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

03/04 July 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. 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

 

SATURDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Remembering the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Rock (part 2)
It's A Beautiful Day-Don and Dewey
Steppenwolf-Born To Be Wild/Monster
Johnny & Edgar Winter-Fast Life Rider
Pink Floyd-Atom Heart Mother/Careful With That Axe Eugene

 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

50 years ago: THE NEW SINGLES* issue 336
There were 63 new singles released on Friday 3rd July 1970

Chicago-25 or 6 to 4  CBS 5076
Lovin' Spoonful-Darling Be Home Soon  Buddah 2013 009
Norman Greenbaum-Canned Ham  REPRISE RS20919
Chicago-Where Do We Go From Here  CBS 5076
1910 Fruitgum Company-Go Away  BUDDAH 2011 031
Cheep Boots-Baby Do I Need You  FONTANA 6007 020
Daddy Longlegs-High Again  WARNER BROTHERS WB8012
Zorro Five-Reggae Shhh!  DECCA F23042
Panama Limited-Round and Round  HARVEST HAR5022
Ray Morgan-Long and Winding Road  B&C CB128
Cissy Houston-Long and Winding Road  MAJOR MINOR MM716
Danny Doyle-Long and Winding Road  COLUMBIA DB8698
Woolly Fish-Way You Like It  PLEXIUM PXM16
Iron Butterfly-In A Gadda Da Vida  ATCO 2091 024
Bread-Make It With You  ELEKTRA 2101 010
Upsetters-Penny Wise SPINNING WHEEL SW102
 

Hour 3 PODCAST 
50 years ago: THE NEW SINGLES* issue 336
There were 63 new singles released on Friday 3rd July 1970

Upsetters-Choking Kind SPINNING WHEEL SW102
Cimarons-Grandfather Clock  HOT ROD HR105
Trees-Nothing Special/Epitaph  CBS 5078
Rosemary Nichols-Once Upon A Time  GEMINI GMS013
Capricorn-Liverpool Hello  MCA MK5050
Misty-Hot Cinnamon  PARLOPHONE R5852
Times featuring the Swarbriggs-Looking Through The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl  PARLOPHONE R5855
Little Big Horn-Another Man's Song  POLYDOR 2058 047
Mud-Jumping Jehosaphat  PHILIPS 6006 022
Medicine Head-Coast To Coast (Shore To Shore)  DANDELION 5075
Invitation-How'd We Ever Get This Way  JAYBOY BOY24
Jive Fyve-If You Let Me Make Love To You Then Why Can't I Touch You  MCA MU1129
Performing Lees-Can't Get You Out Of My Mind  PYE 7N25526
Glen Campbell-Gentle On My Mind  EMBER EMBS249
Judith Durham-Let Me Find Love  A&M AMS801
Bitter Almond-Silver  WARNER BROTHERS WB8008 (erroneously listed in The New Singles as 'Silver-Bitter Almond/In The Morning')

 

FRIDAY

Hour 1 PODCAST

Remembering the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Rock (part 1)
Taste-What's Going On/Morning Sun/Born On The Wrong Side Of Time
Donovan-Season Of The Witch/There Is A Mountain
Keef Hartley-The Time Is Near
Fairport Convention-Matty Groves
Colosseum-Walking In The Park/The Machine Demands A Sacrifice
It's A Beautiful Day-White Bird
...more next week

 

Hour 2 PODCAST 

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 335
There were 61 new singles released on Friday 26th June 1970

Des Champ Orchestra-It Takes A Thief  PAGE ONE POF172
David Bowie-Memory Of A Free Festival  MERCURY 6052 026
Audience-Belladonna Moonshine  CHARISMA CB126
Fotheringay-Peace In The End/Winter Winds  ISLAND WIP6085
Day Costello-Long And Winding Road  SPARK SRL1042
Elton John-Rock And Roll Madonna/Grey Seal  DJM DJS222
Hot Chocolate-Love Is Life  RAK 103
Upsetters-Double Wheel/Haunted House  SPINNING WHEEL SW100
Illusion-Let's Make Each Other Happy  DOT 137
Spencer Mac-Ka Ka Kabya Mow Mow/Blues Up In Down Town  PENNY FARTHING PEN723

Fast Show Clip... George Formby as Prince, to introduce George Formby fan:
Alan Randall-Rich Mans Daughter  PAGE ONE POF173
 

Hour 3 PODCAST

THE NEW SINGLES* issue 335
There were 61 new singles released on Friday 26th June 1970

Mason Williams-Jose's piece  WARNER BROTHERS WB6093
Dr John-Wash Mama Wash  ATLANTIC 2091 019
Johnny Rivers-Into The Mystic  LIBERTY LBF15364
DBM&T-Mr President  FONTANA 6007 022
Critters-Reason To Believe  STATESIDE DUNHILL  SS2172
Flaming Youth-Man Woman and Child/Drifting  FONTANA 6001 002
Monkees-Oh My My  RCA 1958
Pacific Gas and Electric-Are You Ready  CBS S5039
Rick Price-Davey Has No Dad  GEMINI GMS012
Redbone-Crazy Cajun Cakewalk Band  CBS S5061
Rhinocerous-Old Age  ELEKTRA 2101 009
Wild Country-Silent Village  TRAFALGAR TRAF01
Stavely Makepeace-Edna  CONCORD CON008
Stevie Wonder-signed Sealed Delivered  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG744
Emperor Rosco (sic)-Al Capone/Kaiser Bill  TROJAN TR7758

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)