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UNKNOWN REGION
This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
March 1968The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-01 Hour
1There were 68 new singles released on Friday
1st March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 217 PODCAST
Soulful Strings-Within You Without You/Burning Spear
CHESS CRS8068
Bystanders-Cave Of Clear Light PYE 7N17476
Lou Rawls-Evil Woman CAPITOL CL15533
1910 Fruitgum Co.-Reflections From The Looking Glass PYE
7N25477
Box Tops-Cry Like A Baby BELL BLL1001
Yardbirds-Goodnight Sweet Josephine/Think About It COLUMBIA DB8368
UNRELEASED
The Overtakers-That's The Way You Like It AMALGAMATED
AMG803
Pioneers-Give It To Me BLUE CAT BS103
New Vaudeville Band featuring Tristram VII-The Bonnie And Clyde
FONTANA TF909
Honeybus-Tender Are The Ashes/I Can't Let Maggie Go DERAM
DM182
The First Edition-Shadow In The Corner Of Your Mind/Just Dropped
In (to see what condition my condition was in) REPRISE
RS20655
The Bamboo Shoot-The Fox Has Gone To Ground COLUMBIA
DB8370
Simon & Garfunkel-Scarborough Fair Canticle
CBS 3317
Crocheted Doughnut Ring-Maxine's Parlour DERAM DM180 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-01 Hour
2There were 68 new singles released on Friday
1st March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 217PODCAST
Ruperts People-I Can Show You/I've Got The Love COLUMBIA
DB8362
Reparata and the Delrons-Captain Of Your Ship BELL BLL1002
Andy Williams-Can't Take My Eyes Off You CBS 3298
Roy Richards-Warm and Tender Ska COXSONE CS7037
Soul Vendors (Jackie Mittoo)-Groovin' Steady COXSONE
CS7037
Nancy Wilson-Ode To Billy Joe CAPITOL CL15536
Four Jacks and a Jill-Master Jack RCA VICTOR RCA1669
Raymond Lefevre and his Orchestra-Soul Coaxing (Ame Caline)
MAJOR MINOR MM559
Lemon Tree-William Chalkers Time Machine/I Can Touch A Rainbow
PARLOPHONE R5671
Bernie and the Buzz Band-Don't Knock It DERAM DM181
Derrick Morgan-Conquering Ruler ISLAND WI3094
Bobby Ellis and Desmond Miles Seven-Now We Know ISLAND
WI3092
Rudy Mills-Long Story ISLAND WI3092
Candy Choir-No Grey Skies/Alexander's Ragtime Band CBS
3305
Box Tops-Door You Closed To Me BELL BLL1001
Lloyd & Desmond-Red Bum Ball ISLAND WI3095
The Bamboo Tree-There and Back Again Love COLUMBIA DB8370
Sasha Caro-Molotov Molotov/Never Play A B Side (written by Cat
Stevens, both sides produced by Cat) DECCA F12744
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-08 Hour
1There were 73 new singles released on Friday 8
March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 218PODCAST
Brigitte Bardot-Harley Davidson PYE 7N25450
Beatles-The Inner Light PARLOPHONE R5675
Ruperts People-I Can Show You (with false ending, playing the
actual record: COLUMBIA DB8362. Last week the reissue version
just faded and ended)
Beatles-Lady Madonna PARLOPHONE R5675
Blue Cheer-Summertime Blues PHILIPS BF1646
We Ugly Dogs-First Spring Rain BT PUPPY BTS45537
Spencer Davis Group-Moonshine/After Tea UNITED ARTISTS
UP2213
Easybeats-Falling Off The Edge Of The World/Hello How Are You
(2x versions) UNITED ARTISTS UP2209
Four Tops-If I Were A Carpenter TAMLA MOTOWN TMG647
The End-Shades Of Orange DECCA F22750
Soul Vendors-Psychedelic Rock STUDIO ONE SO2038
Ken Boothe-Everybody Knows COXSONE CS7038
The Choir-When You Were With Me MAJOR MINOR MM557
Barry Lee Show-Kathy Come Home COLUMBIA DB8350
Vince Everett-Barbarella FONTANA TF915
We Ugly Dogs-Poor Man BT PUPPY BTS45537
Jacky-White Horses PHILIPS BF1647The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-08 Hour
2There were 73 new singles released on Friday 8
March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 218PODCAST
Bill Cosby-Hooray For The Salvation Army Band WARNER
WB7096
Sly and the Family Stone-Dance To The Music COLUMBIA
DB8369
Blue Cheer-Out Of Focus PHILIPS BF1646
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-For Whom The Bell Tolls/Sleep
PARLOPHONE R5670
Shevells-Big City Lights POLYDOR 56239
The Smoke-Utterly Simple/Sydney Gill ISLAND WIP6031
UNRELEASED
The Lords-Gloryland COLUMBIA DB8367
Cilla Black-Step Inside Love PARLOPHONE R5674
Circus-House Of Wood/Do You Dream PARLOPHONE R5672
Emil Dean-Lonely Boy ISLAND WIP6033
Santos Morados or Henri and his Hobo Amigos-Tonopah ISLAND
WIP6034 2x single releases with same catalogue number but
different artist credit
Emil Dean-This Is Our Anniversary ISLAND WIP6033
Santos Morados or Henri and his Hobo Amigos-Anytime ISLAND
WIP6034 2x single releases with same catalogue number but
different artist credit
Ides Of March-Hole In My Soul LONDON HLU10183
Paul Jones-And The Sun Will Shine COLUMBIA DB8379
Brigitte Bardot-Contact PYE 7N25450
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-15 Hour
1There were 59 new singles released on Friday
15th March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 219 PODCASTTurtles-Sound Asleep LONDON HLU10184
Leonard Cohen-Suzanne CBS 3337
The Idle Race-Skeleton and the Roundabout/Knocking Nails Into My
House LIBERTY LBF15054
American Breed-Green Light DOT 101
Barry Mann-Young Electric Psychedelic Hippy Flippy Folk And
Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band CAPITOL
CL15538
Love-Andmoreagain/The Daily Planet ELEKTRA EKSN45026
Leonard Cohen-So Long Marianne CBS 3337
David & Marianne Dalmour-Little Flower COLUMBIA DB8373
Peddlers-Handel With Care CBS 3333
Nashville Teens-All Along The Watchtower DECCA F12754
The Parade-Radio Song A&M AMS720
Errol Dunkley-Scorcher AMALGAMATED AMG807
Gaylads (actually Ken Boothe)-When I Fall In Love STUDIO
ONE SO2039
Gaylads (actually the Heptones)-Give Me (actually Christmas Time
Is Here) STUDIO ONE SO2039
Fruit Machine-Cuddly Toy/Follow Me SPARK SRL1003
Scaffold-Do You Remember PARLOPHONE R5679The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-15 Hour
2There were 59 new singles released on Friday
15th March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 219PODCAST
Scaffold-Carry On Krow PARLOPHONE R5679
Sun Dragon-Blueberry Blue/Far Away Mountain MGM 1391
The Jigsaw Band-I Need Your Love POLYDOR 56241
Herbie Mann-Unchain My Heart A&M AMS719
Kippington Lodge-And She Cried/Rumours PARLOPHONE R5677
Larry and Tommy-Yo Yo (written by John Cale) POLYDOR 56741
John Ledingham-Love Is A Toy PYE 7N17488
The Tee Set-What Can I Do/Colours Of The Rainbow PYE
7N25452
Laurie Holloway-Windy CBS 3332
Hans Christian-Never My Love PARLOPHONE R5676
Listen to Hans Christian, as played on the radio in March 1968:
Pick of the Pops 17th March 1968 (Full Show & Rundown) by
poppicker71 | Mixcloud
Blossom Toes-I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/Love Is MARMALADE
598009
Pinky and the Fellas-Manchester and Liverpool DECCA F12748
Turtles-Umbassa and the Dragon LONDON HLU10184
Andy Ellison-Fool From Upper Eden CBS 3357
The Fire-Fathers Name Is Dad/Treacle Toffee World DECCA
F12753
West Coast Consortium-Colour Sergeant Lillywhite PYE
7N17482
Hollies-Charlie and Fred, written by Graham Nash & Alan Clarke
(in lieu of the Blades Of Grass version STATESIDE SS2101)
Glen Dale-Now I See You PAGE ONE
POF059
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-22 Hour
1There were 60 new singles released on Friday
22
March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 220PODCAST
Bee Gees-Jumbo POLYDOR 56242
Hollies-Jennifer Eccles PARLOPHONE R5680
Bee Gees-Singer Sang His Song POLYDOR 56242
Colours Of Love-Up On A Cotton Cloud/I'm A Train PAGE ONE
POF060
The Young Blood-Green Light PYE 7N17495
Monkees-Valleri/Tapioca Tundra RCA VICTOR RCA1683
Jay and the Americans-Shanghai Noodle Factory/French Provincial
UNITED ARTISTS UP2211
Jimmy Ruffin-I'll Say Forever My Love TAMLA MOTOWN TMG649
Jackie Mittoo-Norweigan Wood COXSONE CS7040
Gaylads-Peculiar Man COXSONE CS7040
Heptones-Tripe Girl STUDIO ONE SO2040
Procol Harum-Quite Rightly So/In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence
REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3007
Roger Miller-Little Green Apples MERCURY MF1021
The Household-Winter's Coming UNITED ARTISTS UP2210
Lalo Schifrin Orchestra-Mission Impossible DOT PARAMOUNT
DOT103 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-22 Hour
2There were 60 new singles released on Friday
22
March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 220PODCAST
Lalo Schifrin Orchestra-Jim On The Move DOT PARAMOUNT
DOT103
Merseys-Penny In My Pocket FONTANA TF916
John Fred and his Playboy Band-No Letter Today/Hey Hey Bunny
PYE 7N25453
Joe Cocker-New Age Of The Lily/Marjorine REGAL ZONOPHONE
RZ3006
The Groop-Night Life/Lovin' Tree CBS 3351
Rag Dolls-My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man COLUMBIA DB8378
Dr Marigolds Prescription-People Get Ready/My Old Man's A Groovy
Old Man PYE 7N17493
Alan Copeland Singers-Windy
STATESIDE SS2101
Rod Stewart-Little Miss Understood/So Much To Say
IMMEDIATE IM060
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Too Much Talk/Happening '68
CBS 3310
Michele Lee-L David Sloan CBS 3350
Pete Kelly's Solution-Midnight Confession DECCA F12755
The Mud-Up The Airy Mountain CBS 3355
Graham Bonney-I'll Be Your Baby Tonight COLUMBIA DB8382
The Sunshine Company-Look, Here Comes The Sun LIBERTY
LBF15060
Derrick Morgan-Gimme Back ISLAND WI3101
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-29 Hour
1There were 55 new singles released on Friday
22nd March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 221 PODCAST
Billy J Kramer-1941 CBS or NEMS 56 3396
Nilsson-One RCA VICTOR RCA1675
Tom Northcote-1941 WARNER BROTHERS WB7160
Ruth-Cherish COLUMBIA DB8386
Willie Mitchell-Soul Serenade LONDON HLU10186
Termites-Mama Didn't Know COXSONE CS7039
Wrigglers-Get Right BLUE CAT BS106
Nirvana-Rainbow Chaser/Flashbulb ISLAND WIP6029
Fleetwood Mac-Black Magic Woman BLUE HORIZON 57 3138
Plastic Penny-Nobody Knows It/Happy Just To Be With You
PAGE ONE POF062
Amboy Dukes-The Marquis/Simon Says POLYDOR 56243
Balloon Farm-Question Of Temperature LONDON HLP10185
Hans Christian (Jon Anderson)-All Of The Time/Never My Love
PARLOPHONE R5676
Listen off air to Hans Christian, as played on the radio in March 1968:
Pick of the Pops 17th March 1968 (Full Show & Rundown) by
poppicker71 | Mixcloud
The Union Gap with Gary
Puckett-Young Girl CBS 3365
14-Drizzle/Umbrella
OLGA OLE006The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-03-29 Hour
2There were 55 new singles released on Friday
22nd March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 221 PODCAST
Jack Dorsey Orchestra-Soul Coaxing
PYE 7N17501
Elliot's Sunshine-Cause I'm Lonely PHILIPS BF1649
Status Quo-Black Veils Of Melancholy/To Be Free (The New Singles
lists 'Island In The Sun') PYE 7N17497
Balloon Farm-Hurtin' For Your Love LONDON HLP10185
Tony Colton-In The World Of Marnie Dreaming/Who Is She (from
soundtrack of Hammer Horror: Vengeance Of She) COLUMBIA
DB8385
Fortes Mentum-Saga Of A Wrinkled Man/Mr Partidge Passed Away
Today PARLOPHONE R5684
Tim Buckley-Wings ELEKTRA EKSN45031
Nite People-Weird And Funny/Morning Sun FONTANA TF919
Turquoise-053 Summer Street/Tales Of Flossie Fillet DECCA
F12756
Berkeley Kites-Mary Go Round/Hang Up City POLYDOR 56742
Tim Buckley-I Can't See You ELEKTRA EKSN45031
George Bean-Floatin' CBS3374
Ernest 'Soul' Wilson-Storybook Children COXSONE CS7044
Nehmiah Reid-Family War ISLAND WI3102
Sensations-Long Time No See You Girl ISLAND WI3110
Jack Dorsey Orchestra-Soul Coaxing
PYE 7N17501 (slight return....)
Harley Davidson, a MARCH 1968
single from Brigitte Bardot
PLASTIC
PENNY: Quite literally with 'Penny' wearing this transparent plastic
raincoat
We Love They, and we want you to
love they too...
It's Summer 1967 and The Stones are singing about pronouns...
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Cat Woman.... with assistant Lesley Gore on Batman singing
California Nights
Men In Tights: Paul Revere and the
Raiders ...released in UK 2nd June 1967
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featuring, not necessarily in this order: UFO-Treacle People
May Blitz-Smoking The Day Away Nick Nicely-Hilly Fields 1892 Senor Coconut y su conjunto-Smoke On The Water Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band-Big Eyed Beans From Venus Rush-One Little Victory/Ceiling Unlimited U2-Night and Day Marillion-GrendelMarillion-Market
Square Heroes/Three Boats Down From The CandySvensk-Dream Magazine Nick Nicely-49 Cigars Nick Drake-Way To Blue Helen Reddy-Angie Baby Van Halen-Fire In The Hole Aphrodites Child-Day Of The Fool Neil Young-A Piece Of Crap Led Zeppelin-Dancing Days T Rex-The Motivator (Demo) The Nice-Azrial revisited/Hang On To a Dream Emerson Lake & Palmer-Trilogy/Still... You Turn Me On The Nice-Azrial/Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack McDonald & Giles-Is She Waiting
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
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
SINGLESOur 'sticky thread' video for 2022: The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds The sleeve advises:
MUST BE PLAYED IN THE DARK 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
