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

15/16 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

The Trews-Fire Up Ahead/Makin' Sunshine
Rush-Shapes of Things/Heart Full of Soul
Trews-Cinderella Man
Rush-A Farewell To Kings
Yardbirds-Turn To Earth
Troggs-I Can Only Give You Everything
The Syn with Ayshea Brough-Mr White's White Flying Machine
Supsersister-Pudding En Gisteren
The Trews, from Antigonish, Nova Scotia:

 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 329
There were 67 new singles released on Friday 15th May 1970

Wallace Collection-Serenade  PARLOPHONE R5844
Arrival-I Will Survive  DECCA F13026
Wallace Collection-Walk On Out  PARLOPHONE R5844
Steve Cropper-Funky Broadway  STAX 147
Joe The Boss-Son Of Al Capone  JOE JRS6
Ides Of March-Vehicle  WARNER BROTHERS WB4988
Rosetta Hightower-Come Together  CBS 4988
Aretha Franklin-Let It Be  ATLANTIC 2091 008
Dorothy Morrison0Rain  ELEKTRA 2101 001
Simon Plug and Grimes-Is This A Dream/I'm Going Home DERAM DM296
Arthur Wild-Boulevard St Michelle  CAPITOL CL15641
Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts-Too Many Hot Dogs  SONET SON2011
Rita Alston-Popcorn Funky Reggae  TROJAN TR7751
Nyah Earth-Night Of The Long Knives  ATTACK ATT8017


Hour 3 PODCAST
THE NEW SINGLES* issue 329
There were 67 new singles released on Friday 15th May 1970
Nicky Thomas-Love Of The Common People  TROJAN TR7750
Neil Diamond-Soolaimon  UNI UN522
Four Tops-It's All In The Game  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG736
Marv Johnson-So Glad You Chose Me  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG737
Steve Ellis-More More More/Loot  CBS 4992
Marcia Griffiths-Put A Little Love In Your Heart  HARRY J HJ6613
5th Dimension-Puppet Man  BELL BLL1108
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires-Musical Scorcher  TROJAN TR7747
Carl Levy-Pum Pum Lover  HOT ROD HRHR101
Max Romeo-What A Cute Man  PAMA UNITY UN547
Betty Sinclair-Why Why Why  TORPEDO TOR19
MacArthur Park-Taffeta Rose  COLUMBIA DB8683
White Mule-Looking Through Cats Eyes/Hundred Franc Blues  UNI UNS523
Linda Kendrick-Faith Hope and Charity  PHILIPS 6006 019
Upsetters-Fire Fire  UPSETTER US334
Facio Santillan-El Condor Pasa  MAJOR MINOR MM710

 

FRIDAY

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

 

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)