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

5/6 June 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 (not broadcast podcast comments now edited into the main show). 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... and the new releases for 1970 were rather good

 

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

 

SATURDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Marillion-Garden Party
Tiny Tim-Mickey The Monkey
Gary Numan-My Name Is Ruin
Nine Inch Nails-Hurt (quiet)
Johnny Cash-Hurt
Ten Years After-I'd Love To Change The World
Donovan-Fat Angel
Jefferson Airplane-Fat Angel
Ray Hearne-Harry Appleblossom
Shocking Blue-Acka Raga
Uriah Heep-Gypsy (Bronze label single - next week the Vertigo label long version)
 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 332
There were 44 new singles released on Friday 5th June 1970

The Scaffold-All The Way Up  PARLOPHONE R5847
Bundle-Progressive Underground (Anyway)  POLYDOR 2058 029
The Scaffold-Please Sorry  PARLOPHONE R5847
The Jamme-Poor Widow  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8047
Black Widow-Come To The Sabbat  CBS S5031
Matt Monro-We're Gonna Change The World  CAPITOL CL15643
Beefeaters (early Byrds)-Please Let Me Love You/Don't Be Long  ELEKTRA 2101 007
Temptations-Psychedelic Shack  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG741
Rare Earth-Get Ready  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG742
Ike & Tina Turner-I Want To Take You Higher  LIBERTY LBF15367
Deep Purple-Black Night  HARVEST HAR5020
Les Reed Orchestra-Man Of Action (RNI theme)  CHAPTER ONE CH126
Deep Purple-Speed King  HARVEST HAR5020
Rita Alston-Love Making  JACKPOT JP718
Nat Cole-Sugar Sugar  JACKPOT JP722
Nat Cole-My Love  JACKPOT JP718
 

Hour 3 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 332
There were 44 new singles released on Friday 5th June 1970

El Chicano-Viva Tirado  MCA MU1126
Mountain-Mississippi Queen  BELL BLL1113
Crow-Slow Down  STATESIDE DUNHILL  SS2171

Blues Image-Ride Captain Ride  ATCO 2091 009
Georgie Fame-Somebody Stole My Thunder  CBS S5035
Chambers Brothers-Let's Do It  DIRECTION S58-5033
Fox-Secondhand Love  FONTANA 6007 016

Chambers Brothers-To Love Somebody  DIRECTION S58-5033

Picketty Witch-Like A Sad Old Kinda Movie  PYE 7N17951
Sandie Shaw-Wight Is Wight  PYE 7N17954
Styvar Manor-Just Dropped In (to see what condition my condition was in)
Delaney & Bonnie and friends-Free The People  ATLANTIC 2091 016
Paintbox-Get Ready For Love  YOUNGBLOOD YB1013
Grass Roots-Walking Through The Country  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8048
Nina Simone-Turn Me On  RCA 1961
Deep Purple-Black Night (unedited mix)
Derek Christien-Suddenly There's A Valley  MAJOR MINOR MM713

 

FRIDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Little River Band-It's A Long Way There
Klaatu-I Can't Help It
U.K.-Nevermore
Faithless-Not Enuff Love (Sympathy)
Little Richard-Directly From My Heart To You
Motels-Take The L Out Of Lover (and it's over)/Only The Lonely
Rugbys-I You
Red Flag-Cause And Consequence
Mothers Of Invention-Directly From My Heart To You
Captain Beefheart-The Blimp
 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 331
There were 69 new singles released on Friday 29th May 1970

Raw Material-Traveller Man  EVOLUTION E2449S
Van Morrison-Crazy Love/Come Running  WARNER BROTHERS WB7383

UFO-Shake It About/Evil  BEACON BEA161
Jiminy Crickitt-Love Is A See Saw  MCA MK5047
Bill Jentles (Gentles)-True True Train  PAMA PM809
Jennifer (Warnes)-Cajun Train  LONDON HLU10312
Glan Campbell-Leaving The Straight Life Behind  EMBER EMBS258
Jennifer (Warnes)-Old Folks  LONDON HLU10312
Andre Brasseur-Kid/Holiday  CBS 2557
Little Richard-Dewdrop Inn  REPRISE RS20907
Little Hank-Mister Bang Bang Man  MONUMENT MON1045
IF-Reaching Out On All Sides/Raise The Level Of Your Conscious Mind  ISLAND WIP6083

Hour 3 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 331
There were 69 new singles released on Friday 29th May 1970

Crosby Stills Nash & Young-Helpless/Woodstock  ATLANTIC 2091 010
Love Affair-Speak Of Peace Sing Of Joy  CBS 5017
Feliciano-No Dogs Allowed  RCA 1957
American Youth Choir-Keep Yourself Near To Me  POLYDOR 2006 013
Yellow Taxi-Anna Laura Lee  PRESIDENT PT296
Little Richard-Freedom Blues  REPRISE RS20907
Youngbloods-Darkness Darkness  RCA 1955
Pyramids-Telstar  TROJAN TR7755
Maytals-Water Melon  TROJAN TR7757
Roy Smith-See Through Craze  GRAPE GR3013
East Of Eden-Jig A Jig  DERAM DM297:

Jiminy Crickitt-Isabella  MCA MK5047
Marva Whitney-This Girls In Love With You  POLYDOR 2001 036
Jimmy Ruffin-I'll Say Forever My Love  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG740
Fynn McCool-US Thumbstyle  RCA 1956
John Philips-Mississippi  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8046
 

 

 

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)