TOWARD
THE
UNKNOWN REGION
This was... Chris Bent, in 1968,
playing what were the new singles of that year
on Radio Seagull
online every
Friday and Saturday, midday
and at midnight
overnight on
747Khz
in the North of the Netherlands
23 March 2024
with Pat McManus & Andy Stoddart, St Patrick's Day 2022, Wolverhampton
Saturday
23rd
March 2024
Rest In
Peace - Steve Harley - Live in 1974
PODCAST
There were 60 new singles released on Friday
22
March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 220
PODCAST
Bee Gees-Jumbo POLYDOR 56242
Hollies-Jennifer Eccles PARLOPHONE R5680
Bee Gees-Singer Sang His Song POLYDOR 56242
Colours Of Love-Up On A Cotton Cloud/I'm A Train PAGE ONE
POF060
The Young Blood-Green Light PYE 7N17495
Monkees-Valleri/Tapioca Tundra RCA VICTOR RCA1683
Jay and the Americans-Shanghai Noodle Factory/French Provincial
UNITED ARTISTS UP2211
Jimmy Ruffin-I'll Say Forever My Love TAMLA MOTOWN TMG649
Jackie Mittoo-Norweigan Wood COXSONE CS7040
Gaylads-Peculiar Man COXSONE CS7040
Heptones-Tripe Girl STUDIO ONE SO2040
Procol Harum-Quite Rightly So/In The Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence
REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3007
Roger Miller-Little Green Apples MERCURY MF1021
The Household-Winter's Coming UNITED ARTISTS UP2210
Lalo Schifrin Orchestra-Mission Impossible DOT PARAMOUNT
DOT103
There were 60 new singles released on Friday
22
March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 220
PODCAST
Lalo Schifrin Orchestra-Jim On The Move DOT PARAMOUNT
DOT103
Merseys-Penny In My Pocket FONTANA TF916
John Fred and his Playboy Band-No Letter Today/Hey Hey Bunny
PYE 7N25453
Joe Cocker-New Age Of The Lily/Marjorine REGAL ZONOPHONE
RZ3006
The Groop-Night Life/Lovin' Tree CBS 3351
Rag Dolls-My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man COLUMBIA DB8378
Dr Marigolds Prescription-People Get Ready/My Old Man's A Groovy
Old Man PYE 7N17493
Alan Copeland Singers-Windy
STATESIDE SS2101
Rod Stewart-Little Miss Understood/So Much To Say
IMMEDIATE IM060
Paul Revere and the Raiders-Too Much Talk/Happening '68
CBS 3310
Michele Lee-L David Sloan CBS 3350
Pete Kelly's Solution-Midnight Confession DECCA F12755
The Mud-Up The Airy Mountain CBS 3355
Graham Bonney-I'll Be Your Baby Tonight COLUMBIA DB8382
The Sunshine Company-Look, Here Comes The Sun LIBERTY
LBF15060
Derrick Morgan-Gimme Back ISLAND WI3101**
Troy-Emma May Kingston CLUMBIA DB8391**
Friday
22nd March 2024
There were 59 new singles released on Friday
15th March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 219
PODCAST
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Turtles-Sound Asleep LONDON HLU10184
Leonard Cohen-Suzanne CBS 3337
The Idle Race-Skeleton and the Roundabout/Knocking Nails Into My
House LIBERTY LBF15054
American Breed-Green Light DOT 101
Barry Mann-Young Electric Psychedelic Hippy Flippy Folk And
Funky Philosophic Turned On Groovy 12 String Band CAPITOL
CL15538
Love-Andmoreagain/The Daily Planet ELEKTRA EKSN45026
Leonard Cohen-So Long Marianne CBS 3337
David & Marianne Dalmour-Little Flower COLUMBIA DB8373
Peddlers-Handel With Care CBS 3333
Nashville Teens-All Along The Watchtower DECCA F12754
The Parade-Radio Song A&M AMS720
Errol Dunkley-Scorcher AMALGAMATED AMG807
Gaylads (actually Ken Boothe)-When I Fall In Love STUDIO
ONE SO2039
Gaylads (actually the Heptones)-Give Me (actually Christmas Time
Is Here) STUDIO ONE SO2039
Fruit Machine-Cuddly Toy/Follow Me SPARK SRL1003
Scaffold-Do You Remember PARLOPHONE R5679
There were 59 new singles released on Friday
15th March 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 219
PODCAST
Scaffold-Carry On Krow PARLOPHONE R5679
Sun Dragon-Blueberry Blue/Far Away Mountain MGM 1391
The Jigsaw Band-I Need Your Love POLYDOR 56241
Herbie Mann-Unchain My Heart A&M AMS719
Kippington Lodge-And She Cried/Rumours PARLOPHONE R5677
Larry and Tommy-Yo Yo POLYDOR 56741
John Ledingham-Love Is A Toy PYE 7N17488
The Tee Set-What Can I Do/Colours Of The Rainbow PYE
7N25452
Laurie Holloway-Windy CBS 3332
Hans Christian-Never My Love PARLOPHONE R5676
Listen to Hans Christian, as played on the radio in March 1968:
Pick of the Pops 17th March 1968 (Full Show & Rundown) by
poppicker71 | Mixcloud
Blossom Toes-I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/Love Is MARMALADE
598009
Pinky and the Fellas-Manchester and Liverpool DECCA F12748
Turtles-Umbassa and the Dragon LONDON HLU10184
Andy Ellison-Fool From Upper Eden CBS 3357
The Fire-Fathers Name Is Dad/Treacle Toffee World DECCA
F12753
West Coast Consortium-Colour Sergeant Lillywhite PYE
7N17482
Hollies-Charlie and Fred, written by Graham Nash & Alan Clarke
(in lieu of the Blades Of Grass version STATESIDE SS2101)
Glen Dale-Now I See You/I've Got You On My Mind** PAGE ONE
POF059
PODCAST
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Ellesmere-Crystalized/Arctica/Stranger Skies
Nova Cascade-The Fever Dream
Genesis-Entangled/Ripples
Swan Chorus-This Great Adventure
Depeche Mode-A Question Of Lust (Flood remix)
**extended
podcast only
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
(r) = repeat
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
Interested in the Mellotron? Want to
check whether any of the songs played feature a Mellotron?
Visit:
The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)
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