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 on DAB+ in Brighton, Edinburgh and Central London

11 January 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

 

Saturday 11 January 2025
 

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 10 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 261 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Neil MacArthur (Colin Blunstone)-She's Not There  DERAM DM225
Saker-Hey Joe  PARLOPHONE R5752
Heavy Jelly-I Keep Singing That Same Old Song  ISLAND WIP6049 (with an edge warp bulge) Heavy Jelly were Skip Bifferty

Peter Sarstedt-Step Into The Candle Light/Morning Mountain/Where Do You Go To My Lovely (with additional lyrics compared to mono 45)  UNITED ARTISTS UP2262
Heavy Jelly-Blue  ISLAND WIP6049 (with an edge warp bulge)

Gary Walker and the Rain-Francis/Come In You'll Get Pneumonia  PHILIPS BF1740
Beat Stalkers-When I'm Five (Bowie composition)/Little Boy (Reg King composition, The Action)  CBS 3936
Tinkerbell's Fairy Dust-Follow Me Follow  DECCA F12865
Vera Lynn-Goodnight (Lennon and McCartney, as sung by Ringo on the White Album)  COLUMBIA DB8529
Tinkerbell's Fairy Dust-Sheila's Back In Town  DECCA F12865
The Daly's-Early Morning Rain  FONTANA TF988
 

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 10 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 261 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Chambers Brothers-I Can't Turn You Loose  DIRECTION 58 3865
Cartoone-Knick Knack Man/A Penny For The Sun  ATLANTIC 584240
Consortium-All The Love In The World  PYE 7N17635
Clancy Eccles-Sweet Africa  TROJAN TR639
Jackie Mittoo and the Soul Vendors-Drum Song  STUDIO ONE SO2070
Dandy-Tell Me Darling  DOWN TOWN DT404
Tiny Tim-Great Balls Of Fire  REPRISE RS20802
Brooklyn Bridge-Worst That Could Happen  BUDDAH 201029
Tommy James and the Shondells-Crimson and Clover  ROULETTE RO502
John Surman-Carnival (Don't Stop The Carnival)  DERAM DM224
Teddy Charmes-I Want It Girl  BLUE CAT BS141
Nina Simone-To Love Somebody  RCA VICTOR RCA1779
Tiny Tim-As Time Goes By  REPRISE RS20802
Heavy Jelly-I Keep Singing That Same Old Song  (Electric Guitar mix from Nice Enough To Eat Island Sampler LP)

 

There were 58 new singles released on Friday 10 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 261 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Techniques-Man Of My Word  DUKE DU6

Nirvana-Wings Of Love  ISLAND WIP6052
Sly and the Family Stone-Every Day People  DIRECTION 58 3938
Nirvana-Requiem To John Coltrane  ISLAND WIP6052
Saker-Constantly  PARLOPHONE R5752
Strangeloves-Honey Do It  LONDON HLK10238
Andy Kim-Rainbow Ride  DOT DT118
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas-Dancing In The Street  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG684
Isley Brothers-I Guess I'll Always Love You  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG683
Gentle Influence-Easy To Love/Never Trust In Tomorrow  PYE 7N17656
Five Penny Piece-Riding Free  COLUMBIA DB8527
Caravan-Ride  VERVE VS1518 (B side from last week - 3 January 1969)

BBC Radio One Sounds Of The Seventies 15 January 1971
IF live: Your City Is Falling/I Couldn't Write and Tell You/Sunday Sad/Tarmac T Pirate And The Lonesome Nymphomaniac

 

 

Friday 10 January 2025

There were 57 new singles released on Friday 3 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 260 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Boris Gardner-Bobby Socks To Stockings  HIGH NOTE HS010
Dee Mullins-Continuing Sory Of Harper Valley PTA  POLYDOR 56754
SRC-Black Sheep  CAPITOL CL15576
Caravan-Ride 1999 (extended 7+ minute mix with audio glitches)

 

Huis-Chaos/Paralyzed/Westminster Bridge/Requiem For The Last One
Sweet-Wig Wam Bam

 

 

There were 57 new singles released on Friday 3 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 260 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Cream-White Room  POLYDOR 56300
Caravan-A Place Of My Own  VERVE VS1518
Cream-Those Were The Days  POLYDOR 56300
Joseph Consortium-Close Every Door/Coat Of Many Colours  DECCA F12866
Opal Butterfly-My Gration Or/Mary Anne With The Shaky Hand  CBS 3921
Nina Simone-I Put A Spell On You/Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood  PHILIPS BF1736
Eric Burdon and the Animals-I Am An Animal/Ring Of Fire  MGM 1401
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell-You Ain't Llivin' Until You're Lovin'  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG681
BJ Thomas-Hooked On A Feeling  PYE 7N25481
Velvett Fogg-Telstar 69  PYE 7N17673
Termites-Push Push  NU BEAT NB017
Soul Vendors-Reggae Rumble  STUDIO ONE SO2069

 

There were 57 new singles released on Friday 3 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 260 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Ameil Mondie-Mullo Reggae/Life Line  BLUE CAT BS143
Jimmy Scott-Ob La Di Ob La Da Story  REVOLUTION REV002
Young Holt Unlimited-Soulful Strut  MCA MU1053
Hubert Thomas Valverde and the HT's-We Don't Care  SNB 55 3932
Woody Kern-Biography/Tell You I'm Gone  PYE 7N17672Wayne Faro's Schmaltz Band-There's Still Time  DERAM DM222
Anthony and the Imperials-Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)  UNITED ARTISTS UP2260
Wayne Faro's Schmaltz Band-Give It Time  DERAM DM222
Grass Roots-Bella Linda  STATESIDE DUNHILL SS8006
Lee Vanderbilt-Some Girls Do  UNITED ARTISTS UP2261
Junior Soul-Chattie Chattie  BIG SHOT BI503
Toby Twirl-Movin' In/Utopia Day Dream  DECCA F12867
Troubadours Du Roi Baudoin-Sanctus  PHILIPS BF1732
The Coins-Love Power  TOAST TT513
Drumbago-Dulcemania  TROJAN TR638
Wilson Pickett and Duane Allman-Hey Jude  ATLANTIC 584236
Boris Gardner-Bobby Socks To Stockings  HIGH NOTE HS010

 

 

 

CLICK HERE to Listen to the complete 4 hour broadcast as received in the UK:

http://www.towardtheunknownregion.com/9290/9290.mp3 
Chris Bent, Radio Seagull on 9290 Khz from Riga, Latvia, in 2003 - This 238 minute atmospheric recording was kindly made at Imagination Towers, Staffordshire, by the legendary and sadly missed Rob Leighton.

 
Plastic Penny

 

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:  
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