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

29-31 July 2022

This week only - 6 hours of The New Singles for 1972 & 1977
 

Seagull:
FRIDAY: 1977; HOURS 1-3

SATURDAY: 1972; HOURS 4-6

 

CWR 1476:

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

 

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

Hour 1

45 years ago: There were 78 new singles released on Friday 29 July 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 684
 PODCAST
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Bad Moon Rising-Green River/Proud May  FANTASY FTC142
Unicorn-Have You Ever Seen The Rain/Nothing I Wouldn't Do  HARVEST HAR5131
CCS-Brother  RAK REPLAY RR7
Carole King-Hard Rock Cafe  CAPITOL CL15934
April-After Midnight  EMI INTERNATIONAL INT535
Baccara-Yes Sir I Can Boogie  RCA PB5526
Stranglers-Something Better Change  UNITED ARTISTS UP36277
James Brown-Honky Tonk  POLYDOR 2066 834
Philadelphia International All Stars-Let's Clean Up The Ghetto  PHILADELPHIA PIR5451
Sweet-Why Don't You Do It For Me  RCA PB5046
 

Hour 2

45 years ago: There were 78 new singles released on Friday 29 July 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 684
 PODCAST
Sweet-Stairway To The Stars  RCA PB5046
Kevin Braun Band-James Dean  BUS STOP BUS1059
Mandy B Jones-1234 We Ain't Got Muich Time  CBS 5031
Beach Boys-Mona (brian wilson demo)
Beach Boys-Mona  REPRISE K14481
8 bit Beach Boys-Mona
Beach Boys-Sail On Sailor/Rock & Roll Music  REPRISE K14481
The Boys-First Time  NEMS NES111
Strife-School/Feel So Good/Go  EMI INTERNATIONAL INT534
Muench-Cry/Lonely Man  LONDON HLU10550
Elvis Costello-(angels want to wear my) Red Shoes  STIFF BUY15
Justin Hayward-Stage Door  DERAM DM430
Barclay James Harvest-Hymn  POLYDOR 2058 904
 

Hour 3

45 years ago: There were 78 new singles released on Friday 29 July 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 684
  PODCAST
Gryphon-Spring Song/Fall Of The Leaf  HARVEST HAR5125
Black Blood-Rastiferian  CHRYSALIS CHS2159
In Crowd-We Play Reggae  CACTUS CT108
Desmond Dekker-Roots Rock  FEELGOOD FLG108
Eddie and the Hotrods-Do Anything You Wanna Do  ISLAND WIP6401
Flame-I Wanna Be Loved  EMI 2669
Hollies-Amnesty  POLYDOR 2058 906
Linda Lewis-Come Back And Finish What You Started  ARISTA 125
Mock Turtle-Rocking Days  CREOLE CR142
Johnny Guitar Watson-The Real Deal  DJM DJS10790
Crawler-Never Loved A Woman  EPIC EPC5496
Jerry Jeff Walker-Mr Bojangles  MCA 314
Quint-It's Much Better Now  UNITED ARTISTS UP36279
Pilot-Get Up And Go  ARISTA 111**
Flavor-Don't Freeze Up  MOTOWN TMG1079**

The MOB-Love Connection  PRIVATE STOCK PVT109**

 

Hour 4

50 years ago: There were 61 new singles released on Friday 28 July 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 435
 PODCAST
James Brown-Get On The Good Foot  POLYDOR 2066 231
Rainbow Family-Travellin' Lady  PRESIDENT PT375
Asgard-Children Of A New Born Age  THRESHOLD TH10
Mick Softley-From The Land Of The Crab  CBS 8269
Lloyd & Kerry-Tubby's In Full Swing  ATTACK 8024
Pat Satchmo-What's Going On  ATTACK 8024
Louis Armstrong-What A Wonderful World  PROBE GFF106
Jimmy Cliff-The Harder They Come  ISLAND WIP6138 & WIP6139 (consecutive identical releases)
O'Jays-Backstabbers  CBS 8270
Mott The Hoople-All The Young Dudes/One Of The Boys  CBS 8271
Melanie-Lay Lady Lay/Some Day I'll Be A Farmer  BUDDAH 2011 136
Dr John-Big Chief  ATLANTIC K10214
Chaquito (John Gregory Orchestra)-Hawaii 5-O  PHILIPS 6006 225
 

Hour 5

50 years ago: There were 61 new singles released on Friday 28 July 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 435

 PODCAST
Dr John-Wang Dang Doodle  ATLANTIC K10214
Derek and the Dominoes-Bell Bottom Blues/Layla (short version)  POLYDOR 2058 130
Uriah Heep-Easy Livin'/Why  ISLAND WIP6140
Jimmy Cliff-Many Rivers To Cross  ISLAND WIP6138 & WIP6139
Upsetters-Festival Da Da  UPSETTER US387
Lee and the Caledonians-Night Owl  GREEN DOOR GD4038
Osibisa-Ana-Bo  MCA MKS5093
Pagliaro-Some Sing Some Dance  PYE 7N45168
Christopher Neil-Here We Go  RAK 138
Paddy Corea-Soul and Inspiration  EXPLOSION EX2066
Peter Nelson-Good Scotch Whisky  PEACOCK PEA502
Stags-Try My Faith  EXPLOSION EX2066
Valerie Savage-In The Morning  PYE 7N45161
Tony Blackburn-Cindy  RCA 2247
 

Hour 6

50 years ago: There were 61 new singles released on Friday 28 July 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 435

 PODCAST

Tony Blackburn-Cindy  RCA 2247
Valerie Savage-In The Morning  PYE 7N45161
Honeyend-Heartbreaker  SPARK SRL1072
Asgard-(where are your) Friends  THRESHOLD TH10
Chi-Lites-The Coldest Days Of My Life  MCA MU1162
Notations-Need Your Love  CHAPTER ONE SCH174
Windows-Tell Me Baby  DECCA FR13330
Newbeats-Oh Pretty Woman  LONDON HLE10383
Harry Chapin-Could You Put Your Light On Please  ELEKTRA K12060
Giorgio-Today's A Tomorrow  PHILIPS 6000 070
The Stories-I'm Coming Home/You Told Me  KAMA SUTRA 2013 044
Derek and the Dominoes-Layla (long version not on single; used on US singles and later OLD GOLD reissue)
Rivington Pike-I'll Be There  DECCA F13329
Temple Row-King and Queen  POLYDOR 2058**
Silk-Burning Down The Cornfield  CBS 8269**
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band-Spreadin' Honey  JAYBOY BOY71**
Whistling Willie-Wheel and Tun Me  DUKE DU140**
 

 

**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

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

 

 

 

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)