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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
9 November 2024
on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour
Saturday 9 November 2024
There were 66 new singles released on Friday
01 November 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 252 (revisited and expanded, continued from last week)
PODCAST
Barbara Ruskin-Pawnbroker Pawnbroker PRESIDENT PT217
Brian Connell-Mr Travel Company PHILIPS BF1718
Mama Cass Elliott-California Earthquake STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8002
Doughnut Ring-Nice/Dance Around Julie DERAM DM215
Happenings-Crazy Rhythm BT PUPPY BTS45545
Larry Williams-Shake Your Body Girl MGM 1447
Nocturnes-Fairground Man/Montage COLUMBIA DB8493
Jefferson-Montage PYE 7N17634
Picardy-Montage/How Sweet It Is STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8004
Richard Harris-The Yard Went On Forever STATESIDE DUNHILL
SS8001
Savoy Brown-Tolling Bells/Train To Nowhere DECCA F12843
Precious Few-Pleasure of You PYE 7N17641
Shadrocks-There Is JAY BOY BOY2
The Mauds-Soul Dripping MERCURY MF1062
The Nerve-Satisfying Kind PAGE ONE POF097
Calvin Arnold-Mini Skirt MGM 1449
Lyn and Graham McCarthy-Scarborough Fair RCA VICTOR
RCA1759
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Cinderella Sunshine CBS 3757
There were 58 new singles released on Friday
08 November 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 253 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
Nazz-Open My Eyes (UK mono single
without phasing)/Hello It's Me SGC (Screen Gems Columbia)
219001
Nazz-Open My Eyes stereo LP mix with phasing
Al Kooper & Steve Stills-Season Of The Witch CBS 3770
Family-Second Generation Woman/Home Town (this version never on
CD, overdubbed violin mix on 'Old Songs New Songs' album)
REPRISE RS23315
Blonde On Blonde-All Day All Night PYE 7N17637
Tuesdays Children-Bright Eyed Apples/She MERCURY MF1063
Together (Keith Relf & Jim McCarty)-Henry's Coming Home/Love Mum
and Dad COLUMBIA DB8491Tony Crane-Winds Of Change
PYE 7N17645
Flirtations-Nothing But A Heartache DERAM DM216
Dion-Abraham Martin and John LONDON HLP10229
Marvin Gaye-Chained TAMLA MOTOWN TMG676
Sir Henry And His Butlers-Camp COLUMBIA DB8497
Dudley Moore Trio-30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia DECCA
F12850
There were 58 new singles released on Friday
08 November 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 253 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
Lulu-Without Him/I'm A Tiger COLUMBIA DB8500
Just William-Cherrywood Green SPARK SRL1018
igsaw-Let Me Go Home MUSIC FACTORY CUB6
John Mayall-The Bear DECCA F12846
Fourmost-Apples Peaches and Pumpkins CBS 3134
Dana Gillespie-You Just Gotta Know My Mind (composed by, but
never recorded by, Donovan) DECCA F12847 from a cancelled
LP, DECCA SKL4953/LK4953 very RARE single sells for £467....
more in next week's show... French language version and B side
Stewart A Brown-I Can't Go On Living Without You (Elton
John) RCA VICTOR RCA1761
Derek-Cinnamon LONDON HLZ10239
Tony Ritchie-Has Anyone At The Party Seen Jenny BEACON
BEA114
1910 Fruitgum Company BUDDAH 201025
Steve Alaimo-Watching The Trains Go By ATLANTIC 584227
Tim Easley-Suzi Q BELL BEL1036
Peter and the Wolves-Woman On My Mind/Old and the New MGM
1452
Paul Williams Set-My Sly Sadie DECCA F12844
Robert Henry Hensley-You're Gonna See Me Cry POLYDOR 56295
Tam White-Girl Watcher DECCA F12849
Paul Layton-Mister Mister PARADOX PR45901024
Dudley Moore Trio-30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia DECCA
F12850**
Friday 8
November 2024
There were 66 new singles released on Friday 25
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 251
PODCAST
Moody Blues-A Simple Game (Justin Hayward vocal stereo mix)
Mellotones-What A Botheration TROJAN TR612
The Flies-Magic Train/Gently As you Feel RCA VICTOR
RCA1757
Springfield Park-I Can See The Sunshine CBS 3775
Phil Wainman-Going Going Gone/Hey Paradiddle FONTANA TF978
Lemon Tree-Come On Girl PARLOPHONE R5739
Gladys Knight and the Pips-I Wish It Would Rain TAMLA
MOTOWN TMG674
Episode Six (with Ian Gillan)-Lucky Sunday CHAPTER ONE
CH103
Sound Barrier-She Always Comes Back To Me BEACON BEA109
There were 66 new singles released on Friday
01 November 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 252 (revisited and expanded - first attempt was in October
2018 when Marcel and I recorded a one hour radio show based upon
what was, at the time, the furthest back copy of The New Singles
leaflet that I had collected from Campkins Record Shop. We began
with the Pretty Things...)
Pretty Things-Private Sorrow/Balloon Burning COLUMBIA
DB8494
Four Tops-I'm In A Different World TAMLA MOTOWN TMG675
The Magicians-Painting On Wood MCA MU1046
PODCAST
The Magicians-Slow
Motion MCA MU1046
Lori Balmer (listed as Lauri Palmer in The New Singles
leaflet)-Treacle Bottom/Four Faces West (Bee Gees tunes)
POLYDOR 56293
Ohio Express-Firebird/Chewy Chewy BUDDAH 201023
Force West-Like The Tide Like The Ocean/I'll Be Moving On
CBS 3798
(Ed Stewart) Stewpot and the Save The Children Fund Choir-I Like
My Toys/Myrtle's Birthday (with Tony Brandon) MGM 1448
Vanity Fair-Summer Morning PAGE ONE POF100
Professor Morrison's Lollipop-You Got The Love LONDON
HLU10228
Steppenwolf-Sookie Sookie/Magic Carpet Ride STATESIDE
DUNHILL SS8003
Slam Creepers-We Are Happy People SONET SON2003
Golden Earrings (sic)-Dong Dong Di Ki Di Gi Dong/Wake Up
Breakfast CAPITOL CL15567
Barbara Ruskin-Almost PRESIDENT PT217
Merseys-Lovely Loretta FONTANA TF955
There were 66 new singles released on Friday
01 November 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 252 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
The Beloved Ones (a.k.a. Les Irresistibles)-Lands Of
Shadow/Sunshine And You CBS 3600
Cliff Adams Chorale-Take Oh Take Those Lips Away MCA
MU1047 (Cliff had a radio show called Sing Something Simple,
where the listener was invited to 'not just Listen but to join
in with All These Tunes You Know So Well')
Box Tops-People Gonna Talk/I Met Her In Church BELL
BLL1035
Tony James-Treat Me Right/Me Donkeys Dead JOLLY JY002
Bobby Thompson (a.k.a. Dandy Livingstone)-That's How Strong My
Love is/Trouble In Town JOLLY J001
The Nerve-Piece By Piece PAGE ONE POF097
Dave Justin-Rachel POLYDOR 56293
Anan-Madena/Standing Still PYE 7N17642
A New Generation (latterly The Sutherland Brothers)-Police Is
Here SPARK SRL1019
The Onyx-My Son John/Step By Step PYE 7N176221
Turquiose-Saynia/Woodstock DECCA F12842
July-The Way (LP mix)
Ferris Wheel-Na Na Song PYE 7N17631
**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)
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