TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This was... Chris Bent, 12, with transistor radio
 (at Church Meadow, Marholm, 1967)

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

29 April 2023

 

 

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

 

SATURDAY 29th APRIL

There were 48 new singles released on Friday 28th April 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 174

 PODCAST

Joyce Bond-Do The Teasy  ISLAND WIP6010
Al Hirt-Tarzan March  RCA VICTOR RCA1590
The Pudding-Magic Bus  DECCA F12603
Bobby Darin-Lady Came From Baltimore  ATLANTIC 584105
Lomax Alliance-Try As You May  CBS 2729
Chris Farlowe-Yesterdays Papers  IMMEDIATE IMO49
Barbara Lynn-You Lose A Good Thing  SUE WI4038
Barbara Ruskin-Euston Station  PARLOPHONE R5593
Gladys Knight and the Pips-Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG604
Betty Lavette-I Feel Good All Over  STATESIDE SS2015
Kim Weston-I Got What You Need  MGM 1338
The Outer Limits-Just One More Chance/Help Me Please  DERAM DM125
David Garrick-I'm Looking Straight At You  PICCADILLY 7N35377
PP Arnold-First Cut Is The Deepest  IMMEDIATE IM047
Curtis Lee and the KCP's-Get Into My Bag  CBS 2717
Anita Harris-Just Loving You  CBS2724
David Garrick-Certain Misunderstanding  PICCADILLY 7N35377

 

There were 48 new singles released on Friday 28th April 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 174

 PODCAST 

Force West-All The Children Sleep  COLUMBIA DB8174
Spectrum-Saturdays Child  RCA VICTOR RCA1589
Pretty Things-Children/My Time  FONTANA TF829
Rainy Daze-In My Mind Lives A Forest/Acapulco Gold  POLYDOR 56731
The Pandoras-About My Baby  LIBERTY LIB55954
Shotgun Express-Indian Thing/Funny 'Cos Neither Could I  COLUMBIA DB8179
Spectrum-Samantha's Mine  RCA VICTOR RCA1589
Lucas and Mike Cotton Sound-Step Out Of Line  PYE 7N17313
Paul Newman and X Caliburs-Ain't You Got A Heart  MERCURY MF969
Sweeneys Men-Old Maid In A Garret  PYE 7N17312
Vic Richards-Jonathan Whatsit  POLYDOR 56163
Everly Brothers-Bowling Green  WARNER WB7520
Tommy Garrets 50 Guitars-Guantanamera  LIBERTY LIB10271
Eddie Floyd-Set My Soul On Fire  LONDON HL10129
Soul Brothers-Hi Life  ISLAND WI3039
Jackie Lynton-Decision COLUMBIA DB8180
Ken Boothe-I Don't Want To See You Cry  ISLAND WI3035
Peaches & Herb-Close Your Eyes  CBS 2711

 

 PODCAST
The Pig's Big 78's - John Peel's wife selects a couple of 78rpm shellac records
Olly Oakley-The Jovial Huntsman a.k.a. John Peel
Ray Martin and his Orchestra-Blue Tango 

Tyrannosaurus Rex-Pavilions Of The Sun/Organ Blues/By The Light Of The Magical Moon
Drifting Sun-King Of The Country
Forest-Graveyard

Drifting Sun-Forsaken Innocence
Panama Limited-Lady Of Shallot
Stuckfish-Thief In The Night
Unthanks-Flutter

 

FRIDAY 28th April

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 21st April 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 173

 PODCAST r

Andy Williams-Music To Watch Girls By  CBS 2675
Felice Taylor-I'm Under The Influence Of Love  PRESIDENT PT133
The Who-Pictures Of Lily  TRACK 604002
The Parade-Sunshine Girl  A&M AMS701
US T-Bones-Tee Hee Hee  LIBERTY LIB55951
The Rokes-Let's Live For Today/Ride On  RCA VICTOR RCA1587
Living Daylights-Let's Live For Today  PHILIPS BF1561
Electric Prunes-Are You Loving Me More/Get Me To The World On Time  REPRISE RS20564
Mertens Brothers Style-Puppet On a String  CBS 2730
Happenings-You're In A Bad Way  STATESIDE SS2013
Bob Andy-I've Got To Go Back Home  ISLAND WI3040
Ian Whitcomb-Lucky Jim (how I envy him)/I've Been Ill  STATESIDE SS2014
Jason James-Count Me Out/Miss Pilkington's Maid  CBS 2705
Hat and Tie-Bread To Spend/Finding It Rough  PRESIDENT PT122
Tremeloes-Let Your Hair Hang Down  CBS 2723
 

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 21st April 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 173

 PODCAST r

The Who-Doctor Doctor  TRACK 604002
Tremeloes-Silence Is Golden  CBS 2723
The Magicians-Tarzan March  DECCA F12602
Marty Mann-Tarzan March  CBS 2721
The Marketts-Tarzan March  WARNER WB5847
Yardbirds-Little Games/Puzzles  COLUMBIA DB8165
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Buy For Me The Rain  LIBERTY LIB55948
Cumbaline-Peanuts and Chewy Macs  MERCURY MF975
Five Americans-Western Union  STATESIDE SS2012
Searchers-Western Union  PYE 7N17308
Foresters-Coming Home In The Evening  COLUMBIA DB8176
Time Box-I Wish I Could Jerk Like My Uncle Cyril/Soul Savage  PICCADILLY 7N35379
Neil Diamond-Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon  LONDON HLZ10126
Booker T and the MGs-Summertime  STAX 601009
Selwyn and John-Bogie Man  CBS  2708
The (Cryan) Shames-Mr Unreliable  CBS 2704
Studio Six-Bless Mt Soul  POLYDOR 56162
Vibrations-Pick Me  COLUMBIA DB8175

 

 PODCAST r
Incredible String Band-First Girl I Loved
EBB-What Under What
Zombies-Friends Of Mine/Brief Candles/Hung Up On a Dream
Nice-Little Arabella
Magic Pie-According To Plan
Agnieska Swita-In Her Arms
Trembling Bells-Just As The Rainbow
Unthanks-Magpie
Traffic-40,000 Headmen (1994 live recording) 

 

CWR 1476 ONLY - SATURDAY & SUNDAY from 1800

 

 PODCAST r

England, with their 1977 LP: Garden Shed
Midnight Madness
All Alone
Three Piece Suite
Paraffinalea
Yellow
Poisoned Youth
Three Piece Suite (original 1976 version)

Erik Neuteboom, official prog archives, writes:
"Their debut LP is one of the finest 24 carat progrock albums I've ever heard... with strong echoes of Genesis and Yes"

 

 

51 years ago: There were 55 new singles released on Friday 28 April 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 422 + www.45cat.com
 PODCAST r

Strawbs-Here It Comes  A&M AMS7002
Rare Bird-Devil's High Concern/Sympathy/Hammerhead/What You Want To Know  CHARISMA CB179
Rare Earth-Born To Wander/Here Comes The Night  RARE EARTH RES105
Reparata and the Delrons-Octopus's Garden  D'ART ART2006
Red Fox-Walking Through The Blue Grass  PHILIPS 6006 209
Spyrogyra-Dangerous Dave  PEG PGS3
Brotherly Love-Honey Man  MAPLE ANNIE MA103
Hillside Singers-We're Together  CBS 7941
John Baldry (with Elton John)-Iko Iko  WARNER K16175
John Baldry (with Rod Stewart)-Mother Ain't Dead  WARNER K16175
Medicine Head-Only To Do What Is True  DANDELION 2001 325
Rolling Stones-Tumbling Dice/Sweet Black Angel  ROLLING STONES RS19103
 

51 years ago: There were 55 new singles released on Friday 28 April 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 422 + www.45cat.com

 PODCAST r
Barclay James Harvest-I'm Over You  HARVEST HAR5051
Alison MacCallum-Superman  RCA 2201
Bobby Hatfield-Oo Wee Baby  WARNER K16163
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen-Hot Rod Lincoln  PARAMOUNT PARA3021
Gothic Horizon-Thoughts/If You Can Smile  ARGO AFW107
Hello-You Move Me  BELL 1238
Fortunes-Baby By The Way  CAPITOL CL15719
Offspring-Windfall/She Lives In A Big House  RCA 2198
Offspring-Deeper Magic (unreleased - acetate only)
Fanny-Ain't That Peculiar  REPRISE K14165
Peter Sarstedt-Every Word You Say  UNITED ARTISTS UP35369
Neil Diamond-Song Sung Blue  UNI UN538
Tony Morgan and the Mussel Power Band-Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys  BEACON BEA188
Petticoat and Vine-Old Blue  RCA 2176
Rainbow-Open Up Your Heart  PHILIPS 6073 103

 

 

 

 

**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)