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 Havant, Brighton, Edinburgh and Central London

22  February 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

 

Saturday 22 February 2025

56 years later this has proved to be a week of valuable rarities... with some of these records selling in recent years for hundreds or thousands of pounds... by reason of being sought after or unreleased or withdrawn singles....

There were 61 new singles released on Friday 21 February 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 267 (revisited and expanded)

 PODCAST

edited version as broadcast via Radio Seagull

 

PODCAST

unedited

Deep Purple-Wring That Neck  PARLOPHONE R5763 (this was earlier allocated to R5745, which we played 6 December 1968, but remained unreleased)
Spirit-I Got A Line On You  CBS 3880
Deep Purple-Emmaretta  PARLOPHONE R5763
Mother Earth-I Did My Part  MERCURYMF1081
Guitar Crusher-Since My Baby Hit The Numbers  BLUE HORIZON 57 3149
Maytones-Loving Reggae  BLUE CAT BS152
Upsetters (Lee Perry)-What A Botheration  DUKE DU10 (also issued as TROJAN TR612) sells at £164.00
Laura Nyro-Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe)  CBS 4031
Pattie-Gravitation  COLUMBIA DB8542
Marianne Faithfull-Sister Morphine/Something Better  DECCA F12889 sells at £92.00+ (500 copies released but withdrawn by DECCA after just two days in the UK shops. My copy was in the bargain bin at Campkins Records, Peterborough. I'm guessing it was easier to sell it cheap than use theofficial returns procedure. A friend purchased the withdrawn Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love from the same shop...)
Brute Force-Nobody Knows/King Of Fuh APPLE 8 - may have been delayed until 16 May 1969 (private pressing on APPLE label) £4888 - £5999.00
Tony Joe White-Polk Salad Annie  MONUMENT MON1031
Chuckles-Painting The Day/Never  CBS 3832
Goodees-Condition Red  STAX 113
 

There were 61 new singles released on Friday 21 February 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 267 (revisited and expanded)

PODCAST
The Actress-Good Job With Prospects/It's What You Give  CBS 4016    sells at £400.00
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich-Don Juan TF1000
Fourmost-Rosetta  CBS 4041
Crystalites-Biafra  BIG SHOT BI510    sells at £347
Dave Kubinec (of Wizard Of Oz, on DERAM)-Lady Loves/Schopi  PARLOPHONE R5762
Colin Giffin-Changes In Our Time  CBS 4030
Lovin' Spoonful-Daydream/Summer In The City  KAMA SUTRA KAS215
The Imposters (a.k.a. Eyes Of Blue)-Apache '69/Q III (Welsh language composer credit 'Lygaid Glas' = Eyes of Blue)  MERCURY MF1080
The Playground-I Could Be So Good  NEMS 56 4019
Trade Winds-Mind Excursion  KAMA SUTRA KAS202
Professor Morrison's Lollipop-Oo Poo Pah Susie  LONDON HLU10254
Garfield Love-Next Time You See Me  BLUE HORIZON 57 3150
Spirit-She Smiles  CBS 3880
The Uglys (David Morgan)-I See The Light  MGM 1465 UNRELEASED 6x demo or white label copies exist - £4999.00
Miss White and Mr Green-Don't You Know It's Just A Game  TOAST TT515
Silver Stars-Old Man Say  TROJAN TR646   sells at £202.00
Shirley and the Shirelles-Look What You've Done To My Heart  BELL BLL1049
Paul Slade-Sound Of Love (B, R & M Gibb)  DECCA F12885**

 

 PODCAST

Rush-One Little Victory/The Seeker/Crossroads
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger and The Trinity-Flesh Failures (let the sunshine in)
Traffic-Empty Pages/John Barleycorn
Rush-Shapes Of Things/Heartful Of Soul
The Owl Service-Living By The Water
Anne Briggs-Go Your Way
Richard Pinhas-Metatron/Shaddai/Chabatai

 

Friday 21 February 2025

 

 

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Vangelis-Pulstar (from 'Albedo 0.39' LP)
Aphrodites Child-It's Five o'Clock
Irene Papas & Vangelis (from 'Rapsodies LP)-Oh My Sweet Springtime
Vangelis (from 'Earth' LP)-Come On/We Were All Uprooted
Vangelis (from 'L'Apocalypse Des Animaux' LP)-La Petite Fille De La Mer
Vangelis (from Irene Papas 'Odes' LP)-Roots
Zopp-Amor Fati/You
Aphrodites Child-Altamont (Greek 666 LP)

 

There were 69 new singles released on Friday 14 February 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 266 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

World Of Oz-Willows Harp/Like A Tear  DERAM DM233
Dave Allen-The Good Earth/Way Of Life (Desiderata)  PHILIPS BF1748
Bee Gees-First Of May  POLYDOR 56304
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat (with Tony TS Mcphee of Groundhogs)-The Wall/Colinda (produced by Mike 'Wombles' Batt)  LIBERTY LBF15188
Jamo Thomas-I Spy For The FBI  POLYDOR 56755
Grisby Dyke-Adventures Of Miss Rosemary La Page  DERAM DM232
Lloyd and Devon-Out Of The Fire  BLUE CAT BS151
Alan Klein (a.k.a. Earl Of Cricklewood)-Honey Pie/You Turned A Nightmare Into A Dream  PAGE ONE POF119
Amazing Friendly Apple-Magician/Water Woman  DECCA F12887
Audrey and the Dreamers-I Second That Emotion (reggae with a mellotron)  DOWNTOWN DT410
Exception-Jack Rabbit  PRESIDENT PT236
The Gods-Hey Bulldog  COLUMBIA DB8544
Second City Sound-A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass  MAJOR MINOR MM600
Mike Westbrook Concert Band-A Life Of Its Own  DERAM DM234
 

There were 69 new singles released on Friday 14 February 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 266 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST
Pan Pipers-Money and Love  PYE 7N17699
The Moving Finger-Skake and Finger Pop/Higher and Higher  MERCURY MF1077
Vanity Fair-Highway Of Dreams  PAGE ONE POF117
Mamas and Papas-You Baby  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8009
Legend (Mickey Jupp)-National Gas  BELL BLL1048
The Julian Kirsch-Clever Little Man  COLUMBIA DB8541
Happy Magazine-Who Belongs To You (Ooby Dooby D0)  POLYDOR 563079 (Alan Price Productions)
The Coffee Set-Dicky Boy  MERCURY MF1076
Sir Douglas Quintet-Mendocino  MERCURY MF1079
Moby Grape-Trucking Man  CBS3945
The Pioneers-Don't You Know  AMALGAMATED AMG833
Derrick Morgan-Shower Of Rain  BIG SHOT BI506
Outrage-The Letter  KAMA SUTRA 618007
Fleur De Lys-You're Just A Liar  ATLANTIC 584243
Mike D'Abo-Gullivers Travels (withdrawn)  IMMEDIATE IM075
Montanas-Roundabout  PYE7N17697
Disciple-Caucasoid Junkie/Cherie Alamayonaika  PARLOPHONE R5760
Paragons-Left With A Broken Heart  DUKE DU7
Thoughts and Words-Morning Sky  LIBERTY LBF15187
The Uniques-Ah Yuh  TROJAN TR645**

 

 

 

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)