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

30 March 2024

 

 

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

 

Saturday 3oth March 2024

 

Rest In Peace - Steve Harley - Cockney Rebel 1973/74 Alternate versions and early mixes

   PODCAST

 

There were 55 new singles released on Friday 22nd March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 221 

PODCAST 

Billy J Kramer-1941  CBS or NEMS 56 3396
Nilsson-One  RCA VICTOR RCA1675
Tom Nortcote-1941  WARNER BROTHERS WB7160
Ruth-Cherish  COLUMBIA DB8386
Willie Mitchell-Soul Serenade  LONDON HLU10186
Termites-Mama Didn't Know  COXSONE CS7039
Wrigglers-Get Right  BLUE CAT BS106
Nirvana-Rainbow Chaser/Flashbulb  ISLAND WIP6029
Fleetwood Mac-Black Magic Woman  BLUE HORIZON 57 3138
Plastic Penny-Nobody Knows It/Happy Just To Be With You  PAGE ONE POF062
Amboy Dukes-The Marquis/Simon Says  POLYDOR 56243
Balloon Farm-Question Of Temperature  LONDON HLP10185
Hans Christian (Jon Anderson)-All Of The Time/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

The Union Gap with Gary Puckett-Young Girl  CBS 3365
14-Drizzle/Umbrella  OLGA OLE006
 

There were 55 new singles released on Friday 22nd March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 221 

 PODCAST 

Jack Dorsey Orchestra-Soul Coaxing  PYE 7N17501
Elliot's Sunshine-Cause I'm Lonely  PHILIPS BF1649
Status Quo-Black Veils Of Melancholy/To Be Free (The New Singles lists 'Island In The Sun')  PYE 7N17497
Balloon Farm-Hurtin' For Your Love  LONDON HLP10185
Tony Colton-In The World Of Marnie Dreaming/Who Is She (from soundtrack of Hammer Horror: Vengeance Of She)  COLUMBIA DB8385
From 2003: I Monster with their remake of 'Who Is She'
Fortes Mentum-Saga Of A Wrinkled Man/Mr Partidge Passed Away Today  PARLOPHONE R5684
Tim Buckley-Wings  ELEKTRA EKSN45031
Nite People-Weird And Funny/Morning Sun  FONTANA TF919
Turquoise-053 Summer Street/Tales Of Flossie Fillet  DECCA F12756
Berkeley Kites-Mary Go Round/Hang Up City  POLYDOR 56742
From 2003: I Monster with their 'Slags' remix of 'Who Is She' (The Vengeance Of She)
Tim Buckley-I Can't See You  ELEKTRA EKSN45031
George Bean-Floatin'  CBS3374
Ernest 'Soul' Wilson-Storybook Children  COXSONE CS7044**
Nehmiah Reid-Family War  ISLAND WI3102**
Sensations-Long Time No See You Girl  ISLAND WI3110**
From 2003: I Monster with their 'lesbian' remix of 'Who Is She' (The Vengeance Of She)**

 

 

Friday 29th March 2024

Rest In Peace - Steve Harley - Cockney Rebel Live in 1974

  PODCAST

 

There were 60 new singles released on Friday 22 March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 220

  PODCAST

Bee Gees-Jumbo  POLYDOR 56242
Hollies-Jennifer Eccles  PARLOPHONE R5680
Bee Gees-Singer Sang His Song  POLYDOR 56242
Colours Of Love-Up On A Cotton Cloud/I'm A Train  PAGE ONE POF060
The Young Blood-Green Light  PYE 7N17495
Monkees-Valleri/Tapioca Tundra  RCA VICTOR RCA1683
Jay and the Americans-Shanghai Noodle Factory/French Provincial  UNITED ARTISTS UP2211
Jimmy Ruffin-I'll Say Forever My Love  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG649
Jackie Mittoo-Norweigan Wood  COXSONE CS7040
Gaylads-Peculiar Man  COXSONE CS7040
Heptones-Tripe Girl  STUDIO ONE SO2040
Procol Harum-Quite Rightly So/In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3007
Roger Miller-Little Green Apples  MERCURY MF1021
The Household-Winter's Coming  UNITED ARTISTS UP2210
Lalo Schifrin Orchestra-Mission Impossible  DOT PARAMOUNT DOT103
 

There were 60 new singles released on Friday 22 March 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 220

   PODCAST

Lalo Schifrin Orchestra-Jim On The Move  DOT PARAMOUNT DOT103
Merseys-Penny In My Pocket  FONTANA TF916
John Fred and his Playboy Band-No Letter Today/Hey Hey Bunny  PYE 7N25453
Joe Cocker-New Age Of The Lily/Marjorine  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3006
The Groop-Night Life/Lovin' Tree  CBS 3351
Rag Dolls-My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man  COLUMBIA DB8378
Dr Marigolds Prescription-People Get Ready/My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man  PYE 7N17493
Alan Copeland Singers-Windy  STATESIDE SS2101
Rod Stewart-Little Miss Understood/So Much To Say  IMMEDIATE IM060
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Too Much Talk/Happening '68  CBS 3310
Michele Lee-L David Sloan  CBS 3350
Pete Kelly's Solution-Midnight Confession  DECCA F12755
The Mud-Up The Airy Mountain  CBS 3355
Graham Bonney-I'll Be Your Baby Tonight  COLUMBIA DB8382
The Sunshine Company-Look, Here Comes The Sun  LIBERTY LBF15060
Derrick Morgan-Gimme Back  ISLAND WI3101**
Troy-Emma May Kingston  CLUMBIA DB8391**

 

**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)