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 and Edinburgh

25/26 July 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

SATURDAY:

PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 289
There were 62 new singles released on Friday 25th July 1969
Cape Kennedy Construction Company-First Step On The Moon  PRESIDENT PT 265
Crosby Stills & Nash-Marrakesh Express  ATLANTIC 584283
Fickle Finger also known as 'Astronaut Alan and the Planets' (in Europe)-Fickle Lizzie Anne/Cellophane Mary Jane  PAGE ONE POF 150
Audrey-You'll Lose A Good Thing  DOWNTOWN DT 436
Berkeley Kites-Alice In Wonderland  POLYDOR 56770
Crosby Stills and Nash-Helplessly Hoping  ATLANTIC 584283
Classics IV-Every Day With You Girl  LIBERTY LBF 15231
Searchers-Kinky Kathy Abernathy  LIBERTY LBF 15240
Clive Sands (Sarstedt)-In A Dream/Wichi Tai To  SNB 55-4431
Count Prince Miller-Blue Blue World  PYE 7N17786
Picketty Witch-Solomon Grundy  PYE 7N17799
Tyrannosaurus Rex-King Of The Rumbling Spires  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3022
Tempus Fugit-Emphasis On Love/Come Alive  PHILIPS BF 1802

Zager & Evans-In The Year 2525  (RCA 1860) However, the original mono version on TRUTH records was played
Maxine Nightingale-Don't Push Me Baby  PYE 7N17798
The Nite People-Hot Smoke and Sassafras  PAGE ONE POF 149
The Saints-Windy  BIG SHOT BI 522

PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 289
There were 62 new singles released on Friday 25th July 1969
The Saints-Windy  BIG SHOT BI 522

The Nite People-Love Love Love Love Love  PAGE ONE POF 149
McKenna Mendelson Mainline-You Better Watch Out/She's Alright  LIBERTY LBF 15235
Gordon Smith-Too Long/Funk Pedal  BLUE HORIZON 57-3156
Paul Vigrass-Free Lorry Ride  RCA 1857
Idle Race-Come With Me/Reminds Me Of You  LIBERTY LBF 15242
Oliver-Good Morning Starshine  CBS 4435
(West Coast) Consortium-Beggar Man  PYE 7N17797
Deep Purple-Hallelujah/April part 1  HARVEST HAR 5006
Mongo Santa Maria-25 Miles  DIRECTION 58-4430
Cupids Inspiration-Sad Thing  BELL BLL 1069
Bleachers-Come Into My Parlour  UPSETTER US 314
Johnny Rivers-John Lee Hooker  LIBERTY LBF 15239

PODCAST

Deep Purple-Emmaretta (stereo)
Gary Numan-My Name Is Ruin
King Crimson-Book Of Saturday/Ladies Of The Road/Lizard (with Jon Anderson)

Plastic Penny-Your Way To Tell Me Go:

Cupids Inspiration-My World
Jethro Tull-My God
Swingle Singers-River Man
Camel-Lunar Sea
Queens of the Stone Age-Feet Don't Fail Me

 

 

FRIDAY:

PODCAST
ELP-The Endless Enigma/Fugue
Charlotte Adigery-Cursed and Cussed
Genesis-Firth of Fifth
Gentle Giant-Schooldays
Caravan-Aristocracy
Camel-Breathless
Earth and Fire-Love Quiver
Yes-Roundabout (early rough mix)

Charlotte Adigery-Cursed and Cussed (sound fx mix)

 

PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 288
There were 62 new singles released on Friday 18th July 1969
Booker T and the MGs-Time Is Tight  STAX 119
Plastic Ono Band-Give Peace A Chance  APPLE 13
Billy Preston-That's The Way God Planned It  APPLE 12
Mighty Joe Young-Why Don't You Follow Me  PARLOPHONE R5794
Abraham and Strauss-Lay A Little Love On Me  UNITED ARTISTS UP 35028
Jerry Butler-Moody Woman  MERCURY MF1122
David Bowie-Space Oddity  PHILIPS BF1801
Beau-1917 Revolution  DANDELION 4403
Bridget St John-To B without A hitch  DANDELION 4404
Grapefruit-Deepwater  RCA 1855
Plastic Penny-She Does/Genevieve  PAGE ONE POF 146
David Bowie-Space Oddity  US 3:20 edit MERCURY 7949 (not issued in UK)
Move-Curly  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3021
Orange Bicycle-Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You PARLOPHONE R5789
Ray Owen (Misunderstood and Juicy Lucy)-Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You  FONTANA TF1045
Helmut Zacharias-Isadora  COLUMBIA DB8603

PODCAST  
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 288
There were 62 new singles released on Friday 18th July 1969
Sound Dimensions-Time Is Tight  COXSONE CS7097
The Ravers-Badam Bam  UPSETTER US312
Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac-Walkin'  BLUE HORIZON 57-3155
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre-Lament For The Earth/Ballad (of the big girl now and a mere boy)  DANDELION 4404
Peppermint Rainbow-Don't Wake Me Up In The Morning Michael  MCA MU1091
Bakerloo-Driving Backwards  HARVEST HAR5004
Two Of Each-Trust  PYE 7N17792
Marvin Gaye-Too Busy Thinking About My Baby  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG705
Steve Miller Band-My Dark Hour (with Paul McCartney)/Song For Our Ancestors  CAPITOL CL15604
John Dummer Blues Band-Try Me One More Time  MERCURY MF1119
Cliff Bennett-Memphis Streets  PARLOPHONE R5792
'Spider' John Koerner-Friends And Lovers  ELEKTRA EKSN 45063
Wallace Collection-Fly Me To The Earth  PARLOPHONE R5793
Wool-Love Love Love Love Love  STATESIDE SS2153
Windmill-Big Bertha  MCA MU1090
Jay and the Americans-Hushabye  UNITED ARTISTS UP35026

 

 

Apologies for the abrupt cut-offs at the end of some of these files.
This was to satisfy the mp3 file size requirements of the radio station.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1971 End Of Grammar School Project (5th Year) - ISLAND RECORDS
Chris Bent & John Bradley

Interested in the Mellotron? Want to check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron? Visit:  
The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)