TOWARD THE UNKNOWN REGION

This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)

on Radio Seagull online every Friday and Saturday, midday and at midnight
 on 1476Khz and various AM frequencies in Netherlands
on CWR 1476Khz Leicestershire every Friday, Saturday & Sunday evening 6.00-8.00pm
1476 WEBCAST: Carillon Wellbeing Radio

15-17 July 2022

 

Seagull:
FRIDAY: One hour of (prog) rock; Two hours of 1977; HOURS 1-3

SATURDAY: Two Hours of 1972; One hour of rock and exotica HOURS 4-6

 

CWR 1476:

FRIDAY: 1972 HOURS 4+5
SATURDAY: Rock HOURS 1+6
SUNDAY: 1977 HOURS 2+3

 

with Pat McManus & Andy Stoddart, St Patrick's Day 2022, Wolverhampton

Hour 1
 PODCAST (r)
Hats Off Gentlemen-Back Where I Started/I Still Remember You
Spriggan Mist-Dance Of Pan/Gypsy Witch
Pat McManus Band-Stone Cold Sober/Crystal Sky/His Soul Remains With Me/Belfast Boy
Stuckfish-Different Ways
Emerald Dawn-Shadow In Light
 

Hour 2

45 years ago: There were 54 new singles released on Friday 15 July 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 682
 PODCAST
Rod Stewart-Mandolin Wind  MERCURY 6160 007
Eric Donaldson-Sweet Jamaica  DYNAMIC DYN130
Horslips-Power and the Glory  DJM DJS10792
Easy Street-Rely On You  POLYDOR 2058 901
Grace Jones-I Need A Man  POLYDOR 2058 898
Joan Baez-I'm Blowin' Away  PORTRAIT PRT5442
Biddu Orchestra-Soul Coaxing  EPIC EPC5416
Andy Fairweather Low-Hot Poop/Shimmie Doo Wah Sae  A&M AMS7303
Blonde On Blonde-Subway  CHRYSALIS CHS2158
Eagles-Life In The Fast Lane  ASYLUM K13085
Tiger Sue-Kickaway My Blues  PINNACLE P8447
Bryan Blackburn-Lou Steele  PYE 7N46705
Bobby Crush-Chinese Bicycle  PHILIPS 6006 537
 

Hour 3

45 years ago: There were 54 new singles released on Friday 15 July 1977

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 682
  PODCAST
Rod Stewart-Sweet Little Rock and Roller  MERCURY 6160 007
Waylon Jennings-Belle Of The Ball  RCA PB0924
Starz-Subway Terro/Sing It Shout It  CAPITOL CL15932
Horslips-Sir Festus Burke  DJM DJS10792
John Forde-Star Dance  EMI 2656
Van Morrison-Joyous Sound  WARNER K16985
Linda Ronstadt-It Doesn't Matter Any More/Different Drum  CAPITOL CL15932
Ramones-Let's Dance  SIRE 6078 607
Pam Hall-About To Lose My Mind  CACTUS CT107
Slickers-St Jago De La Vega  DYNAMIC DYN129
New York Port Authority-I Got It  INVICTUS INV5312
Jam-All Around The World  POLYDOR 2058 903
Marmalade-Mystery Has Gone  TARGET TG136
Chris White-medley of his tunes including the single released this week 'Child Of The Sun' CHARISMA CB3903**

 

Hour 4

50 years ago: There were 55 new singles released on Friday 14 July 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 433
 PODCAST
Joe Cocker & Chris Stainton Band-Midnight Rider  CUBE BUG25
Osibisa-Agoro  MCA MKS5093
Huddersfield Transit Authority-One Of The All Time Grates/Different Drum  POLYDOR 2001 344
Vikki Carr-The Big Hurt  CBS 8239
Seashells-Maybe I Know  CBS 8218
Boones Farm-If You Can't Be My Woman  CBS 8212
Allan Clarke-You're Losing Me  RCA 2244
Laurel Aitken-Pretty Face In The Market Place  COLUMBIA DB8912
Art Gentry-Breakthrough  MOJO 2092 048
Annie Ross-Straight On Till Morning  COLUMBIA DB8912 (we played the original movie trailer)
Norman Haines-Give To You Girl/Elaine  PARLOPHONE R5960
Bond & Brown-Milk Is Turning Sour In My Shoes  GREENWICH GRAMOPHONE COMPANY GSS104
Osibisa-Wango Wango  MCA MKS5093
 

Hour 5

50 years ago: There were 55 new singles released on Friday 14 July 1972

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 433

 PODCAST
Peddlers-Back Alley Jane/Nothing Sacred  PHILIPS 6006 223
Tony Mansell Singers-Detectives Lot (from the film Rentadick)  JAM 17
Ferrante & Teicher-Love Theme from The Godfather  UNITED ARTISTS UP35351
Roger Williams-Love Them from The Godfather  MCA MU1153
Dave Edmonds-Down Down Down  REGAL ZONOPHONE RZ3059
Bond & Brown-Lost Tribe  GREENWICH GRAMOPHONE COMPANY GSS104
Joe Cocker & Chris Stainton Band-Woman To Woman  CUBE BUG25
Four Tops-Walk With Me  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG823
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway-Where Is The Love  ATLANTIC K10202
Irma Thomas-Time Is On My Side  UNITED ARTISTS UP35402
Wigwam-Naughty Naughty  RCA 2243
Buddy Guy-Honeydripper  ATLANTIC K10195
Bobby Whitlock-Ease Your Pain  CBS 8242
Heritage-Poor Soul  MAM 82
Johnny Cash-Kate  CBS 8036
Tranquility-Saying Goodbye  EPIC EPC 8243
 

Hour 6

 PODCAST (R)

England, with their 1977 LP: Garden Shed
Midnight Madness
All Alone
Three Piece Suite
Paraffinalea
Yellow
Poisoned Youth
Three Piece Suite (original 1976 version)

Erik Neuteboom, official prog archives, writes:
"Their debut LP is one of the finest 24 carat progrock albums I've ever heard... with strong echoes of Genesis and Yes"

 

Hour 7 (r) 1476 only, Saturday 1800-1900

 PODCAST

Focus at the BBC in Concert, introduced by Bob Harris, 17 January 1973 BBC Paris Theatre, London
 

Hour 8 (r) 1476 only, Saturday 1900-2000

 PODCAST

Focus Live  Japan & Netherlands

 

**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

 

 

 

Our 'sticky thread' video for 2022: The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds

The sleeve advises: MUST BE PLAYED IN THE DARK

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)