TOWARD THE
UNKNOWN REGION
This was... Chris Bent, in 1968,
playing what were the new singles of that year
on Radio Seagull
onlineevery
Friday and Saturday, midday
and at midnight
overnight on 747Khz in the North of the Netherlands
19 October 2024
on board the LV18, Harwich HarbourFriday
18
October 2024
Progressively older and not quite
so new PODCAST
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Mighty Ra-All Secrets
Known/Freedom (live)
The
Mighty Ra (bandcamp.com)
Dave Francis-First Encounters
Beautiful Insanity | DAVE FRANCIS (bandcamp.com)
Panama Limited-Lady Of Shallot
Trembling Bells-Just As The Rainbow/Bells Of Burford
Groundhogs-I Love You Miss Ogyny
The Wicker Man soundtrack-Maypole
Trees-Sally On The Shore
Dave Francis-When Our Ship Comes In/Town Without Mirrors
There were 51 new singles released on Friday 11
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 249 PODCAST
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Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-Canyons Of Your Mind LIBERTY
LBF15144
Glitter House (Bob Crewe Generation)-Barbarella STATESIDE
SS2129
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band-I'm The Urban Spaceman LIBERTY
LBF15144
Glitter House (Bob Crewe Generation)-Love Drags Me Down/An Angel
Is Love (alternative B sides) STATESIDE SS2129
Don Fardon-The Lament Of The Cherokee Indian Reservation
PYE 7N25475
Eclection-Please/St George ELEKTRA EKSN45042
Eclection-Another Time Another Place ELEKTRA EKSN45040
(scheduled for 20 September 1968 - UNRELEASED)
Eclection-Please (mark II) ELEKTRA EKSN45046 a re recording of
this week's A side, scheduled for 29 November 1968
Francoise Hardy-Will You Love Me Tomorrow UNITED ARTISTS
UP2253
Heath Hampstead-I Started A Joke POLYDOR 56289
Steve Hart-Master Of Man CBS 3732
Fever Tree-San Franciscan Girls MCA MU1043
Who-Magic Bus/Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde TRACK 604024
There were 51 new singles released on Friday 11
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 249 PODCAST
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Frazer Hines-Who's Dr Who/Punch
and Judy Man MAJOR MINOR MM579
Giles Giles and Fripp-Elephant Man/Thursday Morning DERAM
DM210
Tages-Haycyon Days (same tune as Our Fairy Tale by the Herd)
MGM 1443
Gods-Baby's Rich COLUMBIA DB8486
Steve Miller Band-Living In The USA CAPITOL CL15564
Grateful Dead-Born Cross Eyed/Dark Star WARNER BROS
WB7188
Long John Baldry-Mexico PYE17563
Infantes Jubilate-Exploding Galaxy MUSIC FACTORY CUB5
Isley Brothers-This Old Heart Of Mine TAMLA MOTOWN TMG555
14-Frosty Stars On A Window Pane OLGA S051
Kasenatz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus-Quick Joey Small
BUDDAH 201022
Serendipity-Through With You/I'm Flying CBS 3733
Spectrum-Little Red Boat RCA VICTOR 1753
Piccadilly Line-Evenings With Corinna CBS 3743
Who-Magic Bus (full length mono version)
Cherry Smash-Little Old Country Home Town DECCA F12838
Billy Preston-Greazee SOUL CITY SC107 Saturday 19
October 2024There were 55 new singles released on Friday
18
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 250PODCAST MELTING ICE CAPS: Tiny Tim gives these children
nightmares... whilst speaking words of wisdom IN 1968 Tiny Tim-Hello
Hello/The Other Side REPRISE RS20769
Barry Gray-Joe 90 theme PYE
7N17625
United States Of America-Garden Of Earthly Delights/Love Song
For The Dead Che CBS 3745
Davy Graham-Both Sides Now DECCA F12841
Flamma Sherman-Love Is In The Air SNB 55 3769
The Gun-Race With The Devil CBS 3764
Judy Clay and William Bell-Private Number STAX 101
Scaffold-Lily The Pink PARLOPHONE R5734
Booker T and the MG's-Soul Limbo/Heads or Tails STAX 102
The Byrds-I Am A Pilgrim CBS 3752
Big Brother and the Holding Company-Down On Me LONDON
HLT10226
Paul Vigrass-A New Man RCA VICTOR RCA1755
New Christy Minstrels-Chiki Chiki Ban Ban (Japanese version of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) CBS 3758
The Gun-Sunshine CBS 3764There were 55 new singles released on Friday
18
October 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 250PODCAST
City Of Westminster String Band-A Touch Of Velvet and A Sting Of
Brass PYE 7N17620 (previously recorded by the Mood Mosaic)
Max Frost and the Troupers-Shape Of Things To Come CAPITOL
CL15565
Factory-Path Through The Forest (listed as 'halfway through the
forest') MGM 1444
Chambers Brothers-Time Has Come Today (4.45 edit of LP version)
DIRECTION 58 3760
Harsh Reality-Tobacco Ash Sunday PHILIPS BF1710
Blue Cheer-Sun Cycle PHILIPS BF1711
Cats Eyes-I Thank You Marianne DERAM DM209
The Whales-Come Down Little Bird/Beachcomber CBS 3766
Loot-Save Me PAGE ONE POF095
My Dear Watson-Stop Stop I'll Be There PARLOPHONE R5737
The Owl-Shades Of Blue and Gree Water Flies UNITED ARTISTS
UP2240
Peppermint Circus-I Won't Be There/Keeping My Head Above Water
POLYDOR 56288
Margaret Whiting-Can't Get You Out Of My Mind LONDON
HLU10227
Byrds-Pretty Boy Floyd CBS 3752
Val and the V's-Miss You Baby CBS 3753
Stone Graphics with Lisa Strike-Tale Of Long Ago: acetate in
lieu of PARLOPHONE R5735** PODCAST
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Nova Cascade-Sleeping Dogs/Safe Haven/A Walk Along A Canal/The
Navigator
Celtus-Navigator/The Pilgrim/Wide Awake/The Awakening
Hats Off Gentlemen, it's adequate-The Light Of Ancient Mistakes/Avrana
Kern Is Made of Ants/The Requisitioner and The Wonder **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
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
