TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This was... Chris Bent, in 1968, playing what were the new singles of that year

on Radio Seagull online every Friday and Saturday, midday and at midnight
 overnight on 747Khz in the North of the Netherlands

27 JULY 2024

 

 

with Pat McManus & Andy Stoddart, St Patrick's Day 2022, Wolverhampton

 

Friday 26 July 2024

 

The Alternative Sounds Of The 60's and 70's on Radio Seagull (an occasional series)

 PODCAST r
Mike Redway-Have No Fear Bond Is Here
Blind Faith-Had To Cry Today
Leonard Cohen-Famous Blue Raincoat
Fox-The More/Love Ship/Red Letter Day
Jethro Tull-Inside
Bridget St John (with John Martyn)-Fly High
Captain Beefheart-Blue Jeans and Moon Beams/Well Well
Colosseum-The Kettle
Fresh Windows-Fashion Conscious
Opal Butterfly-Groupie
Sweet-Teenage Rampage
Yellowman-Strong Me Strong

 

There were 62 new singles released on Friday 19 July 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 237

   PODCAST  
Albert King-I Love Lucy  STAX 601042
Beach Boys-Do It Again  CAPITOL CL15552
Nocturnes-Carpet Man/Look At Me  COLUMBIA DB8453
Bee Gees-Sinking Ships (sounds like Nocturnes B side)
Waterproof Candle-Saturday Morning Repentance  RCA VICTOR RCA1717
Soul Vendors-Real Rock  COXSONE CS7057
Rudies-Train To Vietnam  NU BEAT NB001
Mort Garson Love Strings-Quiet Sunday  LIBERTY LBF15110
Friends-Mythological Sunday (Tony Burrows vocals)/Piccolo Man (Neil Landon vocals) DERAM DM198 (available on Flower Pot Men compilations)
Flavor-Sally Had A Party  DIRECTION 58 3597
Elastic Band-Do Unto Others  DECCA F12815
Magic Lanterns-Shame Shame  CAMP 602007
Merseys-Lovely Loretta  FONTANA TF955
Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart-Alice Long (you're still my favourite girlfriend)  A&M AMS729
Harlem Speakeasy-Aretha  POLYDOR 56270
Amy Foray-Sarah Jane  PARLOPHONE R5715
Piccadilly Line-Evenings With Corrina  CBS 3595
 

There were 62 new singles released on Friday 19 July 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 237

   PODCAST  

Susan Shirley-Sun Shines Out Of My Shoes (title on early pressings, corrected on later copies to "Sun Shines Out Of your Shoes", which is what Susan actually sings  MERCURY MF1038
Tim Rose-Long Haired Boy  CBS 3598
Susan Shirley-Tomorrow Today  MERCURY MF1038
Four Seasons-Saturday's Father  PHILIPS BF1685
Strangers-Step Inside  PYE 7N17585
Dave Davies-Lincoln County  PYE 7N17514
The Bubble Gum-Little Red Bucket  PHILIPS BF1677
Waterproof Candle-Electrically Heated Child  RCA VICTOR RCA1717
The Glass Opening-Silver Bells and Cockle Shells/Does It Really Matter  PLEXIUM P1236
Elastic Band-8 1/2 Hours  DECCA F12815
The Mirage-Mystery Lady  PAGE ONE POF078
Sweet-Slow Motion/It's Lonely Out There (sold at ebay £1000+)  FONTANA TF958
Pepper-We'll Make It Together/Look Out I'm On The Way Down  PYE 7N17569
Mellotones-Feel Good  AMALGAMATED AMG817
Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me Go  PAGE ONE POF079
Duncan Brown-Alfred Bell/On The Bomb Site  IMMEDIATE IM070
Short Kuts-Your Eyes May Shine  UNITED ARTISTS UP2233**
 

Saturday 27 July 2024

PLASTIC PENNY:

 

There were 52 new singles released on Friday 26 July 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 238

  PODCAST

Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me Go/Baby You're Not To Blame  PAGE ONE POF079
Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me (To) Go, from BBC1 radio 1 session introduced by David Symonds
Reparata and the Delrons-Weather Forecast  BELL BLL1021
Pattern People-Take A Walk In The Sun/Love Is A Lover Loving To Be Loved  MGM 1429
Status Quo-Ice In The Sun  PYE 7N17581
Laura Nyro-Sweet Blindness/Eli's Comin'  CBS 3604
Status Quo-When My Mind Is Not Live  PYE 7N17581
Gary Puckett and the Union Gap-Lady Willpower  CBS 3551
Jacky-We're Off and Running  PHILIPS BF1689
Dukes Noblemen-Thank You For Your Loving/City Of Windows  PHILIPS BF1691
Chris Farlowe-Paint It Black  IMMEDIATE IM071
Skip Bifferty-Man In Black/Mr Money Man  RCA VICTOR RCA1720
Skip Bifferty-Guru (LP track)
Loving Awareness Band-Love You To Know (Skip Biffertys' Guru)
Mood Mosaic-Yellow Spotted Capricorn  PARLOPHONE R5716
 

There were 52 new singles released on Friday 26 July 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 238

  PODCAST 

Alan Tew Orchestra-Rosie  CBS 3605
Max Romeo-Walk Into The Dawn  ISLAND WI3111
Brother Dan All Stars-Another Saturday Night  TROJAN TR608
Uniques featuring Slim Smith-Beatitude  ISLAND WI3123
Country Smith (Crispian St Peters)-Low Bad Hurting  DECCA F12818
Kris Ife-Give and Take  MUSIC FACTORY CUB3
The Nerve-It Is/Mystery Lady  PAGE ONE POF081
The Mirage-Mystery Lady  PAGE ONE POF078
Tim Andrews and Paul Korda-Smile If You Want To  PARLOPHONE R5714
Bobby Cole-Mr Bojangles  CBS 3626
The Endevers-Taking Care Of Myself/Remember When We Were Young  DECCA F12817
Elmer Hocketts Hurdy Gurdy-Fantastic Fair  PARLOPHONE R5716
East Of Eden-Ballad Of Harvey Kaye/King Of Siam  ATLANTIC 584198
Royal Guardsmen-Snoopy For President  LONDON HLP10211
Creations-Holding Out  AMALGAMATED AMG818
Pattern People-Take A Walk In The Sun (and inadvertent but truncated repeat from hour 1)
James Brown-Licking Stick parts 1 & 2  POLYDOR 56744
Chas McDevitt and Shirley Douglas-City Smoke  FONTANA TF957

 

The Alternative Sounds Of The 60's and 70's on Radio Seagull (an occasional series)

 PODCAST 
Alice Cooper-Desperado 
Johnnie Young-Craize Finton Kirk 
T.Rex-The Slider 
Traffic-Medicated Goo 
Led Zeppelin-Since I've Been Loving You 
The Syn with Ayshea-Mr Whites White Flying Machine 
Nick Drake-Way To Blue
Pyramids-Geronimo 

Prince Jazzbo-Mr Harry Skank 
She Trinity-Climb That Tree 
Donovan-Season Of The Witch/Fat Angel 
Jefferson Airplane-Fat Angel 

Beatles-She's A Woman

 

 

 

 


 

**extended podcast only
 

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)