RS20559
Tomorrow-Claremont Lake/My White Bicycle  PARLOPHONE R5597
Caroline Munro-Sporting Life/Tar And Cement  COLUMBIA DB8189
Chords Five-I Am Only Dreaming  ISLAND WI3044
The Brain-Nightmares In Red  PARLOPHONE R5595
Chords Five-Universal Vagrant  ISLAND WI3044
The Brain-Kick The Donkey  PARLOPHONE R5595
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich-Okay  FONTANA TF830
The Wards Of Court-All Night Girl  DERAM DM127
Sonny & Cher-Podunk  ATLANTIC 584110
Bob Crewe Generation-Miniskirts In Moscow  STATESIDE SS2019
 
 
The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-12 Hour 2
There were 56 new singles released on Friday 12th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 176
 PODCAST
The Bunch-You Can't Do That  CBS 2740
Bram Rigg Set-Take The Time Be Yourself/I Can Only Give You Everything  STATESIDE SS2020
Peter Touch (Tosh)-I Am The Toughest  ISLAND WI3042
Frugal Sound-Abilene  RCA VICTOR RCA1595
John's Children-Remember Thomas A Becket/Desdemona  TRACK 604003
John's Children-Come And Play With Me In The Garden  TRACK 604005 (released 14 July 1967 - which we'll discuss further that week)
Jefferson Airplane-She Has Funny Cars/Somebody To Love  RCA VICTOR RCA1594
Walker Brothers-Walking In The Rain  PHILIPS BF1576
The Wards Of Court-How Could You Say One Thing  DERAM DM127
Unit 4 + 2-Too Fast Too Slow  FONTANA TF834
Julie London-Girl Talk  LIBERTY LIB10274
Valerie Mitchell-Love Can Be The Sweetest Thing  COLUMBIA DB8186
Les Surfs-When I Tell You That I Love You  FONTANA TF832
Koobas-City Girl/Gypsy Fred  COLUMBIA DB8187
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich-He's A Raver  FONTANA TF83
Julian Covey and the Machine-A Little Bit Hurt/Sweet Bacon  ISLAND WIP6009
Wade Denning & Port Washington-Tarzan March  MGM 1339
 
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The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-19 Hour 1
 
There were 55 new singles released on Friday 19th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 177
 PODCAST 
Beach Boys-Mountain Of Love/Then I Kissed Her  CAPITOL CL15502 (actually released on 28th April, but omitted from The New Singles)
Spanky and Our Gang-Sunday Will Never Be The Same  MERCURY MF982
Doors-Whisky Bar (Alabama Song0/Take It as It Comes  ELEKTRA EKSN45012
The Rush-Happy  DECCA F12614
Turtles-Let Me Be/Almost There  PYE 7N25421
Herbie Mann-And The Beat Goes On  ATLANTIC 584112
Magic Lanterns-We'll Meet Again/What Else Can It Be But Love  CBS 2750
The Paragons-On The Beach  ISLAND WI3045
Brenda Holloway-Just Look What You've Done  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG608
Marvelettes-When You're Young And In Love  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG609
Dave Clark Five-Tabatha Twitchit  COLUMBIA DB8194
Eric Burdon and the Animals-When I Was Young/A Girl Named Sandoz  MGM 1340
The Gremlins-Coming Generation/That's What I Want  MERCURY MF981
Chapter Five-Hey Hey  CBS 2696
Herbie Mann-Free For All  ATLANTIC 584112
 
The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-19 Hour 2
There were 55 new singles released on Friday 19th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 177
 PODCAST
James Brown-Kansas City  PYE 7N17325
Spanky and Our Gang-Distance  MERCURY MF982
Petula Clark-Don't Sleep In The Subway  PYE 7N17325
Spencer Wiggins-Uptight Good Woman  STATESIDE SS2024
Ethiopians-For You  ISLAND WI3036
Soul Brothers-Sound Pressure  ISLAND WI3036
Dusty Springfield-Give Me Time/The Look Of Love (mono single re-recording)  PHILIPS BF1577
Dusty Springfield-The Look Of love (stereo movie soundtrack from Casino Royale)
Esther Philips-And I Love Him  ATLANTIC 584103
Paul Arnold-Somewhere In A Rainbow  PYE 7N17317
Johnny Devlin-Hurtin'  CBS 2751
Fontana Singers and Orchestra-Man Alone (a tribute to Sir Francis Chichester)  FONTANA TF837
Los Bravos-I'm All Ears  DECCA F22615
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels-Too Many Fish In The Sea/Three Little Fishes  STATESIDE SS2023
Guess Who-This Time Long Ago  FONTANA TF831
Tokens-Portrait Of My Love  WARNER WB5900
Ivy Folk-Hey Ramblin' Man  PYE 7N17318
Guess Who-There's No Getting Away From You  FONTANA TF831
Ennio Moricone-Fistful Of Dollars  RCA VICTOR RCA1596
Bert Weedon-Stranger Than Fiction  HMV POP1592
 
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The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-26 Hour 1
There were 48 new singles released on Friday 26th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 178
 PODCAST
Traffic-Giving To You (mono single mix)  ISLAND WIP6002
Hollies-Carrie Ann  PARLOPHONE R5602
Traffic-Paper Sun  ISLAND WIP6002 (stereo mix from Best Of Traffic LP)
Traffic-Giving To You (alternate mix from Mr Fantasy LP)
Ventures-Strawberry Fields Forever  LIBERTY LIB55967
Buddy Rich Orchestra-Norweigan Wood  FONTANA TF836
Sweet Feeling-Charles Brown/All So Long Ago  COLUMBIA DB8195
Troggs-Girl In Black/Night Of The Long Grass  PAGE ONE POF022
Jon and Robin-Do It Again A Little Bit Slower  STATESIDE SS2027
Roger Webb and his piano and orchestra-A Man And A Woman (not 'man inside' as I may have stated)  RCA VICTOR RCA1599
John Scott Orchestra-Stranger In The Home  HMV POP1597
Temptations-All I Need  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG610
Migil Five-Superstition  COLUMBIA DB8196
Hollies-Signs That Will Never Change  PARLOPHONE R5602
Mr Foundation-See Them A Come  STUDIO ONE SO2001
Ken Boothe-Feel Good  STUDIO ONE SO2000
 
The New Singles scheduled for release 1967-05-26 Hour 2
There were 48 new singles released on Friday 26th May 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 178
 PODCAST
The Gaylads-Tears From My Eyes  STUDIO ONE SO2002
Ken Parker-Have A Good Time  STUDIO ONE SO2001
Ross McManus (a.k.a. Day Costello)-Can't Take My Eyes Off You  DECCA F12618
Small Faces-Patterns/E too D  DECCA F12619
Lovin' Spoonful-Six O'Clock  KAMA SUTRA KAS208
Steve Lawrence-Sweet Maria  CBS 2775
Daley-Fistful Of Dollars  FONTANA TF841
Dream Merchants-Rattler  DECCA F12617
5th Dimension-Another Day Another Heartache  LIBERTY LIB12056
The Soulmates-Is That You  PARLOPHONE R5601
Every Mother's Son-Come On Down To My Boat a.k.a. Come And Take A Ride In My Boat  MGM 1341
Peter and Gordon-The Jokers  COLUMBIA DB8198
The Bats-Hard To Get Up In The Morning  DECCA F22616
Gary US Bonds-Send Her To Me  STATESIDE SS2025
Chris Kerry-Watermelon Man  MERCURY MF985
Ellie Greenwich-I Want You To Be My Baby  UNITED ARTISTS UP1180
Chantelles-The Man I Love  CBS 2777
Jimmy James and the Vagabonds-No Good To Cry  PICCADILLY 7N35374
Every Mother's Son-I Believe In You  MGM 1341
Peter and Gordon-Red Cream and Velvet  COLUMBIA DB8198
Brenton Wood-Oogum Boogum Song  PHILIPS BF1579
Delroy Wilson-Ungrateful Baby  ISLAND WI3037
Kiki Dee-I  FONTANA TF833
 
 
 

 
Cat Woman.... with assistant Lesley Gore on Batman singing California Nights
 
 
 
 


 
Nothing on the radio?
Try our 'Way To Blue' mixtape - non stop music, with no chat (2 hours 14minutes)
 PODCAST
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-Grendel
Marillion-Market Square Heroes/Three Boats Down From The Candy
Svensk-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


 Jingles and voiceovers
Amy Bargeron

Visit Amy's Studio
 
 


(r) = repeat
 


 
 
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 SINGLES
 
 
 
Our '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
 
 

 



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