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 weekday nights on DAB+ in Havant via The Flash

10/11 April 2026

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

1970 & 1968
 

On Seagull I was hoping to go back to 1966 in 2026. The first week of releases (issue 107, 7 January 1966)  is ready to be included in a programme. However, life and time will not immediately allow this. So, we will continue with revised recordings for 1970 (minor edits, mainly for sound levels). They were recorded in the weeks leading in to lockdown in 2020, by which time Les Newman was now in the house...

 

Boris restricted us to our homes. In lockdown Les and I experimented with Zoom and Messenger and turned out some reasonably amusing programmes. As soon as life allows we will begin to investigate The New Singles of 1966, then in 2027 we'll cover those months of 1966 that we will have missed...

 

Meanwhile, on Mi Amigo radio from the LV18 anchored at Harwich, we are playing The New Singles for 1968

 

SATURDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Dee Long-Outside
Klaatu-Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III
Wishbone Ash-The King Will Come
Slipstream-From The Beginning/I Talk To The Wind
Styx-Too Much Time
Dukes Of Stratosphear-25 o'clock
Ten Years After-I'm Coming Home
Santana-Soul Sacrifice
Eric Burdon and the Animals-Good Times

 

Hour 2 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 324
There were 40 new singles released on Friday 10th April 1970

3 Dog Night-Feelin' Alright  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8041
Brass Incorporated-At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal (Pick Of The Pops)  FESTIVAL/PYE 7N25520
3 Dog Night-It's For You  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8041
Autumn Vine-He Ain't Superman  EVOLUTION E2447
3 Coins-Come And Do The Right Thing  SUGAR SU106
Winston Groovey-Funky Chicken  JACKPOT JP708
Custers Track-On The Run  MAJOR MINOR MM698
Music Specialists-Dynamic Pressure  LONDON HLJ10309
Winston Groovey-Please Don't Make Me Cry  TORPEDO TOR11
Pythagoras Theorem-Give A Damn  PYE 7N17924
Dionne Warwick-Loneliness Remembers What Happiness Forgets/Let Me Go To Him  WAND WN4
Barrie Webb-Live For Tomorrow Harry Jones/At The Top  DECCA F23012
Hollies-I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top  PARLOPHONE R5837
Silkie Davis-When I Was A Little Girl  TORPEDO TOR12
Geraldine Hunt-Never Never Leave Me  ROULETTE RO515
Brass Incorporated-Just Like That (Terry Wogan theme)  FESTIVAL/PYE 7N25520

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 324
There were 40 new singles released on Friday 10th April 1970

Brass Incorporated-Just Like That (Terry Wogan theme)  FESTIVAL/PYE 7N25520
Maytals-Bla Bla Bla  TROJAN TR7741
Mel & Dave-Spinning Wheel  UPSETTER US330
King Stitt-Herbsman  CLANDISC CLA207
Linda Van Dyck-Seduction  GEMINI GMS004
Rockin' Foo-Stranger In The Attic/Rochester River  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS2168
(Rockin' Foo reminiscent of Beach Boys 1977 LP 'Love You', so we played: Mona)
Funkadelic-I Got A Thing  PYE 7N25519
Tony Burrows-Melanie Makes Me Smile  BELL BLL1103
J Vincent Edwards-Who Are My Friends  CBS S4912
Pioneers-Driven Back  TROJAN TR7739
Glen Brown-Love I  SONGBIRD SB1021
Autumn Vine-Maxi Baby  EVOLUTION E2447

Hollies-Mad Professor Blyth  PARLOPHONE R5837
Nyah Earth-Nyah Bingwe  ATTACK ATT8016
Lloyd Dice-Trial Of Pama Dice  JOE JRS5

 

FRIDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST
Pink Floyd-Grantchester Meadows
Rush-Xanadu
Disturbed-Sound Of Silence
Quicksilver Messenger Service-What About Me
Saga-Wind Him Up (12" 'Special Mix' promo)
King Crimson-Book Of Saturday
John Wetton-Adagietto (from 'The Sky Goes All The Way Home')
The Enid-Tears Of The Sun (exclusive mix from 'The Sky Goes All The Way Home')
Jethro Tull-Inside (stereo mix with additional verses)
Utopia-Set Me Free
 

Hour 2 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 323
There were 38 new singles released on Friday 3rd April1970

Edgar Broughton Band-Out Demons Out  HARVEST HAR5015
Christie-Yellow River  CBS 4911
Archies-Who's Your Baby?  RCA 1940
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Travellin' Band/Who'll Stop The Rain  LIBERTY LBF15310
Country Coalition-Time to Get It Together  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS2167
Erroll English-Hitchin' A Ride  TORPEDO TOR9
White Plains-I've Got You On My Mind  DERAM DM291
Maple Oak-Son Of A Gun/Hurt Me So Much  DECCA F13008
Kate (Hratch)-Beautiful Bare Back Rider (unreleased EMI Acetate)
Hratch-Beautiful Bare Back Rider  DECCA F13007
Elton John-Bad Side Of The Moon/Border Song  DJM DJS217
Hot Rod All Stars-Moonhop In London  TORPEDO TOR10
Jason Cord-I Can't Take No More  CHAPTER ONE CH102
Edgar Broughton Band-Momma's Reward  HARVEST HAR5015
Ventures-Hawaii-Five-O theme  LIBERTY LBF15221

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 323
There were 38 new singles released on Friday 3rd April1970

Ventures-Hawaii-Five-O theme  LIBERTY LBF15221
Chain Reaction-Cupid's Fool  YOUNG BLOOD YB1011
Hot Rod All Stars-Skinhead Moon Dust  TORPEDO TOR10

Chain Reaction-Working In The City  YOUNG BLOOD YB1011
Cowsills-II x II/Start To Live  MGM 1494
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap-Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance  CBS S4884
1970 England Football Squad-Back Home  PYE 7N17920
Smiley Lewis-I Hear You Knocking  LIBERTY LBF15337
Rumplestiltskin-Squadron Leader Johnson  BELL BLL1101
Kool and the Gang-Kool and the Gang  LONDON HLZ10308
Hearts of Soul-Water Man (Dutch Eurovision entry) COLUMBIA DB8670
White Plains-Today I Killed A Man I Didn't Know  DERAM DM291
Phil Flowers-Every Day I Have To Cry  A&M AMS784
Jackson-Something's Got A Hold Of My Heart  PYE 7N17923
Don Fardon-Belfast Boy  YOUNG BLOOD YB1010
Erroll English-Where You Lead Me  TORPEDO TOR9
Ferrante & Teicher-Theme from 'Z'  UNITED ARTISTS UP35090

 

This Top of the Pops clip from 1970 epitomises the sounds and fashions of the day.
Can you spot the lookalikes of me and Kathy?

 

 

 

 

 

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)