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

13-15 January 2023

 

 

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

 

 

 

Hour 1

There were 45 new singles released on Friday 6 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 158
 PODCAST r

Nancy Sinatra-Sugar Town  REPRISE RS20527
Eydie Gorme-Matchmake Matchmaker  CBS 202505
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood-Summer Wine  REPRISE RS20527
Patron Of The Arts (a.k.a. Queen City Showband)-Eleanor Rigby  PAGE ONE POF012
Sandie Shaw-I Don't Need Anything  PYE 7N17239
Riot Squad (around the time that David Bowie toured with them. Joe Meek's last production)-Bitter Sweet Love/Gotta Be A First Time  PYE 7N17237
Terry Knight and the Pack-I Who Have Nothing  CAMEO PARKWAY C102
Royal Guardsmen-Snoopy Versus The Red Baron-  STATESIDE SS574
The Pyramid (with Ian Matthews)-Summer Of Last Year/Summer Evening  DERAM DM111
Four Tops-Standing In The Shadows Of Love/Since You've Been Gone  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG589
Bobby Goldsboro-No Fun At The Fair  UNITED ARTISTS UP1166
Jonathan King-Seagull/Take A Look At Yourself  DECCA F12540
Jay and the Americans-(He's) Raining In My Sunshine  UNITED ARTISTS UP1162
 

Hour 2

There were 45 new singles released on Friday 6 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 158
 PODCAST r

One In A Million-Hold On/Use Your Imagination  CBS 202513
Wimple Winch-Rumble On Mersey Square South/Atmosphere a.k.a. Atmospheres/Typical British Workmanship  FONTANA TF781
H T-You And Me  POLYDOR 56127
2 of Clubs-Walk Tall  PRESIDENT PT124
Sones Masonry-Hot Rock/Flapjacks  RURDAY 3504 (99 copies only)
The Poor Things-Danny Boy/We Trust In A Better Way  CBS 202431
Ways and Means-Make The Radio A Little Louder  PYE 7N17217
The Cyrkle-Bony Maronie  CBS 202516
The Music Machine-Talk Talk/Come On In  PYE 7N25407
Knickerbockers-Can You Help Me  LONDON HLU10102
Nashville Teens-That's My Woman  DECCA F12542**
 

Hour 3 + 6 combined

 PODCAST 
Megadeth-Symphony of Destruction
Hot Chip-Freak Out Release
Mighty Ra-Rising Tide/Bigger Lie
Traffic-You Can All Join In (mono single export only)
Traffic BBC sessions:
Paper Sun
House For Everyone
Hole In My Shoe
Coloured Rain
Dear Mr Fantasy
Smiling Phases
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bus

Traffic-Giving To You Radio Husel Stockholm Sweden
Flutatious-Wendel The Witch/Joy
Manfred Mann's Earth Band-Blinded By The Light
Dream Theater-Rover/Achilles Last Stand/Song Remains The Same
Slambovian Circus Of Dreams-The Trans Slambovian Bi-Polar Express
All Jigged Out-Blow The Wind Southerly/Broken Mirror
Damian Wilson, live in rehearsal 2002:
Naked
Adams Child
Win In The End
She's Like a Fable, with Rick Wakeman

The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina

Hour 4

There were 78 new singles released on Friday 13 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 159
 PODCAST

Blues Project-I Can't Keep From Crying  VERVE VS1505
Rolling Stones-Ruby Tuesday/Let's Spend The Night Together  DECCA F12546 (2x video below)
Paul Jones-I've Been a Bad Bad Boy  HMV POP1576
Ephiopians-I Am Free  ISLAND WI3015
Clarendonians-I'll Never Change/Rules Of Life  ISLAND WI3005
Owen Gray-Incense  ISLAND WIP6000
Rene and Rene-Loving You Could Hurt Me So  ISLAND WIP6001
Bobby Hebb-Love Me  PHILIPS BF1541
New Vaudeville Band-Peek A Boo  FONTANA TF784
Bystanders-98.6  PICADILLY 7N35363
Keith-98.6  MERCURY MF931
Gary Lewis and the Playboys-Where Will The Words Come From  LIBERTY LIB55923
Left Banke-Lazy Day/Pretty Ballerina  PHILIPS BF1540 (video above)
The Candlelight-That's What I Want  CBS 202507
Gates Of Eden-Snoopy vs The Red Baron  PYE 7N17252
? and the Mysterians-8 Teen/I Need Somebody  CAMEO PARKWAY C441
 

 

Hour 5

There were 78 new singles released on Friday 13 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 159
 PODCAST

Science Poption-Back In Town/You've Got Me High  COLUMBIA DB8106
Schadel-Flowershop Girl  PARLOPHONE R5554
Tremeloes-Here Comes My Baby  CBS 202519
The Bitter End Singers-Taste Of Your Love  ATLANTIC 584 075
The Bobcats-Can't See For Looking  PYE 7N17242
Spencer Mason Orchestra-Flugel I(n Carnaby Street/Albufeira  PARLOPHONE R5555
Engelbert Humperdinck-Release Me  DECCA F12541
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers-Sitting In The Rain  DECCA F12545
Moody Blues-Life's Not Life/He Can Win  DECCA F12543
Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston-It Takes Two TAMLA MOTOWN TMG590
The Game-The Addicted Man  PARLOPHONE R5553
The Capes Of Good Hope-Winter's Children  STATESIDE SS577
The Senate-I Can't Stop COLUMBIA DB8110
Micky (Clarke) & Mary (McCarthy)-People Like You  CBS 202517
Five Steps Beyond-Not So Young Today  CBS 202490
The Koobas-Sally  COLUMBIA DB8103
Murray Head and the Blue Monks-Someday Soon/You Bore Me  COLUMBIA DB8102
Howard Tate-Look At Granny Run Run  VERVE VS549**
Chris Kerry-Seven Deadly Sins  MERCURY MF957**
Young Holt Trio-Wack Wack  CORAL Q72489**
Ferrante & Teicher-Man and a Woman  UNITED ARTISTS UP1168**
The Caravelles-Hey Mama You've Been On My Mind  POLYDOR 56137**
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Good Thing  CBS 202502**

Brian Jones on recorder

The Stones kind of satisfy Ed Sullivan's request to change the lyrics...

Hour 6 (see hour 3 above)
 PODCAST

 

 

 

 

 

 

CWR 1476 ONLY -

 

SATURDAY
 

There were 63 new singles released on Friday 14 January 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 407 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

Giorgio (Moroder)-Son Of My Father  PARLOPHONE R5935
Griffin-What Happens In The Darkness  MGM 2006 088
Wings-Love Is Strange  APPLE R5932 withdrawn, white label copies exist

Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds-Daisy Mae  PROBE PRO549
Bee Gees-My World  POLYDOR 2058 185
Seals & Crofts-When I Meet Them  WARNER K16131
Chicory Tip-Son Of My Father  CBS 7737
Chicory Tip-I Love Onions (the previous single released 11/71)
Graham Gouldman-Nowhere To Go  CBS 7739
Walter Carlos-Clockwork Orange March  WARNER K16145
Hogback 'n' Pig-If You Can't Be Good Be Bad  CBS7724
Henry Shed-Bend Me Shape Me STATESIDE SS2198
Livingston Taylor-Get Out Of Bed  WARNER K16138
Marianne Noble-Take Me To Your Leader  POLYDOR 2058 187
Paper Lace-In The Morning  CONCORD CON021
Thelma Houston-I Want To Go Back There  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG799
 

 There were 63 new singles released on Friday 14 January 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 407 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

David Bowie-Andy Warhol  RCA 2160
Coven-One Tin Soldier  WARNER K16137
David Bowie-Changes  RCA 2160
Lindisfarne-Meet Me On The Corner  CHARISMA CB173
Fludd-Turned 21 WARNER K16133
Jefferson Airplane-Pretty As You Feel/Wild Turkey  GRUNT 65-0500
Sammy Jones-Mendocino  SIOUX SI002
Jeff Beck Group-Got The Feeling  CBS 7720
Crabby Appleton-Tomorrow Is A New Day  ELEKTRA K12038
Christie-Iron Horse  CBS 7747
Just Us-Used To Be  ATLANTIC 2091 167
The Stampeders-Devil You  STATESIDE SS2197
Think-Once You Understand  LONDON HLP10353
Roy Young-Rag Mama Rag  MCA MKS5080

 

SUNDAY

 There were 63 new singles released on Friday 14 January 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 407 + www.45cat.com

 PODCAST r

Fuzz-Pig In The Middle  MAM MAM61
Flying Burrito Brothers-White Line Fever  A&M AMS871

Fuzz-Pig In The Middle (again)
Kentucky Freeway-Take Off  PENNY FARTHING PEN779
Leonard Family-It Won't Happen Again  BEACON BEA186
Belle Gonzalez-Bottles  COLUMBIA DB8852

More of last weeks singles released on Friday 7 January 1977
Andy Bown-Love Love Love 

Moments-Jack In The Box
Black Velvet-I'm In My Way
Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band-Cherchez La Femme
Krazy Kat-Thirty Love/No Smoke Without Fire

RIP Burke Shelly:
Budgie-In For The Kill/Crash Course In Brain Surgery
 

 PODCAST r

RIP Burke Shelly:

Budgie-In The Grip Of A Tyre Fitters Hand/Riding My Nightmare/Parents

Colt-I Abort
Budgie-Breadfan

Black Bonzo-Lady Of The Light
Sylvia-Pillow Talk
Donna Summer-Love's Unknind
Lipps Inc-Funky Town

 

 

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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

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

 

 

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