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

27 MAY 2023

 

 

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

 

Saturday 27th May

There were 48 new singles released on Friday 26th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 178

 PODCAST

Traffic-Giving To You (mono single mix)  ISLAND WIP6002

Hollies-Carrie Ann  PARLOPHONE R5602
Traffic-Paper Sun  ISLAND WIP6002 (stereo mix from Best Of Traffic LP)
Traffic-Giving To You (alternate mix from Mr Fantasy LP)
Ventures-Strawberry Fields Forever  LIBERTY LIB55967
Buddy Rich Orchestra-Norweigan Wood  FONTANA TF836
Sweet Feeling-Charles Brown/All So Long Ago  COLUMBIA DB8195
Troggs-Girl In Black/Night Of The Long Grass  PAGE ONE POF022
Jon and Robin-Do It Again A Little Bit Slower  STATESIDE SS2027
Roger Webb and his piano and orchestra-A Man And A Woman (not 'man inside' as I may have stated)  RCA VICTOR RCA1599
John Scott Orchestra-Stranger In The Home  HMV POP1597
Temptations-All I Need  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG610
Migil Five-Superstition  COLUMBIA DB8196
Hollies-Signs That Will Never Change  PARLOPHONE R5602
Mr Foundation-See Them A Come  STUDIO ONE SO2001
Ken Boothe-Feel Good  STUDIO ONE SO2000
 

There were 48 new singles released on Friday 26th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 178

 PODCAST

The Gaylads-Tears From My Eyes  STUDIO ONE SO2002
Ken Parker-Have A Good Time  STUDIO ONE SO2001
Ross McManus (a.k.a. Day Costello)-Can't Take My Eyes Off You  DECCA F12618
Small Faces-Patterns/E too D  DECCA F12619
Lovin' Spoonful-Six O'Clock  KAMA SUTRA KAS208
Steve Lawrence-Sweet Maria  CBS 2775
Daley-Fistful Of Dollars  FONTANA TF841
Dream Merchants-Rattler  DECCA F12617
5th Dimension-Another Day Another Heartache  LIBERTY LIB12056
The Soulmates-Is That You  PARLOPHONE R5601
Every Mother's Son-Come On Down To My Boat a.k.a. Come And Take A Ride In My Boat  MGM 1341
Peter and Gordon-The Jokers  COLUMBIA DB8198
The Bats-Hard To Get Up In The Morning  DECCA F22616
Gary US Bonds-Send Her To Me  STATESIDE SS2025
Chris Kerry-Watermelon Man  MERCURY MF985
Ellie Greenwich-I Want You To Be My Baby  UNITED ARTISTS UP1180
Chantelles-The Man I Love  CBS 2777
Jimmy James and the Vagabonds-No Good To Cry  PICCADILLY 7N35374
Every Mother's Son-I Believe In You  MGM 1341
Peter and Gordon-Red Cream and Velvet  COLUMBIA DB8198
Brenton Wood-Oogum Boogum Song  PHILIPS BF1579
Delroy Wilson-Ungrateful Baby  ISLAND WI3037
Kiki Dee-I  FONTANA TF833

maybe...

 

 PODCAST
RIP Tina Turner:
I Monster-Simply The Best
Bryan Adams & Tina Turner-It's Only Love
Eric Burdon and the Animals-River Deep Mountain High (see if you can count how many times Eric sings Tina or Tina Turner)
 

Fish-Grace Of God/Big Wedge (live at Leamington Assembly Rooms)
Sweet-Action/Lollipop Man/Time/The Juicer/Love Is Like Oxygen
Magic Pie-Silent Giant
I Monster-Simply The Best (speak and spell mix)

Raymond Scott-Cindy Electronium (electronica recorded in 1959!!)

 

Friday 26th May

 

 PODCAST r

RIP Linda Lewis-Little Indians/It's The Frame (BBC Sessions)
RPWL-King Of The World
EBB-Krystal At The Red Light
Rain-Bring It Back
Ferris Wheel-A Song For Alice/I Know You Well/Can't Stop Now
Golden Earring-The Vanilla Queen
Matis with Franck Carducci-Journey Through The Mind
Ferris Wheel-Ivory Tower

 

There were 55 new singles released on Friday 19th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 177

 PODCAST r

Beach Boys-Mountain Of Love/Then I Kissed Her  CAPITOL CL15502 (actually released on 28th April, but omitted from The New Singles)
Spanky and Our Gang-Sunday Will Never Be The Same  MERCURY MF982
Doors-Whisky Bar (Alabama Song0/Take It as It Comes  ELEKTRA EKSN45012
The Rush-Happy  DECCA F12614
Turtles-Let Me Be/Almost There  PYE 7N25421
Herbie Mann-And The Beat Goes On  ATLANTIC 584112
Magic Lanterns-We'll Meet Again/What Else Can It Be But Love  CBS 2750
The Paragons-On The Beach  ISLAND WI3045
Brenda Holloway-Just Look What You've Done  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG608
Marvelettes-When You're Young And In Love  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG609
Dave Clark Five-Tabatha Twitchit  COLUMBIA DB8194
Eric Burdon and the Animals-When I Was Young/A Girl Named Sandoz  MGM 1340
The Gremlins-Coming Generation/That's What I Want  MERCURY MF981
Chapter Five-Hey Hey  CBS 2696
Herbie Mann-Free For All  ATLANTIC 584112

 

There were 55 new singles released on Friday 19th May 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 177

 PODCAST r

James Brown-Kansas City  PYE 7N17325
Spanky and Our Gang-Distance  MERCURY MF982
Petula Clark-Don't Sleep In The Subway  PYE 7N17325
Spencer Wiggins-Uptight Good Woman  STATESIDE SS2024
Ethiopians-For You  ISLAND WI3036
Soul Brothers-Sound Pressure  ISLAND WI3036
Dusty Springfield-Give Me Time/The Look Of Love (mono single re-recording)  PHILIPS BF1577
Dusty Springfield-The Look Of love (stereo movie soundtrack from Casino Royale)
Esther Philips-And I Love Him  ATLANTIC 584103
Paul Arnold-Somewhere In A Rainbow  PYE 7N17317
Johnny Devlin-Hurtin'  CBS 2751
Fontana Singers and Orchestra-Man Alone (a tribute to Sir Francis Chichester)  FONTANA TF837
Los Bravos-I'm All Ears  DECCA F22615
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels-Too Many Fish In The Sea/Three Little Fishes  STATESIDE SS2023
Guess Who-This Time Long Ago  FONTANA TF831
Tokens-Portrait Of My Love  WARNER WB5900
Ivy Folk-Hey Ramblin' Man  PYE 7N17318
Guess Who-There's No Getting Away From You  FONTANA TF831
Ennio Moricone-Fistful Of Dollars  RCA VICTOR RCA1596
Bert Weedon-Stranger Than Fiction  HMV POP1592

...somewhere above should be Chapter Five-One In a Million  CBS 2696 
 

 

 

 

 

**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)