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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

12 August 2023
 
 

with Pat McManus & Andy Stoddart, St Patrick's Day 2022, Wolverhampton
 
Saturday 12th August 2023
LIVE TODAY (with no playlist or podcasts) from the Light Vessel LV18 from Harwich, at 4.00pm and again from 10.00pm on 1476khz courtesy of Carillon Wellbeing Radio... LISTEN to Live broadcast: www.carillonradio.com
 
Also on Radio Seagull with a different programme from Midday and Midnight:
There were 53 new singles released on Friday 11th August 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 189
 PODCAST 
Warm Sounds-Angeline  IMMEDIATE IM058
Fortunes-The Idol/His Smile Was A Lie  UNITED ARTISTS UP1188
Chocolate Watch Band-Sound Of The Summer  DECCA F12649
Skip Bifferty-Cover Girl/On Love  RCA VICTOR RCA1621
Desmond Dekker and the Aces-007  PYRAMID PYR6004 (released earlier in 1967, probably mid January but not listed)
Alton Ellis-Ain't That Loving You  TROJAN TR004
Bunny Sigler-Let The Good Times Roll  CAMEO PARKWAY P153
Chris Montez-Foolin' Around  A&M AMS707
Warm Sounds-Sticks and Stones  IMMEDIATE IM058
Dave Berry-Forever  DECCA f12651
Paul Jones-Thinking Ain't For Me  HMV POP1602
Frankie Vaughan-There Must Be A Way  COLUMBIA DB8248
Robert Knight-Everlasting Love  MONUMENT MON1008
Linda Jones-Hypnotised  WARNER WB2070
Raymond Lefebvre-Whiter Shade Of Pale  MAJOR MINOR MM525
 
There were 53 new singles released on Friday 11th August 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 189
 PODCAST
Ken Boothe-Puppet On A String  STUDIO ONE SO2012
The Herd-From The Underworld/Sweet William  FONTANA TF856
Cliff Richard-Day I Met Marie  COLUMBIA DB8245
Kenny Bernard0Somebody  CBS 2936
Small Faces-I'm Only Dreaming/Itchycoo Park  IMMEDIATE IM057
Ivor Cutler Trio-I Had A Little Boat/Great Grasshopper  PARLOPHONE R5624
Monkees-Pleasant Valley Sunday  RCA VICTOR RCA1620
Oliver St Patrick-Tulips  TROJAN TR005
The Treetops-Sound Of Music  TROJAN TR003
New Formula-I Want To Go Back There Again  PICCADILLY 7N35401
Monkees-Words  RCA VICTOR RCA1620
Friday Brown-Ask Any Woman  FONTANA TF851
The Loot-Whenever You're Ready  CBS 2938
Joyce Bond-This Train  ISLAND WIP6018
Moby Grape-Omaha  CBS 2953
 
There were 53 new singles released on Friday 11th August 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 189
 PODCAST
Our Plastic Dream-A Little Bit Of Shangri La/Encapsulated Marigold  GO AJ11411
State Of Mickey and Tommy-I Know What I Would Do  MERCURY MF996
Peter Law-Lingering On  MAJOR MINOR MM525
Kay Kennedy-The Playground  PYE 7N17362
The Tokens-It's A Happening World  WARNER WB7056
Joe Higgs-Neighbour Neighbour  COXSONE CS7004
Electric Prunes-The Great Banana Hoax  REPRISE RS20607
Chocolate Watch Band-Only One In Sight  DECCA F12649
The Treetops-It's Raining  TROJAN TR003
State Of Mickey and Tommy-With Love From One To Five  MERCURY MF996

This week we exhausted the available songs for the week and concluded with
Side One of The Who Sell Out (mono mix):
Armenia City In The Sky
Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand
Odorono
Tattoo
Our Love Was
I Can See For Miles

Radio London Closedown 1967**podcast only
 
Friday 11th August 2023
There were 36 new singles released on Friday 4th August 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 187
 PODCAST
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass-Happening  A&M AMS706
The Who-The Last Time/Under My Thumb  TRACK 604006
Flower Pot Men-Let's Go To San Francisco  DERAM DM142
The Spectrum-Portobello Road/Comes The Dawn  RCA VICTOR RCA1610
The Happenings-Me Mammy  PYE 7N25501
Young Rascals-Girl Like You/It's Love  ATLANTIC 584128
West Coast Consortium-Looking Back  PYE 7N17352
Johnnie Young-Craise Finton Kirk  POLYDOR 56186
Bee Gees-Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts (stereo mix and alternate version from box set)
Johnnie Young-I Am The World  POLYDOR 56186
Barley Bree-Save Your Love  PICCADILLY 7N35392
Esther Phillips-I'm Sorry  ATLANTIC 584126
The Wonder Who-Lonesome Road  PHILIPS BF1600
Four Seasons featuring the 'sound' of Frankie Valli-Around and Around (andaroundandaroundandaround) Philips BF1600
Red Squares-Lollipop/True Love Story  COLUMBIA DB8247
 
There were 36 new singles released on Friday 4th August 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 187
 PODCAST r
The Shiralee-I'll Stay Be Your Side/Penny Wren  FONTANA TF855
Sons and Lovers-Matters  CAMP 602002
Sandra Bryant-Girl With Money  MAJOR MINOR MM523
Truly Smith-I Wanna Go Back There Again  DECCA F12645
Sandra Bryant-Golden Hours  MAJOR MINOR MM523
Dionne Warwick-Walk Little Dolly  PYE 7N25428
Madeline Bell-Climb Every Mountain  PHILIPS BF1596
Sonny and Cher-Plastic Man  ATLANTIC 584129
The Gibsons-Night and Day  MAJOR MINOR MM524
Jerry Langley-Joanna Jones  CBS 2935
The Roll Movement-Just One Thing  GO AJ11410
The Rock Steadys-Squeeze and Freeze  GIANT GN2
Neil Diamond-Thank The Lord For The Night Time  LONDON HLZ10151
The Fairy Tale-Guess I Was Dreaming/Run and Hide  DECCA F12644
The Uglys-And The Squire Blew His Horn  CBS 2933
West Coast Consortium-Some Other Someday  PYE 7N17352
Bill Kenwright and the Runaways-I Want To Go Back There Again  COLUMBIA DB8239
The Darlings-Saturday Town/Wish You Were Here  CBS 2932
The Gibsons-City Life  MAJOR MINOR MM524
 
NEW The Alternative Sounds Of The 60's and 70's on Radio Seagull (an occasional series)
 PODCAST r
Wailers 
Who 
Jim Dale 
Plastic Penny 
Quintessence 
Golden Earring 
Bintangs 
Supersister 
Earth & Fire 
Arrival 
Terry Reid 
Yes 
Melanie 
Brethren
 
 

 

 
 

**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
 
 

 

 



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