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

27 (no programme on boxing day) DECEMBER 2025

on board the LV18, Harwich Harbour

 

1969
There were 2996 singles released in 1969
Here are just some of them:
 

BROADCAST ON 20th DECEMBER:

Hour 1 PODCAST

Keith Mansfield Orchestra-Soul Thing
Aphrodites Child-Let Me Love Let Me Live
Judy Carne-Sock It To Me
Tiny Tim-Mickey The Monkey
Monkees-Mommy and Daddy
Loot-Try To Keep It A Secret

The Goodees-Condition Red
Kasenetz Katz Singing Orchestral Circus-We Can Work It Out
Martha Velez-Tell Mama
Neon Philharmonic-Morning Girl/Brilliant Colours
Arbors-Touch Me/The Letter
Friends Of Distinction-Grazing In The Grass
Samantha Jones-Today Without You
Leonard Nimoy-Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
Girl Satchmo-Take You For A Ride
Trash-Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
Orange Bicycle-You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight
La Di Da Band-Come Together
Cher-I Walk On Gilded Splinters/For What It's Worth

 

Hour 2 PODCAST

Ronnie Aldrich Orchestra-Ride My Seesaw
Spanky and our Gang-Leopard Skin Phones
Parking Lot-Carpet Man
Bimbi Worrick-Long Time Coming
Crosby Stills and Nash-Long Time Gone
Buffalo Springfield-Pretty Girl Why?
Otillie Patterson-Spring Song
Flaming Youth (with Phil Collins)-From Now On (Immortal Invisible)
The Quiet World Of Lea & John (Hackett, with brother Steve on guitar)-Miss Whittington
Genesis-Where The Sour Turns To Sweet
Yes-Something's Coming
Eric Burdon and the Animals-Ring Of Fire

Caravan-Place Of My Own
Sweet-Lollipop Man
John Holt-Ali Baba
Manfred Mann-A 'B' Side

Hour 3 PODCAST

Mia Farrow-Rosemary's Baby
Spike Milligan-Q5 Piano Theme
Rhinocerous-Apricot Brandy
Great Awakening-Amazing Grace
Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love (mono single edit on ATCO records)
Man-Sudden Life
Kippington Lodge-In My Life
Chords Five-Some People
Justine-Clown
Leslie West/Mountain-This Wheels On Fire
Gilbert (O'Sullivan)-Mr Moody's Garden
Troubadours du Roi Baudoins-Sanctus (from the film IF)
Fleetwood Mac-Man Of The World
Ten Years After-Hear Me Calling
Fire-Round The Gum Tree
Spirit-I Got A Line On You
Episode Six-Mozart versus The Rest
Nina Simone-Save Me
Nina & John Barry Orchestra-Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown
Bee Gees-First Of May

 

BROADCAST ON 27th DECEMBER:

Hour 4 PODCAST

Second City Sound-A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass
Elton John-Lady Samantha
Locomotive-Overture/Mr Armageddan
Monkees-Daddy's Song
Jethro Tull-Sweet Dream
Kinks-Shangrila
Alex Harvey-Roman Wall Blues
Blonde on Blonde-Country Life
Chicken Shack-I'd Rather Go Blind
Cartoone-Knick Knack Man

Harry J Allstars-Liquidator
Chris Andrews-Pretty Belinda
Idle Race-Come With Me
Chuckles-Never Never
Eric Burdon and the Animals-River Deep Mountain High

 

Hour 5 PODCAST

Ambrose Slade-Genesis
MC5-Kick Out The Jams
Mott The Hoople-Rock and Roll Queen
Neil MacArthur-She's Not There
Egg-Seven Is A Jolly Good Time
Nazz-Under The Ice/Not Wrong Long
Wallace Collection-Daydream
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell-You Ain't Livin' 'til You're Lovin'
Andwellas Dream-Midday Sun
Mercy-Love Can Make You Happy
Grass Roots-I'd Wait A Million Years (with morse code)
Mandrake Paddle Steamer-Strange Walking Man
Lesley Duncan-Sing Children Sing
Michael d'Abo-See The Little People (from withdrawn Gullivers Travels)
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre-Lament For The Earth
 

Hour 6 PODCAST

Elephants Memory-Old Man Willow
Sound Dimension-Time Is Tight
Doors-Wishful Sinful (US mono promo single)
Annabel Leventon-Easy To Be Hard
Cowsills-Hair/The Prophecy of Daniel and John the Divine (666 - the number of the beast)
John Fred and his Playboy Band-Silly Sarah Carter (eating on a moon pie)
Argosy-Mr Boyd (May I See Your Daughter)
Marvelettes-Reaching For Something I Can't Have
Tina Tott-Burning In The Background Of My Mind
Troye Keyes-Love Explosion
The High-Long Live The High (with mellotron)
Exception-Pendulum
Flying Machine-Smile A Little Smile For Me
Groop-When The Weekends Over (the jet song)
Judy Collins-Pretty Polly

 

 

Hour 7 PODCAST

Steamhammer-Autumn Song
Guess Who-Undun/These Eyes
Lulu-Oh Me Oh My (I'm A Fool For You Baby)
Casuals-Caroline
Trapeze-No More Letters
Rascals-See
William Truckaway-Blue Greens On The Wing
Turtles-You Don't Have To Walk In The Rain
Arrival-Friends
Tyrannosaurus Rex-King Of The Rumbling Spires
Free-I'll Be Creeping
King Crimson-Court Of The Crimson King (part 2)
Spooky Tooth-Son Of Your Father
Canned Heat-Going Up The Country
Love Sculpture-Farandole
Booker T and the MGs-Horse

 

Hour 8 PODCAST

Nite People-Creme Tea
Fleur De Lys-You're Just A Liar
Desmond Dekker and the Aces-It Mek
Kathe Green-If You Ever Change Your Mind
Cat Stevens-Where Are You
Lemon Men-I've Seen You Cut Lemons
Left Side-Welcome To My House
Clear Light-She's Ready To Be Free
Bulldog Breed-Portcullis Gate
Jennie Darren and the Second City Sound-River Deep Mountain High
Youngbloods-Get Together
Trixons-Just Another Song
Trader Horne-Morning Way
Leviathan-Remember The Time
Love Children-Easy Squeezy
Led Zeppelin-Livin' Lovin' Maid

 

 

FOR BROADCAST ON FRIDAY 2nd January (only) -

 

To be recorded: 1967 Magical Mystery Tour which, in the UK, was a double pack of singles which charted on theUK SINGLES TOP 30. Mono and Stereo mixes + we'll play the USA Magical Mystery Tour LP where side two features the A and B sides of the Beatles 1967 singles.

 

Splendid! The story begins right here on Christmas Eve, or Christmas Day...

 

THEN, on Seagull, I was hoping to go back to 1966 in 2026. The first week of releases (issue 107, 7 January 1966)  is ready to be included in a programme. However, life and time will not immediately allow this. So, we will continue with revised recordings for 1970. They were recorded in the weeks leading up to lockdown in 2020. Something to very much look forward to will be when Les Newman joins in, from the news room. In our heads it will be the end of March before Boris declares that we must return to our homes. 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, then in 2027 we'll cover those months of 1966 that we will have missed...

 

Meanwhile, on Mi Amigo radio from the LV18 anchored at Harwich, we begin playing The New Singles for 1968...

 

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)