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

14-16 October 2022

 

 

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

SEAGULL SATURDAY:

Hour 1
50 years ago: There were 59 new singles released on Friday 13 October 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 446
 PODCAST
Alice Cooper-Luney Tunes/Elected  WARNER K16214
Alice Cooper-Reflected (from Pretties For You LP)
Cream-Badge  POLYDOR 2058 285

Muffin-Smokey Blues Away  D'ART ART2018
Bob Seger-If I Were A Carpenter  REPRISE K14208
Brighton Rock-Rocking Goose  PHILIPS 6006 245
Goldie Hawn-Carey/I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  REPRISE K14211
Golden Earring-Buddy Joe/Avalanche  POLYDOR 2001 346
Phantom Band-Silhouette  POLYDOR 2058 290
Festival (10cc)-Today/Warm Me  RCA 2275
Lorna Bennett-Breakfast in Bed/Skank In Bed (with Scotty)  BLUE MOUNTAIN BM1013
Lorna Bennett-Remember When** alternate B side, different matrix number BLUE MOUNTAIN BM1013
 

Hour 2

50 years ago: There were 59 new singles released on Friday 13 October 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 446
 PODCAST

Upsetters-Water Pump/Pumping Version  UPSETTER US394

Godspell London Cast-Day By Day (Julie Covington)  BELL 1263
Esprit De Cours-If (Would It Turn Out Wrong)  JAM 24
Demis Roussos-My Reason  6009 249
Temptations-Smiling Faces Sometimes  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG832
Middle Of The Road-Bottoms Up  RCA 2264
Family Man-Herb Tree  DOWN TOWN DT491
Treetops-Why Not Tonite      COLUMBIA DB8934
Paintbox-Come On Round  EPIC EPC8057
Matata-Wanna Do My Thing  PRESIDENT PT380
Melodians-Without You  ATTACK ATT8031
Carey & Lloyd-Do It Again (hang on sloopy)  ATTACK ATT8032
Gerald Thomas Moore-Wake Up (not Song Of America as I announced)  UK 17
Sparky-(do you remember that) Summertime Woman  UK 16
Melanie-Together Alone  NEIGHBOURHOOD NBH1
Cream-What A Bringdown  POLYDOR 2058 285**

 

 

 

Hour 3
 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 FRIDAY (r):

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)