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

7/8/9 October 2022

 

 

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

 

Hour 1
50 years ago: There were 53 new singles released on Friday 6 October 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 445
 PODCAST
Scotty and the Crystallites-Clean Race/Version Train  SONG BIRD SB1080 (this was actually released on 15th September 1972, and too good to miss... once we had a copy in the studio. Pity I didn't back announce it! Doh..)
Joan Baez-Silent Running/Rejoice In The Sun  MCA MU1170
Fanny-Young and Dumb  REPRISE K14207
Jackson Heights-Long Time Dying/Maureen  VERTIGO 6059 068
Ron Davies-It Ain't Easy  A&M AMS799
David Bowie-Can't Help Thinking About Me/I'm Not Losing Sleep/Do Anything You Say/I Dig Everything  PYE 7NX8002
Chicory Tip-Future Is Past  CBS 8094
White Plains-Beachcomber (a.k.a. no beginning and no end)/Dad You Saved The World  DERAM DM365
Lesley Gore-It's My Party  MERCURY 6052 179
Robert Farnon Orchestra-Colditz tv theme tune  MCA MKS5099
 

Hour 2

50 years ago: There were 53 new singles released on Friday 6 October 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 445
 PODCAST

John Baldry-Everything Stops For Tea  WARNER K16217
Chicory Tip-Big Wheels Rolling  CBS 8094
John Baldry-Hambone  WARNER K16217
Gilbert O'Sullivan-Clair  MAM 84
Linda Lewis-It's The Frame/Old Smokey  REPRISE K14209
Joe Higgs-Lay A Foundation  SIOUX SI021
Bruce Ruffin-Comin On Strong  RHINO RNO109
Zubaba-Zubaba  BUS STOP BUS1002
Home-Fancy Lady, Hollywood Child  CBS 7809
Kwil-Spent The Rent  PARLOPHONE R5969
Medicine Head-How Does It Feel  DANDELION 2001 383
Mouth and McNeal-Hello A  DECCA FR13344
Mickey Newbury-Remember The Good  ELEKTRA K12070
Casey Kelly-Poor Boy  ELEKTRA K12071
Jook-Alright With Me  RCA2279
Dr Hook-Carry Me  CBS 8329
Things Fall Apart-Bye Bye My Rose  PRESIDENT PT378
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons-The Night  MOWEST MW3002
Medicine Head-Morning Light  DANDELION 2001 383**

 

Hour 3
 PODCAST

Vanilla Fudge-Dancing Days
The Great Society with Grace Slick (Conspicuous Only In Its Absence)-White Rabbit
Vanilla Fudge-Babe I'm Gonna Leave You/Dazed And Confused
Steve Hackett at Royal Festival Orchestra-Firth Of Fifth
8 bit Pink Floyd-One Of The Days
Damian Wilson-And You And I/Breakfast In America
Arena-Time Capsule

 

Hour 4 on Seagull next weekend but destined for CWR 1476 only tonight at 7.00pm
 PODCAST

Led Zeppelin-House Of The Holy
Noosha Fox-Odd Peculiar Strange
Vanilla Fudge-Your Time Is Gonna Come/All Of My Love
Pink Floyd-Astronomy Domine/Lucifer Sam/Matilda Mother
Judi Tzuke-Roundabout
Yes-Everydays
Damian Wilson-Going For The One
Clive Nolan-Dragon Fire
Damian Wilson-Hard To Keep The Faith

Seagulls, the sea and a snippet of Supersister-supersisterretsisrepus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seagull on Friday 7th October 2022:

 

 PODCAST - TWO HOURS  - Steve Hackett is touring in Autumn 2022 (r)
Another chance to hear Genesis: A Journey Through Time, compiled by Andy Stoddart

The Silent Sun (From Genesis To Revelation)

Stagnation (Trespass)
Can Utility and the Coastliners (Foxtrot)
Fountain of Salmacis (Nursery Cryme)
The Cinema Show/Aisle Of Plenty (Selling England By The Pound)
In The Cage (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
Entangled (A Trick Of The Tail)
One For The Vine (Wind And Wuthering)
Deep In The Motherload (And Then There Were Three)
Dukes Travels/Dukes End (Duke)
Dodo/Lurker (Abacab)
Mama (Genesis)
Domino (Invisible Touch)
Fading Lights (We Can't Dance)
There Must Be Some Other Way** (Calling All Stations)

 

 PODCAST (r)

Genesis-Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea
Steve Hackett-Every Day
Santana-All The Love Of The Universe
Caravan-Group Girl
Solid Gold Cadillac-Solid Gold Cadillac
Elephants Memory-Liberation Special
The Magicians-Painting On Wood
Rozi Plain-Swing Shut
White Noise-Fire Bird
Genesis-Los Endos

 

1476 CWR on Sunday 9th October 20200 (rescheduled from previous weekend)
A selection of the NEW SINGLES released in September 1977:

 PODCAST -r

45 years ago: These are some of the new singles released in September 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 689, 690, 691, 692 & 693. We will return to 1977...
SEPTEMBER release date:
16th - Wavemaker-Tunnel Of Love  POLYDOR 2058 924
16th - Peter Frampton-Signed Sealed Delivered  A&M AMS732
19th (Aug) - Adverts-Gary Gilmore's Eyes  ANCHOR ANC1043
16th - Dillinger-Cokane In My Brain  BLACK SWAN BS7
2nd - Heart-Barracuda  PORTRAIT PRT5402
9th - Kim Fowley-The Trip  ISLAND WI278
16th - Renaissance-Back Home Once Again (theme from The Paper Lads tv series)/The Captive Heart  WARNER K17012
9th - Hank The Knife and the Jets-Guitar King  SONET S010
9th - Golden Earring-Radar Love  POLYDOR 2121 335
23rd - The Enid-Golden Earrings/Omega  EMI INTERNATIONAL INT540
30th - Carpenters-Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft  A&M AMS7318
30th - Camel-Highways Of The Sun/Tell Me  DECCA FR13729

45 years ago: These are some of the new singles released in September 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 689, 690, 691, 692 & 693. We will return to 1977...
 PODCAST - (r)
30th - Country Joe McDonald-Ring Of Fire  FANTASY FTC143
30th - Fleetwood Mac-You Make Loving Fun/Never Going Back Again  WARNER K17013
23rd - Linda Ronstadt-Poor Poor Pitiful Me  ASYLUM K13094
23rd - Noosha Fox-Georgina Bailey/Pretty Boy  GTO GT106:

Noosha Fox TOTP Autumn 1977
23rd - Santana-She's Not There  CBS 5671
16th - Neil Young-Like A Hurricane  REPRISE K14482
16th - Yes-Wondrous Stories ATLANTIC K10999
23rd - Donna Summer-I Remember Yesterday  GTO GT107
23rd - Grace Jones-La Vie En Rose  ISLAND IPR2004
23rd - David Bowie-Heroes  RCA PB1121
2nd - Steve Miller-Jungle Love  MERCURY 6078 812
2nd - Stavely Makepeace-Baby Blue Eyes  UNIGRAM U6312**
2nd - Lieutenant Pigeon-Spangles  COMET U6313
2nd - Olivia Newton John-Making A Good Thing Better  EMI 2680**

 

Hour 3

45 years ago: These are some of the new singles released in September 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 689, 690, 691, 692 & 693. We will return to 1977...
  PODCAST

2nd - Gary Glitter-The Wanderer  GTO GT103
30th -Gary Glitter-Oh What A Fool I've Been  ARSTA 132
30th - Heart-Heartless  ARISTA 140
30th - Radio Active-Ten Years After/All Time Needle Time Loser  BEEB 021
30th - Smokie-Needles and Pins  RAK 263
2nd - Skid-I Saw Her Standing There  POWER EXCHANGE PX262 unreleased, but issued four weeks later on...
30th - Skid-I Saw Her Standing There  GALAXY GY118
30th - Tiger Lily (John Foxx/Ultravox)-Ain't Misbehavin'  GULL GULS54
30th - Patti Smith-Gloria  ARISTA 134
30th - The Saints-River Deep Mountain High  HARVEST HAR5137
2nd - Nazareth-This Flight Tonight  NAZ001
23rd - Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers-Egyptian Reggae  BESERKELEY BZZ2
9th - U Roy-Small Axe  VIRGIN VS18712
30th - Status Quo-Rockin' All Over The World  VERTIGO 6059 184

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing on the radio?

Try our 'Way To Blue' mixtape - non stop music, with no chat (2 hours 14minutes)

 PODCAST

featuring, not necessarily in this order:
 

UFO-Treacle People
May Blitz-Smoking The Day Away
Nick Nicely-Hilly Fields 1892
Senor Coconut y su conjunto-Smoke On The Water
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band-Big Eyed Beans From Venus
Rush-One Little Victory/Ceiling Unlimited
U2-Night and Day
Marillion-Grendel

Marillion-Market Square Heroes/Three Boats Down From The Candy

Svensk-Dream Magazine
Nick Nicely-49 Cigars
Nick Drake-Way To Blue
Helen Reddy-Angie Baby
Van Halen-Fire In The Hole
Aphrodites Child-Day Of The Fool
Neil Young-A Piece Of Crap
Led Zeppelin-Dancing Days
T Rex-The Motivator (Demo)
The Nice-Azrial revisited/Hang On To a Dream
Emerson Lake & Palmer-Trilogy/Still... You Turn Me On
The Nice-Azrial/Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack
McDonald & Giles-Is She Waiting

 

 

**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)