TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This was... Chris Bent, playing what were the new singles of the late 60's

on Radio Seagull online every Friday and Saturday, midday and at midnight
 overnight on 747Khz in the North of the Netherlands
 and on DAB+ in Brighton, Edinburgh and Central London

01  February 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

 

Saturday 1 February 2025

 

There were 69 new singles released on Friday 31 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 264 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST
Status Quo-Make Me Stay A Bit Longer  PYE 7N17665
Caterina Valente & Edmundo Ros-Hare Krishna (Be In)  DECCA F12881 (although little aural evidence of Caterina)
Amen Corner-(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice  IMMEDIATE IM073
Doors-Wild Child  ELEKTRA EKSN45050

Status Quo-Auntie Nellie  PYE 7N17665
Doors-Touch Me  ELEKTRA EKSN45050
Dandy and the Dreamers-Reggae In Your Jeggae  DOWNTOWN DT410
Locomotive-There's Got To Be A Way/Mr Armageddan  PARLOPHONE R5758
Bob & Earl-Harlem Shuffle  ISLAN WIP6053
1984-This Little Boy  TRANSATLANTIC BIG T 117
Jeannie C Riley-The Girl Most Likely  POLYDOR 56756
Johnny Cash-Daddy Sang Bass  CBS 3878
Lonnie Mack-Why  ELEKTRA EKSN45044
Larry & Alvin-Love Got Me  COXSONE CS7081
Californians-Mandy  FONTANA TF991
Jon Plum-Alice  SNB 55 3971
Peter Sully-My Idea  POLYDOR 56291

 

There were 69 new singles released on Friday 31 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 264 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST
Peter Sully-Evil Woman  POLYDOR 56291
Three Dog Night-Nobody  STATESIDE DUNHILL  SS8008
(Rhinoceros-Apricot Brandy, used as theme to BBC Radio 1 'What's New' review of the New Singles)
Listen to this episode: Annie Nightingale 'What's New' Radio One 17th December 1970

Mike Curtis-Turn Her Away COLUMBIA DB8533
Wild Silk-Plaster Sky  COLUMBIA DB8534
Shadows Of Knight-Shake/From Way Out To Way Under  BUDDAH 201024
Camaleonti-Applausi (English language version was 'Applause')  CBS 3968
Paul Nicholas, Oliver Tobias and the Company-Hair  POLYDOR 56301
Whistling Willie-Penny Reel  DUKE DU8
Joe South-Games People Play  CAPITOL CL15579
Branko Miller-Candy  CBS 3955
We 4-Candy Floss Man  MAJOR MINOR MM593
Mixed Bag-Million Dollar Bash  DECCA F12880
Silver with the Magnets-Baby Oh Yea  JOLLY JY006
Patsy Todd-We Were Lovers  HIGH NOTE HS012
Kingstonians-Sufferer  BIG SHOT BI508
David Reilly-Nothing Else To Say  RCA VICTOR RCA1786
First Edition (without any mention of Kenny Rogers, although he is clearly the vocalist)-But You Know I Love You  REPRISE RS20799

Tapestry-Who Wants Happiness  NEMS 56 3964
Dillards-Reason To Believe  ELEKTRA EKSN45048


 

Melanie at Glastonbury 1971 (unreleased, as of January 2025)
  PODCAST
Melanie at Glastonbury 1971-Close To It All/Mr Tambourine Man
Rush at Hammersmith Odeon February 1978-Anthem/Closer To The Heart/2112
Melanie at Glastonbury 1971-Ruby Tuesday/Beautiful People
Man at Rockfield, Monmouth 1972-Bananas

 

Friday 31 January 2025
 

TRAFFIC in Concert for John Peel, recorded 30 April 1970,
first broadcast on BBC Radio 1, 10 May 1970

  PODCAST

 

There were 73 new singles released on Friday 24 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 263 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Bee Gees-Odessa (2 parts)  POLYDOR 56304 (unreleased but eventually issued as 'First Of May on 14 February)
Denny Laine-Say You Don't Mind  DERAM DM227
Bob Monkhouse-I Remember Natalie  CBS 3958
Lesley Duncan-Love Song (original version with vacuum cleaner, whistling and chatter)/Road To Nowhere  RCA VICTOR RCA1763
Joya Landis-Moonlight Lover  TROJAN TR641
Joe Mansano-Life On Reggae Planet  BLUE CAT BS150
Man (formerly The Bystanders)-Sudden Life/Love  PYE 7N17684
Grand Union-She Said  CBS 3656
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera-A Quick B/Volcano  DIRECTION 58 3924
Conquerors-Jumpy Jumpy Girl  AMALGAMATED AMG832
Nicky Scott-Honey Pie  PYE 7N17688
Timi Yuro-As Long As There Is You  LIBERTY LBF15182
Jon Isherwood-Old Time Movies  PARLOPHONE R5753
Them-Gloria/Here Comes The Night  DECCA F12875 ORANGE label 'demand performance'

 

There were 73 new singles released on Friday 24 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 263 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Amen Corner-World Of Broken Hearts  DERAM DM228 ORANGE label 'demand performance'
Ike & Tina Turner-River Deep Mountain High  LONDON HLU10242 ORANGE label 'demand performance'
Group Therapy-River Deep Mountain High/Remember What You Said  PHILIPS BF1744
Ronettes-Be My Baby  LONDON HLU10240 ORANGE label 'demand performance'
Fortunes-Here It Comes Again  DECCA F12874 ORANGE label 'demand performance'
Sir Douglas Quintet-She's About A Mover  LONDON HLU10248 ORANGE label 'demand performance'
Samurai-Temple Of Gold  UNITED ARTISTS UP2242
Richard Harris-The Hive  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8007
Noel Harrison-Young Girl (of sixteen)  DECCA F12874 ORANGE label 'demand performance'
Hello People-Jerusalem  PHILIPS BF1697
Crackers-Honey Do  FONTANA TF995
Paul Butterfield Blues Band-Mine To Love  ELEKTRA EKSN45047
Bobby Womack-California Dreamin'  MINIT MLF11012
Danny Diaz and the Checkmates-Solomon Grundy  PYE 7N17690
Smokestack Lightning-Light In My Window  PYE 7N17690
Supremes & Temptations-I'm Gonna Make You Love Me  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG685
Duster Bennett-Raining In My Heart  BLUE HORIZON 57 3148
Sydney Elliott-Who Dat Girl (in the mini skirt)  SPARK SRL1021
Sounds Orchestral-Soul Coaxing  PYE 7N17687

Typical Decca Group ORANGE label for their 'demand performance' series released in January 1969:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listen to this complete 4 hour short wave broadcast as received in the UK:

http://www.towardtheunknownregion.com/9290/9290.mp3 
Chris Bent, Radio Seagull on 9290 Khz from Riga, Latvia, in 2003 - This 238 minute atmospheric recording was received at Imagination Towers, Staffordshire, by the legendary and sadly missed Rob Leighton.

 
Plastic Penny

 

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)