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THE
UNKNOWN REGION
This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
February 1968The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-02 Hour
1There were 63 new singles released on Friday
2nd February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 213 PODCAST
Sharon Tandy-Fool On The Hill ATLANTIC 584166
Bee Gees-Words/Sinking Ships POLYDOR 56229
Petula Clark-Kiss Me Goodbye PYE 7N17466
Marcia Griffiths (actually Nora Dean)-Mojo Girl COXSONE
CS7035
Mike Lennox-Words I Like/Images Of You DECCA F12736
Kaplan-I Like/Do You Believe In Magic PHILIPS BF1636
Lovin' Spoonful-Money KAMA SUTRA KAS211
Buffalo Springfield-Everydays ATLANTIC 584165
Happy Magazine (with Alan White, Yes)-Do Right Woman/Satisfied
Street POLYDOR 56233
Genesis-(The) Silent Sun/That's Me DECCA F12735
Buffalo Springfield-Expecting To Fly ATLANTIC 584165
Dennis Couldry ('and the next collection' playing on James in
the basement) -I Am Nearly There/James In The Basement
DECCA F12734The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-02 Hour
2There were 63 new singles released on Friday
2nd February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 213 PODCAST
Barbara Lewis-Hello Stranger ATLANTIC 584153
Arlo Guthrie-Now And Then/Motor Cycle Song REPRISE RS20644
Cain-Her Emotion PAGE ONE POF054
Troggs-Little Red Donkey (in lieu of same song by Freddie
Garrity COLUMBIA DB8348)
Cain-Take Me Back One Time PAGE ONE POF054
The Cats-What Is The World Coming To PARLOPHONE R5663
Bobbi Lynn-Earthquake STATESIDE SS2088
Temptations-I Wish It Would Rain TAMLA MOTOWN TMG641
Sandie Shaw-Today PYE 7N17441
Two Much-Stay In My World/It's A Hip Hip Hippy World
FONTANA TF900
Hep Stars (Benny Andersson, ABBA)-Consolation/Wedding OLGA
OLE001
Troy Keyes-Love Explosions STATESIDE SS2087
Big Boy Pete-My Love Is Like A Spaceship/Cold Turkey CAMP
602005
14-Through My Door/Mr Edgar OLGA OLE002
Motivation-Come On Down DIRECTION 58-3248
Hopeton Lewis-Everybody Rocking ISLAND WI3076
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-09 Hour
1There were 47 new singles released on Friday
9th February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 214PODCAST
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity-This Wheel's On Fire
(released on 5th April 1968, but same catalogue number is listed
for release this week as...)
I Don't Know Where You Are/A Kind Of Love In MARMALADE
598006
The Questions-Something Wonderful DECCA F22740
Still Life-What Did We Miss COLUMBIA DB8345
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich-Legend Of Xanadu FONTANA
TF903
Connie Francis-My World Is Slipping Away MGM1381
Lesley Gore-Magic Colours MERCURY MF1017
Wendy Peters-Morning Dew SAGA OPP1
Lesley Gore-It's A Happening World MERCURY MF1017
Wendy Peters-I Don't Understand SAGA OPP1
Dionne Warwick-Valley Of The Dolls PYE 7N25445
John Mayall-Picture On The Wall/Jenny DECCA F12732
Miriam Makeba-Malayisha REPRISE RS20654
Soul Survivors-Explosion STATESIDE SS2094
Lavell Hardy-Don't Lose Your Groove DIRECTION 58 3261
Otis Redding-Dock Of The Bay STAX 601031
(King Richards) Fluegel Knights-Camelot CBS 3264
Horst Jankowski-Glory Of Love MERCURY MF1019The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-09 Hour
2There were 47 new singles released on Friday
9th February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 214 PODCAST
HP Lovecraft-White Ship PHILIPS BF1639
Legay (not Legacy as listed in The New Singles)-No One/Fantastic
Story Of The Steam Driven Banana FONTANA TF904
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich-Please FONTANA TF903
Still Life-My Kingdom Cannot Lose COLUMBIA DB8345
Spanky and our Gang-Sunday Mornin'/Echoes (Everybody's Talking)
MERCURY MF1018
Johnny Cash-Long Legged Guitar Pickin' Man CBS3268
Tueday's Children-Ain't You Gat A Heart/In The Valley Of The
Shadow Of Love PYE 7N17474
Jeanette Simpson-Watcha Gonna Do About It GIANT GN16
Nino Ferrer-Telephone/Lookin' For A Girl TOAST TT501
Villiers and Gold-Of All The Girls POLYDOR 56235
Will O Bees-It's Not Easy CBS 3263
Pic Nic-Blamings Not Hard To Do HISPAVOX HXS304
Villiers and Gold-This East POLYDOR 56235
Dionne Warwick-Zip A Dee Doo Dah PYE 7N25445
Elgins-Put Yourself In My Place TAMLA MOTOWN TMG642
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-16 Hour
1There were 67 new singles released on Friday
16th February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 215 PODCAST
Jimmy Cliff-That's The Way Life Goes ISLAND WIP6024
Lulu-Me The Peaceful Heart COLUMBIA DB8358
Love Sculpture-River To Another Day PARLOPHONE R5664
Classics IV-Spooky LIBERTY LBF15051
Gary Walker and the Rain-Spooky POLYDOR 56237
The Kytes-Running In The Water/End Of The Day ISLAND
WIP6027
Troggs-Little Girl PAGE ONE POF056
Henry III-I'll Reach The End (actually, it is the Troggs tune:
With A Girl Like You) ISLAND WI3081
Troggs-Maybe The Madman PAGE ONE POF056
Showstoppers-Ain't Nothing But A House Party BEACON 3-100
Strawberry Alarm Clock-Birds In My Tree/Tomorrow PYE
7N25446
Pretty Things-Talkin' About The Good Times/Walking Through My
Dreams COLUMBIA DB8353
Sagittarius-Another Time CBS 3276
5th Dimension-Carpet Man LIBERTY LBF15052
Keith and Tex-Stop That Train ISLAND WI3091
Sir Henry and his Butlers-Camp/Pretty Style COLUMBIA
DB8351The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-16 Hour
2There were 67 new singles released on Friday
16th February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 215 PODCASTWhistling Jack Smith-Havah Nagilah DECCA F12741
Sam and Dave-I Thank You STAX 601030
Tim Rose-I Got A Loneliness CBS 3277
Cuby and the Blizzards-Distant Smile/Don't Know Which Way To Go
PHILIPS BF1638
Arthur K Adams-She Drives Me Out Of My Mind BLUE HORIZON
57 3136
Love Sculpture-Brand New Woman PARLOPHONE R5664
Jethro Toe-Sunshine Day/Aeroplane MGM 1384
Orange Bicycle-Early Pearly Morning COLUMBIA DB8352
The Nerve-Magic Spectacles PAGE ONE POF055
The Hobbits-Daffodil Days MCA MU1002
Dorian Grey-I've Got You On My Mind PARLOPHONE R5667
Barnaby Rudge (David Bowie soundalike)-Joe Organ & Co/Railway
Jim CBS 3262
Jago Simms-In Too Deep FONTANA TF901
Ten Years After-Portable People DERAM DM176
David Walker-Ring The Changes RCA VICTOR RCA1664
Cowsills-We Can Fly MGM 1383
Cliff Bennett-House Of 1,000 Dolls PARLOPHONE R5666
Dandy-Charlie Brown GIANT GN20
Gregory and the Cadets-Naughty Little Girl PYE 7N17471
Mike Thompson-Rock Steady Wedding ISLAND WI3090
Ten Years After-Sounds DERAM DM176
Anders and Poncia-So It Goes KAMA SUTRA KAS212
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-23 Hour
1There were 68 new singles released on Friday
23 February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 216PODCAST
Fairport Convention-If I Had A Ribbon Bow TRACK 602020
Donovan-Poor Cow PYE 7N17457
Donovan-Be Not Too Hard (sung at start of Poor Cow movie - only
available in this film, this song remains unreleased)
Donovan-Jennifer Juniper 7N17457
Claudine Longet-Love Is Blue A&M AMS718
Jeff Beck Group-Love Is Blue/I've Been Drinking COLUMBIA
DB8359
Jake Thackray-Lah Di Dah (acoustic version from television show,
released version in hour 2)
Manfred Mann-Up The Junction/Sleepy Hollow FONTANA TF908
Traffic-Roamin' Through The Gloamin' With 40,000 Headmen/No Face
No Name, No Number ISLAND WIP6030
Dave Mason-Just For You/Little Woman ISLAND WIP6032
1910 Fruitgum Company-Simon Says PYE 7N25447
Duncan Johnson-Big Architect/Memories Of A Boy SPARK
SRL1002
Whistling Jack Smith-Ja Da DERAM DM179 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-02-23 Hour
2There were 68 new singles released on Friday
23 February 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 216PODCAST
Jake Thackray-Lah Di Dah/Black Swan COLUMBIA DB8364
Lynn Tait and the Pioneers-Goodies Are Greatest BLUE CAT
SKA BS100
The Paupers-Think I Care VERVE VS1514
Paper Dolls-Something Here In My Heart PYE 7N17456
The Paupers-White Song VERVE VS1514
Paul and Barry Ryan-Pictures Of Today MGM 1385
Mark Wirtz-Weatherman PARLOPHONE R5668
Kim Weston-Nobody MGM 1382
Treetops-California My Way PARLOPHONE R5669
Mark Wirtz-Possums Dance PARLOPHONE R5668
Treetops-Carry On Living PARLOPHONE R5669
Johnny Farnham-Friday Kind Of Monday/Sadie The Cleaning Lady
COLUMBIA DB8355
Graham Gouldman (future member 10cc)-Upstairs Downstairs
RCA VICTOR RCA1667
Cat Stevens-Lovely City DERAM DM178
Bystanders-When Jezamine Goes PYE 7N17476
Mike Stuart Span-Concert Of Thoughts/Children Of Tomorrow
JEWEL JL01
**PLASTIC
PENNY: Quite literally with 'Penny' wearing this transparent pvc
raincoat
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
