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

13 MAY 2023

 

 

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

 

SATURDAY 13th May

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 12th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 176

 PODCAST

Burt Bacharach Orchestra-Bond Street A&M AMS702
Procol Harum-Lime Street Blues/A Whiter Shade Of Pale  DERAM DM126
Byrds-My Back Pages/Renaissance Fair  CBS 2648
Mae West-Day Tripper  STATESIDE SS2021
Clarendonians-You Can't Be Happy  ISLAND WI3041
Nancy Sinatra-Coastin'  REPRISE RS20559
Tomorrow-Claremont Lake/My White Bicycle  PARLOPHONE R5597
Caroline Munro-Sporting Life/Tar And Cement  COLUMBIA DB8189
Chords Five-I Am Only Dreaming  ISLAND WI3044
The Brain-Nightmares In Red  PARLOPHONE R5595
Chords Five-Universal Vagrant  ISLAND WI3044
The Brain-Kick The Donkey  PARLOPHONE R5595
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich-Okay  FONTANA TF830
The Wards Of Court-All Night Girl  DERAM DM127
Sonny & Cher-Podunk  ATLANTIC 584110
Bob Crewe Generation-Miniskirts In Moscow  STATESIDE SS2019
 

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 12th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 176

 PODCAST

The Bunch-You Can't Do That  CBS 2740
Bram Rigg Set-Take The Time Be Yourself/I Can Only Give You Everything  STATESIDE SS2020
Peter Touch (Tosh)-I Am The Toughest  ISLAND WI3042
Frugal Sound-Abilene  RCA VICTOR RCA1595
John's Children-Remember Thomas A Becket/Desdemona  TRACK 604003
John's Children-Come And Play With Me In The Garden  TRACK 604005 (released 14 July 1967 - which we'll discuss further that week)
Jefferson Airplane-She Has Funny Cars/Somebody To Love  RCA VICTOR RCA1594
Walker Brothers-Walking In The Rain  PHILIPS BF1576
The Wards Of Court-How Could You Say One Thing  DERAM DM127
Unit 4 + 2-Too Fast Too Slow  FONTANA TF834
Julie London-Girl Talk  LIBERTY LIB10274
Valerie Mitchell-Love Can Be The Sweetest Thing  COLUMBIA DB8186
Les Surfs-When I Tell You That I Love You  FONTANA TF832
Koobas-City Girl/Gypsy Fred  COLUMBIA DB8187
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich-He's A Raver  FONTANA TF83
Julian Covey and the Machine-A Little Bit Hurt/Sweet Bacon  ISLAND WIP6009
Paul Young-You Girl  COLUMBIA DB8188
Wade Denning & Port Washington-Tarzan March  MGM 1339**
Bob Crewe Generation-Theme For a Lazy Girl  STATESIDE SS2019**

 

 PODCAST
Beatles-Blue Jay Way (mono mix)
Rain-Hypnosis
Michael Brown (Beckies/Left Banke)-Quarter Horses
Rain-Solid State
Genesis-Return Of The Giant Hogweed (Watcher of the Skies sessions)
Magic Pie-Slightly Mad
Alice Cooper-Halo Of Flies
RPWL-Life In A Cage
Empire-Edge Of Reason
Beatles-Blue Jay Way (stereo mix with seemingly random effects)

 

FRIDAY 12th May

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

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 174

 PODCAST r

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

 

There were 54 new singles released on Friday 5th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 175

 PODCAST r

B Bumble and the Stingers-Silent Movies  MERCURY MF977 (released 28.04.67)
The Snappers-Upside Down Inside Out  CBS 2719 (released 28.04.67)
Young Rascals-Groovin'/Sueno  ATLANTIC 584111
The Tribe-Love Is A Beautiful Thing  RCA VICTOR RCA1592
Fats Domino-It Keeps Raining  LIBERTY LIB12055
The Tribe-Guitar And A Glass Of Wine  RCA VICTOR RCA1592
Lee Dorsey-My Old Car  STATESIDE SS2017
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-I've Seen It All Before/Day Time Night Time (Mike Hugg)  PARLOPHONE R5594
Richard Kent Style-I'm Out  COLUMBIA DB8182
Bob Dylan-Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat/Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine  CBS 2700
Jimi Hendrix Experience-Wind Cries Mary/Highway Chile  TRACK 604004
Mike Rayner and the Condors-Turn Your Head  DECCA F12605
New Vaudeville Band-Finchley Central  FONTANA TF824
Nino Tempo and April Stevens-Wings Of Love  LONDON HLU10130
Manfred Mann-Sweet Pea/One Way  FONTANA TF828
 

There were 54 new singles released on Friday 5th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 175

 PODCAST r

The Mirage-Lazy Man/Wedding Of Ramona Blair/Lazy Man (unreleased version in style of Beatles Rain)  PHILIPS BF1571
Supremes-The Happening  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG607
Kinks-Waterloo Sunset  PYE 7N17321
The Monopoly-House Of Lords/Magic Carpet  POLYDOR 56164
Warren Davis Monday Band-Wait For Me  COLUMBIA DB8190
The Seeds-Daisy Mae/Can't Seem To Make You Mine  VOCALION VN9287
Shangri-La's-Take The Time  MERCURY MF979
Jeannie Lambe-Day After Day After Day  CBS 2731
Moody Blues-Fly Me High/Really Haven't Got The Time  DECCA F12607
Wilson Picket-New Orleans  ATLANTIC 584107
Kinks-Act Nice And Gentle  PYE 7N17321
The Act-Cobbled Streets  COLUMBIA DB8179
Supremes-All I Know About You  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG607
Original Dyaks-Would You Love Me Too  COLUMBIA DB8184
Willis Brothers-Bob  LONDON HLB10132
Raelettes-One Hurt Deserves Another  HMV POP1591

 

 

 

 

 

 

**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)