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 weekday nights on DAB+ in Havant via The Flash

27/28 February 2026

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

1970 & 1968
 

On Seagull I was hoping to go back to 1966 in 2026. The first week of releases (issue 107, 7 January 1966)  is ready to be included in a programme. However, life and time will not immediately allow this. So, we will continue with revised recordings for 1970 (minor edits, mainly for sound levels). They were recorded in the weeks leading up to lockdown in 2020, by which time Les Newman was now in the house...

 

It will be the end of March before Boris declares that we must return to our homes. In lockdown Les and I experimented with Zoom and Messenger and turned out some reasonably amusing programmes. As soon as life allows we will begin to investigate The New Singles of 1966, then in 2027 we'll cover those months of 1966 that we will have missed...

 

Meanwhile, on Mi Amigo radio from the LV18 anchored at Harwich, we are playing The New Singles for 1968...

 

SATURDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Klaatu-Politzania
Anna Meredith-Saw Bones
Tea and Symphony-Boredom/Nothing Will Come To Nothing
Genesis-The Silent Sun
Credo-Staring At The Stars
HMS Morris-Babinod
Camel-Lunar Sea
Greatest Show On Earth-Magic Woman Touch

 

Hour 2 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 318
There were 72 new singles released on Friday 27th February 1970

Greatest Show On Earth-Again and Again/Real Cool World HARVEST HAR 5012
Betty Everett-Sugar  UNI UN517
Mary Wells-Dig The Way I Feel  DIRECTION 57-4816
Rufus Thomas-Funky Chicken  STAX 144
Uzi-Morning Train  BEACON BEA152
Techniques-He Who Keepeth His Mouth  BIG SHOT BI536
Techniques-Eldora  TROJAN TR7728
Troy Dante-Lords and Ladies  MCA MK5037
Beatles-You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)/Let It Be  APPLE R5833
Troy Dante-I Know Why (Broken Window)  MCA MK5037
Faces-Flying/Three Button Hand Me Down  WARNER BROTHERS WB8005
Foundations-Take A Girl Like You  PYE 7N17904

starring Hayley Mills, with Oliver Reed, Noel Harrison, John Bird. Directed by Jonathan Miller

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 318
There were 72 new singles released on Friday 27th February 1970

Ansell Collins-Monkey TROJAN TR7730
Bob & Marcia-Young Gifted and Black  HARRY J 6605
Dave & Ansell Collins-High Voltage TROJAN TR7730
Chris Spedding-Rock and Roll/Goodbye We Loved You  HARVEST HAR5013
Tremeloes-By The Way  CBS 4815
Box Tops-You Keep Tightening Up On Me  BELL BLL1097
Trader Horne-Goodbye Mercy Kelly/Here Comes The Rain  DAWN DNS1003
Humbug-Groovin With Mr Bloe  CBS S4811
Grass Roots-Back To Dreaming Again  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8037
Napoleon Smith-Painting Pictures  POLYDOR 56549
Sid Ramin Orchestra-Stiletto theme  CBS S4813
Rhinocerous-Back Door  ELEKTRA EKSN45080
Tommy Roe-Stir It Up And Serve It  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS2165
Megatons-Crazy Elephant  TROJAN TR7727
BB James-Consider Me  UPSETTER US328
Dusty & Tom Springfield-Morning Please Don't Come  PHILIPS BF1835

 

 

 

FRIDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

F.A.B. featuring MC number 6-The Prisoner (1990 free man mix)

The Village Band
Ron Grainer-The Prisoner: Arrival titles (6 of 1 club single)
Incidental music from The Prisoner
Wagon Christ-Bend Over (featuring sampled incidental music from The Prisoner)
The Girl Who Was Death
Porcupine Tree-Arriving Somewhere But Not Here
Metallica-I Disappear
Pink Floyd-Embryo

Les and Chris were both at Hyde Park on that very hot Saturday 18th July 1970
Pink Floyd performed Atom Heart Mother and Embryo
This is very rare footage... 'better than not seeing it at all'

 

Clair Hamill-Where Are Your Smiles At
Audience-Jack Daw/House On The Hill

 

Hour 2 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 317
There were 64 new singles released on Friday 20th February 1970

Cold Blood-You've Got Me Humming  ATLANTIC 584319
Doris Troy-Ain't That Cute  APPLE 24
Byrds-Jesus Is Just Alright  CBS S4753

Guess Who-No Time RCA Victor RCA 1925
Freddie Notes and the Rudies-Bull  DUKE DU63
Love-I'm With You  ELEKTRA EKSN45080
Love Sculpture-In The Land Of The Few  PARLOPHONE R5831
John & Beverley Martyn-John The Baptist/Sweet Honesty/The Ocean  ISLAND WIP6079
Mandarin Kraze-Magazine Cottage  CARNABY CNS4008
Herbie Hancock-Fat Mama  WARNER BROTHERS WB7358
Hayden Wood-60 Years On  NEMS S56-4803
Howard Walker featuring the Bomb Throwers-Love Will Find A Way/Eat Me  DECCA F12997
Frijid Pink-House Of The Rising Sun  DERAM DM-R288

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 317
There were 64 new singles released on Friday 20th February 1970

Maytals-Monkey Man  TROJAN TR7711
Ken Lazarus and the Crew-Monkey Man  LONDON HLJ10301
Tin Biscuit-Last Time You Go  FONTANA TF1077
Dr Marigold's Prescription-Breaking The Heart Of A Good Man  BELL BLL1096
Michel Delpeche-Wight Is Wight  MAJOR MINOR MM686
Garry Sherman Orchestra and Chorus-Alice's Restaurant Masacree  UNITED ARTISTS UP35055
Mel & Tim-Backfield In Motion  CONCORD CON004
Vivian Stanshall and Sean Head Showband-Labio Dental Fricative LBF15309
Kim Weston-Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead  MAJOR MINOR MM683
Paper Dolls-My Boyfriends Back  RCA 1919
Naked Truth-Two Little Rooms  DERAM DM287
 Buggy-Roly (Rolly on some labels) Pole Coaster  PARLOPHONE R5832
Symarip-Parson Corner  TROJAN TI7054
Band-Rag Mama Rag  CAPITOL CL15629
Cufflinks-When Julie Comes Around  MCA MU1112
The Winy-My Son John  MAJOR MINOR MM687

The Heaters-Melting Pot  UPSETTER US329
Silkie Davis-Conversations  TORPEDO TOR2

In the UK OFCOM had banned Melting Pot because of offensive lyrics.
In the broadcast version these lyrics were removed and/or replaced by morse code.

 

 

 

 

 

This Top of the Pops clip from 1970 epitomises the sounds and fashions of the day.
Can you spot the lookalikes of me and Kathy?

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies for the abrupt cut-offs at the end of some of these files.
This was to satisfy the precise 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)