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

2 November 2024

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

Friday 1 November 2024

 

There were 66 new singles released on Friday 25 October 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 251

  PODCAST r

Alan Randall-Ee But It's A Grand And Healthy Life  PAGE ONE OF098
PJ Proby-Day That Lorraine Came Down/Mery Hoppkins Never Had Days Like These (with the future members of Led Zeppelin)  LIBERTY LBF15152
Moody Blues-A Simple Game/Ride My See Saw  DERAM DM213
Jimi Hendrix Experience-Long Hot Summer Night  TRACK 604025
New York Public Library-Love Me Two Times  MCA MU1045

Jimi Hendrix Experience-All Along The Watchtower  TRACK 604025
Episode Six-Mr Universal  CHAPTER ONE CH103
Bobbie Gentry-Fool On The Hill/Hushabye Mountain  CAPITOL CL15566
Bob Andy-Experience  STUDIO ONE SO2063
Viceroys-Last Night  STUDIO ONE SO2064
Paul Nero Sound-Hang Em High  LIBERTY LBF15157
Deena Webster-Scarborough Fair  PARLOPHONE R5738
Mike Sammes Singers-Scarborough Fair  COLUMBIA DB8490
 

There were 66 new singles released on Friday 25 October 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 251

  PODCAST r

Sharon Tandy-Hold On  ATLANTIC 584219
Impressions-Fool For You  BUDDAH 201021
Race Fans-Bookie Man  TROJAN TR610
Soul Vendors-West Of The Sun  COXSONE CS7071
Granny's Intentions-Never An Everyday Thing  DERAM DM214
Springfield Park-Never An Everyday Thing  CBS 3775
Granny's Intentions-Hilda The Bilda  DERAM DM214
Bob Saker-Foggy Tuesday/Ooh Nana Na  PARLOPHONE R5740
Slickers-Nana  BLUE CAT BS134
Ars Nova-Pavan For My Lady/Zoroaster (Zarathustra on LP)  ELEKTRA EKSN45029
Apple-Buffalo Billycan/Let's Take A Trip Down The Rhine  PAGE ONE POF101
July-Hello Who's There/The Way  MAJOR MINOR MM580
Cuby and the Blizzards-Window Of My Eyes  PHILIPS BF1719
Lemon Tree-It's So Nice To Come Home  PARLOPHONE R5739
Sound Barrier-Groovin' Slow  BEACON BEA109
 

  PODCAST r

Klaatu-We're Off You Know
Galahad-Everything Changed
Trembling Bells-Knockin' On The Coffin
Galahad-The Long Goodbye
Trees-Geordie
Shirley and Dolly Collins-Geordie
The Owl Society-Geordie
Rush-Shapes Of Things
Klaatu-Politzania
Rush-Crossroads

 

 

Saturday 2 November 2024

There were 66 new singles released on Friday 25 October 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 251

   PODCAST 
Overflow from the last week:
Moody Blues-A Simple Game (Justin Hayward vocal stereo mix)
Mellotones-What A Botheration  TROJAN TR612
The Flies-Magic Train/Gently As you Feel  RCA VICTOR RCA1757
Springfield Park-I Can See The Sunshine  CBS 3775
Phil Wainman-Going Going Gone/He Paradiddle  FONTANA TF978
Lemon Tree-Come On Girl  PARLOPHONE R5739
Gladys Knight and the Pips-I Wish It Would Rain  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG674
Episode Six (with Ian Gillan)-Lucky Sunday  CHATER ONE CH103
Sound Barrier-She Always Comes Back To Me  BEACON BEA109
 

There were 66 new singles released on Friday 01 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 252 (revisited and expanded - first attempt was in October 2018 when Marcel and I recorded a one hour radio show based upon what was, at the time, the furthest back copy of The New Singles leaflet that I had collected from Campkins Record Shop. We began with the Pretty Things...)

Pretty Things-Private Sorrow/Balloon Burning  COLUMBIA DB8494
Four Tops-I'm In A Different World  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG675
The Magicians-Painting On Wood  MCA MU1046

 

   PODCAST 
The Magicians-Slow Motion  MCA MU1046
Lori Balmer (listed as Lauri Palmer in The New Singles leaflet)-Treacle Bottom/Four Faces West (Bee Gees tunes)  POLYDOR 56293
Ohio Express-Firebird/Chewy Chewy  BUDDAH 201023
Force West-Like The Tide Like The Ocean/I'll Be Moving On  CBS 3798
(Ed Stewart) Stewpot and the Save The Children Fund Choir-I Like My Toys/Myrtle's Birthday (with Tony Brandon)  MGM 1448
Vanity Fair-Summer Morning  PAGE ONE POF100
Professor Morrison's Lollipop-You Got The Love  LONDON HLU10228
Steppenwolf-Sookie Sookie/Magic Carpet Ride  STATESIDE SS8003
Slam Creepers-We Are Happy People  SONET SON2003
Golden Earrings (sic)-Dong Dong Di Ki Di Gi Dong/Wake Up Breakfast  CAPITOL CL15567
Barbara Ruskin-Almost  PRESIDENT PT217
Merseys-Lovely Loretta  FONTAN TF955

 

There were 66 new singles released on Friday 01 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 252 (revisited and expanded)

   PODCAST 

The Beloved Ones (a.k.a. Les Irresistibles)-Lands Of Shadow/Sunshine And You  CBS 3600
Cliff Adams Chorale-Take Oh Take Those Lips Away  MCA MU1047 (Cliff had a radio show called Sing Something Simple, where the listener was invited to 'not just Listen but to join in with All These Tunes You Know So Well')
Box Tops-People Gonna Talk/I Met Her In Church  BELL BLL1035

Tony James-Treat Me Right/Me Donkeys Dead  JOLLY JY002
Bobby Thompson (a.k.a. Dandy Livingstone)-That's How Strong My Love is/Trouble In Town  JOLLY J001
The Nerve-Piece By Piece  PAGE ONE POF097
Dave Justin-Rachel  POLYDOR 56293
Anan-Madena/Standing Still  PYE 7N17642
A New Generation (latterly The Sutherland Brothers)-Police Is Here  SPARK SRL1019
The Onyx-My Son John/Step By Step  PYE 7N176221
Turquiose-Saynia/Woodstock  DECCA F12842
July-The Way (LP mix)
Ferris Wheel-Na Na Song  PYE 7N17631
 

**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)