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 (sadly not this programme though)

31 July/01 August 2026

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

1970 & 1968
 

The first week of releases (issue 107, 7 January 1966)  is ready to be included in a programme. However, life and time will not currently allow this. So, we will continue with revised recordings for 1970 (this week, not broadcast extended podcast now edited into the main show). If you were around at the time you may recall hearing some of them on RNI - Radio North Sea International, or perhaps on Radio 1 in swirling medium wave.

 

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...if we leave it long enough we may even commence with the remaining weeks of 1965...

 

Meanwhile, on Mi Amigo radio from the LV18 anchored at Harwich, we are playing The New Singles for 1968. Les and I will be live from this ship on 25 August 2026, in the afternoon...

 

SATURDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Pigs, Piggies & Piglets part 2
Incredible String Band-Big Ted
Beatles-Piggies (stereo mix)
Faith No More-War Pigs
Fast 'n' Bulbous-China Pig
Nine Inch Nails-Piggy (nothing can stop me now)
Piglets-Johnny Reggae
Cake-War Pigs
Procol Harum-Repent Walpurgis (Walpurgis was the original title for Black Sabbaths' 'War Pigs'
Moe-Buster
Green Jelly-3 Little Pigs (extended mix)
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band-China Pig

 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 340
There were 58 new singles released on Friday 31st July 1970

Family-Weaver's Answer  REPRISE RS27009
Richard Harris-Morning Of The Mourning For Another Kennedy  STATESIDE SS8054
Black Sabbath-The Wizard  VERTIGO 6059 010
Family-Hung Up Down  REPRISE RS27009
Black Sabbath-Paranoid  VERTIGO 6059 010
Fluff-Sunny Honey DJM DJS226
Chicken Shack-Sad Clown/Tired Eyes  BLUE HORIZON S57-3176
Frijid Pink-Sing A Song For Freedom  DERAM DM309
Genevieve Gilles-Hello Goodbye  STATESIDE SS2175
Roy Gee-I'd Rather Go Blind  J DAN JDN4413
King Stitt and Clancy Eccles and The Dynamites-Sounds Of 70  CLANDISC CLA215
Rupie Martin's All Stars-Musical Container  TORPEDO TOR26
Swinging Soul Machine-Spooky's Day Off  POLYDOR 56760
Norman Greenbaum & Dr West's Medicine Show and Junk Band-Gondoliers  PAGE ONE POF176
Thunder Company-Ridin' On The Gravy Train  COLUMBIA DB8706
Joe Loss and his Orchestra-Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head  COLUMBIA DB8704

 

Hour 3 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 340 (new 2026 edit)
There were 58 new singles released on Friday 31st July 1970

Family-Strange Band  REPRISE RS27009

Julie Covington-Tonight Your Love Is Over/If I Had My Time Again  COLUMBIA DB8705
English Rose-Yesterdays Hero  POLYDOR 2058 040
Brainchild-Autobiography  A&M AMS805
Fairfield Parlour-Just Another Day/Caraminda/I Am All The Animals/Song For You  VERTIGO 6059 008
Mayfields Mule-My Way Of Living  PARLOPHONE R5858
Deep Feeling-Skyline Pigeon  PAGE ONE POF177
Duncan Browne-Resurrection Joe  BELL BLL1119
Cochise-59th Street Bridge Song (feelin' groovy)  UNITED ARTISTS UP35134
Richard Harris-Ballad Of A Man Called Horse  STATESIDE SS8054
Honeydew-Part Of This Game  ARGO AFW101
Upsetters-Sipreano  UPSETTER US343
Tommy James-Ball and Chain  ROULETTE RO518
Crowfoot-California Rock 'n' Roll  PARAMOUNT PARA3008
Bob Dylan-Wigwam  CBS S5122
Jo Jo Bennett & Mudies All Stars-Groovy Jo Jo  EXPLOSION EX2029
Gerald-My Friend The Blackbird  PHILIPS 6006 036

 

PODCAST Original 1 hour 28 minute Podcast with additional tracks

Family-Strange Band  REPRISE RS27009

Julie Covington-Tonight Your Love Is Over/If I Had My Time Again  COLUMBIA DB8705
English Rose-Yesterdays Hero  POLYDOR 2058 040
Brainchild-Autobiography  A&M AMS805
Fairfield Parlour-Just Another Day/Caraminda/I Am All The Animals/Song For You  VERTIGO 6059 008
Mayfields Mule-My Way Of Living  PARLOPHONE R5858
Deep Feeling-Skyline Pigeon  PAGE ONE POF177
Duncan Browne-Resurrection Joe  BELL BLL1119
Cochise-59th Street Bridge Song (feelin' groovy)  UNITED ARTISTS UP35134
Richard Harris-Ballad Of A Man Called Horse  STATESIDE SS8054
Honeydew-Part Of This Game  ARGO AFW101
Upsetters-Sipreano  UPSETTER US343
Tommy James-Ball and Chain  ROULETTE RO518
Crowfoot-California Rock 'n' Roll  PARAMOUNT PARA3008 (podcast only)
Bob Dylan-Wigwam  CBS S5122 (podcast only)
Arkade-Sing Out Love  STATESIDE SS8053 (podcast only)
Lou Donaldson-Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky  BLUE NOTE SBN1956 (podcast only)
The Methods-Chasing The Sun  DJM DJS225 (podcast only)
Claudette-Skinheads A Bash Them  GRAPE GR3020 (podcast only)
Jo Jo Bennett & Mudies All Stars-Groovy Jo Jo  EXPLOSION EX2029 (podcast only)
Gerald-My Friend The Blackbird  PHILIPS 6006 036 (podcast only)

 

FRIDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Pigs, Piggies & Piglets part 1
Beatles-Piggies (mono)
Black Sabbath-War Pigs
Caravan-Love To Love You (and tonight pigs will fly)
Green Jelly-Three Little Pigs
Queens Of Stone Age-Run Pig Run
Theo Bikel-Piggies
Pink Floyd-Pigs (three different ones)
Blodwyn Pig-Sing Me A Song That I Know
Procol Harum-Piggy Pig Pig
Incredible String Band-Big Ted

 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 339
There were 60 new singles released on Friday 24th July 1970

Matthews Southern Comfort-Woodstock  UNI UNS526
Templeton Twins-Hey Jude/MacArthur Park  LIBERTY LBF15379
3 Dog Night-Mama Told Me Not To Come  STATESIDE SS8052
Audrey-How Glad I Am  DOWNTOWN DT463
The Wake-Boys In The Band  CARNABY CNS4014
Larry Page Orchestra-Theme From A Dream  PENNY FARTHING PEN728

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles-Tears Of a Clown  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG749
Dawn-Candida  BELL BLL1118
Stackwaddy-Road Runner/Kentucky  DANDELION 5119
Rumble-Let Me Down/Rich Man Poor Man  WARNER BROTHERS WB8011
Upsetters-Fresh Up UPSETTER US338
Billy Jack-In The Summertime  EXPLOSION EX2022
Upsetters-Toothache UPSETTER US338
Taranto's-El Seneca (made in spain)  A&M AMS803

 

Hour 3 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 339
There were 60 new singles released on Friday 24th July 1970

Nat Coles-Apollo Moon Rock  EXPLOSION EX2022
The Wake-To Make You Happy  CARNABY CNS4014
Buchanan Brothers-Rosiana/Feeling That I Get When You're Near Me  PENNY FARTHING PEN725
West Point-Take What You Want  DECCA F13050
Wayne Fontana-Give Me Just A Little More Time  PHILIPS 6006 035
Lynn Holland-Dreaming  PYE 7N17967
Ron Davies-It Ain't Easy  A&M 799
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires-Julianne  TROJAN TR7761
Clancy Eccles and the Dynamites-Skank Me  CLANDISC CLA213
The Charmers-Colour Him Father  DUKE DU87
Jigsaw-Seven Fishes  FONTANA 6007 017
Jimmy Campbell-Don't Leave Me Now  FONTANA 6007 025
Bobbie Gentry-Apartment 21  CAPITOL CL15651
Strawbs-Forever  A&M AMS791
Jimmy McGriff-The Worm  UNITED ARTISTS UP35025

PODCAST extended podcast (1 hour 16+ minutes includes above and below listings)
Herb Alpert-You Are My Life  A&M AMS801 (podcast only)
Jackson 5-Love You Save  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG746 (podcast only)
Eli Bonaparte-Never An Everyday Thing  DECCA F13047 (podcast only)
Gary Benson-Holly  PENNY FARTHING PEN727 (podcast only)
Reid's All Stars-Mafia  TORPEDO TOR23 (podcast only)

 

 

 

The Trews, from Antigonish, Nova Scotia:

 

 

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)