TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This is... Chris Bent, 68. Check out the GALLERY for recent photos taken at the radio day in Harwich, August 2023

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

07 October 2023

 

 

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

 

 

Saturday 7th October 2023

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 6th October 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 197

 PODCAST 

George Martin Orchestra-Theme One ('electronic' version)  UNITED ARTISTS UP1194
Amen Corner-World Of Broken Hearts  DERAM DM151
Honeybus-(Do I Figure) In Your Life  DERAM DM152
Blossom Toes-What On Earth/Mrs Murphy's Budgerigar  MARMALADE 598002
Brenton Wood-Gimme Little Sign  LIBERTY LBF15021
Cowsills-The The Park And Other Things (popularly known as Flower Girl)/River Blue  MGM1353
Californians-Follow Me  DECCA F12678
Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart-Sometimes She's A Little Girl  A&M AMS710
Four Tops-You Keep Running Away  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG623
The Bees-Jesses James Rides Again  BLUE BEAT DB101
The Four Gees-Ethiopia (reminiscent of Strawberry Fields)  PRESIDENT PT160
Little Grants & Eddie-Rudy's Dead  PRESIDENT PT159
Equals-Give Love A Try  PRESIDENT PT158
Vanilla Fudge-Eleanor Rigby  Parts 1 & 2  ATLANTIC 584139
Honeybus-Throw My Love Away  DERAM DM152
Young Rascals-How Can I Be Sure/I Don't Love You Anymore  ATLANTIC 584138

 

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 6th October 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 197

 PODCAST

Shirley Abicair-So Goes Love  PYE 7N17389
Mike Vickers-Kettle Of Fish/Captain Scarlet and the Myusterions (sic)  COLUMBIA DB8281
Marion Montgomery-Love Makes Two People Swing  REACTION 591018
Peter and the Wolves-Little Girl Lost/Is Me (apologies, this sounded dreadful on mono receivers due to incorrect phasing of the stereo image)  MGM1352
Rupert's People-Prologue To A Magic World/Dream On My Mind  COLUMBIA DB8278
Danny Williams-Never My Love/Whose Little Girl Are You  DERAM DM149
Lucien Alexander-Baby You've Been On My Mind  POLYDOR 56205
Focus Three-10,000 Years Behind My Mind  COLUMBIA DB8279
Bill Cosby-Little Ole Man (uptight - everything's alright)  WARNER BROS WB7072
Episode Six-I Can See Through You/When I Fall In Love  PYE 7N17376
Tommy Steele-Fortuosity  BUENA VISTA DF457
Libby Morris-Bye Yum Pum Pum  POLYDOR 56206
Tages-Treat Me Like A Lady  PARLOPHONE R5640
Treetops-Don't Worry Baby  PARLOPHONE R5628
Libby Morris-Ballad Of Yesterday's Idol  POLYDOR 56206
George Martin Orchestra-Theme One (original phased version)  UNITED ARTISTS UP1194
 

 

A return to the Prog Rockery

 PODCAST

Torch Song-Toward The Unknown Region with Walt Whitman Poetry recital by Amy Bargeron
Karnataka-Requiem For A Dream/Dreamer
StuckFish-Into The Fire
Z Machine-Amphibiosapien/Bonus Erupus/Thunder In Paradise/Big Old Hen/Saltwash/Myrtle The Turtle

 

Friday 6th October 2023  

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 29th September 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 196 
PODCAST   r 
Procol Harum-Homburg (long stereo version)  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3003
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich-Zabadak/The Sun Goes Down  FONTANA TF873
Sam & Dave-Soul Man  STAX 601023
Dandy and his Group-In The Mood  CALTONE TONE103
Nancy Sinatra-Lightnings Girl  REPRISE RS20620
Doors-People Are Strange  ELEKTRA EKSN45017
Billy Strange-You Only Live Twice/A Few Dollars More  VOCALION VN9289
Nancy Sinatra-Until It's Time For You To Go  REPRISE RS20620
Doors-Unhappy Girl  ELEKTRA EKSN45017
John Fred and the Playboy Band-Agnes English/A Sad Story  PYE INTERNATIONAL 7N25433
Nilsson-Ten Little Indians  RCA VICTOR RCA1632
Every Mothers Son-Put Your Mind At Ease/Proper Four Leaf Clover  MGM1358
Procol Harum-Good Captain Clack  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3003
Settlers-Major To Minor  PYE 7N17375
 

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 29th September 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 196 

 PODCAST r

Lloyd Alexander Real Estate-Watcha Gonna Do  PRESIDENT PT157
Alexander Bell-Alexander Bell Believes  CBS 2977
Brotherly Love-Ocean Of Tears (not Oceans Of Love, which I inadvertently and inexplicably said)  CBS 2978
David McWilliams-Days Of Pearly Spencer/Harlem Lady  MAJOR MINOR MM533
Shadows Of Knight-Someone Like Me/Three For Love  ATLANTIC 584136
Jefferson Airplane-Plastic Fantastic Lover/White Rabbit  RCA VICTOR RCA1631
The Great Society with Grace Slick-White Rabbit recorded at the Matrix 1966
"3rd Turn Off-Leave Me Here/Michael Angelo  DERAM DM150
The Third Rail-No Return/Run Run Run  COLUMBIA DB8274
Roy Redmond-Good Day Sunshine  WARNER WB2075
Peter Lee Stirling-Goodbye Thimblemill Lane  DECCA F12674
Idle Race-Impostors (sic) Of Life's Magazine/Sitting In My Tree  LIBERTY LBF15026
 

There were 56 new singles released on Friday 29th September 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 196 

 PODCAST r 

Kevin 'KING' Lear-Count Me Out/Pretty Woman  POLYDOR 56203
The Playground-At The Zoo  MGM 1351
Jim Beans Brass Band-Born To Lose  DECCA F12676
Honeyboy Martin-Dreader Than Dread  CALTONE TONE103
Excels-California On My Mind  ATLANTIC 584133
The Sun Set-You Can Ride My Rainbow  POLYDOR 56193
Royal Guardsmen-Wednesday  STATESIDE SS2051
Gentle People-It's Too Late  COLUMBIA DB8276
Sandie Shaw-You've Not Changed  PYE 7N17378
Los Canarios-Get On Your Knees  MAJOR MINOR MM532
Kenneth Williams A.K.A. Rambling Syd Rumpo-Ballad Of The Woggler's Moulie  PARLOPHONE R5638
John Pearse-Guitar Train  TRANSATLANTIC SP13

 

A touch of old Prog: (new stuff next time)

Robert Wyatt-Blues In Bob Minor

King Crimson-Cat Food
Matching Mole-O Caroline
King Crimson-Pictures Of A City
 

 

**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)