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

08/09 MAY 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 in to, and during the first lockdown in 2020, by which time Les Newman was now in the house...

 

Boris restricted us 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

Wishbone Ash-Blowing Free
Utopia-Set Me Free/Caravan
Caravan-Winter Wine
Interlude: Ivor Cutler-I'm Happy
Caravan-Love To Love You (and tonight pigs will fly)
Murgatroyd Band (Spencer Davis Group)-Magpie
Wishbone Ash-Time Was
King Crimson-Happy Family + 8-bit rendition of same tune
Yes-I've Seen All Good People
Charlotte Adigery-Cursed and Cussed
Charlotte's ASMR video:

 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 328
There were 52 new singles released on Friday 8th May 1970

Brian Auger and the Trinity-Just Me Just You  RCA 1947
Ayshea-Mr White's White Flying Machine  POLYDOR 2001 029
Brian Auger and the Trinity-I Want To Take You Higher  RCA 1947
Tony Back-Working In The Coalmine  AD-RHYTHM ADM507
Keith Beckingham-Women In Love  AD-RHYTHM ADM508
Tony Cole-Face In The Window  PARLOPHONE R5838
Octopus-River/The Thief  PENNY FARTHING PEN716


Barron Knights-Traces  COLUMBIA DB8679
Jackson 5-ABC  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG738
Beach Boys-Cottonfields  CAPITOL CL15640
Matthews Southern Comfort-Ballad Of Obray Ramsey  UNI UN52
Maggie Britton-Apple On A See Saw  UNITED ARTISTS UP35112
Teresa Graves-We're On Our Way  RCA 1948
Herman's Hermits-Bet Yer Life I Do  RAK 102

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 328
There were 52 new singles released on Friday 8th May 1970

Bongo Les Herman and the Crystalites-True Grit  SONGBIRD SB1018
Lloyd and the Prophets-Bush Beat  BIG SHOT BI553
Southwind-Boogie Woogie Country Girl  HARVEST HAR5019
Gene Vincent-White Lightning  DANDELION 4974
John Shakespeare-Work At Their Feet  PYE 7N17942
David & David-In The City  COLUMBIA DB8678
David Garrick-House In The Heather  COLUMBIA DB8680
Cats Eyes-Come Away Melinda  MCA MK5043
Peggy-All Kinds Of Everything  TROJAN TR7759
Pure Love and Pleasure-All In The Mind  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8043
The Prunes-Come A Little Closer  SONGBIRD SB1023
Monopoly-We Belong Together  PYE 7N17940
Mayfields Mule-I See A River  PARLOPHONE R5843
Exotics-I Don't Want Nobody (to lead me on) PYE 7N17925
Savoy Brown-Hard Way To Go  DECCA F13019
Upsetters-Family Man  TROJAN TR7749
Gaylads-That's What Love Will Do  TROJAN TR7738
Ayshea-Mr White's White Flying Machine POLYDOR LP alternate extended version

 

FRIDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

New Riders of the Purple Sage-On My Way Back Home     In memory of Ronan O'Rahilly
Loving Awareness-Existence    In memory of Ronan O'Rahilly
Fortunes-Caroline   In memory of Ronan O'Rahilly
Kraftwerk-Das Model/The Model/Neon Lights - In Memory of Florian Schneider 1947-2020
Yellowman-Strong Me Strong
Lee Scratch Perry-African Hitch Hiker
Jethro Tull-With You There To Help Me
Great Society-White Rabbit
 

Hour 2 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 327
There were 69 new singles released on Friday 1st May 1970

Music Doctors-Wild Bunch  J DAN JDN4411
Arizona Swamp Company-Tennessee Woman/Train Keeps A Rolling  PARLOPHONE R5841
Sir Washington-Apollo 13  BIG CHIEF BC100
Fut-Have You Heard The Word  BEACON BEA160
Wall Street Diversion-Jerry The Lipstick Collector  CONCORD CON006
Eartha Kitt-Hurdy Gurdy Man  SPARK SRL1039
Family-Today  REPRISE RS27005
Leon Russell-Roll Away The Stone  A&M AMS788
Christopher-The Race/Sharkey  CHAPTER ONE CH121
Yes-Dear Father  ATLANTIC 2091 004
Johnny Cash-What Is Truth  CBS S4934
Jethro Tull-Inside/Alive and Well And Living In  CHRYSALIS WIP6081
Judy Collins-Someday Soon  ELEKTRA 2101 005

Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 327
There were 69 new singles released on Friday 1st May 1970

Delano Stewart-Wherever I Lay My Hat  HIGH NOTE HS039
Delroy Wilson-Show Me The Way  TROJAN TR7740
Ike and Tina Turner-The Hunter  HARVEST HAR5018
Mailer Mackenzie Band-Red Rover  DECCA F23020
Chicago-Make Me Smile  CBS S4919
Opus-Baby Come On  COLUMBIA DB8675
Brainbox-To You  PARLOPHONE R5842
Little Sister-You're The One  ATLANTIC 2091 001
Count Prince Miller-Mule Train  MCA MK5042
Fairport Convention-Chelsea Morning  POLYDOR 2058 014
Blue Maxi-Here Comes Summer  MAJOR MINOR MM705
Chris Farlowe-Black Sheep  POLYDOR 2066 017
Dave Barker-Funky Reggae  DUKE DU74
5 Stairsteps-Dear Prudence  BUDDAH 201083
Eugene Paul and the Pilots-Sugar Dumpling  TORPEDO TOR17
Yes-Sweet Dreams  ATLANTIC 2091 004
Four Jacks and a Jill-Master Jack  RCA 1945

 

 

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)