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This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)

on Radio Seagull online every Friday and Saturday, midday and at midnight
 on 1476Khz and various AM frequencies in Netherlands
on CWR 1476Khz Leicestershire every Friday, Saturday & Sunday evening 6.00-8.00pm
1476 WEBCAST: Carillon Wellbeing Radio

Playlist for weekend 20/21/22 Aug 2021
 
 
with Les Newman

Jingles and voiceovers
Amy Bargeron


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Hour 1 FRIDAY
 
PODCAST
50 years ago: There were 43 new singles released on Friday 20 August 1971
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 388 + www.45cat.com
Buddy Bohn-Piccalilli Lady  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3040
100 Proof (aged in soul)-Somebody's Ben Sleeping  HOT WAX HWX108
Fortunes--Freedom Come Freedom Go  CAPITOL CL15693
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express-Tomorrow City/Marai's Wedding  POLYDOR 2058 133
Charlie Ace-Grine Grine/Need No Whip  SMASH SMA2325
Flamin Groovies-Evil Hearted Ada/Teenage Head  KAMA SUTRA 2013 031
Gordon Lightfoot-Early Morning Rain  UNITED ARTIST UP35274
Tammy Wynette-Good Lovin'  EPIC EPC7425
Graham Nash-Military Madness  ATLANTIC  2091 135
Tony Burrows-I'll Always Come Up Smiling  BELL BLL1172
Thin Lizzy-Dublin/Remembering  DECCA F13208 33rpm maxi single
John Williams-Pomegranate  FLY BUG13
 
Hour 2 FRIDAY
 
PODCAST 
50 years ago: There were 43 new singles released on Friday 20 August 1971
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 388 + www.45cat.com
Ralph McTell-First and Last Man  FAMOUS FAM105
Nicky Thomas-BBC/Tell It Like It Is  TROJAN TR7830
Mac and Katie Kissoon-Pidgeon  YOUNG BLOOD YB1028
Jimmy London & Impact All Stars-Bridge Over Troubled Water  RANDY RAN517
Big Black and his Congregation-Long Hair/Diggin' What You're Doing  UNI UN534
CCS (Collective Consciousness Society)-Tap Turns On The Water  RAK RAK119
Autumn-My Little Girl  PYE 7N45090
Buster Jangles Flying Mattress-Love Has Taken Over My Brain (with a Depeche Mode mash up - Personal Jesus)/The Little World I Knew  RCA 2112
Thin Lizzy-Old Moon Madness/Things Ain't Working Out On The Farm  DECCA F13208
 
Hour 3 FRIDAY (1476 Saturday at 6.00pm)
PODCAST 
50 years ago: There were 43 new singles released on Friday 20 August 1971
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 388 + www.45cat.com
Paul and Linda McCartney-Backseat Of My Car/Heart Of The Country  APPLE R5914
Mail-Omnibus  PARLOPHONE R5916
Three Dog Night-Liar  PROBE PRO536
John Baldry (with Elton John)-Rock Me When He's Gone  WARNER K16105
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires-The Law  DUKE DU69
Dave McLaren-Love Is What I Bring  BIG BG323
Hot Chocolate-I Believe In Love/Caveman Billy  RAK RAK118
Cliff Bennett-Say You Don't Love Me  CBS 7424
Graham Nash-I Used To Be A King  ATLANTIC 2091 135
Jack Downing-Will The Circle Be Unbroken  RCA 2111
Steve Alaimo-When My Little Girl Is Smiling  CBS 7386
The Earls-Remember Then  ATLANTIC 2091 129
Jo Ann & Barry-Here's To You  PYE 7N25565
Billy Bland-Let The Little Girl Dance  ATLANTIC 2091 130
Ernie Smith-Sunday Morning  HORSE HOSS6**
Moses Dillard & Tex Town Display-Our Love Is True  BUDDAH 2011 089**
 
Hour 4 SATURDAY (1476 Saturday at 6.00pm)
 PODCAST
Bert Sommer-America
Yes-America
Bert Sommer-Jennifer
Chambers Brothers-Time Has Come Today
Dukes of Stratosphear-25 o'clock
Cosmic Sounds-Leo THE LORD OF LIGHTS
Cosmic Sounds-Virgo THE PERPETUAL PERFECTIONIST
Moody Blues-Legend Of A Mind
Gordon Lightfoot-Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

 
Hour 5 SATURDAY - extended 2 hour file
 PODCAST repeat from 5th June 2021 - technical issue cut the original broadcast from  Seagull
 
LP releases for June 1971
Emerson Lake & Palmer TARKUS (Island ILPS 9155)-
Jeremy Bender/Bitches Crystal/The Only Way (Hymn)/Infinite Space

Earth and Fire (NEPENTHA 6437 004)-
Love Quiver/Wild and Exciting/Twilight Dreamer/
Ruby Is The One/You Know The Way/Vivid Shady Land/Seasons

NEPENTHA records: Earth & Fire. Photo courtesy of www.betteronvinyl.co.uk

The Move MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY (Harvest SHSP 4013)-
Words Of Aaron/It Wasn't My Idea To Dance/Message From The Country
 
Harvey Mandel CRISTO REDENTOR (Philips 6336 009 reissue)-
Wade In The Water/Cristo Redentor

Radha Krsna Temple (APPLE SAPCOR 18)-
Govinda/Sri Guruvastak/Bhaja Bhakata/Arotrika/Hare Krsna Mantra

Bill Oddie-Harry Krishna (b side of single)

Quintessence DIVE DEEP (Island ILPS 9143)-
Dance For The One
 
Hour 6  SATURDAY
 PODCAST repeat of 14th August remembering the closedown of BigL. ..
54 years ago: There were 36 new singles released on Friday 4 August 1967 and 52 new singles released on Friday 11 August 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 188 & 189 + www.45cat.com
Commemorating the Marine Etc Broadcasting Offences act of 14th August 1967
playlist to follow on Sunday...
inc. Skip Bifferty-On Love/Cover Girl  RCA VICTOR RCA1621
Ivor Cutler Trio-I Had A Little Boat  PARLOPHONE R5624
Robert Knight-Everlasting Love  MONUMENT MON1008
Our Plastic Dreams-Little Bit Of Shangri La  GO AJ11411
Joyce Bond-This Train  ISLAND WIP6018
Warm Sounds-Sticks and Stones  IMMEDIATE IM058
Loot-Whenever You're Ready  CBS 2938
Electric Prunes-Great Banana Hoax  REPRISE RS20607
The Fortunes-The Idol  UNITED ARTISTS UP1188
Bunny Sigler-Let The Good Times Roll  CAMEO PARKWAY P153
Paul Jones-Thinking Ain't For Me  HMV POP1602
Ken Boothe-Puppet On A String  STUDIO ONE SO2012
Joe Higgs-Neighbour  COXSONE CS7004
Beatles-A Day In The Life (final song played on radio london)
 
we end with the Radio London theme and closedown at 3.00pm on 14th August 1967, exactly 54 years ago
 
Epilogue: The Smoke-My Friend Jack**
 
SUNDAY on 1476 only at 6.00pm
 PODCAST
LP releases for July 1971
Ian Carr-Bedrock Deadlock (SOLAR PLEXUS, VERTIGO 6360 039)
Focus-Focus (IN AND OUT OF FOCUS, POLYDOR 2344 003) UK EDITION:

Beach Boys-The Little Girl I once Knew (THE BEACH BOYS, STARLINE SRS 5074)
Ekseption-Rondo, piano concerto no. 3 in C minor, opus 27  (EKSEPTION III, PHILIPS 6423 005)
Black Sabbath-Solitude, In To The Void  (MASTER OF REALITY, VERTIGO 6360 050)
Peter Hamill-Imperial Zeppelin/Candle/Happy/Solitude/Vision  (FOOL'S MATE, CHARISMA CAS 1037)

SUNDAY on 1476 only at 7.00pm
 PODCAST
LP releases for July 1971
Atacama-Ataray/El Arbol  (ATACAMA, CHARISMA CAS 1039
Bernie Taupin-various poems  (TAUPIN, DJM DJLPS 415
Made In Sweden-Roundabout/Winter's A Bummer  (MAD RIVER, SONET SNTF 621)
Beach Boys-When I Grow Up (to be a man)  (THE BEACH BOYS, STARLINE SRS 5074)
Neptunes Empire  (NEPTUNES EMPIRE, POLYMAX PXX 01
Donovan-Mr Wind/The Walrus And The Carpenter/Jabberwocky/Celia Of The Seals  (HMS DONOVAN, DAWN DNLD 4001)
Gentle Giant-Acquiring The Taste  (ACQUIRING THE TASTE, VERTIGO 6360 041)

 

 


 
 
To paraphrase Eric Morecambe: "We've played all the right songs, but not necessarily in the right order" - Your corrections are always welcome
 
**extended podcast only

 
* 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 2021: 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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