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

24-26 February 2023

 

 

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

 

 

FRIDAY

 

Hour 1

 PODCAST r

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

 

Hour 2

There were 50 new singles released on Friday 17 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 164
 PODCAST r
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 3

There were 50 new singles released on Friday 17 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 164
 PODCAST r

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

 

 

SARURDAY:

Hour 1

There were 61 new singles released on Friday 24 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 165
 PODCAST

Alan Price Set-Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear  DECCA F12570
Bee Gees-Spicks and Specks  POLYDOR 56727
O'Hara's Playboys-Spicks and Specks  FONTANA TF793
Hearts and Flowers-Road To Nowhere  CAPITOL CL15492
Darwins Theory-Daytime  MAJOR MINOR MM503
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Reservations/You Need A Man  PARLOPHONE R5574
Margaret Whiting-Just Like A Man  LONDON HLU10114
The Majority-I Hear A Rhapsody  DECCA F12573
Shirley Abicair-I Will Be There  PICCADILLY 7N35364
The Secrets-Infatuation  CBS 202585
Lovin' Spoonful-Darling Be Home Soon  KAMA SUTRA KAS207
Tokens-Green Plant/Saloogy  STATESIDE SS598
The Turtles-We'll Meet Again/Happy Together  LONDON HLU10115

The Turtles Happy Together


Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels-Sock It To Me Baby  STATESIDE SS596
Wilson Pickett-Everybody Needs Somebody To Love  ATLANTIC 584101
Wynder K Frog-Green Door  ISLAND WIP6006
 

Hour 2

There were 61 new singles released on Friday 24 February 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 165
 PODCAST 

V.I.P's-Straight Down To The Bottom/In A Dream  ISLAND WIP6005
Wynder K Frog-Dancing Frog  ISLAND WIP6006
Bee Gees-I Am The World  POLYDOR 56727
Cynthia Richards and Carib Beats-How Could I  ISLAND WI3028
Bobby Aiken and Carib Beats-Kiss Bam Bam  ISLAND WI3028
Bill McGuffie-Fugue For Thought (from movie Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD)  PHILIPS BF1550
David Garrick-I've Found A Love  PICCADILLY 7N35371
Eli (on demo copies) Elli (on stock copies)-Never Mind  PARLOPHONE R5575
The Cyrkle-I Wish You Could Be Here  CBS 202577
Frame-I Can't Go On  RCA VICTOR RCA1577
Don Crane's New Downliners Sect-I Can't Get Away From You  PYE 7N17261
Hearts and Flowers-Rock and Roll Gypsies  CAPITOL CL15492
Hamlet-She Won't See The Light  DECCA F12571
The Eyes Of Blue-Supermarket Full Of Cans/Don't Ask Me To Mend Your Broken Heart  DERAM DM114
Supremes-Love Is Here And Now You're Gone  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG597
The Quiet Five-Goodnight Sleep Tight  CBS 202585
Keith Shields-Hey Gyp  DECCA F12572
Herbie's People-Presidential Area/Hummingbird  CBS 202584**
The Hondells-Cheryl's Going Home  MERCURY MF697**
Charlie Drake-Who Is Sylvia  PYE 7N117269
 

Hour 3
 PODCAST

Rush-One Little Victory/The Seeker/Crossroads
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger and The Trinity-Flesh Failures (let the sunshine in)
Traffic-Empty Pages/John Barleycorn
Rush-Shapes Of Things/Heartful Of Soul
The Owl Service-Living By The Water
Anne Briggs-Go Your Way
Richard Pinhas-Metatron/Shaddai/Chabatai

CWR 1476 ONLY -
 

SATURDAY at 1800

 PODCAST

Red Flag-Russian Radio

Tatu-How Soon Is Now
Coil Sea-Lattice Of Aum
Supersister-Radio
Sweet-Action (strung up edit)/Fox On The Run
Sweet-Love Me Two Times/I Can't Explain/Paperback Writer/I Can Hear The Grass Grow (BBC session 1970/71)
Sweet-Heartbreak Today

Procul Harum-Whisky Train/Grand Hotel/Il Tuo Diamante/Conquistador/Quite Rightly So/In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence/Piggy Pig Pig
Foreigner-It Feels Like The First Time/Cold As Ice
ELP-Jeremy Bender/Are You Ready Eddy/Still You Turn Me On/Trilogy
Todd Rundgren-All The Children Sing
Kaleidoscope-Jenny Artichoke
Spooky Tooth-Evil Woman

 

SUNDAY at 1800

 PODCAST

51 years ago: There were 63 new singles released on Friday 25 February 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 413 + www.45cat.com

Carl Wayne-Imagine  RCA 2177
Wings-Give Ireland Back To The Irish  PARLOPHONE R5936
David Elliott-Dear Mary  ATLANTIC K10146
Angelettes-Rainy Day/Don't Let Him Touch You  DECCA FR13284
Ben E King-Take Me To The Pilot  CBS7785
Dave Clark and friends-Think Of Me  COLUMBIA DB8862
Focus-Focus II/Tommy  BLUE HORIZON 2096 008
Dave Davari-Top Of The Pops theme from 1965 (in lieu of King Kong Blues)
Gilbert O'Sullivan-Alone Again (Naturally)/Save It  MAM 66
Hot Chocolate-Mary Anne  RAK 127
Supremes-Floy Joy TAMLA MOTOWN TMG804
Four Tops-It's The Same Old Song  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG803
Shocking Blue-Out Of Sight  POLYDOR 2001 266

 

46 years ago: There were 61 new singles released on Friday 25 February 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 662 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST

Queen-Tie Your Mother Down  EMI 2593
AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap  ATLANTIC K10899
Ted Nugent-Storm Troopin'/Hey Baby  EPIC EPC3900
England-Paraffinalea/Nangram  ARISTA 88
Otis Waygood Band-Get It Started  DECCA F13688
Demis Roussos-Because  PHILIPS 6042 245
David McWilliams-By The Lights Of Cyrian  EMI 2586
Judge Dread-End Of The World/Bring Back The Skins  CACTUS CT98
Deniece Williams-Free  CBS 4978
AC/DC-The Jack  ATLANTIC K10899
Queen-You And I  EMI 2573

**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)