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

5-8 AUGUST 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
Eric Burdon & The Animals - their double LP 'Love Is' from 1968
 

Hour 2

45 years ago: There were 56 new singles released on Friday 5 August 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 685
 PODCAST
BJ Thomas-Don't Worry Baby  MCA 313
Thin Lizzy-Bad Reputation/Dancing In The Moonlight  VERTIGO 6059 177
Jackson Five-Sky Writer  MOTOWN TMG1081
Gentle Giant-I'm Turning Round  CHRYSALIS CHS2160
Manfred Mann-Pretty Flamingo  EMI 2644
La Belle Epoque-Black Is Black  HARVEST HAR5133
Elkie Brooks-Sunshine After The Rain  A&M AMS7306
Charlene-I've Never Been To Me  PRODIGAL PROD4
Marc Boland and T Rex-Celebrate Summer/Ride My Wheels  TREX MARC18
Mandy Miller-Nellie The Elephant/It's Time To Dream  EMI 2665
Meri Wilson-Telephone Man  PYE 7N25747
Sam & Dave-You Don't Know/Hold On I'm Coming  CONTEMPO CS2124
Connie Francis-Lipstick On Your Collar/Who's Sorry Now  POLYDOR 2066 839
 

Hour 3

45 years ago: There were 56 new singles released on Friday 5 August 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 685
  PODCAST
Manfred Mann-Got My Mojo Working  EMI 2644
Foreigner-Cold As Ice/I Need You  ATLANTIC K10986
Gentle Giant-Just The Same  CHRYSALIS CHS2160
Little Feat-Time Loves A Hero  WARNER K16994
Bruce Johnston-Disney Girls  CBS 5514
Life-Cats Eyes  PHILIPS 6006 280
Carl Wayne-Hi! Summer  JM DJS10797
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates-I'll Never Get Over You  EMI 2667
Peter & Gordon-Lady Godiva  EMI 2645
Small Faces-Looking For A Love  ATLANTIC K10983
Sandford/Townsend Band-Smoke From A Distant Fire  WARNER K16995
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-Luna  ISLAND WIP6403
Bonnie and the Treasures-Home Of The Brave  SPECTOR 2010 021
Errol Daniel-Reggae In The Sun  PYE 7N46007
Bobby Marchan-I Wanna Bump  MERCURY 6167 522
Salsoul Explosion-I Feel Happy  CALENDAR DAY109**
Garland Jeffreys-Wild In The Streets  A&M AMS7304**
Dizzy Gillespie-Free Ride  PABLO 2018 004

 

Hour 4

50 years ago: There were 54 new singles released on Friday 4 August 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 436
 PODCAST
10cc-Donna  UK6
Shag-Loop Di Love  UK7
Axe-People Come People Go/You'd Better Keep Out Of My Way  MCA MKS5094
Mike Hugg-Your Fool No More  POLYDOR 2058 265
Searchers-Needles and Pin  RCA 2248
Mike Hugg-Blue Suede Shoes Again  POLYDOR 2058 265
Squeek-Make Hay While The Sun Shines  BRONZE BRO1
Procol Harum-Conquistador  CHRYSALIS CHS2003
Jim Croce-You Don't Mess Around With Jim  PHILIPS 6000 069
Archie Bell and the Drells-Here I Go Again  ATLANTIC K10210
Janis Joplin-Me And Bobby McGee  CBS 7019
Ronnie Hawkins-Cora Mae  MONUMENT MNT8292
Dennis Alcapone-Master Key  UPSETTER US388
Upsetters-Key Hole  UPSETTER US388
Dennis Brown-Silhouettes  SONGBIRD SB1074
Jimmy London & Rocking Horse-Jamaican Festival '72  RANDY RAN527
Crystalites-Silhouettes  SONGBIRD SB1074

 

Hour 5

50 years ago: There were 54 new singles released on Friday 4 August 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 436

 PODCAST
Roxy Music-The Numberer/Virginia Plain  ISLAND WIP6144
Formula Two-Easy Times/Girl Who Lives Next Door  CBS 8285
Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends-Gotta Keep A Rocking/Flashing Lights  ATLANTIC K10221
Matthew Linhart-It's Alright It's Okay  A&M AMS7020
Silverbird-Getting Together  CBS8244
Olivia Newton John-Just A Little Too Much  PYE 7N45162
Colin Areety-Poco Joe  DERAM DM360
El Chicano-Brown Eyed Girl  MCA MU1163
MJ Dorane-If I Were A Carpenter  PYE 7N45162
Lou Reed-Walk It Talk It  RCA 2240
Larry Grayson-Shut That Door  YORK SYK529
Steven Smith and Father-Storm In A Teacup  DECCA F13332
BJ Thomas-That's What Friends Are For  WAND WN30
Dave Barker-You'll Be Sorry  JACKPOT JP803
Helen Reddy-I Don't Know How To Love Him  CAPITOL CL15729
 

Hour 6

 PODCAST

YES in concert, 20th November 1972, Uniondale, New York

 

on 1476 only, 7.00pm Saturday:

 PODCAST

Traffic-Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Franck Carducci and the Fantastic Squad-Alice's Eerie Dream/The Four Horsemen
Aphrodite's Child-Battle Of The Locusts/Do It
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Thinking About My Life
Stuckfish-The Bridge That Spans The Edge Of Time
Clear Blue Sky-Sweet Leaf
Stuckfish-Sylvanir
Traffic-Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory

 

**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)