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 and Edinburgh (search for Radio Geronimo)

18/19 July 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

SATURDAY:

PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 288
There were 62 new singles released on Friday 18th July 1969
Booker T and the MGs-Time Is Tight  STAX 119
Plastic Ono Band-Give Peace A Chance  APPLE 13
Billy Preston-That's The Way God Planned It  APPLE 12
Mighty Joe Young-Why Don't You Follow Me  PARLOPHONE R5794
Abraham and Strauss-Lay A Little Love On Me  UNITED ARTISTS UP 35028
Jerry Butler-Moody Woman  MERCURY MF1122
David Bowie-Space Oddity  PHILIPS BF1801
Beau-1917 Revolution  DANDELION 4403
Bridget St John-To B without A hitch  DANDELION 4404
Grapefruit-Deepwater  RCA 1855
Plastic Penny-She Does/Genevieve  PAGE ONE POF 146
David Bowie-Space Oddity  US 3:20 edit MERCURY 7949 (not issued in UK)
Move-Curly  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3021
Orange Bicycle-Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You PARLOPHONE R5789
Ray Owen-Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You  FONTANA TF1045
Helmut Zacharias-Isadora  COLUMBIA DB8603

PODCAST  
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 288
There were 62 new singles released on Friday 18th July 1969
Sound Dimensions-Time Is Tight  COXSONE CS7097
The Ravers-Badam Bam  UPSETTER US312
Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac-Walkin'  BLUE HORIZON 57-3155
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre-Lament For The Earth/Ballad (of the big girl now and a mere boy)  DANDELION 4404
Peppermint Rainbow-Don't Wake Me Up In The Morning Michael  MCA MU1091
Bakerloo-Driving Backwards  HARVEST HAR5004
Two Of Each-Trust  PYE 7N17792
Marvin Gaye-Too Busy Thinking About My Baby  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG705
Steve Miller Band-My Dark Hour (with Paul McCartney)/Song For Our Ancestors  CAPITOL CL15604
John Dummer Blues Band-Try Me One More Time  MERCURY MF1119
Cliff Bennett-Memphis Streets  PARLOPHONE R5792
'Spider' John Koerner-Friends And Lovers  ELEKTRA EKSN 45063
Wallace Collection-Fly Me To The Earth  PARLOPHONE R5793
Wool-Love Love Love Love Love  STATESIDE SS2153
Windmill-Big Bertha  MCA MU1090
Jay and the Americans-Hushabye  UNITED ARTISTS UP35026

 

PODCAST
ELP-The Endless Enigma/Fugue
Charlotte Adigery-Cursed and Cussed
Genesis-Firth of Fifth
Gentle Giant-Schooldays
Caravan-Aristocracy
Camel-Breathless
Earth and Fire-Love Quiver
Yes-Roundabout (early rough mix)

Charlotte Adigery-Cursed and Cussed (sound fx mix)

 

 

FRIDAY:

PODCAST

Dee Long-Mister Manson
Klaatu-Silly Boys (Suna Sunaru mix)
Public Practice-Foundation
Lemon Pipers-The Shoemaker of Leatherware Square
Leonard Nimoy-Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Earth & Fire-Ruby Is The One
Led Zeppelin-Dancing Days
Vashti Bunyan-Here Before
Cockney Rebel-Ritz/Cavaliers
Matching Mole-O Caroline
The Enid-Dambusters March/Land Of Hope and Glory
Royal Ballet Sinfonia-Radio 4 UK theme medley (discontinued by BBC in 2006):
Rule Britannia
Scotland The Brave
Early One Morning
Men Of Harlech
Drunken Sailor
Greensleeves
Danny Boy

Duran Duran-Out Of My Mind (perfecto radio mix)

 

PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 287
There were 71 new singles released on Friday 11th July 1969
KG Young (Kenny Young)-Spider Woogie 9th Movement  CBS 4302
Yes-Sweetness  ATLANTIC 584281
KG Young (Kenny Young)-Spider  CBS 4302
Yes-Somethings Coming (from West Side Story)  ATLANTIC 584281
Fleetwood Mac-Need Your Love So Bad  BLUE HORIZON 57-3157
Diana Ross and the Supremes-No Matter What Sign You Are  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG704
Box Tops-Soul Deep  BELL BLL1068
Fleetwood Mac-Black Magic Woman  BLUE HORIZON 57-3157
Aerovons-Song For Jane/Train  PARLOPHONE R5790
Fairport Convention-Si Tu Dois Partir  ISLAND WIP6064
Wilson Pickett-Hey Joe  ATLANTIC 584281
Al Kooper-Hey Western Union Man  CBS 4160
Tea & Symphony-Boredom  HARVEST HAR5005
Israelites-Seven Books  DOWNTOWN DT433
Hippy Boys-Michael Row The Boat Ashore  TROJAN TR669
Sapodilla Punch-Hold On I'm Coming  MERCURY MF1112

PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 287
There were 71 new singles released on Friday 11th July 1969
Sapodilla Punch-Hold On I'm Coming  MERCURY MF1112
Johnny Winter-I'm Yours and I'm Hers  CBS 4386
Tea & Symphony-Armchair Theatre  HARVEST HAR5005
Fairways-Yoko Ono  MERCURY MF1112
John Fred and his Playboy Band-Silly Sarah Carter (eating on a moon pie)  MCA MU1088
Glass Menagerie-Do My Thing Myself  POLYDOR 56341
Glen Campbell-Where's The Playground Suzie?  EMBER EMBS266
Matt Monro-On Days Like These  CAPITOL CL15603
Jasmin T-Some Other Guy  TANGERINE DP0013
Wille and the Red Rubber Band-Mary Jane  RCA 1842
Max Baer and the Seconds-Come Do The Reggae  MAJOR MINOR MM 624
Gene Latter-Old Iron Bell  SPARK SRL1031
Dillards-She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune  ELEKTRA EKSN 45062
Art Movement-Yes Sir.... No Sir  COLUMBIA DB 8602
Kenny Rogers and the First Edition-Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town  REPRISE RS20829
Tucker Zimmerman-Red Wind/Moondog ('Moondoo' misprint)  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3020
Elephants Memory-Crossroads of the Stepping Stones  BUDDAH 201055
Vern & Alvin-Everybody Reggae  BLUECAT BS167

 

 

Apologies for the abrupt cut-offs at the end of some of these files.
This was to satisfy the mp3 file size requirements of the radio station.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1971 End Of Grammar School Project (5th Year) - ISLAND RECORDS
Chris Bent & John Bradley

Interested in the Mellotron? Want to check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron? Visit:  
The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)