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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 on DAB+ in Havant, Brighton, Edinburgh and Central London
01 March 2025
on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour
Saturday 1
March 2025
There were 64 new singles released on Friday
28 February 1969
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 268 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
Raymonde's Magic Organ-Young Girl (5x DERAM label singles
released on this day DM237-241, to promote 5x DERAM LP's)
The Uglys-Mary Cilento/I See The Light MGM1465 (6 known
copies exist, one selling at £4999)
Hollies-Sorry Suzanne PARLOPHONE R5765
Foundations-In The Bad Old Days PYE 7N17702
Beach Boys-I Can Hear Music CAPITOL CL15584
Lee Perry-Eight For Eight DUKE DU11
Funky Bottom Congregation-Things About Yourself BEACON
BEA122
Guy Darrell-Turn To Me (early Elton John song) PAGE ONE
POF120
Bread and Beer Band-Dick Barton Theme DECCA F12891
(featuring Reg Dwight/Elton John)
Episode Six-Jak D'Or/Mozart versus The Rest (Ian Gillan
and Roger Glover) CHAPTER ONE CH104
BB King-Don't Waste My Time STATESIDE SS2141
Delano Stewart-Rocking Sensation HIGH NOTE HS014
Val McKenna-It's All In My Imagination SPARK SRL1023
Wallace Collection-Daydream PARLOPHONE R5764
The Tony Hendrik-Grooviest Girl In The World PYE 7N25485
The Three Caps-Cool Jerk ATLANTIC 584251
There were 64 new singles released on Friday
28 February 1969
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 268 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
Temptations-Get Ready
TAMLA MOTOWN TMG688
Trevor and the Maytones-Every Day Is Like A Holiday BLUE
CAT BS153
The Wrigleys-A Little Bit PAGE ONE POF118 (very poor
quality sound)
Nashville Teens-Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian
MAJOR MINOR MM599
Marylebone Ensemble-Transplant/Porcelain BEACON BEA120
Marbles-Walls Fell Down POLYDOR 56310
The Bar Kays-Soul Finger ATLANTIC 584244
Taj Mahal-Ee Zee Rider DIRECTION 58 4044
Jason Crest-Waterloo Road/Education PHILIPS BF1752
Sharon Tandy (with Fleur De Lys)-Gotta Get Enough Time
ATLANTIC 584242
The Gun-Drives You Mad CBS 4052
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos-Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass
CAPITOL CL15582
Equals-Michael And The Slipper Tree PRESIDENT PT240
Ohio Express-Sweeter Than Sugar BUDDAH 201038
Kasenetz Katz Super Circus-Embrassee (Moi) BUDDAH 201041
Los Bravos-Save Me Save Me DECCA F22853
Smoke Ring-No Not Much BUDDAH 201040
Real McCoy-Round The Gum Tree PYE 7N17704
Bill Deal and the Rhondells-May I MGM 1466
Linda Kendrick-I Will See You There PHILIPS BF1750
(reminiscent of Clodagh Rodgers and Pattie recent singles in
1969)
PODCAST
Flock Of Seagulls-The More You
Live The More You Love (remix)
StuckFish-Age Of Renewal/Days Of Innocence
Attercopus-Astral Projection/Chrysalis
Pink Floyd-Embryo (John Peel's Sunday Concert 16 July 1970)
Mason Capaldi Wood and Frog (a.k.a. Wooden Frog)-Crying To Be
Heard
Bronco-New Day Avenue
Friday 28
February 2025
56 years later this has proved to be a week of valuable
rarities... with some of these records selling in recent years
for hundreds or thousands of pounds... by reason of being sought
after or unreleased or withdrawn singles....
There were 61 new singles released on Friday
21
February 1969
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 267 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
unedited
PODCAST
edited censored version as broadcast via Radio Seagull
Deep Purple-Wring That Neck PARLOPHONE R5763 (this was
earlier allocated to R5745, which we played 6 December 1968, but
remained unreleased)
Spirit-I Got A Line On You CBS 3880
Deep Purple-Emmaretta PARLOPHONE R5763
Mother Earth-I Did My Part MERCURYMF1081
Guitar Crusher-Since My Baby Hit The Numbers BLUE HORIZON
57 3149
Maytones-Loving Reggae BLUE CAT BS152
Upsetters (Lee Perry)-What A Botheration DUKE DU10 (also
issued as TROJAN TR612) sells at £164.00
Laura Nyro-Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) CBS 4031
Pattie-Gravitation COLUMBIA DB8542
Marianne Faithfull-Sister Morphine/Something Better DECCA
F12889 sells at £92.00+ (500 copies released but withdrawn by
DECCA after just two days in the UK shops. My copy was in the
bargain bin at Campkins Records, Peterborough. I'm guessing it
was easier to sell it cheap than use theofficial returns
procedure. A friend purchased the withdrawn Led Zeppelin Whole
Lotta Love from the same shop...)
Brute Force-Nobody Knows/King Of Fuh APPLE 8 - may have been
delayed until 16 May 1969 (private pressing on APPLE label)
£4888 - £5999.00
Tony Joe White-Polk Salad Annie MONUMENT MON1031
Chuckles-Painting The Day/Never CBS 3832
Goodees-Condition Red STAX 113
There were 61 new singles released on Friday
21
February 1969
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 267 (revisited and expanded)
PODCAST
The Actress-Good Job With Prospects/It's What You Give CBS
4016 sells at £400.00
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich-Don Juan TF1000
Fourmost-Rosetta CBS 4041
Crystalites-Biafra BIG SHOT BI510 sells
at £347
Dave Kubinec (of Wizard Of Oz, on DERAM)-Lady Loves/Schopi
PARLOPHONE R5762
Colin Giffin-Changes In Our Time CBS 4030
Lovin' Spoonful-Daydream/Summer In The City KAMA SUTRA
KAS215
The Imposters (a.k.a. Eyes Of Blue)-Apache '69/Q III (Welsh
language composer credit 'Lygaid Glas' = Eyes of Blue)
MERCURY MF1080
The Playground-I Could Be So Good NEMS 56 4019
Trade Winds-Mind Excursion KAMA SUTRA KAS202
Professor Morrison's Lollipop-Oo Poo Pah Susie LONDON
HLU10254
Garfield Love-Next Time You See Me BLUE HORIZON 57 3150
Spirit-She Smiles CBS 3880
The Uglys (David Morgan)-I See The Light MGM 1465
UNRELEASED 6x demo or white label copies exist - £4999.00
Miss White and Mr Green-Don't You Know It's Just A Game
TOAST TT515
Silver Stars-Old Man Say TROJAN TR646 sells at
£202.00
Shirley and the Shirelles-Look What You've Done To My Heart
BELL BLL1049
Paul Slade-Sound Of Love (B, R & M Gibb) DECCA F12885**
PODCAST
Rush-One Little Victory/The Seeker/Crossroads
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger and The Trinity-Flesh Failures (let
the sunshine in)
Traffic-Empty Pages/John Barleycorn
Rush-Shapes Of Things/Heartful Of Soul
The Owl Service-Living By The Water
Anne Briggs-Go Your Way
Richard Pinhas-Metatron/Shaddai/Chabatai
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)
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