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This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
October 1967The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-06 Hour
1There were 56 new singles released on Friday
6th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 197PODCAST
George Martin Orchestra-Theme One ('electronic' version)
UNITED ARTISTS UP1194
Amen Corner-World Of Broken Hearts DERAM DM151
Honeybus-(Do I Figure) In Your Life DERAM DM152
Blossom Toes-What On Earth/Mrs Murphy's Budgerigar
MARMALADE 598002
Brenton Wood-Gimme Little Sign LIBERTY LBF15021
Cowsills-The Rain The Park And Other Things (popularly known as
Flower Girl)/River Blue MGM1353
Californians-Follow Me DECCA F12678
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart-Sometimes She's A Little Girl A&M
AMS710
Four Tops-You Keep Running Away TAMLA MOTOWN TMG623
The Bees-Jesses James Rides Again BLUE BEAT DB101
The Four Gees-Ethiopia (reminiscent of Strawberry Fields)
PRESIDENT PT160
Little Grants & Eddie-Rudy's Dead PRESIDENT PT159
Equals-Give Love A Try PRESIDENT PT158
Vanilla Fudge-Eleanor Rigby Parts 1 & 2 ATLANTIC
584139
Honeybus-Throw My Love Away DERAM DM152
Young Rascals-How Can I Be Sure/I Don't Love You Anymore
ATLANTIC 584138The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-06 Hour
2There were 56 new singles released on Friday
6th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 197 PODCAST
Shirley Abicair-So Goes Love PYE 7N17389
Mike Vickers-Kettle Of Fish/Captain Scarlet and the Mysterions
(sic) COLUMBIA DB8281
Marion Montgomery-Love Makes Two People Swing REACTION
591018
Peter and the Wolves-Little Girl Lost/Is Me MGM1352
Rupert's People-Prologue To A Magic World/Dream On My Mind
COLUMBIA DB8278
Danny Williams-Never My Love/Whose Little Girl Are You
DERAM DM149
Lucien Alexander-Baby You've Been On My Mind POLYDOR 56205
Focus Three-10,000 Years Behind My Mind COLUMBIA DB8279
Bill Cosby-Little Ole Man (uptight - everything's alright)
WARNER BROS WB7072
Episode Six-I Can See Through You/When I Fall In Love PYE
7N17376
Tommy Steele-Fortuosity BUENA VISTA DF457
Libby Morris-Bye Yum Pum Pum POLYDOR 56206
Tages-Treat Me Like A Lady PARLOPHONE R5640
Treetops-Don't Worry Baby PARLOPHONE R5628
Libby Morris-Ballad Of Yesterday's Idol POLYDOR 56206
George Martin Orchestra-Theme One (original phased version)
UNITED ARTISTS UP1194
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-13 Hour
1There were 68 new singles
released on Friday 13th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 198 PODCAST Blossom Toes-Look At Me
I'm You MARMALADE 598002
Left Banke-Desiree PHILIPS
BF1614
Eric Burdon and the Animals-San Franciscan Nights MGM 1359
Troggs-Love Is All Around PAGE ONE POF040
Kinks-Autumn Almanac PYE 7N17400
The Who-I Can See For Miles TRACK 604011
Tony Simon-Gimme A Little Sign TRACK 604012
The Family (sic)-Scene Through The Eye Of A Lens/Gypsy Woman
LIBERTY LBF15031
Mud-Flower Power CBS 203002
Barry Gray-Captain Scarlet PYE 7N17391
Spectrum-Captain Scarlet (not released at the time)
Ron Grainer-Man In A Suitcase PYE 7N17383
Ron Grainer-Happening Sunday (radio 1 show with Ed Stewart)/The
Prisoner RCA VICTOR RCA1635
The Young Idea-Mr Lovin' Luggage Man COLUMBIA DB8284
Left Banke-I've Got Something On My Mind PHILIPS BF1614
Sharon Tandy-Look And Find/Our Day Will Come ATLANTIC
584137 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-13 Hour
2There were 68 new singles
released on Friday 13th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 198 PODCAST
Barry Gray-The Mysterons theme PYE 7N17391
Eric Burdon and the Animals-Gratefully Dead MGM 1359
Roy Harper-Zengem/Mid Spring Dithering CBS 203001
Aretha Franklin-Natural Woman ATLANTIC 584137
The Afex-She's Got The Time KINGKG1058
The Accent-Red Sky At Night DECCA F12679
The Static-When You Went Away PAGE ONE POF039
Ice-Anniversary Of Love DECCA F12680
Troggs-When Will The Rain Come PAGE ONE POF040
Stevie Wonder-I'm Wondering TAMLA MOTOWN TMG626
Chris Clark-From Head To Toe TAMLA MOTOWN TMG624
The Incredibles-There's Nothing Else To Say STATESIDE
SS2053
The Voice Of Scott McKenzie-Like An Old Time Movie CBS
3009
The Who-Someone's Coming TRACK 604011
Kinks-Mr Pleasant PYE 7N17400 (the song that inspired me
to learn how to play it on our ex Pub upright piano)
Duffy Power-Davy O'Brien PARLOPHONE R5631
Music Explosion-Sunshine Games STATESIDE SS2054
Katch 22-Makin' My Mind Up FONTANA TF874
Musketeer Gripweed and the Third Troop-How I Won The War (this
was the movie with John Lennon acting) UNITED ARTISTS
UP1196
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-20 Hour
1There were 53 new singles released on Friday
20th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 199PODCAST
Chris Barber Band-Cat Call (Paul McCartney composition not
recorded by The Beatles) MARMALADE 598005
Donovan-There Is A Mountain PYE 7N17403
The Misunderstood-I Can Take You The Sun/Who Do You Love
FONTANA TF777
Twiggy-When I Think Of You EMBER S244
Montanas-You've Got To Be Loved PYE 7N17394
Madeline Bell-Picture Me Gone PHILIPS BF1611
Roulettes-Help Me To Help Myself FONTANA TF876
John Walker (with, uncredited, Jeff Beck?)-I See Love In You/If
I Promise PHILIPS BF1612
Jackie Lomax-Genuine Imitation Life CBS2554
Glen Campbell-A Satisfied Mind SPECIALITY SPE1002
Donovan-Sand And Foam PYE 7N17403
Crocheted Doughnut Ring-Nice/Two Little Ladies (Azalea and
Rhododendron) POLYDOR 56204
John's Children-Go Go Girl (Marc Bolan composition) TRACK
604010
Lee Dorsey-Go Go Girl (Allen Toussaint composition)
STATESIDE SS2055
John's Children-Jagged Time Lapse TRACK 604010
Candy Men-Georgia Pines HMV POP1612The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-20 Hour
2There were 53 new singles released on Friday
20th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 199 PODCAST
Dave Clark Five-Everybody Knows COLUMBIA DB8266
Barry Mason-Rowbottom Square MGM1356
Barry McGuire-Masters Of War RCA VICTOR RCA1638
Alan David-Flower Power POLYDOR 56201
Tales Of Justine-Albert (the sunflower) HMV POP1614
Dandy-Let's Do Rock Steady GIANT GN7
Tony Jordan-Long Black Hair Of Bonney PYE 7N17843
Jimi Hendrix & Curtis Knight-Hush Now/Flashing LONDON
HL10160
Sounds Bob Rogers-Dream With Me CBS 3018
Peter Paul & Mary-Bob Dylan's Dream WARNER BROS WB5798
Kim Weston-That's Groovy MGM 1357
King Curtis-Wiggle Wobble SPECIALITY SPE1000
John Mayall Bluesbreakers-Suspicions DECCA F12884
Ferris Wheel-Can't Break The Habit/Number One Guy PYE
7N17387
The Elastick Band-Spazz STATESIDE SS2056 (demo only, no
stock copies issued in UK)
Timebox-Walking Through The Streets Of My Mind/Don't Make
Promises DERAM DM153
The Elastick Band-Papier Mache STATESIDE SS2056 (demo
only...)
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-27 Hour
1There were 60 new singles
released on Friday 27th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 200 PODCAST
Doors-People Are Strange (also listed for 29th September)
ELEKTRA EKSN45017
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Kites PARLOPHONE R5846
Sounds Incorporated-Dead As A Go Go POLYDOR 56209
Astrud Gilberto-Stay/I Had The Craziest Dream VERVE VS559
Heptones-Schoolgirls CALTONE TONE 105
Kippington Lodge-Shy Boy/Lady On A Bicycle PARLOPHONE
R5645
Marion-I Go To Sleep/ PAGE ONE POF042
Miriam Makeba-Pata Pata REPRISE RS20606
Marion-Abyssinian Secrets PAGE ONE POF042
Les Yper Sound (early Pierre Henry, the Frenchman who tinkered
with the Spooky Tooth LP: Ceremony)-Psyche Rock/Too Fortiche FONTANA TF880
Lulu-Love Loves To Love Love COLUMBIA DB8295
Brian Auger and the Trinity-Red Beans and Rice MARMALADE
598003
Al Stewart-Bedsitter Images/Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres CBS
3034
Castells-Two Lovers MASQUERADE MA5000The New Singles scheduled for
release 1967-10-27 Hour
2There were 60 new singles
released on Friday 27th October 1967
compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 200 PODCAST
Alan David-Completely Free POLYDOR 56201
Julie Felix-Magic Of The Playground FONTANA TF875
Ramsey Lewis-Girl Talk CHESS CRS8061
Flatt and Scruggs-Foggy Mountain Breakdown CBS 3038
Norma Fraser-First Cut Is The Deepest COXSONE CS7017
Sasha Caro-Grade Three Section Two/Little Maids Story
DECCA F12687
Bernadette-Let Me Do The Talking REDIFUSION INTERNATIONAL MUSIC
RIM2
The Creation-Life Is Just Beginning/Through My Eyes
POLYDOR 56207
Jackie and Millie-In A Dream ISLAND WIP6012
Millie Small-You Better Forget ISLAND WIP6021
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Like The Sun Like The Fire
PARLOPHONE R5846
Alan Bown-Technicolour Dream/Toyland MGM 1355
Bumps Oakley-Rag Doll COXSONE CS7017
The Quik-I Can't Sleep DERAM DM155
The Gremlins-You Gotta Believe It MERCURY MF1004
The Lovin'-Do It Again PAGE ONE POF041
Roger Earl Okin-Yellow Petals PARLOPHONE R5644
Ross Hannaman-1969 COLUMBIA DB8288
Halloween at Harwich 2025
PODCAST
Gary Walker and the Rain-Spooky
Simon Stokes and the Night Hawks-Voodoo Woman
Manfred Mann Chapter III with Madeleine Bell, Sue
and Sunny-Devil Woman
White Noise/Welfare State-Silence Is Requested (in
the ultimate abyss)
White Noise-The Visitation
Donovan-Season Of The Witch
Black
Widow-Mary Clarke/Come To The Sabbat (Satan's there)
Wicker Man soundtrack-Fire Leap
Jason Crest-Black Mass
Blood Sweat & Tears-Symphony/Sympathy For The Devil
Alice Cooper-I Love The Dead
We Love They, and we want you to
love they too...
It's Summer 1967 and The Stones are singing about pronouns...
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Cat Woman.... with assistant Lesley Gore on Batman singing
California Nights
Men In Tights: Paul Revere and the
Raiders ...released in UK 2nd June 1967
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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
