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

04 November 2023

 

 

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

 

 

Saturday 4th November 2023

 

There were 62 new singles released on Friday 3rd November 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 201

 PODCAST 

Alan Price Set-Shame  DECCA F12691
Tim Buckley-Morning Glory  ELEKTRA EKSN45018
Zal Yanovsky-ereH er'uoY sA gnoL sA/As Long As You're Here  PYE 7N25438
The League-Nothing On  PRESIDENT PT167
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac-I Believe My Time Ain't Long/Rambling Pony  CBS 3051
The Scaffold-Ide B The First/Thank You Very Much  PARLOPHONE R5643
Righteous Brothers-Stranded In The Middle Of No Place  VERVE VS560
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood-Lady Bird/Sand  REPRISE RS20269
Mary Langley-It Always Rains On Saturday  CBS 3032
Judith Durham-Again and Again  COLUMBIA DB8290
Lesley Dawson-In lieu of the correct single MF1006, we found an unreleased Philips Demo of Kiss Of Fire/Melancholy Minuet
Billy Joe Royal-Hush  CBS 3044
Johnny Mann Singers-Instant Happy  LIBERTY LBF15036
Tim Buckley-Knight Errant  ELEKTRA EKSN45018
Cocktail Cabinet-Puppet On A String (a not very good Harold Wilson pastiche of an earlier parody of a US Senator) /Breathalyser (the better instrumental side)  PAGE ONE POF046
Cyril Stapleton Orchestra-That's Me Over Here (Ronnie Corbett tv theme)  PYE 7N17397

 

There were 62 new singles released on Friday 3rd November 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 201

 PODCAST

African Messenger-High Life Piccadilly  PAGE ONE POF043
Don Fardon-The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian  PYE 7N25437
Wayne Newton-Love Of The Common People  CAPITOL CL15519
Everly Brothers-Love Of The Common People  WARNER WB7088
Staple Singers-For What It's Worth  COLUMBIA DB8292
Sugar 'n' Dandy-Let's Ska PAGE ONE POF044
Druid Chase-Take Me In Your Garden/I Wanna Get My Hands On You  CBS 3053
Jake Thackeray-Remember Bethlehem  COLUMBIA DB8296
Ten Feet-Losing Game/Shoot On Sight  CBS 3045
Barbara Randolph-I Got A Feeling  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG628
Neil Diamond-Kentucky Woman  LONDON HLZ10161
David and Jonathan-Softly Whispering I Love You  COLUMBIA DB8287
The Factotums-Cloudy  PYE 7N17402
Cindy Williams-They Talk About Us  PARLOPHONE R5648
Brian Bennett-Canvas  COLUMBIA DB8294
Family Dogg-Family Dog/Storm  MGM 1360
Eddie Floyd-On A Saturday Night  STAX 601024
 

**Deep Purple-Kentucky Woman, from LP Book Of Taliesyn; prompted by playing Neil Diamond's version

 

 PODCAST

Lemon Pipers-Through With You
Galahad-Darker Days
LCD Sound System-North American Scum
Neil Young-Computer Cowboy (SysCrusher)
Galahad-Behind The Veil Of A Smile
Steve Hackett-Firth Of Fifth (at Royal Festival Hall - Genesis Revisited Tour 2019)
Big Big Train-East Coast Racer

 

Friday 3rd November 2023

 PODCAST  

Klaatu-We're Off You Know
Galahad-Everything Changed
Trembling Bells-Knockin' On The Coffin
Galahad-The Long Goodbye
Trees-Geordie
Shirley and Dolly Collins-Geordie
The Owl Society-Geordie
Rush-Shapes Of Things
Klaatu-Politzania
Rush-Crossroads

 

There were 60 new singles released on Friday 27th October 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 200 

 PODCAST

Doors-People Are Strange (also listed for 29th September)  ELEKTRA EKSN45017
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Kites  PARLOPHONE R5846
Sounds Incorporated-Dead As A Go Go  POLYDOR 56209
Astrud Gilberto-Stay/I Had The Craziest Dream  VERVE VS559
Heptones-Schoolgirls  CALTONE TONE 105
Kippington Lodge-Shy Boy/Lady On A Bicycle  PARLOPHONE R5645
Marion-I Go To Sleep/ PAGE ONE POF042
Miriam Makeba-Pata Pata  REPRISE RS20606
Marion-Abyssinian Secret  PAGE ONE POF042
Les Yper Sound-Psche Rock/Too Fortiche  FONTANA TF880
Lulu-Love Loves To Love Love  COLUMBIA DB8295
Brian Auger and the Trinity-Red Beans and Rice  MARMALADE 598003
Al Stewart-Bedsitter Images/Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres  CBS 3034
Castells-Two Lovers  MASQUERADE MA5000

 

There were 60 new singles released on Friday 27th October 1967

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 200 

 PODCAST 

Alan David-Completely Free  POLYDOR 56201
Julie Felix-Magic Of The Playground  FONTANA TF875
Ramsey Lewis-Girl Talk  CHESS CRS8061
Flatt and Scruggs-Foggy Mountain Breakdown  CBS 3038
Norma Fraser-First Cut Is The Deepest  COXSONE CS7017
Sasha Caro-Grade Three Section Two/Little Maids Story  DECCA F12687
Bernadette-Let Me Do The Talking REDIFUSION INTERNATIONAL MUSIC RIM2
The Creation-Life Is Just Beginning/Through My Eyes  POLYDOR 56207
Jackie and Millie-In A Dream  ISLAND WIP6012
Millie Small-You Better Forget  ISLAND WIP6021
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Like The Sun Like The Fire  PARLOPHONE R5846
Alan Bown-Technicolour Dream/Toyland  MGM 1355
Bumps Oakley-Rag Doll  COXSONE CS7017
The Quik-I Can't Sleep  DERAM DM155
The Gremlins-You Gotta Believe It  MERCURY MF1004
The Lovin'-Do It Again  PAGE ONE POF041
Roger Earl Okin-Yellow Petals  PARLOPHONE R5644
Ross Hannaman-1969  COLOMBIA DB8288

(sorry, another one of those out of phase stereo files that sound dreadful in mono)

 

 

 

 

**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)