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

6-8 May 2022

 

Seagull:
FRIDAY: One hour of (prog) rock; Two hours of 1977; HOURS 1-3

SATURDAY: Two Hours of 1972; One hour of rock and exotica HOURS 4-6

 

CWR 1476:

FRIDAY: 1972 HOURS 4+5
SATURDAY: Rock HOURS 1+6
SUNDAY: 1977 HOURS 2+3

 

with Pat McManus & Andy Stoddart, St Patrick's Day 2022, Wolverhampton

Hour 1

 PODCAST - not broadcast last week on Seagull

Focus live part 2, at the BBC in Concert, introduced by Bob Harris, 17 January 1973 BBC Paris Theatre, London

 

Hour 2

45 years ago: There were 66 new singles released on Friday 6 May 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 672 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST
Weather Report-Birdland  CBS 5205
Crisp-Love Makes You Cry  EMI INTERNATIONAL INT531
Kansas-Questions Of My Childhood/Carry On My Wayward Son  EPIC EPC4932
Van Morrison-Eternal Kansas City/Joyous Sound  WARNER K16939
Roger McGuinn-American Girl  CBS 5231
Bay City Rollers-It's A Game  ARISTA 108
Bachman Turner Overdrive-My Wheel's Won't Turn  MERCURY 6167 520
Linda Lewis-Moon and I  ARISTA 100
Liverpool Express-Dreamin'  WARNER K16933
Judas Priest-Dissident Aggressor/Diamonds and Rust  CBS 5222
David Coverdale-Hole In The Sky  PURPLE PUR123 
 

Hour 3

45 years ago: There were 66 new singles released on Friday 6 May 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 672 + www.45cat.com
  PODCAST
Stallion-Old Fashioned Boy  CASSABLANCA CAN101
David Coverdale-Blindman  PURPLE PUR123
Adverts-One Chord Wonders/Quickstep  STIFF BUY13
Ventures-Starsky and Hutch  UNITED ARTISTS UP36223
Olivia Newton John-Sam  EMI 2616
Ian Hunter-Justice Of The Peace  CBS 5229
Gryphon-Snakes and Ladders/Spring Song  HARVEST HAR5125
Tony Wilson-New York City Life  BEARSVILLE K15533
Heron-Don't Kill It Carol  BRONZE BRO40
Jackson Hawke-Into The Mystic  CBS 5034
Liverpool Express-Beauty Of The Bitch  WARNER K16933
Boz Scaggs-Lido Shuffle CBS 5136
Burke & Jerk-Stretford Enders  PHILIPS 6006 569**

Hour 4

50 years ago: There were 64 new singles released on Friday 5 May 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 423 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST

Apollo 100-Mendelssohn  YOUNG BLOOD YB1039
David Bowie-Starman/Suffragette City  RCA 2199
Felice Taylor-I Feel Love  PRESIDENT PT155
Herbert Von Karajan-European Anthem  POLYDOR 2001 320
Heart (a.k.a. Tony Blackburn)-House Of Cards  RCA 2205
We talked over the Felice Taylor B side backing track: Bob Keene Orchestra-Comin' On Again PRESIDENT PT155
Doors-Ships With Sails/In The Eye Of The Sun  ELEKTRA K12048
Kim Fowley-Born To Make You Cry/Thunder Road  ACTION ACT4606
Pacific Gas & Electric-Are You Ready  CBS 5034
Tuchwood (sic)-Freedom For The Stallion  POLYDOR 2058 233
Scrumpy & Dumpy (Peter Shelley & Marty Wilde)-When You Wish Upon A Star  FAMOUS FAM110
Tuchwood-Morning Light  POLYDOR 2058 233
Sailcat-Motorcycle Mama/Rainbow Road  ELEKTRA K12055
 

Hour 5

50 years ago: There were 64 new singles released on Friday 5 May 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 423 + www.45cat.com

 PODCAST
Stackridge-Slark (single mix)/Purple Spaceship Over Yatton  MCA MKS 5091
Wishful Thinking-Hiroshima/Clear White Light  B&C CB184
Bruce Ruffin-Mad About You  RHINO RNO101
Alan Decker-Barbara  BUMBLE GE106
Cold Turkey (actually Ray Davies, maybe The Kinks)-Nobody's Fool (theme to Budgie tv series, featuring Adam Faith & Iain Cuthbertson)
Chicory Tip-What's Your Name  CBS 8021
Little Richard-Money Is  REPRISE K14150
Redbone-Niji Trance  EPIC EPC7954
Nigel Olsson-Sunshine Looks Like Rain  DJM DJS266
Congregation-Lovers Of Th...and maybee World Unite  COLUMBIA DB8894
Roger Greenaway-Ballad Of Mae West  BELL 1233
T Rex-Metal Guru  T REX MARC 1
Wings-Mary Had A Little Lamb  PARLOPHONE R5949
 

Hour 6 (r)

 PODCAST

Focus Live part 1 - Japan & Netherlands

 

 

 

Saturday on CWR1476 - technical error at CWR prevented broadcast on 9 April 2022

 PODCAST

England, with their 1977 LP: Garden Shed
Midnight Madness
All Alone
Three Piece Suite
Paraffinalea
Yellow
Poisoned Youth
Three Piece Suite (original 1976 version)

Erik Neuteboom, official prog archives, writes:
"Their debut LP is one of the finest 24 carat progrock albums I've ever heard... with strong echoes of Genesis and Yes"

Saturday on CWR1476 - technical error at CWR prevented broadcast on 9 April 2022
 PODCAST
Hats Off Gentlemen-Back Where I Started/I Still Remember You
Spriggan Mist-Dance Of Pan/Gypsy Witch
Pat McManus Band-Stone Cold Sober/Crystal Sky/His Soul Remains With Me/Belfast Boy
Stuckfish-Different Ways
Emerald Dawn-Shadow In Light

 

**extended podcast only

Pat McManus is The Professor. Chris B models a Pat McManus/Mama's Boys t shirt in 2022

 

 

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

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

 

* 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

 

 

Jane Birkin: Les Langues de Chat

 

 

Our '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

 

 

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