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This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
October 1968The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-04 Hour
1There were 69 new singles released on Friday 4
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 248PODCAST John O'Hara and the
Playboys-I Started A Joke FONTANA TF974
Tim Buckley-Carnival Song/Pleasant Street ELEKTRA
EKSN45041
Peddlers-Empty Club Blues CBS 3734
5th Dimension-Sweet Blindness LIBERTY LBF15143
Peddlers-Comin' Home Baby CBS 3734
5th Dimension-Good News LIBERTY LBF15143
Younger Brothers-Mirror Mirror MCA MU1042
Temptations-Why Did You Leave Me Darling TAMLA MOTOWN
TMG671
The Movers-Birmingham CAPITOL CL15562
The Herd-Sunshine Cottage/Miss Jones FONTANA TF967
Crickets-My Little Girl LIBERTY LBF15089
Symbols-Schoolgirl PRESIDENT PT216
Art Movement-Happy Song DECCA F12836
Symbols-Do I Love You PRESIDENT PT216
Equals-Softly Softly PRESIDENT PT222
Barron Knights-An Olympic Record part 1 COLUMBIA DB8485 (Mexico
was the Olympic venue in 1968)The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-04 Hour
2There were 69 new singles released on Friday 4
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 248PODCAST
Barron Knights-An Olympic Record part 2 COLUMBIA DB8485 (Mexico
was the Olympic venue in 1968)
The Slickers-Wala Wala BLUE CAT BS133
Joe Cocker-Somethin's Comin' On REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3013 (released
20 September 1968)
Cream-SWLABR/Sunshine Of Your Love POLYDOR 56826
Orange Bicycle-Sing This All Together/Trip On An Orange Bicycle
COLUMBIA DB8483
Colours-Love Heals/Bad Day At Black Rock DOT 113
Edwin Starr-25 Miles TAMLA MOTOWN TMG672
Barry Ryan and the Majority-Eloise (with a selection of
alternate intro's)
MGM 1442
Five and a Penny-You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies
POLYDOR 56282
Love Sculpture-The Stumble PARLOPHONE R5731
(released 20 September 1968)
Don Partridge-Top Man COLUMBIA DB8484
Cat Stevens-Here Comes My Wife DERAM DM211
Blossom Toes-Everyone's Leaving Me Now/Post Card MARMALADE
598012
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-11 Hour
1
There were 51 new singles released on Friday 11
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 249 PODCAST
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-Canyons Of Your Mind LIBERTY
LBF15144
Glitter House (Bob Crewe Generation)-Barbarella STATESIDE
SS2129
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-I'm The Urban Spaceman LIBERTY
LBF15144
Glitter House (Bob Crewe Generation)-Love Drags Me Down/An Angel
Is Love (alternative B sides) STATESIDE SS2129
Don Fardon-The Lament Of The Cherokee Indian Reservation
PYE 7N25475
Eclection-Please/St George ELEKTRA EKSN45042
Eclection-Another Time Another Place/Betty Brown ELEKTRA EKSN45040
(scheduled for 20 September 1968 - UNRELEASED)
Eclection-Please (mark II) ELEKTRA EKSN45046 a re recording of
this week's A side, scheduled for 29 November 1968
Francoise Hardy-Will You Love Me Tomorrow UNITED ARTISTS
UP2253
Heath Hampstead-I Started A Joke POLYDOR 56289
Steve Hart-Master Of Man CBS 3732
Fever Tree-San Franciscan Girls MCA MU1043
Who-Magic Bus/Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde TRACK 604024 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-11 Hour
2
There were 51 new singles released on Friday 11
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 249 PODCAST
Frazer Hines-Who's Dr Who/Punch
and Judy Man MAJOR MINOR MM579
Giles Giles and Fripp-Elephant Man/Thursday Morning DERAM
DM210
Tages-Haycyon Days (same tune as Our Fairy Tale by the Herd)
MGM 1443
Gods-Baby's Rich COLUMBIA DB8486
Steve Miller Band-Living In The USA CAPITOL CL15564
Grateful Dead-Born Cross Eyed/Dark Star WARNER BROS
WB7188
Long John Baldry-Mexico PYE17563
Infantes Jubilate-Exploding Galaxy MUSIC FACTORY CUB5
Isley Brothers-This Old Heart Of Mine TAMLA MOTOWN TMG555
14-Frosty Stars On A Window Pane OLGA S051
Kasenatz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus-Quick Joey Small
BUDDAH 201022
Serendipity-Through With You/I'm Flying CBS 3733
Spectrum-Little Red Boat RCA VICTOR 1753
Piccadilly Line-Evenings With Corinna CBS 3743
Who-Magic Bus (full length mono version)
Cherry Smash-Little Old Country Home Town DECCA F12838
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-18 Hour
1There were 55 new singles released on Friday
18
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 250PODCAST MELTING ICE CAPS: The Other Side... Tiny Tim gives these children
nightmares... whilst speaking words of wisdom IN 1968 Tiny Tim-Hello
Hello/The Other Side REPRISE RS20769
Barry Gray-Joe 90 theme PYE
7N17625
United States Of America-Garden Of Earthly Delights/Love Song
For The Dead Che CBS 3745
Davy Graham-Both Sides Now DECCA F12841
Flamma Sherman-Love Is In The Air SNB 55 3769
The Gun-Race With The Devil CBS 3764
Judy Clay and William Bell-Private Number STAX 101
Scaffold-Lily The Pink PARLOPHONE R5734
Booker T and the MG's-Soul Limbo/Heads or Tails STAX 102
The Byrds-I Am A Pilgrim CBS 3752
Big Brother and the Holding Company-Down On Me LONDON
HLT10226
Paul Vigrass-A New Man RCA VICTOR RCA1755
New Christy Minstrels-Chiki Chiki Ban Ban (Japanese version of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) CBS 3758
The Gun-Sunshine CBS 3764 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-18 Hour
2There were 55 new singles released on Friday
18
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 250PODCAST
City Of Westminster String Band-A Touch Of Velvet and A Sting Of
Brass PYE 7N17620 (previously recorded by the Mood Mosaic)
Max Frost and the Troupers-Shape Of Things To Come CAPITOL
CL15565
Factory-Path Through The Forest (listed as 'halfway through the
forest')/Gone MGM 1444
Chambers Brothers-Time Has Come Today (4.45 edit of LP version)
DIRECTION 58 3760
Harsh Reality-Tobacco Ash Sunday PHILIPS BF1710
Blue Cheer-Sun Cycle PHILIPS BF1711
Cats Eyes-I Thank You Marianne DERAM DM209
The Whales-Come Down Little Bird/Beachcomber CBS 3766
Loot-Save Me PAGE ONE POF095
My Dear Watson-Stop Stop I'll Be There/Make This Day Last PARLOPHONE R5737
The Owl-Shades Of Blue and Gree Water Flies UNITED ARTISTS
UP2240
Peppermint Circus-I Won't Be There/Keeping My Head Above Water
POLYDOR 56288
Margaret Whiting-Can't Get You Out Of My Mind LONDON
HLU10227
Byrds-Pretty Boy Floyd CBS 3752
Val and the V's-Miss You Baby CBS 3753
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-25 Hour
1
There were 66 new singles released on Friday 25
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 251 PODCAST
Alan Randall-Ee But It's A Grand And Healthy Life PAGE ONE
OF098
PJ Proby-Day That Lorraine Came Down/Mery Hoppkins Never Had
Days Like These (with the future members of Led Zeppelin)
LIBERTY LBF15152
Moody Blues-A Simple Game/Ride My See Saw DERAM DM213
Jimi Hendrix Experience-Long Hot Summer Night TRACK 604025
New York Public Library-Love Me Two Times MCA MU1045
Jimi Hendrix Experience-All Along The Watchtower TRACK
604025
Episode Six-Mr Universal CHAPTER ONE CH103
Bobbie Gentry-Fool On The Hill/Hushabye Mountain CAPITOL
CL15566
Bob Andy-Experience STUDIO ONE SO2063
Viceroys-Last Night STUDIO ONE SO2064
Paul Nero Sound-Hang Em High LIBERTY LBF15157
Deena Webster-Scarborough Fair PARLOPHONE R5738
Mike Sammes Singers-Scarborough Fair COLUMBIA DB8490 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-10-25 Hour
2
There were 66 new singles released on Friday 25
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 251 PODCAST
Sharon Tandy-Hold On
ATLANTIC 584219
Impressions-Fool For You BUDDAH 201021
Race Fans-Bookie Man TROJAN TR610
Soul Vendors-West Of The Sun COXSONE CS7071
Granny's Intentions-Never An Everyday Thing DERAM DM214
Springfield Park-Never An Everyday Thing CBS 3775
Granny's Intentions-Hilda The Bilda DERAM DM214
Bob Saker-Foggy Tuesday/Ooh Nana Na PARLOPHONE R5740
Slickers-Nana BLUE CAT BS134
Ars Nova-Zoroaster (Zarathustra on LP)/Pavan For My Lady
ELEKTRA EKSN45029
Apple-Buffalo Billycan/Let's Take A Trip Down The Rhine
PAGE ONE POF101
July-Hello Who's There/The Way MAJOR MINOR MM580
Cuby and the Blizzards-Window Of My Eyes PHILIPS BF1719
Lemon Tree-It's So Nice To Come Home PARLOPHONE R5739
Sound Barrier-Groovin' Slow BEACON BEA109
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Graham Nash boards the Marrakesh Express to meet up with David
Crosby and Stephen Stills...
PLASTIC
PENNY: Quite literally with 'Penny' wearing this transparent plastic
raincoat
Released July 1968 - PAGE ONE
RECORDS POF 079Cream-Pressed Rat And Warthog POLYDOR 56258 Harley Davidson, a MARCH 1968
single from Brigitte Bardot
We Love They, and we want you to
love they too...
It's Summer 1967 and The Stones are singing about pronouns...
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Cat Woman.... with assistant Lesley Gore on Batman singing
California Nights
Men In Tights: Paul Revere and the
Raiders ...released in UK 2nd June 1967
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featuring, not necessarily in this order: UFO-Treacle People
May Blitz-Smoking The Day Away Nick Nicely-Hilly Fields 1892 Senor Coconut y su conjunto-Smoke On The Water Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band-Big Eyed Beans From Venus Rush-One Little Victory/Ceiling Unlimited U2-Night and Day Marillion-GrendelMarillion-Market
Square Heroes/Three Boats Down From The CandySvensk-Dream Magazine Nick Nicely-49 Cigars Nick Drake-Way To Blue Helen Reddy-Angie Baby Van Halen-Fire In The Hole Aphrodites Child-Day Of The Fool Neil Young-A Piece Of Crap Led Zeppelin-Dancing Days T Rex-The Motivator (Demo) The Nice-Azrial revisited/Hang On To a Dream Emerson Lake & Palmer-Trilogy/Still... You Turn Me On The Nice-Azrial/Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack McDonald & Giles-Is She Waiting
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
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
SINGLESOur 'sticky thread' video for 2022: The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds The sleeve advises:
MUST BE PLAYED IN THE DARK 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
