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

23-25 December 2022

 

 

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

 

 

 FRIDAY:

Hour 1

50 years ago: There were 33 new singles released on Friday 15 December 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 455

 PODCAST

Elephants Memory-Liberation Special  APPLE 45
Exuma-Brown Girl  2013 051
Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over/Do You Love Me/Bits And Pieces (medley)  COLUMBIA DB8963
Sweet-Block Buster/Need A Lot Of Loving  RCA 2305 (to be released on 5 Jan 1973)
Union Express-Shoo Be Doo Be Doo  DECCA F13364
The Maytals-Christmas Song  BLUE MOUNTAIN BM1019
Niney and Ken Elliott-Honey Baby  GREEN DOOR GD4048
Cats-Knees Up Mother Brown  PHOENIX NIX139
Big Youth-Ace 90 (S90 skank)  DOWN TOWN DT492
Jay Boys-Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep  EXPLOSION EX2073
Leon Russell-Slipping Into Christmas  A&M AMS7045
National Shinguard Co-Here Come The Fleet  PHILIPS 6006 267

 

Hour 2

50 years ago: There were 33 new singles released on Friday 15 December 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 455

 PODCAST
Leon Russell-Christmas In Chicago  A&M AMS7045
Tony Osbourne Sound-Shepherds Song (Dubonnet TV Advert)  PHILIPS 6006 266
Keith Hudson-True To My Heart  DOWN TOWN DT492
Plain Song-Yo Yo Man  ELEKTRA K12076
Peter Henn-Ballad Of Death Valley  WARNER K16229
Plain Song-Even The Guiding Light  ELEKTRA K12076
Elephants Memory-Power Boogie  APPLE 45
Dennis Alcapone-Look Into Yourself  TECHNIQUE TE918
Bob Andy-Life  GREEN DOOR GD4047
Carole King-Bitter With The Sweet/Been To Canaaan  ODE ODS66031
Union Express-Oh Baby Don't Make Me Wait  DECCA F13364
Dandy Livingstone-Big City/Think About That  HORSE HOSS25
Mac Davis-Everybody Loves A Love Song  CBS 1081
Exuma-Rushing Through The Crowd  KAMA SUTRA 2013 051
Jackie Edwards-White Christmas  CRYSTAL CR7883 (reissue of a 1966 ISLAND red/white label)
Carpenters-Merry Christmas Darling  A&M AME601
Rolf Harris-Six White Boomers  MUSIC FOR PLEASURE FP10008*
 

Hour 3

 PODCAST
8 bit Depeche Mode-Strangelove
8 bit Doors-Roadhouse Blues
8 bit Yes-Yours Is No Disgrace
Franck Carducci-The Carpet Crawlers
8 bit Genesis-Jesus He Knows Me
Franck Carducci-Alice's Eeerie Dream
Utopia-Set Me Free
Trash Palace-Venus In Furs
Strawberry Switchblade-Jolene
Iain Cuthbertson-Don't Tell Me/Mack The Knife
8 bit Sweet-The Ballroom Blitz

 

 

 CHRISTMAS EVE:

 

On Christmas Day 1966 my parents gave me the best present ever - my first transistor radio. Until then we had NO radio in the house. It changed my life and began my love of music, spoken word, DXing and anoraks... Here are some of the New Singles for December 66. More next week
 

Hour 1
56 years ago: There were 83 new singles released on Friday 2 December 1966

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 154
 PODCAST

Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich-Save Me  FONTANA TF775
The N' Betweens (credited to The In-Be-Tweens on demo copies, later known as Slade)-You Better Run  COLUMBIA DB8080
Frank Gorshin-The Riddler  PYE 7N25402
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-It Is Finished/I See The Light  PARLOPHONE R5542
Donovan-Sunshine Superman  PYE 7N17241
Who-Happy Jack  REACTION 591010
Cliff Richard-In The Country  COLUMBIA DB8094
The Secrets-I Suppose  CBS 202466
Chim Kotari-Sita 'n' Spice  DERAM DM108
The Sabres-Roly Poly  DECCA F12528
The Mirage-Tomorrow Never Knows  PHILIPS BF1534
Tim Hardin-Hang On To A Dream  VERVE VS1504
Blues Magoos-We Ain't Got Nothing  MERCURY MF954
The Shell-Goodbye Little Girl  COLUMBIA DB8082
Scots Of St James-Tic Toc  GO AJ11404
Lovin' Spoonful-Nashville Cats  KAMA SUTRA KAS204
Roger Young-It's Been Nice  COLUMBIA DB8092
The Escorts-From Head To Toe  COLUMBIA DB8061
Mick Softley with the Summer Suns-Am I The Red One  CBS202469
Studio Six-When I See My Baby  POLYDOR 561311
Chim Kotari-Indian Bat  DERAM DM108
 

Hour 2

56 years ago: There were 83 new singles released on Friday 2 December 1966

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 154
 PODCAST 

Petula Clark-Colour My World  PYE 7N172218
Shacklefords-The Biplane Evermore  CAPITOL CL15486
David Bowie-London Boys/Rubber Band  LONDON DERAM DM107
Booker T and the MGs-Jingle Bells  ATLANTIC 584060
Wilson Picket-Mustang Sally  ATLANTIC 584066
The N' Betweens (credited to The In-Be-Tweens on demo copies, later known as Slade)-Evil Witchman  COLUMBIA DB8080
The Stereos-Sweet Water  MGM 1328
Spike Milligan-Silent Night/Tower Bridge  PARLOPHONE R5543
Ella Fitzgerald-These Boots Are Made For Walkin  STATESIDE SS569
Mike & Bernie Winters-That Man Batman  CBS 202458
Tim Hardin-Reason To Believe  VERVE VS1504
Los Bravos-Going Nowhere  DECCA F22529
Herbal Mixture-Machines  COLUMBIA DB8063
Donovan-The Trip  PYE 7N17241
Luke and Blake-Just You  CBS 2202467
Roger Young-No Address  COLUMBIA DB8092
 

Hour 3

56 years ago: There were 83 new singles released on Friday 2 December 1966

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 154
 PODCAST 
Dale Adriatico-Lonely Sunday  PARLOPHONE R5530
Lee Tomlin-Sweet Sweet Lovin'  CBS 202453
Junior Walker and the All Stars-Money  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG586
Adge Cutler and the Worzels-Drink Up Thy Zider  COLUMBIA DB8081
Deke Layne-Ringing Reindeer  FONTANA TF774
Kenny Bernard-Hey Wioman  PYE 7N17233
Ebony Keyes-Sitting In The Ring  PICCADILLY 7N35358
Merseys (formerly the Merseybeats)-Rhythm of Love  FONTANA TF776
Forresters-Mr Smith  COLUMBIA DB8086
Nola York-Whole Lotta Lovin' PHILIPS BF1527
Giles Strange-Watch The People  STATESIDE SS570
Herbal Mixture-Please Leave My Mind  COLUMBIA DB8063
Herbie Goins and the night timers-The Incredible Miss Brown  PARLOPHONE R5533
James Brown-Don't Be A Dropout  PYE 7N25394
Jeff Elroy and Boys Blue-Honey Machine  PHILIPS BF1533
Mick Softley with the Summer Suns-That's Not My Kind Of Love  CBS 203469
In the December Hit Parade:

Manfred Mann-Semi Detached Suburban Mr James  FONTANA TF757
Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin'  FONTANA TF762
Easybeats-Friday On My Mind  UNITED ARTISTS UP1157
Hollies-Stop Stop Stop  PARLOPHONE R5508
Kinks-Deadend Street  PYE 7N17222
Small Faces-My Minds Eye  DECCA F12500
Troggs-Anyway That You Want Me  PAGE ONE POF010

 

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)