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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

20-22 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 & Hour 6 combined
 PODCAST
Celebrating the early years of Vangelis 29.3.1943-17.05.2022:

Aphrodite's Child-I Want To Live/Rain & Tears/Let Me Love Let Me Live/Funky Mary/Good Times So Fine/Marie Jolie/Such A Funny Night/Babylon/Loud Loud Loud/The Four Horsemen/The Lamb/The Seventh Seal
Evangelos Oddyseas Papathanasiou, from the 1973 album 'Earth'-Come On/We Were All Uprooted/Sunny Earth/He-O/Ritual/Let It Happen/The City
Aphrodite's Child-Seven Trumpets/Altamont/The Wedding Of The Lamb/The Capture Of The Beast/Valley Of Sadness/You Always Stand In My Way/All The Seats Were Occupied/End Of The World
 
Hour 2
45 years ago: There were 62 new singles released on Friday 20 May 1977
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 674 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST

Bonnie Raitt-Runaway  WARNER K16953
The Heartbreakers-Born To Lose  TRACK 2094 135
Carole Bayer Sager-You're Moving Out Today  ELEKTRA K12257
Kenny Rogers-Lucille  UNITED ARTISTS UP36242
Strawbs-Back In The Old Routine/Burning For Me  POLYDOR 2066 818
Genesis-Match Of The Day  CHARISMA GEN001
Starbuck-Gimme A Break  PRIVATE STOCK PVT104
New Riders of the Purple Sage-Red Hot Women and Ice Cold Beer/Love Has Strange Way  MCA 299
Faces-Cindy Incidentally/Stay With Me  RIVA 8
Small Faces-I Feel Much Better  IMMEDIATE IMS110
PP Arnold-First Cut Is The Deepest  IMMEDIATE IMS109
Small Faces-I Feel Much Better  IMMEDIATE IMS110
Plaid Pops Orchestra-Sailin'  POWER EXCHANGE PX257
 
Hour 3
45 years ago: There were 62 new singles released on Friday 20 May 1977
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 674 + www.45cat.com
  PODCAST

Jacksons-Show You The Way To Go  EPIC EPC5266
Rock Follies '77-Okay  POLYDOR 2001 714
Iggy Pop-China Girl/Baby  RCA PB9093
Queen-First EP-Good Old Fashioned Loverboy/White Queen  EMI 2623
Foster Brothers-Count Me Out  ROCKET ROKN524
Magna Carta-Airport Song  PHILIPS 6006 570
Unicorn-Give and Take  HARVEST HAR5126
JJ Cale-After Midnight  ISLAND WIP6393 (we also played the 1966 version)
Jimmy Cliff-You Can Get It If You Really Want  ISLAND WIP6397
Jean Luc Ponty-New Country  ATLANTIC K10839
Dr Feelgood-Sneakin' Suspicion  UNITED ARTISTS UP36255
Gilbert O'Sullivan-My Love and I  MAM 165
Pete Solley-Blue Angel  ARISTA 101

Hour
4
50 years ago: There were 63 new singles released on Friday 19 May 1972
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 425 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST
Grand Funk Railroad-Upsetter  CAPITOL CL15770
Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70-Eg Be Mi O  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3052
Humble Pie-Hot 'n' Nasty/You're So Good To Me  A&M AMS7003
Grand Funk Railroad-No Lies  CAPITOL CL15770
Sweet-Man From Mecca/Little Willy  RCA 2225
Jumbo Sterling-Shaft  SIOU SI014
The JB's-Hot Pants Road  MOJO 2093 016
Jackie Rowland-Indian Reservation  SIUOX SI015
Tin Tin-Ships On The Starboard/Toast and Marmalade  POLYDOR 2058 232
Impressions-Our Love Goes On and On  BUDDAH 2011 124
Guy Ropes and the Tent Pegs-Burn Your Bras Girls  PARLOPHONE R5951
Les Crane-Children Learn What They Live  WARNER K16182
 
Hour 5
50 years ago: There were 63 new singles released on Friday 19 May 1972
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 425 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST
Free-Little Bit Of Love/Sail On  ISLAND WIP6129
Beach Boys-You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone  REPRISE K14173
Adge Cutler and the Wurzels-Little Darlin'  CBS 8067
Jimmy Castor Bunch-Troglodyte (Caveman)  RCA 2226
Johnny Otis Show-Watts Breakaway  EPIC EPC8071
Charlie Williams-That's What I Shoulda Said  COLUMBIA DB8897
Equals-Have I The Right  RESIDENT PT370
Brother Dan (Dandy Livingstone)-Django's Valley  SIOUX SI013
Pooch Jackson-You Just Gotta Get Ready  SIOUX SI013
Millie Jackson-Ask Me What You Want  MOJO 2093 015
Slade-Wonderin' Y/Take Me Bak 'Ome  POLYDOR 2058 232
New Riders Of The Purple Sage (NRPS)-I Don't Need No Doctor  CBS8035:

Chris B school satchel with NRPS sticker included with their 45rpm released on
19 May 1972
Joe Higgs-The Wave Of War  SIOUX SI014
P.A.T.C.H.-Bang Bang Bang  RCA 2213
Genya Ravan-Sit Yourself Down  CBS 8000
John Carter-One More Mile To Freedom  SPARL SRL1069
Beverly Bremers-We're Free  WAND WN28**
Blue Mink-Wacky Wacky Wacky  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3053**
Fela Ransome Kuti and Africa 70-Chop and Quench  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3052**
 
Hour 6, preceded by Hour 1
 PODCAST
Celebrating the early years of Vangelis 29.3.1943-17.05.2022:

Aphrodite's Child-I Want To Live/Rain & Tears/Let Me Love Let Me Live/Funky Mary/Good Times So Fine/Marie Jolie/Such A Funny Night/Babylon/Loud Loud Loud/The Four Horsemen/The Lamb/The Seventh Seal
Evangelos Oddyseas Papathanasiou, from the 1973 album 'Earth'-Come On/We Were All Uprooted/Sunny Earth/He-O/Ritual/Let It Happen/The City
Aphrodite's Child-Seven Trumpets/Altamont/The Wedding Of The Lamb/The Capture Of The Beast/Valley Of Sadness/You Always Stand In My Way/All The Seats Were Occupied/End Of The World



**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
 
 



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