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

16 November 2024

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

Friday 15 November 2024
 

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 08 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 253 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Nazz-Open My Eyes (UK mono single without phasing)/Hello It's Me  SGC (Screen Gems Columbia) 219001
Nazz-Open My Eyes stereo LP mix with phasing
Al Kooper & Steve Stills-Season Of The Witch  CBS 3770
Family-Second Generation Woman/Home Town (this version never on CD, overdubbed violin mix on 'Old Songs New Songs' album)  REPRISE RS23315
Blonde On Blonde-All Day All Night  PYE 7N17637
Tuesdays Children-Bright Eyed Apples/She  MERCURY MF1063
Together (Keith Relf & Jim McCarty)-Henry's Coming Home/Love Mum and Dad  COLUMBIA DB8491Tony Crane-Winds Of Change  PYE 7N17645
Flirtations-Nothing But A Heartache  DERAM DM216
Dion-Abraham Martin and John  LONDON HLP10229
Marvin Gaye-Chained  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG676
Sir Henry And His Butlers-Camp  COLUMBIA DB8497
Dudley Moore Trio-30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia  DECCA F12850
 

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 08 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 253 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Lulu-Without Him/I'm A Tiger COLUMBIA DB8500

Just William-Cherrywood Green  SPARK SRL1018
igsaw-Let Me Go Home  MUSIC FACTORY CUB6
John Mayall-The Bear  DECCA F12846
Fourmost-Apples Peaches and Pumpkins  CBS 3134
Dana Gillespie-You Just Gotta Know My Mind (composed by, but never recorded by, Donovan)  DECCA F12847 from a cancelled LP, DECCA SKL4953/LK4953 very RARE single sells for £467.... more in next week's show... French language version and B side
Stewart A Brown-I Can't Go On Living Without You  (Elton John) RCA VICTOR RCA1761
Derek-Cinnamon  LONDON HLZ10239
Tony Ritchie-Has Anyone At The Party Seen Jenny  BEACON BEA114
1910 Fruitgum Company  BUDDAH 201025
Steve Alaimo-Watching The Trains Go By  ATLANTIC 584227
Tim Easley-Suzi Q  BELL BEL1036
Peter and the Wolves-Woman On My Mind/Old and the New  MGM 1452

Paul Williams Set-My Sly Sadie  DECCA F12844
Robert Henry Hensley-You're Gonna See Me Cry  POLYDOR 56295
Tam White-Girl Watcher  DECCA F12849
Paul Layton-Mister Mister  PARADOX PR45901024

Dudley Moore Trio-30 Is A Dangerous Age Cynthia  DECCA F12850**

 

There were 66 new singles released on Friday 01 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 252 (revisited and expanded, continued from last week)

  PODCAST

Barbara Ruskin-Pawnbroker Pawnbroker  PRESIDENT PT217
Brian Connell-Mr Travel Company  PHILIPS BF1718
Mama Cass Elliott-California Earthquake STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8002
Doughnut Ring-Nice/Dance Around Julie  DERAM DM215
Happenings-Crazy Rhythm  BT PUPPY BTS45545
Larry Williams-Shake Your Body Girl  MGM 1447
Nocturnes-Fairground Man/Montage  COLUMBIA DB8493
Jefferson-Montage  PYE 7N17634
Picardy-Montage/How Sweet It Is  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8004
Richard Harris-The Yard Went On Forever  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8001
Savoy Brown-Tolling Bells/Train To Nowhere  DECCA F12843
Precious Few-Pleasure of You  PYE 7N17641
Shadrocks-There Is  JAY BOY BOY2
The Mauds-Soul Dripping  MERCURY MF1062
The Nerve-Satisfying Kind  PAGE ONE POF097
Calvin Arnold-Mini Skirt  MGM 1449
Lyn and Graham McCarthy-Scarborough Fair  RCA VICTOR RCA1759
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Cinderella Sunshine  CBS 3757

 

Saturday 16 November 2024

There were 70 new singles released on Friday 15 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 254 (revisited and expanded)

   PODCAST 
Dana Gillespie-You Just Gotta Know My Mind/He Loves Me He Loves Me Not  DECCA F12847 English followed by French language versions (a further investigation from previous week. Donovan generously gave Dana the A side title, which he never recorded himself... A test pressing was made for a Dana Gillespie LP DECCA LK/SKL 4953 -but the stock copy release was cancelled. A US album came out in 1969 with a different track list)
Locomotive-Rudy A Message To You  DIRECTION 58 3814
The Nice-Brandenberger  IMMEDIATE IM072
Linda Thorson-Here I Am  EMBER S257
The Nice-Happy Freuds  IMMEDIATE IM072
Peter Sulley-Evil Woman  POLYDOR 56291
The Moles (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)-We Are The Moles part 1  PARLOPHONE R5743
Peter Sulley-My Idea  POLYDOR 56291
The Moles (Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)-We Are The Moles part 2  PARLOPHONE R5743
The Wailers-Stir It Up  TROJAN TR615
Nilsson-Rainmaker (this version only on the mono single)  RCA VICTOR RCA1765
Denzil Dennis-Menah Worry  TROJAN TR615
Liverpool Scene-Son Son  RCA VICTOR RCA1762
Lace-People People  COLUMBIA DB8499
Diana Ross and the Supremes-Love Child  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG677
Pioneers-Catch The Beat  AMALGAMATED AMG828
 

There were 70 new singles released on Friday 15 November 1968

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 254

 (revisited and expanded)
   PODCAST

Crazy World Of Arthur Brown-Music Man/Nightmare  TRACK 604026
Strawbs-The Man Who Called Himself Jesus  A&M AMS738
Life 'n' Soul-Here Comes Yesterday  DECCA F12851
Foundations-Build Me Up Buttercup  PYE 7N17636
Johnny Nash-You Got Soul  MAJOR MINOR MM586
Rainbow People-Rainbows  PYE 7N17624
Chuckles-Never  CBS 3832
Kris Ife-Imagination  PARLOPHONE R5741
Peter Pan and Wendy (Steve Priest, Sweet!)-We All Love Tiny Tim  MAJOR MINOR MM588 (Produced by Sweets' producer, Phil Wainman)
Raspberry Pirates (Kenny Young)-Looky Looky My Cookies Gone  ATLANTIC 584230
Sleepy (with Ian Wallace, later of King Crimson)-Mrs Bailey's Barbecue and Grill/Rosie Can't Fly  CBS 3830
Dave Clark Five-Live In The Sky  COLUMBIA DB8505
Starlites-Good Morning Mr Milkman  PHILIPS BF1725
The Web-Baby Won't You Leave Me Alone  DERAM DM217
Rainbow People-Sailing Song  PYE 7N17624
Buddy Miles Express-Train  MERCURY MF1065
Joya Landis-Angel Of The Morning  TROJAN TR622
 

Nico and other joyous delights

   PODCAST 

Nico-Das Lied Der Deutschen
Siouxsie and the Banshees-Metal Postcard (Mittageiisen)
Nico-The End
Emerald Dawn-Out Of Time
Nico-Frozen Warnings
Bobbie Gentry-Mississippi Delta (alternate mix)
Jill Sobule-Where Is Bobbie Gentry?
Foxpalmer-Alone/That Way
 

**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)