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This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
July 1968The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-05 Hour
1There were 69 new singles released on Friday 5
July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 235PODCAST Alan Bown!-We Can Help
You MUSIC FACTORY CUB1
Amen Corner-High In The Sky DERAM DM197
Alan Bown!-Magic Handkerchief MUSIC FACTORY CUB1
Dusty Springfield-I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten PHILIPS
BF1682
Aphrodites Child-Rain and Tears/Don't Try To Catch A River
MERCURY MF1039
Family-Me My Friend/Hey Mr Policeman REPRISE RS23270Turtles-The Story Of Rock and Roll LONDON HLU10207
Fleetwood Mac-Need Your Love So Bad/Stop Messin' Around
BLUE HORIZON 57-3139
Turtles-Can't You Hear The Cows
LONDON HLU10207
Pinkertons-Kentucky Woman PYE 7N17574
John Walker-Kentucky Woman PHILIPS BF1676
Randy Newman-Love Story (you and me) REPRISE RS23278
Alan Price Set-Love Story (you and me) DECCA F12808
Roy and Duke All Stars-Train BLUE CAT BS117
Heptones-Dock Of The Bay STUDIO ONE SO2052
Soul Purpose-Hummin' ISLAND WIP6040 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-05 Hour
2There were 69 new singles released on Friday 5
July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 235PODCAST
Herman's Hermits-Sunshine Girl COLUMBIA DB8446
Toby Twirl-Romeo and Juliet '68 DECCA F12804
Joni Mitchell-Night In The City REPRISE RS20694
Toby Twirl-Toffee Apple Sunday DECCA F12804
Jose Feliciano-California Dreamin' RCA VICTOR RCA1715
Tony Kenny and the Sands-Yummy Yummy Yummy MAJOR MINOR
MM573
Lynn Taitt and the Jets-Napoleon Solo ISLAND WI3139
Zion De Gallier-Dream Dream Dream PARLOPHONE R5710
Peppermint Trolley Company-Baby You Came Rolling Cross My Mind
DOT 110
Earth Opera-Dreamless ELEKTRA EKSN45035
First Edition-Look Around I'll Be There/Charlie The Fer' De
Lance REPRISE RS20993
Flirtations-Someone Out There DERAM DM195
Icarus-You're In Life SPARK SRL1012
Johnny Nash-Hold Me Tight REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3010
Opal Butterfly-Beautiful Beige CBS 3576
Simon and Garfunkel-Old Friends/Bookends/Mrs Robinson
CBS3443
Joni Mitchell-I Had A King REPRISE RS20694
Buckinghams-Back In Love Again CBS 3559
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-12 Hour
1There were 71 new singles released on Friday
12 July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 236PODCAST
Smoke-Utterly Simple/Sydney Gill ISLAND WIP 6031
Jimmy Cliff-Waterfall ISLAND WIP 6039
Ed Nangle-Good Girl BLACK CAT BS120
Fran and Allan-Mrs Robinson MGM 1428
Ray Charles-Eleanor Rigby STATESIDE SS2120
Tim Hardin-Don't Make Promises VERVE VS1516
John Dummer Band-40 Days/Travelling Man MERCURY MF1040
The Sleepy-Loves Immortal Fire/Is It Really The Same
CBS3582 (...in 2019 sold for £900+ on ebay)
Peter and Gordon-You've Had Better Times COLUMBIA DB8451
Peter Thorogood-Haunted PYE 7N17577
Glen Campbell-Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife EMBER S255
Westmorlites-Miss Highty Tighty STUDIO ONE SO2050
Gene Darling-Angie SPARK SRL1011
The Groovers-Day By Day AMALGAMATED AMG816
Jo Jo Gunne-Every Story Has An End DECCA F12807 This is
the British Jo Jo Gunne, NOT the USA band who had a 1972 hit
with Run Run Run
Hugh Masekela-Grazing In The Grass UNI UN504 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-12 Hour
1There were 71 new singles released on Friday
12 July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 236PODCAST
Grapefruit-C'mon Marianne RCA VICTOR RCA1716
Small Faces-Donkey Rides A Penny A Glass/The Universal
IMMEDIATE IM069
Pidgeon Flyers-Heaven We Shared Together COLUMBIA DB8440
Rainbow People-Walk Will Do You Good PYE 7N17582
Minstrels-Yours Until Tomorrow STUDIO ONE SO2050
The 5th Dimension-Stoned Soul Picnic LIBERTY LBF15072
Electric Flag-Groovin' Is Easy CBS 3594
Martin-I Second That Emotion COXSONE CS7056
Easybeats-Land Of Make Believe UNITED ARTISTS UP2219
O'Hara's Playboys-Blue Dog FONTANA TF949
Jerry Jeff Walker-Mr Bojangles ATLANTIC 584200
Blue Cheer-Just A Little Bit PHILIPS BF1684
Cymbeline (sic, band name usually spelt 'CYMBALINE')-Down By The
Seaside PHILIPS BF1681
Keith West-On A Saturday PARLOPHONE R5713
The Caste-Don't Cast Aside PRESIDENT PT211
Eddysons-Ups And Downs OLGA OLE010
Max Romeo-Put Me In The Mood ISLAND WI 3104
Keith West-Kid Was A Killer PARLOPHONE R5713
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Don't Take It So Hard CBS 3586
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-19 Hour
1There were 62 new singles released on Friday
19
July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 237PODCAST Albert King-I Love Lucy
STAX 601042
Beach Boys-Do It Again CAPITOL CL15552
Nocturnes-Carpet Man/Look At Me COLUMBIA DB8453
Bee Gees-Sinking Ships (sounds like Nocturnes B side)
Waterproof Candle-Saturday Morning Repentance RCA VICTOR
RCA1717
Soul Vendors-Real Rock COXSONE CS7057
Rudies-Train To Vietnam NU BEAT NB001
Mort Garson Love Strings-Quiet Sunday LIBERTY LBF15110
Friends-Mythological Sunday (Tony Burrows vocals)/Piccolo Man
(Neil Landon vocals) DERAM DM198 (available on Flower Pot Men
compilations)
Flavor-Sally Had A Party DIRECTION 58 3597
Elastic Band-Do Unto Others DECCA F12815
Magic Lanterns-Shame Shame CAMP 602007
Merseys-Lovely Loretta FONTANA TF955
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart-Alice Long (you're still my favourite
girlfriend) A&M AMS729
Harlem Speakeasy-Aretha POLYDOR 56270
Amy Foray-Sarah Jane PARLOPHONE R5715
Piccadilly Line-Evenings With Corrina CBS 3595 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-19 Hour
2There were 62 new singles released on Friday
19
July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 237PODCAST
Susan Shirley-Sun Shines Out Of My Shoes (title on early
pressings, corrected on later copies to "Sun Shines Out Of your
Shoes", which is what
Susan actually sings MERCURY MF1038
Tim Rose-Long Haired Boy CBS 3598
Susan Shirley-Tomorrow Today MERCURY MF1038
Four Seasons-Saturday's Father PHILIPS BF1685
Strangers-Step Inside PYE 7N17585
Dave Davies-Lincoln County PYE 7N17514
The Bubble Gum-Little Red Bucket PHILIPS BF1677
Waterproof Candle-Electrically Heated Child RCA VICTOR
RCA1717
The Glass Opening-Silver Bells and Cockle Shells/Does It Really
Matter PLEXIUM P1236
Elastic Band-8 1/2 Hours DECCA F12815
The Mirage-Mystery Lady PAGE ONE POF078
Sweet-Slow Motion/It's Lonely Out There (sold at ebay £1000+)
FONTANA TF958
Pepper-We'll Make It Together/Look Out I'm On The Way Down
PYE 7N17569
Mellotones-Feel Good AMALGAMATED AMG817
Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me Go PAGE ONE POF079
Duncan Brown-Alfred Bell IMMEDIATE IM070
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-26 Hour
1
There were 52 new singles released on Friday 26 July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 238PODCAST
Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me Go/Baby You're Not To Blame
PAGE ONE POF079
Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me (To) Go, from BBC1 radio 1
session introduced by David Symonds
Reparata and the Delrons-Weather Forecast BELL BLL1021
Pattern People-Take A Walk In The Sun/Love Is A Lover Loving To
Be Loved MGM 1429
Status Quo-Ice In The Sun PYE 7N17581
Laura Nyro-Sweet Blindness/Eli's Comin' CBS 3604
Status Quo-When My Mind Is Not Live PYE 7N17581
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap-Lady Willpower CBS 3551
Jacky-We're Off and Running PHILIPS BF1689
Dukes Noblemen-Thank You For Your Loving
PHILIPS BF1691
Chris Farlowe-Paint It Black IMMEDIATE IM071
Dukes Noblemen-City Of Windows
PHILIPS BF1691
Skip Bifferty-Man In Black/Mr Money Man RCA VICTOR RCA1720
Skip Bifferty-Guru (LP track)
Loving Awareness Band-Love You To Know (Skip Biffertys' Guru)
Mood Mosaic-Yellow Spotted Capricorn PARLOPHONE R5716 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-07-26 Hour
2
There were 52 new singles released on Friday 26 July 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 238PODCAST
Alan Tew Orchestra-Rosie CBS 3605
Max Romeo-Walk Into The Dawn ISLAND WI3111
Brother Dan All Stars-Another Saturday Night TROJAN TR608
Uniques featuring Slim Smith-Beatitude ISLAND WI3123
Country Smith (Crispian St Peters)-Low Bad Hurting DECCA
F12818
Kris Ife-Give and Take MUSIC FACTORY CUB3
The Nerve-It Is/Mystery Lady PAGE ONE POF081
The Mirage-Mystery Lady PAGE ONE POF078
Tim Andrews and Paul Korda-Smile If You Want To PARLOPHONE
R5714
Bobby Cole-Mr Bojangles CBS 3626
The Endevers-Taking Care Of Myself/Remember When We Were Young
DECCA F12817
Elmer Hocketts Hurdy Gurdy-Fantastic Fair PARLOPHONE R5716
East Of Eden-Ballad Of Harvey Kaye/King Of Siam ATLANTIC
584198
Royal Guardsmen-Snoopy For President LONDON HLP10211
Creations-Holding Out AMALGAMATED AMG818
Pattern People-Take A Walk In The Sun (an inadvertent but
truncated repeat from hour 1)
James Brown-Licking Stick parts 1 & 2 POLYDOR 56744
Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas-City Smoke FONTANA TF957
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PLASTIC
PENNY: Quite literally with 'Penny' wearing this transparent plastic
raincoat
Released July 1968 - PAGE ONE
RECORDS POF 079Cream-Pressed Rat And Warthog POLYDOR 56258 Harley Davidson, a MARCH 1968
single from Brigitte Bardot
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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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
