TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

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

23-29 October 2021
 

 

with Les Newman

 

Hour 1

50 years ago: There were 63 new singles released on Friday 29 October 1971

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 398 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST
Nirvana-Stadium  PHILIPS 6006 166
Day Trippers-Birds And Bees  TROJAN TR7839
Nirvana-Please Believe Me  PHILIPS 6006 166

Yoko Ono-Mrs Lennon/Midsummer New York  APPLE 38
Winston Francis-Love Is Everywhere  DECCA F13239
Deep Purple-Fireball  HARVEST HAR5045
Day Trippers-My Family  TROJAN TR7839
Deep Purple-Demons Eye  HARVEST HAR5045
King Biscuit Boy-Ranky Tanky  PARAMOUNT PARA3016
Chocolate Sack-Happy Weekend/Lonely Man  SPARK SRL1056
Choc Ice-Groovy Situation  POLYDOR 2058 162

 

Hour 2

50 years ago: There were 63 new singles released on Friday 29 October 1971

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 398 + www.45cat.com

 PODCAST

Amanda's Band-Crazy Maisie/Nashville Band  PRESIDENT PT346
The Band-Life Is A Carnival  CAPITOL CL15700
Delaney & Bonnie-Only You Know And I Know  ATLANTIC 2091 151
Ray Barretto and his Orchestra  MOJO 2092 022
Vaughan Thomas-Julie Jane/Black Sheep Of The Family  DJM DJS258
Tony Brevett-Direct Surprise a.k.a. Twinkle Brothers-You Took Me By Surprise  BIG SHOT BI593
Tremeloes-Too Late To Be Saved  CBS 7529
Silent Majority-Frightened Girl  HOT WAX HWX110
Tams-What Kind Of Fool  PROBE PRO542
Savoy Brown-Let It Rock/Tell Mama  DECCA F13247
Russell Stone-Tumbleweed Town  DECCA F13245
Matthew Bones-I Am The Pixie/Two Sugars  PYE 7N45100
Kool and the Gang-Funky Man  MOJO 2027 005
Delaney & Bonnie-God Knows I Love You  ATLANTIC 2091 151

Hour 3

50 years ago: There were 63 new singles released on Friday 29 October 1971

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 398 + www.45cat.com

 PODCAST
Redwing-Bonnie Bones  UNITED ARTISTS UP35295
Birds Of A Feather-For Better Or Worse  DJM DJS259
Melody Smith-Rastus Ravel/You Never Hear A Tear Drop Fall  CBS 7561
Junior Campbell-Goodby Baby Jane  DERAM DM344
Dennis Alcapone & John Holt-Togetherness (Black and White)  JACKPOT JP775
John Killigrew-Just A Line  PENNY FARTHING PEN774
Hermits-She's A Lady/Gold Mandela  RCA 2135
Stairsteps-Stay Close To Me  BUDDAH 2011 092
Clancy Eccles-Power For The People  CLANDISC CLA236
Paul Jones-Life After Death/Mighty Ship  VERTIGO 6059 053
Paul Kent-Do You  B&C CB165
Paintbox-Get Ready For Love  YOUNG BLOOD YB1029
Peoples Choice-I Like To Do It  MOJO 2092 024
Soundation-Goodbye Forever  UNITED ARTISTS UP35296
 

 

 

Hour 4
 PODCAST

Deep Purple-Fireball side one: Fireball/No No No/Demon's Eye/Anyones Daughter HARVEST SHVL793

Human League-Things That Dreams Are Made Of/Open Your Heart

Evangelos O Papathanassiou-Sunny Earth

Aphrodite's Child-Loud Loud Loud/The Four Horsemen

Jethro Tull-Inside
Hayden Thorpe-Parallel Kingdom
Jethro Tull-Sweet Dream

 

 PODCAST

In memory of Neil Peart - revised repeat, not previously broadcast on CWR1476

RUSH Hour 1:

2112 - 1976 radio ad

Overture

The Temple Of Syrinx
Discovery
Presentation
Oracle: The Dream
Soliloquy
Grand Finale
Subdivisions
Freewill
Roll The Bones
Xanadu
Test For Echo

 

 PODCAST
In memory of Neil Peart - revised repeat, not previously broadcast on CWR1476

RUSH Hour 2:

The Wreckers
Tom Sawyer
Bravado
Time Stand Still
The Big Money
By Tor and The Snow Dog
A Passage To Bangkok
The Twilight Zone
Lessons
Tears
Something For Nothing
Jacob's Ladder
Red Barchetta (only in original extended PODCAST )

 

 

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

 

**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

Interested in the Mellotron? Want to check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron? Visit:  
The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)