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

08  February 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

 

Saturday 08 February 2025
 

There were 54 new singles released on Friday 7 February 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 265 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Turtles-You Showed Me/Buzz Saw  LONDON HLU10251
Young Blood-Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (printed in The New Singles as 'Buffalo Bill')  PYE 7N17696
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound-Broken Hearted Pirates/She Gave Me The Sun  PARLOPHONE R5757
Don Partridge-Breakfast On Pluto  COLUMBIA DB8538
Melanie-I'm Back In Town/Bo Bo's Party  BUDDAH 201028
Zen-Hair/Aquarius  PHILIPS BF1746
Archies-Feelin' So Good  RCA VICTOR RCA1787
White Trash (repressed versions name group as 'Trash')-Road To Nowhere/Illusions  APPLE 5
Tommy McCook and the Supersonics-Breaking Up  TROJAN TR642
The Bedrocks-Lovedene Girls  COLUMBIA DB8539
Ayshea (Brough, Lift Off)-Taking The Sun From My Eyes (early Elton John/Bernie Taupin composition)

Elton John acetate-Taking The Sun From My Eyes

 

There were 54 new singles released on Friday 7 February 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 265 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST

Earth Opera-When You Were Full Of Wonder  ELEKTRA EKSN45049
The Misunderstood-Children Of The Sun/I Unseen  FONTANA TF998

Earth Opera-American Eagle Tragedy  ELEKTRA EKSN45049

The Squires-Games People Play  MCA MU1060
Everything Is Everything-Witchi Tai To  VANGUARD VA1
The Daisy Clan-Friends  MCA MU1057
Clodagh Rodgers-Come Back and Shake Me  RCA VICTOR RCA1792
Marvin Gaye-I Heard It Through The Grapevine  TAMLA MOTOWN TMG686
Cherry Smash-Green Plant/Fade Away Maureen  DECCA F12884
Barry Ryan-Love Is Love  MGM 1464
Ian Green Revelation-Santa Maria  CBS 3997
UK Jones-And The Rains Came Down  DERAM DM231
Mr Most-Rush Wood  DOWN TOWN DT409
The Illusive Dream ('Elusive' printed in The New Singles laflet)-Electric Garden/Back Again  RCA VICTOR RCA1792
Love Affair-One Road  CBS 3994

Jay and the Americans-This Magic Moment  UNITED ARTISTS UP2268 almost unplayable corrupt file**
 

   PODCAST

Irene Papas & Vangelis-40 Young Men
UFO-Treacle People
(Irene Papas &) Vangelis-Dance Of Fire
Foxpalmer-Bootleg Tour 2024
Irene Papas & Vangelis-The River
Sahra Halgan-Sharaf
Captain Beefheart-Upon The My Oh My
Doug Wood Band-Drag Racer
David Holmes-I Heard Wonders
Pink Floyd (John Peel's In Concert, 30 September 1971)-Embryo

 

 

Friday 7 February 2025

 

KLAATOONS

   PODCAST

Klaatu, Dee Long, and Sir Rupert Perry (Head of A&R Capitol Records, Chairman of EMI Europe)

 

There were 69 new singles released on Friday 31 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 264 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST
Status Quo-Make Me Stay A Bit Longer  PYE 7N17665
Caterina Valente & Edmundo Ros-Hare Krishna (Be In)  DECCA F12881 (although little aural evidence of Caterina)
Amen Corner-(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice  IMMEDIATE IM073
Doors-Wild Child  ELEKTRA EKSN45048

Status Quo-Auntie Nellie  PYE 7N17665
Doors-Touch Me  ELEKTRA EKSN45048
Dandy and the Dreamers-Reggae In Your Jeggae  DOWNTOWN DT410
Locomotive-There's Got To Be A Way/Mr Armageddan  PARLOPHONE R5758
Bob & Earl-Harlem Shuffle  ISLAN WIP6053
1984-This Little Boy  TRANSATLANTIC BIG T 117
Jeannie C Riley-The Girl Most Likely  POLYDOR 56756
Johnny Cash-Daddy Sang Bass  CBS 3878
Lonnie Mack-Why  ELEKTRA EKSN45044
Larry & Alvin-Love Got Me  COXSONE CS7081
Californians-Mandy  FONTANA TF991
Jon Plum-Alice  SNB 55 3971
Peter Sulley-My Idea  POLYDOR 56291

 

There were 69 new singles released on Friday 31 January 1969

compiled from THE NEW SINGLES* issue 264 (revisited and expanded)

  PODCAST
Peter Sulley-Evil Woman  POLYDOR 56291
Three Dog Night-Nobody  STATESIDE DUNHILL  SS8008
(Rhinoceros-Apricot Brandy, used as theme to BBC Radio 1 'What's New' review of the New Singles)
Listen to this episode: Annie Nightingale 'What's New' Radio One 17th December 1970

Mike Curtis-Turn Her Away COLUMBIA DB8533
Wild Silk-Plaster Sky  COLUMBIA DB8534
Shadows Of Knight-Shake/From Way Out To Way Under  BUDDAH 201024
Camaleonti-Applausi (English language version was 'Applause')  CBS 3968
Paul Nicholas, Oliver Tobias and the Company-Hair  POLYDO 56301
Whistling Willie-Penny Reel  DUKE DU8
Joe South-Games People Play  CAPITOL CL15579
Branko Miller-Candy  CBS 3955
We 4-Candy Floss Man  MAJOR MINOR MM593
Mixed Bag-Million Dollar Bash  DECCA F12880
Silver with the Magnets-Baby Oh Yea  JOLLY JY006
Patsy Todd-We Were Lovers  HIGH NOTE HS012
Kingstonians-Sufferer  BIG SHOT BI508
David Reilly-Nothing Else To Say  RCA VICTOR RCA1786
First Edition (without any mention of Kenny Rogers, although he is clearly the vocalist)-But You Know I Love You  REPRISE RS20799
Dillards-Reason To Believe  ELEKTRA EKSN45050
Tapestry-Who Wants Happiness  NEMS 56 3964

 

 

Listen to this complete 4 hour short wave 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 received 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:  
The Ultimate Recordings List (probably)