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This was... Chris Bent (1969)

on Radio Seagull online every Friday and Saturday, midday and midnight UK time
  (1300/0100  Central European Time) and various AM frequencies

Playlist for 14th December 2019

1969
There were 2996 singles released in 1969
Here are just some of them:
 

Hour 1 podcast may be available on request

Keith Mansfield Orchestra-Soul Thing
Aphrodites Child-Let Me Love Let Me Live
Judy Carne-Sock It To Me
Tiny Tim-Mickey The Monkey
Monkees-Mommy and Daddy
Loot-Try To Keep It A Secret
Kasenetz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus-We Can Work It Out
Martha Velez-Tell Mama
Neon Philharmonic-Morning Girl/Brilliant Colours
Arbors-Touch Me/The Letter
Friends Of Distinction-Grazing In The Grass
Samantha Jones-Today Without You
Leonard Nimoy-Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Girl Satchmo-Take You For A Ride
Trash-Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
Orange Bicycle-You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight
La Di Da Band-Come Together
Cher-I Walk On Gilded Splinters/For What It's Worth

 

Hour 2 podcast may be available on request

Ronnie Aldrich Orchestra-Ride My Seesaw
Spanky and our Gang-Leopard Skin Phones
Parking Lot-Carpet Man
Bimbi Worrick-Long Time Coming
Crosby Stills and Nash-Long Time Gone
Buffalo Springfield-Pretty Girl Why?
Otillie Patterson-Spring Song
Flaming Youth (with Phil Collins)-From Now On (Immortal Invisible)
The Quiet World Of Lea & John (Hackett, with brother Steve on guitar)-Miss Whittington
Genesis-Where The Sour Turns To Sweet
Yes-Something's Coming
Eric Burdon and the Animals-Ring Of Fire

Caravan-Place Of My Own
Sweet-Lollipop Man
John Holt-Ali Baba
Manfred Mann-A 'B' Side

Hour 3 podcast may be available on request

Mia Farrow-Rosemary's Baby
Spike Milligan-Q5 Piano Theme
Rhinocerous-Apricot Brandy
Great Awakening-Amazing Grace
Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love (mono single edit on ATCO records)
Man-Sudden Life
Kippington Lodge-In My Life
Chords Five-Some People
Justine-Clown
Leslie West/Mountain-This Wheels On Fire
Gilbert (O'Sullivan)-Mr Moody's Garden
Troubadours du Roi Baudoins-Sanctus (from the film IF)
Fleetwood Mac-Man Of The World
Ten Years After-Hear Me Calling
Fire-Round The Gum Tree
Spirit-I Got A Line On You
Episode Six-Mozart versus The Rest
Nina Simone-Save Me
Nina & John Barry Orchestra-Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown
Bee Gees-First Of May

 

Hour 4 podcast may be available on request

Second City Sound-A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass
Elton John-Lady Samantha
Locomotive-Overture/Mr Armageddan
Monkees-Daddy's Song
Jethro Tull-Sweet Dream
Kinks-Shangrila
Alex Harvey-Roman Wall Blues
Blonde on Blonde-Country Life
Chicken Shack-I'd Rather Go Blind
Cartoone-Knick Knack Man

Harry J Allstars-Liquidator
Chris Andrews-Pretty Belinda
Idle Race-Come With Me
Chuckles-Never Never
Eric Burdon and the Animals-River Deep Mountain High

 

Hour 5 podcast may be available on request

Ambrose Slade-Genesis
MC5-Kick Out The Jams
Mott The Hoople-Rock and Roll Queen
Neil MacArthur-She's Not There
Egg-Seven Is A Jolly Good Time
Nazz-Under The Ice/Not Wrong Long
Wallace Collection-Daydream
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell-You Ain't Livin' 'til You're Lovin'
Andwellas Dream-Midday Sun
Mercy-Love Can Make You Happy
Grass Roots-I'd Wait A Million Years
Mandrake Paddle Steamer-Strange Walking Man
Lesley Duncan-Sing Children Sing
Michael d'Abo-See The Little People (from withdrawn Gullivers Travels)
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre-Lament For The Earth
 

Hour 6 podcast may be available on request

Elephants Memory-Old Man Willow
Sound Dimension-Time Is Tight
Doors-Wishful Sinful (US mono promo single)
Annabel Leventon-Easy To Be Hard
Cowsills-Hair/The Prophecy of Daniel and John the Divine
John Fred and his Playboy Band-Silly Sarah Carter (eating on a moon pie)
Argosy-Mr Boyd
Marvelettes-Reaching For Something I Can't Have
Tina Tott-Burning In The Background Of My Mind
Troye Keyes-Love Explosion
The High-Long Live The High
Exception-Pendulum
Flying Machine-Smile A Little Smile For Me
Groop-When The Weekends Over (the jet song)
Judy Collins-Pretty Polly

 

Introductory/Epilogue hour (kind of):

 bonus PODCAST

Hard Meat-Rain
Sparkling-I Want To See Everything
Lady Vendredi-What Time Is It
Metronomy-Salted Caramel Ice Cream
Black Midi-Ducter
Warm Duscher-Disco Peanuts
Marry Waterson & Emily Barker-Little Hits Of Dopamine
Iggy Pop-Love's Missing
Blank Manuskript-Alone At The Institution
Rozi Plain-Swing Shut
Self Esteem-Roll Out
Tame Impala-It Might Be Time
...and, week by week in 2020, looking forward to investigating the 'New' singles of 1970:
UFO-Treacle People

 

Hour 7 podcast may be available on request

Steamhammer-Autumn Song
Guess Who-Undun/These Eyes
Lulu-Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)
Casuals-Caroline
Trapeze-No More Letters
Rascals-See
William Truckaway-Blue Greens On The Wing
Arrival-Friends
Tyrannosaurus Rex-King Of The Rumbling Spires
Free-I'll Be Creeping
King Crimson-Court Of The Crimson King (part 2)
Spooky Tooth-Son Of Your Father
Canned Heat-Going Up The Country
Love Sculpture-Farandole
Booker T and the MGs-Horse

 

Hour 8 podcast may be available on request

Nite People-Creme Tea
Fleur De Lys-You're Just A Liar
Desmond Dekker and the Aces-It Mek
Kathe Green-If You Ever Change Your Mind
Cat Stevens-Where Are You
Lemon Men-I've Seen You Cut Lemons
Left Side-Welcome To My House
Clear Light-She's Ready To Be Free
Bulldog Breed-Portcullis Gate
Jennie Darren and the Second City Sound-River Deep Mountain High
Youngbloods-Get Together
Trixon-Just Another Song
Trader Horne-Morning Way
Leviathan-Remember The Time
Love Children-Easy Squeezy
Led Zeppelin-Livin' Lovin' Maid

 

 

 

* The New Singles were a weekly listing of 45rpm recordings published by
Francis Antony Ltd, East Hill, St Austell, Cornwall. They were distributed to the music trade, media, record shops. We are working through the lists from November 1968 to June 1974. Some weeks the lists are missing from the archive but fortunately the weekly list also includes the previous two (and sometimes three) weeks releases...

1971: Chris Bent on left wearing a Radio Geronimo t shirt

Radio Geronimo Monte Carlo film documentary
Written and Produced by Chris Bent; Edited and Directed by Mark Dezzani

Chris B (with the delightful miss wood), circa 1975. See https://www.facebook.com/chris.bent.319

picture restored from a damaged slide

Interested in the Mellotron? Want to check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron? Visit:     

The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)