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

01/02 August 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

SATURDAY:

PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 290
There were 39 new singles released on Friday 1st August 1969

Sounds Nice-Love At First Sight  PARLOPHONE R5797
Doors-Easy Ride/Tell All The People  ELEKTRA EKSN 45065
Dilys Watling-Sweet Darling  PYE 7N17791
Dee and the Quotum-Some Day You'll Need Someone/Send Some Flowers To Julie  JAYBOY BOY8
Monkees-Daddy's Song/Porpoise Song  RCA 1862

Nilsson-Puppy Song/Maybe  RCA 1864
Harold Smith's Majestic Choir-We Can All Walk A Little Bit Prouder  CHESS CRS8101
Moms Mabley-Abraham Martin and John  MERCURY MF1127
Tim Hardin-Simple Song Of Freedom  CBS 4441
James Brown-Mother Popcorn part 1  POLYDOR 56776

PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 290
There were 39 new singles released on Friday 1st August 1969
Billy Preston-Bill's Bag  PRESIDENT PT263
Lou Christie-I'm Gonna Make You Mine  BUDDAH 201057
Chambers Brothers-Wake Up  DIRECTION 57-4367
Pinky and the Fellas-Let The Music Start  POLYDOR 56338
The Honest Men-Cherie/Baby  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG706
Pinky and the Fellas-Beautiful Day  POLYDOR 56338
Fortunes-Battle Of The Alamo  UNITED ARTISTS UP35027
Aretha Franklin-Share Your Love With Me  ATLANTIC 584285
Tim Hardin-Question Of Birth  CBS 4441
Jackie Lee and Dolores Hill-Whether It's Right Or Wrong  B&C CB105
Jimmy Powell-I Can Go Down  YOUNG BLOOD YB1002
Jeannie C Riley-The RIB  Polydor 56774
Hank Snow-Name Of The Game Was Love  RCA 1863
Fantastic Johnny C-Is There Anything Better Than Making Love  ACTION ACT4543
Mack Kissoon-Get Down With It  YOUNG BLOOD YB1001
Billy Preston-Goldfinger  PRESIDENT PT263
Sounds Nice-Love You Too  PARLOPHONE R5797

James Brown-Mother Popcorn part 2  POLYDOR 56776

 

PODCAST

Alice Cooper-Black Juju/Halo Of Flies
Ohio Express-Chewy Chewy
John Schroeder Orchestra-Witchi Tai To
Dr Bob a.k.a. Clair Nicholson-Heatwave
Donovan-Sunshine Superman
Deep Purple-Lalena
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity-Season Of The Witch ('Dad dancing' from Jools):

Jefferson Airplane-Fat Angel
King Crimson-Get Thy Bearings

 

FRIDAY:

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

 

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

 

 

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)