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

24/25 OCTOBER 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

SATURDAY:

Hour 1 PODCAST

50 years ago: THE NEW SINGLES* issue 302
There were 67 new singles released on Friday 24th October 1969
Slade-Wild Winds Are Blowing FONTANA TF1056
House Of Lords-In The Land Of Dreams  B&C CB112
Tiny Tim-Mickey The Monkey  REPRISE RS20845
Peter Sarstedt-As Though It Were A Movie  UNITED ARTISTS UP35041
Tomorrow-Claramount Lake/My White Bicycle  PARLOPHONE R5813
Marmalade-Butterfly  CBS 4615
Vogues-Greenfields  REPRISE RS20844
Hot Chocolate-Give Peace A Chance  APPLE 18
Billy Preston-Everything's All Right  APPLE 19
Santana-Persuasion  CBS 4593
Pavement-Double Decker Of A Man  CRYSTAL CR7005
Jimmy Cliff-Wonderful World Beautiful People  TROJAN TR690 (ISLAND WIP6073 Export only)
Horatio Soul-Nobody's Gonna Sleep Tonight  CRYSTAL CR7006
Christine Perfect-When You Say  BLUE HORIZON 57-3165
Glen Campbell-Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife  EMBER EMB265
Leviathan-Flames  ELEKTRA EKSN45075

Hour 2 PODCAST
50 years ago: THE NEW SINGLES* issue 302
There were 67 new singles released on Friday 24th October 1969

Leviathan-Just Forget Tomorrow  ELEKTRA EKSN45075
Lesley Duncan-Sing Children Sing  CBS 4585
Tremeloes-(Call Me) Number One  CBS 4582
Cuff-Links-Tracy  MCA MU1101
Kelly-Mary Mary/Reverend Richard Bailey  DERAM DM277
Family-No Mules Fool  REPRISE RS27001
Grass Roots-I'd Wait A Million Years (with morse code)  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8029
Pentangle-Light Flight (Take Three Girls)  BIG T (Transatlantic) BIG128
Rotary Connection-The Weight/Respect  CHESS CRS8103
Gene Vincent-Be Bop A Lula '69  DANDELION 4596
Fred Neil-Everybody's Talkin'  CAPITOL CL15616
Legend-July  BELL BLL1082
Taj Mahal-Give Your Woman What She Wants  DIRECTION 58-4586
Bar-Keys-Midnight Cowboy  STAX135
Revolver-Frisco Annie  YOUNG BLOOD YB1006
Peggy Lee-Is That All There Is  CAPITOL CL15614

 

Hour 3 PODCAST

Genesis-Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea
Steve Hackett-Everyday
Santana-All The Love Of The Universe
Caravan-Group Girl
Solid Gold Cadillac-Solid Gold Cadillac
Elephants Memory-Liberation Special
The Magicians-Painting On Wood
Rozi Plain-Swing Shut
White Noise-Firebird
Genesis-Los Endos

 

FRIDAY:

Hour 1 PODCAST
Marry Waterson & Emily Baker-Little Hits Of Dopamine
Yes-Parallels
Metronomy-Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me Go
Chromatics-Shadow
T.Rex-The Slider/Rock On/Buick Mackane
Flo & Eddie-Elenore
Turtles-You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain/Sound Asleep
Black Midi-Ducter
Yes-The Revealing Science Of God

 

Hour 2 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 301
There were 45 new singles released on Friday 17th October 1969
King Crimson-Court Of The Crimson King parts 1 & 2  ISLAND WIP 6071
Big Bertha featuring Ace Kefford-Gravy Booby Jam  ATLANTIC 584298
Jethro Tull-Sweet Dream/17 (withdrawn stereo single mixes)  CHRYSALIS WIP 6070
Mott The Hoople-Rock and Roll Queen  ISLAND WIP 6072
The Turtles-Love Of The City  LONDON HLU 10291
Big Bertha featuring Ace Kefford-This Worlds An Apple  ATLANTIC 584298
Casuals-Caroline  DECCA F22969
The Groop-Nobody At All/Jet Song  BELL BLL 1080
Delaney and Bonnie-Get Ourselves Together  ELEKTRA EKSN 45066
Valerie Singleton-Jimmy Giraffe/Solomon Centipede  PYE 7N17800
Isaac Hayes-By The Time I Get To Phoenix  STAX 133

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 301
There were 45 new singles released on Friday 17th October 1969

Lighthouse-Eight Miles High  RCA 1884
Rainbows-New Day Dawning  CBS 4568
Marty Wilde-Shelley  PHILIPS BF1815
Incredible String Band-All Writ Down (non LP b side) ELEKTRA EKSN 45074
PP Arnold-Bury Me Down By The River (B&M Gibb)  POLYDOR 56350
Marv Johnson-I Miss You Baby  TAMLA MOTOWN  TMG 713
Harmony Grass-I Remember  RCA 1885
Neil MacArthur-It's Not Easy/12.29  DERAM DM275
Scaffold-Liver Birds/Gin Gan Goolie  PARLOPHONE R5812
Jimmy Powell-House Of The Rising Sun  YOUNGBLOOD YB 1006
Pennyworth-Malena Malena  CBS 4573
Heavyweights-Shambala  SPARK SRL 1033
Peanut Butter Conspiracy-Back In L.A.  LONDON HLH 10290
Chris Simmons-Soraya  MCA MK 5009
Keef Hartley-Waiting Around  DERAM DM273
Brothers and Sisters (with Merry Clayton)-Mighty Quinn  CBS 4583
Root and Jenny Jackson-Let's Go Somewhere  BEACON BEA 136
Flying Machine-Smile A Little Smile For Me  PYE 7N17722
Duster Bennett-Rock Of Ages Cleft For Me BLUE HORIZON 57-3164
 

 

Apologies for the abrupt cut-offs at the end of some of these files.
This was to satisfy the precise 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)