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

08 March 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

 

Saturday 8 March 2025

There were 59 new singles released on Friday 7 March 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 269 (revisited and expanded)

 PODCAST

Trifle-All Together Now  UNITED ARTISTS UP2270
Sasperella-Spooky  DECCA F12892
Cowsills-Hair  MGM 1469
Touch-We Feel Fine  DERAM DM243
Byrds-Bad Night At The Whisky/Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man  CBS 4055
Touch-Miss Teach  DERAM DM243
Country Fever (Albert Lee)-Too Much Of Nothing  BELL BLL1052
Sound Dimension-Soul Trombone  COXSONE CS7085
Owen Gray-Reggae Power  DUKE DU12
Tony Blackburn-It's Only Love  MGM 1467
Peddlers-Wasting My Time  CBS4045
Deep Set-Spicks And Specks  MAJOR MINOR MM607
Wolfgang Schmitt-Country Girl  RCA VICTOR RCA1801 produced by Lesley Duncan
Alice Clark-You Got A Deal  ACTION ACT4526
Ronnie Bond (Troggs)-Carolyn/Anything For You  PAGE ONE POF123
Bobbie Parker-Hard But Fair  BLUE HORIZON 57 3151
Pesky Gee-Where Is My Mind  PYE 7N17708
The Packers-Hole In The Wall  SOUL CITY SC111
 

There were 59 new singles released on Friday 7 March 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 269 (revisited and expanded)

PODCAST
Sasperella-Come Inside  DECCA F12692
Grassroots-Melody For You  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8012
East Of Eden-Northern Hemisphere  DERAM DM242
Grapefruit-Round Going Round  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8011
Fourmyula-Come With Me  COLUMBIA DB8549
Dave Sealey with the Zack Lawrence Orchestra-It Takes A Thief  DJM DJS201
Katch 22-Baby Love/Out Of My Life  FONTANA TF1005
Chords Five-Some People  JAY BOY BOY6
Clancy Eccles-Bangarang Crash  TROJAN TR647
Clive Sands (brother of Peter Sarstedt)-Marie  SNB 55 4058
Tremeloes-Hello World  CBS 4065
John Bryant-She's In Need Of Love  DECCA F12894
Larry Page Orchestra-Wichita Lineman  PAGE ONE POF125
Nancy Sinatra-God Knows I Love You  REPRISE RS20813
Peddlers-That's Life  CBS 4045
Vic Lewis with Mike Sammes Singers-Blackbird  NEMS 56 4057
 

 PODCAST

Kate Tempest-Circles/The Beigeness
Raquel Welch-Bang Bang/Different Drum
T. Rex-The Motivator/Cosmic Dancer (demo)/Lean Woman Blues/Spaceball Ricochet
Attila The Stockbroker with The Fish Brothers-Scumball Pinochet/North Korea Mourns Comrade Mickey Finn Of T. Rex
Vangelis-Sunny Earth/He-O
Aphrodites Child-Altamont
 

Friday 7 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
 

 

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)