TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This was... Chris Bent, in 1968, playing what were the new singles of that year

on Radio Seagull online every Friday and Saturday, midday and at midnight
 overnight on 747Khz in the North of the Netherlands

16 March 2024

 

 

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

 

 

Saturday 16th March 2024

There were 59 new singles released on Friday 15th March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 219 

 PODCAST  

Turtles-Sound Asleep  LONDON HLU10184
Leonard Cohen-Suzanne  CBS 3337
The Idle Race-Skeleton and the Roundabout/Knocking Nails Into My House  LIBERTY LBF15054
American Breed-Green Light  DOT 101
Barry Mann-Young Electric Psychedelic Hippy Flippy Folk And Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band  CAPITOL CL15538
Love-Andmoreagain/The Daily Planet  ELEKTRA EKSN45026
Leonard Cohen-So Long Marianne  CBS 3337
David & Marianne Dalmour-Little Flower  COLUMBIA DB8373
Peddlers-Handel With Care  CBS 3333
Nashville Teens-All Along The Watchtower  DECCA F12754
The Parade-Radio Song  A&M AMS720
Errol Dunkley-Scorcher  AMALGAMATED AMG807
Gaylads (actually Ken Boothe)-When I Fall In Love  STUDIO ONE SO2039
Gaylads (actually the Heptones)-Give Me (actually Christmas Time Is Here)  STUDIO ONE SO2039
Fruit Machine-Cuddly Toy/Follow Me  SPARK SRL1003
Scaffold-Do You Remember  PARLOPHONE R5679
 

There were 59 new singles released on Friday 15th March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 219

 PODCAST

Scaffold-Carry On Krow  PARLOPHONE R5679
Sun Dragon-Blueberry Blue/Far Away Mountain  MGM 1391
The Jigsaw Band-I Need Your Love  POLYDOR 56241
Herbie Mann-Unchain My Heart  A&M AMS719
Kippington Lodge-And She Cried/Rumours  PARLOPHONE R5677
Larry and Tommy-Yo Yo  POLYDOR 56741
John Ledingham-Love Is A Toy  PYE 7N17488
The Tee Set-What Can I Do/Colours Of The Rainbow  PYE 7N25452
Laurie Holloway-Windy  CBS 3332
Hans Christian-Never My Love  PARLOPHONE R5676
 

Listen to Hans Christian, as played on the radio in March 1968:

Pick of the Pops 17th March 1968 (Full Show & Rundown) by poppicker71 | Mixcloud

Blossom Toes-I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/Love Is  MARMALADE 598009
Pinky and the Fellas-Manchester and Liverpool  DECCA F12748
Turtles-Umbassa and the Dragon  LONDON HLU10184
Andy Ellison-Fool From Upper Eden  CBS 3357
The Fire-Fathers Name Is Dad/Treacle Toffee World  DECCA F12753
West Coast Consortium-Colour Sergeant Lillywhite  PYE 7N17482
Hollies-Charlie and Fred, written by Graham Nash & Alan Clarke (in lieu of the Blades Of Grass version STATESIDE SS2101)
Glen Dale-Now I See You/I've Got You On My Mind**  PAGE ONE POF059

 

 PODCAST

Ellesmere-Crystalized/Arctica/Stranger Skies
Nova Cascade-The Fever Dream

Genesis-Entangled/Ripples

Swan Chorus-This Great Adventure
Depeche Mode-A Question Of Lust (Flood remix)
 

 

 
Harley Davidson, one of this weeks 1968 singles from Brigitte Bardot

 

 

Friday 15th March 2024

There were 73 new singles released on Friday 8 March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 218

  PODCAST r

Brigitte Bardot-Harley Davidson  PYE 7N25450
Beatles-The Inner Light  PARLOPHONE R5675
Ruperts People-I Can Show You (with false ending, playing the actual record: COLUMBIA DB8362. Last week the reissue version just faded and ended)
Beatles-Lady Madonna  PARLOPHONE R5675
Blue Cheer-Summertime Blues  PHILIPS BF1646
We Ugly Dogs-First Spring Rain  BT PUPPY BTS45537
Spencer Davis Group-Moonshine/After Tea  UNITED ARTISTS UP2213
Easybeats-Falling Off The Edge Of The World/Hello How Are You (2x versions)  UNITED ARTISTS UP2209
Four Tops-If I Were A Carpenter  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG647
The End-Shades Of Orange  DECCA F22750
Soul Vendors-Psychedelic Rock  STUDIO ONE SO2038
Ken Boothe-Everybody Knows  COXSONE CS7038
The Choir-When You Were With Me  MAJOR MINOR MM557
Barry Lee Show-Kathy Come Home  COLUMBIA DB8350
Vince Everett-Barbarella  FONTANA TF915
We Ugly Dogs-Poor Man  BT PUPPY BTS45537
The Gaspar Netscher Ensemble-There Is Nothing In The Whole Wide World Like Love  PYE 7N17479
 

There were 73 new singles released on Friday 8 March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 218

   PODCAST r

Bill Cosby-Hooray For The Salvation Army Band  WARNER WB7096
Sly and the Family Stone-Dance To The Music  COLUMBIA DB8369
Blue Cheer-Out Of Focus  PHILIPS BF1646
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-For Whom The Bell Tolls/Sleep  PARLOPHONE R5670
Shevells-Big City Lights  POLYDOR 56239
The Smoke-Utterly Simple/Sydney Gill  ISLAND WIP6031 UNRELEASED
The Lords-Gloryland  COLUMBIA DB8367
Cilla Black-Step Inside Love  PARLOPHONE R5674
Circus-House Of Wood/Do You Dream  PARLOPHONE R5672
Emil Dean-Lonely Boy  ISLAND WIP6033
Santos Morados or Henri and his Hobo Amigos-Tonopah  ISLAND WIP6034 2x single releases with same catalogue number but different artist credit
Emil Dean-This Is Our Anniversary  ISLAND WIP6033
Santos Morados or Henri and his Hobo Amigos-Anytime  ISLAND WIP6034 2x single releases with same catalogue number but different artist credit

Ides Of March-Hole In My Soul  LONDON HLU10183
Penny Nicholls-Look Around Rock/Farina  PYE 7N25451
 

There were 73 new singles released on Friday 8 March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 218

  PODCAST r

Pleasure Fair-Morning Glory Days  UNI UN500
Penny Peeps-Model Village/Little Man With A Stick  LIBERTY LBF15053
Jay and the Techniques-Strawberry Shortcake  PHILIPS BF1644
Pioneers-Whip Them  BLUE CAT BS105
At Last The 1958 Rock And Roll Show (with Ian Hunter)-I Can't Drive  CBS 3349
Jacky-White Horses  PHILIPS BF1647
The Onyx-You've Gotta Be With Me/It's All Put On  PYE 7N17477
Pleasure Fair-Fade In Fade Out  UNI UN500
The End-Loving Sacred Loving  DECCA F22750
Paul Jones-And The Sun Will Shine  COLUMBIA DB8379
Brigitte Bardot-Contact  PYE 7N25450
 

Back to the 21st Century:

Ellesmere-Northwards/Tundra
Pearl Handled Revolver-Belly Of The Whale

 

**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)