TOWARD
THE
UNKNOWN REGION
This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
on Radio Seagull
onlineevery
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
8-10 July 2022 Seagull: FRIDAY: One hour of (prog) rock; Two hours of 1977; HOURS 1-3SATURDAY:
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 1PODCAST
Electric Light Orchestra 1st Album on Harvest. Alternate stereo
mixdown from quadrophonic version (Q4 SHVL797) + associated
singles Hour
2
45 years ago:
There were 54 new singles released on Friday 8 July
1977 compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 681 PODCAST
Oscar-Twilight Asylum DJM DJS10788
Ted Nugent-Cat Scratch Fever EPIC EPC5482
Fleetwood Mac-Dreams/Songbird WARNER K16969
Jack Flash-Putting On The Style RED NAIL RN3 Further info:
left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com
Atlantis-Who Loves You More JAYBOY BOY113
Elizabeth-God Save The Sex Pistols CREOLE CR139
Manfred Mann-Ha Ha Said The Clown/Semi Detached Suburban Mr James/Mighty
Quinn PHILIPS 6006 575
Lucy-Really Got Me Going B&C BCS0008
Long John Baldry-On Broadway GM GMS9045
Manfred Mann-By Request, Edwin Garvey (B side of original Fontana
single - Mighty Quinn)
Donna Summer-I Feel Love GTO GT100
Lovers-Discomania EPIC EPC5212** Hour
3
45 years ago:
There were 54 new singles released on Friday 8 July
1977 compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 681 PODCAST
extended to 1 hour 40 minutes
Kenny Loggins-I Believe In Love CBS
5441
Television-Prove It ELEKTRA K12262
Honey Monster-Sugar Sugar (Honey Honey) WARNER K16937
Television-Venus ELEKTRA K12262
10cc-People In Love MERCURY 6008 028 John Lodge-Summer Breeze DECCA F13717 A fairly rare Roger Dean sleeve for 'Natural Avenue' by John Lodge
Pablo Cruise-Watcha Gonna Do A&M AMS7301
Ted Nugent-Thousand Knives EPIC EPC5482 (listed in New Singles as
'Thousand Nights') Abacab?
Lucy-Oy B&C BCS0008
RB Zipper-Come Back Marianne ALASKA ALA2006
Candi Staton-Nights On Broadway WARNER K16972
Wildfire-Here Comes Summer CASABLANCA CAN107
Willie and the Wheels-Skateboard Craze ABC 4164
Yellow Dog-Stood Up VIRGIN VS183
10cc-I'm So Laid Back I'm Laid Out MERCURY 6008 028
Atlanta Rhythm Section-Neon Nights POLYDOR 2066 822
Andrew Gold-Go Back Home Again ASYLUM K13087**
Jelly-No One Likes My Baby ASYLUM K13088**
Oscar-Be My Moonbeam DJM DJS10788**
Jackson Browne-The Pretender ASYLUM K13086**
....keep listening for... Bonus... Les and I talked about and played a snippet from Lou Reed's
'Metal Machine Music' in the 1972 singles this week. Apparently RCA
withdrew the double album after just three weeks. It was Lou's 1975
contract filler and a parting 'gift' to RCA. See what you think of this
16 minute chunk. In certain noise circles it is now highly regarded...Hour 450 years ago:
There were 66 new singles released on Friday 7 July 1972compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 432 PODCAST
Erasmus Chorum-Mary Jane CHAPER ONE
SCH173
Duncan Browne-Journey RAK 135
Barbara Windsor-Cheeky Sorta Bird/Grin and Bare It DECCA F13323
Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs-Seaside Shuffle UK 5
The Piglets-This Is Reggae UK 4
Nazareth-Morning Dew/Spinning Top PEG PGS4
PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric)-Heatwave CBS 8130
Herbie Man-Philly Dog ATLANTIC K10179
Martin Lee-She's My Kind Of Woman DECCA F13320
Lou Reed-I Can't Stand It RCA 2240
Ratchell-Julie My Woman/Out Of Hand MCA MU1161 (discussion about
Lou Reed with short clip of 'Metal Machine Music')
Lulu-Even If I Could Change ATLANTIC K10185 Hour 550 years ago:
There were 66 new singles released on Friday 7 July 1972compiled from THE
NEW SINGLES*
issue 432PODCAST
Arlo Guthrie-Ukelele Lady REPRISE
K14188
R Dean Taylor-Taos New Mexico RARE EARTH RES106
Iron Cross-Sunshine/Little Bit O Soul SPARK SRL1079
Eddie Cochran-Summertime Blues UNITED ARTISTS UP35408
Betty Everett-Trouble Over The Weekend PRESIDENT PT372
Barlaston Down-Always DECCA F13321
Bee Gees-Run To Me POLYDOR 2058 255
Erasmus Chorum-Oh Lord CHAPTER ONE SCH173
Vasco Da Gamma-Take It Easy BUMBLE GE110
Fi-Dels-Try A Little Harder JAYBOY BOY69
Charlie-Dream Hero BUMBLE GE111
Tom Fogerty-Cast The First Stone FANTASY 680
Ruff n Reddy-How Do You Do/Behind a Smile PARLOPHONE R5963
Looking Glass-Brandy (you're a fine girl) EPIC EPC8213
Joe Tex-You Said A Bad Word MERCURY 6052 156
Suzi Quatro-Rolling Stone RAK 134**
Donnie Hathaway-Ghetto ATLANTIC K10193**
scroll down for hour 6
Last weekend Kathy and I went to the above event. Midday to Midnight for
two days. 16 bands. This week we feature The Enid and The Mighty Ra in
Hour 6... Les's brother-in-law Andy and I had a profound discussion with
Robert John Godfrey
Prog For Peart, July 2022. Les’s sister Jan meets Robert John Godfrey of
The Enid Hour 6PODCAST Shelley
Hoefer & Bryan Yoshida-White Bird
The Enid-Something Wicked This Way Comes/Golden Earrings
The Mighty Ra-Bigger Lie/All Secrets Known
Darwin's Radio-Stronger
The Enid-665 The Great Bean
The Mighty Ra-Rain
Rah Band-Clouds Across The Moon
**extended
podcast only 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
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
