TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This was... Chris Bent, 1967, with transistor radio
 (at Church Meadow, Marholm)

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

17-19 February 2023

 

 

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

 

 

SATURDAY

Hour 1

There were 50 new singles released on Friday 17 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 164
 PODCAST 
Carol Freeman-Leaving You Now  CBS 202579
Byrds-So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star  CBS 202559
Beatles-Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane  PARLOPHONE R5570
Dusty Springfield-I'll Try Anything  PHILIPS BF1553
The Action-Never Ever/Twenty Four Hours  PARLOPHONE R5572
Fascinations-Girls Are Out To Get You  STATESIDE SS594
The Mojo Men-Sit Down I Think I Love You  REPRISE RS20539
Soft Machine-Love Makes Sweet Music     POLYDOR 56151
The Poets-Wooden Spoon  DECCA F12569
Paul & Barry Ryan-Keep It Out Of Sight  DECCA F12567
Seekers-Georgy Girl  COLUMBIA DB8134
Stella Starr-Bring Him Back  PICCADILLY 7N35366
Haydocks Rock House-Lovin' You  COLUMBIA DB8135
5th Dimension-Go Where You Wanna Go  LIBERTY LIB12057
Jr Walker and the All Stars-Pucker Up Buttercup  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG596
Velvelettes-Needle In A Haystack  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG596
The Game-Help Me Mummy's Gone  PARLOPHONE R5569
Senator Bobby-Wild Thing  CAMEO PARKWAY P127

 

Hour 2

There were 50 new singles released on Friday 17 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 164
 PODCAST

Duane Eddy-Monsoon  REPRISE RS20557
The Game-It's Shocking What They Call Me  PARLOPHONE R5569
The Poets-In Your Tower  DECCA F12569
Young Idea-Peculiar Situation  COLUMBIA DB8132
Velvelettes-Needle In A Haystack/He Was Really Saying Something  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG596
Ferre Grignard-Drunken Sailor  PHILIPS BF1544
The Bats-You Look Good Together  DECCA F22568
Amboy Dukes-Turn Back To Me/I Never Complain  POLYDOR 56148
Lowell Fulsom-Tramp  FONTANA TF795
Lee Dorsey-Rain Rain Go Away (first record with 'scratching'?)  STATESIDE SS593
Freddie and the Dreamers-Hello Hello  COLUMBIA DB8137
Lesley Gore-California Nights  MERCURY MF963 see video below
Judith Powell-Greener Days  RCA VICTOR RCA1569 see video below
Emma Rede-Just Like A Man  COLUMBIA DB8136
The Byrds-Everybody's Been Burned  CBS 202559
The Bats-You Will Now Won't You  DECCA F22568
Carl King-Satin Doll  CBS 2025553
Carol Freeman-The Rolling Sea  CBS 202579
The Mojo Men-Don't Leave Me Crying Like Before  REPRISE RS20539
Jimmy Smith-Cat In A Tree  VERVE VS551**
 

Lesley Gore on Batman singing California Nights

 

Judith Powell: Can She Sing? Does It Matter? BBC Man Alive

 

Hour 3

 PODCAST

Kate Tempest-Circles/The Beigeness
Raquel Welch-Bang Bang/Different Drum
T. Rex-The Motivator/Cosmic Dancer (demo)/Lean Woman Blues/Spaceball Ricochet
Attila The Stockbroker with The Fish Brothers-Scumball Pinochet/North Korea Mourns Comrade Mickey Finn Of T. Rex
Vangelis-Sunny Earth/He-O
Aphrodites Child-Altamont

 

FRIDAY:

Hour 1

There were 65 new singles released on Friday 10 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 163
 PODCAST r

Andre Brasseur-Holiday  CBS 202557
Marianne Faithfull-Is This What I Get for Loving You  DECCA F22524
Carol Friday-I Look Around Me  PARLOPHONE R5567
Donovan-Preachin' Love/Mellow Yellow  PYE 7N17267
The Four Evers-A Lovely Way To Say Goodnight  CBS 202549
Hamilton and the Movement-I'm Not The Marrying Kind  CBS 202573
Hollies-On A Carousel  PARLOPHONE R5562
Kenneth Williams-Pardon Me Sir Francis  DECCA F12562
The Smoke-My Friend Jack  COLUMBIA DB8115
Sharon Tandy-Toe Hold  ATLANTIC 584098
Waygood Ellis-I Like What I'm Trying To Do  POLYDOR 56729
The Goodtime Losers-Trafalgar Square/Where Did My Love Go  FONTANA TF791
Chambers Brothers-All Strung Out  CBS 202567
Hollies-All The World Is Love  PARLOPHONE R5562
Marvelettes-Hunter Gets Captured By The Game  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG594
The United States Double Quartet-Life Is Groovy/Split  STATESIDE SS590
Andre Brasseur-The Kid  CBS 202557
 

Hour 2

There were 65 new singles released on Friday 10 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 163
 PODCAST r

The Pussyfoot-Mr Hyde/Hasty Words  DECCA F12561
The Smoke-We Can Take It  COLUMBIA DB8115
Love Affair-She Smiled Sweetly/Satisfaction Guaranteed  DECCA F12558
The Spectres-(we ain't got) Nothin' Yet/I Want It  PICCADILLY 7N35368
Timebox-I'll Always Love You  PICCADILLY 7N35369
Tommy Cooper-Happy Tommy  PYE 7N17259
Marianne Faithfull-Tomorrow's Calling  DECCA F22524
Kim Davis-Tell It Like It Is  CBS 202568
Dino Desi & Billy-Pretty Flamingo  REPRISE RS20544
Gnomes Of Zurich-Hang On Baby  CBS 202556
Roger Denison-This Just Doesn't Seem To Be My Day/She Wanders Through My Mind  PARLOPHONE R5566
Gnomes Of Zurich-Blues For My Baby  CBS 202556
Price Buster-Ten Commandments  PHILIPS BF1552
Jimmy Cliff-Aim And Ambition  ISLAND WIP6004
Winston G-Mother Ferguson's Love Dust  DECCA F12559
Trini Lopez-Gonna Get Along Without You Now  REPRISE RS20547
Coby Wells-Venus De Milo  DECCA F12560
The Power Pack-I'll Be Anything For You  CBS 202561
Neil Diamond-You Got Me  LONDON HLZ10111
 

Hour 3
 PODCAST r

Fish at the Leamington Spa Assembly Rooms:
He Knows You Know
Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
Rose Of Damascus

Vanilla Fudge-Ramble On
Mighty Ra at Prog For Peart, Abingdon-All Secrets Known
 

RIP Burt Bacharach:
Astrid Gilberto-Trains and Boats and Planes
Sally (Hotlips in MASH movie) Kellerman & Andrea Willis-The Things I Will Not Miss (from Lost Horizon musical)
Sally Kellerman-Reflections (from Lost Horizon musical)

Astrid Gilberto-Beginnings

CWR 1476 ONLY -
 

46 years ago: There were 52 new singles released on Friday 18 February 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 661 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

Ramones-I Remember You  SIRE 6078 603
Aerosmith-Walk This Way  CBS 4878
Bad Company-Everything I Need/Too Bad  ISLAND WIP6381
Gordon Giltrap-Lucifer's Cage  ELECTRIC WOT11
Smokie-Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone You Love  RAK 251
Genesis-It's Yourself/Your Own Special Way  CHARISMA CB300
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band  Night Moves  CAPITOL CL15904
Ray Sawyer-Love Ain't The Question, Love Ain't The Answer  CAPITOL CL15908
Kansas-Carry On My Wayward Son/Questions Of My Childhood  EPIC EPC4932

 

Hour 3

46 years ago: There were 52 new singles released on Friday 18 February 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 661 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

Tremeloes-Silence Is Golden/Here Comes My Baby  CBS 5010
Aerosmith-Uncle Sally  CBS 4878
Abba-Knowing Me Knowing You  EPIC EPC4965
Ramones-California Sun  SIRE 6078 603
Colin Blunstone-Beautiful You/It's Hard To Say Goodbye  EPIC EPC5009
Clover-I Lie Awake (and dream of you)/Take Another Look  VERTIGO 6059 164
Norman and the Hooligans-Re-Entry Unidentified/I'm A Punk  PRESIDENT PT461
Les Gray-Groovy Kind Of Love  WANDER K16883
Norman Hurricane Smith-Melody You Will Never Forget  PYE 7N45674
The Cables-What Kind Of World  ISLAND WIP6382
Inner Circle-Luv Is The Drug  CAPITOL CL15900
Skeets Boliver-Sheethouse Door (in Singles list) or Streethouse Door (on label)  THUNDERBIRD THE116**
Human Beinz-Nobody But Me  CAPITOL CL15529**

 

**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

 

 

Interested in the Mellotron? Want to check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron? Visit:  
The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)