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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

11 November 2023
 
 

with Pat McManus & Andy Stoddart, St Patrick's Day 2022, Wolverhampton
 
Saturday 11th November 2023
 
There were 55 new singles released on Friday 10th November 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 202 
 PODCAST
Pretty Things-Defecting Grey  10" acetate of extended mix
Buffalo Springfield-Rock 'n' Roll Woman  ATLANTIC 584145
Moody Blues-Nights In White Satin/Cities  DERAM DM161
Strawberry Alarm Clock-Incense and Peppermints/Birdman Of Alkatrash  PYE 7N25436
Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger with The Trinity-Save Me  MARMALADE 598004
Dandy-There Is A Mountain  GIANT GN15
Helena Ferguson-Where Is The Party  LONDON HLZ10164
Freddie (parrot face) Davies-Sentimental Songs  MAJOR MINOR MM536
Flower Pot Men-Walk In The Sky  DERAM DM160
Four Seasons-Watch The Flowers Grow  PHILIPS BF1621
The Nice-Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack/Azrial (Angel Of Death)  IMMEDIATE IM059 (stereo CD from box set)
Flower Pot Men-Am I Losing You  DERAM DM160
Blue Rivers and the Maroons-Witchcraft Man  BLUEBEAT DB103
Parliaments-I Wanna Testify  TRACK 604013
Baltimore and Ohio Marching Band-Condition Red  STATESIDE SS2065
 
There were 55 new singles released on Friday 10th November 1967
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 202 
 PODCAST 
Felius Andromeda-Meditations  DECCA F12694
Candy Choir-Children and Flowers  CBS 3061
Ray Carlson (Clifford T Ward)-It's Getting Me Down Girl  MGM 1362
Granny's Intentions-The Story Of David/Sandy's On The Phone Again  DERAM DM158
Tuesday's Children-Baby's Gone/Guess I'm Losing You  PYE 7N17406
The Nice-Azrial (Angel Of Death) IMMEDIATE IM059 - the actual mono single
Pretty Things-Defecting Grey/Mr Evasion  COLUMBIA DB8300
Buffalo Springfield-Child's Claim To Fame  ATLANTIC 584145
Peddlers-You're The Reason I'm Living  CBS 3055
The Bunch-Spare A Shilling/Looking Glass Alice  CBS 3060
Los Canarios-Get On Your Knees  MAJOR MINOR MM532
Hombres-Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out)  VERVE VS1510
Big Brother and the Holding Company-Bye Bye Baby/All Is Loneliness  FONTANA TF881
Hombres-Go Girl Go  VERVE VS1510Ken Boothe-One I Love  CALTONE TONE107
 
 PODCAST  
Broken Records
Robyn Hitchcock
Tribe 3
Gary Numan
Pretty Things
Libby Morris
Tenacious D
Karnataka
Anthony Newley
 
 
Friday 10th November 2023
 
 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
 
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 


 
 

**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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