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 56 new singles released on Friday 20 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 160
 PODCAST

Bob Crewe Generation-Music To Watch Girls By  STATESIDE SS582
Geneve-That Can't Be Bad  CBS 202524
Spencer Davis Group-I'm A Man/I Can't Get Enough Of It  FONTANA TF785
Sam and Dave-You Got Me Humming  ATLANTIC 584064
The Fingers-Circus With A Female Clown/All Kinds Of People  COLUMBIA DB8112
Otis Redding-Try A Little Tenderness  ATLANTIC 584070
Poindexter Brothers-Git Your Backfield In Motion  VERVE VS550
The Silvers-The Trouble  POLYDOR 56143
Brass Chorale-Tomorrows World  COLUMBIA DB8113
Electric Prunes-I Had Too Much To Dream/Luvin  REPRISE RS20532
The Gamblers-Who Will Buy/Cry Me A River  PARLOPHONE R5557
Nick Scott-Backstreet Girl  IMMEDIATE IM045
Searchers-Popcorn Double Feature  PYE 7N17225
The Tinkers-Carrickfergus  PYE 7N17251
Bob Crewe Generation-Girls On The Rocks  STATESIDE SS582
 

Hour 2

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 20 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 160
 PODCAST 

Blossom Dearrie-One Note Samba  FONTANA TF788
Boots Randolph-The Shadow Of Your Smile  MONUMENT MON1001
Dean Parrish-Skates  STATESIDE SS580
Ray Cameron-Doing My Time/Gateway Getaway Car  ISLAND WI6003
McCoys-I Got To Go Back  IMMEDIATE IM046
Sonny Schilde & TNT-Heartbreak  POLYDOR 56141
Chris Clark-Love's Gone Bad  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG591
Gene Clark-Echoes  CBS 201523
Dave Walton-After You There Can Be Nothing  CBS 202508
The Hallmarks-One Way Street (acetate only in lieu of POLYDOR 56126)
Soul Brothers-Mr Flint/Too Young To Love (rehash Of The Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
Graham Bonney-Thank You Baby  COLUMBIA DB8111
The Loot-Baby  PAGE ONE POF013
Duffy's Nucleus-Hound Dog  DECCA F22547
Ossie Layne-Come Back  R&B MRB5006
Peanut-I Didn't Love Him Anyway  COLUMBIA DB8104
Peter Paul and Mary-Hurry Sundown  WARNER WB5883
Julie Felix-Saturday Night  FONTANA TF786
Jimmy McGriff-See See Rider  UNITED ARTISTS UP1160**
Pozo Seco Singers-Look What You've Done  CBS 202521**

 

Hour 3

 PODCAST 
RIP David Crosby and Jeff Beck
Byrds-Lady Friend
Crosby Stills & Nash-Guinevere
Crosby Stills Nash & Young-Deja Vu
Donovan with the Jeff Back Group-Baragajagal
Jeff Beck-Tally Man/Rock My Plimsoul
 

Peter Gabriel-Panopticom
Soft Cell-Torch (with Cindy Ecstasy)
Torch Song-Venus In Furs (from vinyl only LP Ecstasy)
 

Crosby Stills & Nash-Almost Cut My Hair/Change Partners/Pre Road Downs
Crosby & Nash-Carry Me

 

FRIDAY 20th ON SEAGULL:

 

Hour 4

There were 78 new singles released on Friday 13 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 159
 PODCAST r

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
 

The Left Banke - Pretty Ballerina

 

Hour 5

There were 78 new singles released on Friday 13 January 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 159
 PODCAST r

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
 PODCAST r

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

 

 

 

 

 

CWR 1476 ONLY -

 

SUNDAY
 

Hour 1

51 years ago: There were 55 new singles released on Friday 21 January 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 408 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

Fickle Pickle-American Pie  B&C CB177
Doors-Tightrope Ride  ELEKTRA K12036
Don McLean--American Pie  UNITED ARTISTS UP35325
Christyan-Nursery Lane  DECCA F13275
Bullet-White Lies Blue Eyes  PHILIPS 6073 805
Honeybus-She Is The Female To My Soul  BELL 1205
Chakachas-Jungle Fever  POLYDOR 2121 093
Barbra Streisand-Space Captain  CBS 7687
Horizontal-Jennifer Generator  RCA 2140
Sutherland Brothers Band-Long Long Day/Pie  ISLAND WIP6120
Freshmen-Swanee River  CBS 7694
William Truckaway-Bluegreens (on the wing)  REPRISE K14012
Nigel Watson & Peter Green-Beasts Of Burden/Uganda Woman  REPRISE K14012
 

Hour 2

51 years ago: There were 55 new singles released on Friday 21 January 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 408 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

Rick Nelson- and the Stone Canyon Band-Love Minus Zero/No Limit  MCA MU1147
Apollo 100-Joy  YOUNGBLOOD YB1034
SAFT-People In Motion/Albertine Hall  POLYDOR 2121 093
St Cecelia-Don't Want Women Don't Want Wine  POLYDOR 2058 193
Twiggy and Christopher Gable-The Boyfriend soundtrack-You Are My Lucky Star/Room In Bloomsbury  COLUMBIA DB8853
Jonathan King-Flirt  DECCA F13276
Flirtations-Need Your Loving  DERAM DM351
Pagliaro-Loving You Ain't Easy  PYE 7N45111
Others-Happy Am I  M&M FFMS 10014
William Rushton & John Wells-Neasden  SPARK SRL1059
Rare Earth-Hey Big Brother  RARE EARTH RES104
Nilsson-Without You  RCA 2165
Claire Hamill-When I Was A Child/Alice In The Streets Of Darlington  ISLAND WIP6122
Claire Hamill-Meet Me On The Corner (unreleased)

 

 

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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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The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)