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This was... Chris Bent (Summer 1971)
RADIO MI AMIGO HARWICH
September 1968The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-06 Hour
1
There were 63 new singles released on Friday 6
September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 244PODCAST
Beatles-Revolution/Hey Jude
APPLE/PARLOPHONE R5722
Deena Webster-Your Heart Is Free Just Like The Wind/Queen Merka
and Me PARLOPHONE R5721
Kaleidoscope-Just How Much You Are/Jenny Artichoke FONTANA TF964
Mary Hopkin-Those Were The Days APPLE 2
Frank Sinatra-Maureen Is A Champ APPLE 1 UNRELEASED
Mary Hopkin-Turn Turn Turn APPLE 2
Jackie Lomax-Sour Milk Sea APPLE 3
John Foster and Son Ltd Black Dyke Mills Band-Yellow Submarine/Thingumybob
APPLE 4
Jackie Lomax-Eagle Laughs At You APPLE 3
Jefferson Airplane-Triad/If You Feel Like China Breaking
RCA VICTOR RCA1736
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation-Roamin' and Ramblin' LIBERTY
LBF15132 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-06 Hour
2
There were 63 new singles released on Friday 6
September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 244 PODCAST
The Band-Weight/I Shall Be
Released CAPITOL CL15559
Paul Nicholas-Where Do I Go POLYDOR 56285
J Vincent Edwards-Aquarius/Hair UNITED ARTISTS UP2236
Bobbi Martin-Harper Valley PTA UNITED ARTISTS UP2251
Sheelah Mack-Harper Valley PTA EMERALD MD1106
Jeannie C Riley-Harper Valley PTA POLYDOR 56748
Raymond Foggatt-Red Balloon (Callow La Vita)/Lost Autumn
POLYDOR 56284
Dave Clark Five-Red Balloon COLUMBIA DB8465
Roger Nicholls and The Small Circle of Friends-Let's Ride
A&M AMS732
Honeybus-Girl Of Independent Means DERAM DM207
The Lion Tamers-Light/Speak Your Mind POLYDOR 56283
Liza Strike (same one who toured Great Gigs In The Sky with Pink
Floyd)-Mr Daddy Man/All's Quiet On West 23rd PARLOPHONE
R5725
Sharon Tandy-He'll Hurt Me/Way She Looks At You ATLANTIC
584214
Family Dogg-Brown Eyed Girl FONTANA TF968
Billy Fury-Phone Box PARLOPHONE R5723
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-13 Hour
1 PODCASTThere were 56 new singles released on Friday
13 September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 245PODCAST Spanky and Our
Gang-Give A Damn MERCURY MF1052
Watch Committee-Now I Think The Other Way PHILIPS BF1695
Tapestry-Florence NEMS 56 3679
Air Chords-Piccolo Man PYE 7N17614
Tony Joe White-Soul Francisco MONUMENT MON1024
Sandie Shaw-Those Were The Days PYE 7N17611
Wendy Craig-Hushabye Mountain PHILIPS BF1704
Cupid's Inspiration-My World/Everything Is Meant To Be
NEMS 56 3702
Tapestry-Like The Sun NEMS 56 3679
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich-The Wreck Of The Marie
Antoinette/Still Life FONTANA TF971
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell-You're All I Need To Get By
TAMLA MOTOWN TMG668
Bob Brady and the Con Chords-Everybody's Goin' To The Love In
BELL BLL1025
Fantastics-Baby Make Your Own Sweet Music MGM 1434
Colourful Seasons-Out Of The Blue/It's Gonna Break My Heart
MGM 1433
Fats Domino-Lady Madonna REPRISE RS20763
Bert Melia-Do You Know The Way To San Jose (in lieu of Yellow
Days DECCA F12828)
Julie Felix with Leonard Cohen (on her BBC2 television
show)-That's No Way To Say Goodbye
Julie Felix-This World Goes Round And Round/That's No Way To Say
Goodbye FONTANA TF969 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-13 Hour
2There were 56 new singles released on Friday
13 September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 245PODCAST
Spooky Tooth-The Weight Radio 1 Top Gear 30 September 1968
Spooky Tooth-Do Right People/The Weight ISLAND WIP6046
Spooky Tooth-The Weight remixed on 13 July 1970 for US A&M LP
'Tobacco Road'
The Big City Blues Of Errol Dixon-Back To The Chicken Shack
DECCA F12826
Tremeloes-My Little Lady/I Miss My Baby CBS 3680
Fortes Mentum-I Can't Go On Loving You/Humdiggle We Love You
PARLOPHONE R5726
Chancery-Daylight Stranger CBS 3703
Grass Roots-Midnight Confessions RCA VICTOR RCA1737
Jigsaw-Mr Job/Great Idea MUSIC FACTORY CUB4
Bobby Paris-Personally POLYDOR 56747
Satin Bells-Da Di Da Da PYE 7N17608
Merillee Rush and the Turnabouts-That Kind Of Woman BELL
BLL1026
Selofane-Chase The Face CBS 3700
Paula Wayne-It's A Happening World RCA VICTOR RCA1738
Sonny and Cher-You Gotta Have A Thing Of Your Own ATLANTIC
584215
Spanky and Our Gang-Swinging Gate MERCURY MF1052
Easybeats-Good Times/Lay Me Down And Die UNITED ARTISTS
UP2243
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-20 Hour
1There were 69 new singles released on Friday
20 September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 246PODCAST Simon Dupree and the
Big Sound (eventually became Gentle Giant)-Thinking About My
Life PARLOPHONE R5727
Joe Cocker-Something's Comin' On (live at Woodstock)
Joe Cocker-A Little Help From My Friends REGAL ZONOPHONE
RZ3013
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound (eventually became Gentle
Giant)-Velvet and Lace PARLOPHONE R5727
Harold McNair-Hipster RCA VICTOR RCA1742
The Avant Garde-Honey and Gall/Naturally Stoned CBS 3704
David Ackles-La Route A Chicago (French version of 'Road To
Cairo')/Down River ELEKTRA EKSN45039
Eclection-Another Time Another Place/Betty Brown ELEKTRA
EKSN45040 UNRELEASED
Amboy Dukes (UK)-He Came To See Me Yesterday POLYDOR 56281
Gilbert O'Sullivan-Came To See Me Yesterday (Gilbert wrote the
above song before he had any success; this is his recording)
Playboy Club Bunnies-Keep The Ball Rollin' DECCA F12832
Peter Sarstedt-Blagged/I Am a Cathedral UNITED ARTISTS
UP2228 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-20 Hour
2There were 69 new singles released on Friday
20 September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 246PODCAST
Love Sculpture-Wang Dang Doodle PARLOPHONE R5731
Procession-Essentially Susan/Every American Citizen
MERCURY MF1053
Showstoppers-Eenie Meenie MGM 1436
Mr Foundation-Timo Oh STUDIO ONE SO2061
The Cables-Baby Why STUDIO ONE SO2060
Cliff Bennett-One More Heartache PARLOPHONE R5728
The Rebel Rousers-Should I FONTANA TF973
The Bunch-Still/Birthday CBS 3692
Tommy James and the Shondells-Do Something To Me ROULETTE
RO500
Marmalade-Wait For Me Mary Anne CBS 3708
The O'Kaysions-Girl Watcher STATESIDE SS2126
Nina Simone-Ain't Go No/ I Got Life RCA VICTOR RCA1743
Morgan James-Let's Ride PHILIPS BF1707
Vic Lewis Orchestra-Sunshine Superman NEMS 56 3712
Philamore Lincoln-Rainy Day/Running By The River NEMS 56
3711
VAMP-Thinkin' Too Much/Floatin' ATLANTIC 584213
Dionne Warwick-There's Always Something There To Remind Me
PYE 7N25474
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The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-27 Hour
1
There were 55 new singles released on Friday 27
September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 247 PODCAST
Jethro Tull-A Song For Jeffrey
ISLAND WIP6043
Chicken Shack-Worried About My Woman BLUE HORIZON 57 3145
Jethro Tull-One For John Gee ISLAND WIP6043
Jethro Tuil-A Song For Jeffrey BBC Radio 1 Top Gear 23 July 1968
Chicken Shack-Six Nights In Seven BLUE HORIZON 57 3145
Turtles-Elenore LONDON HLU10223
Wind In The Willows (with Debbie Harry)-Friendly Lion/Moments
Spent CAPITOL CL15561
Val Bennett-Spanish Harlem TROJAN TR611
Stoics (with Alex Harvey & Frankie Miller)-Search Of The
Sea/Earth Fire Air and Water RCA VICTOR RCA1745
Pop Workshop-Fairyland/When My Little Girl Is Happy PAGE
ONE OF091
Randy Boone-Yellow Road PAGE ONE POF093
Yellow Pages (a.k.a. The Mirage)-Here Comes Jane/Ding Dong Bell
PAGE ONE POF090
(ONE OF TWO CHRISTMAS SONGS)
Dorian Gray-Jingle Down A Hill PARLOPHONE R5732
(ONE OF TWO CHRISTMAS SONGS)
The Troggs-Hip Hip Hooray/Say Darlin' PAGE ONE POF092 The New Singles scheduled for
release 1968-09-27 Hour
2
There were 55 new singles released on Friday 27
September 1968
compiled from THE NEW SINGLES*
issue 247 PODCAST Julie Driscoll Brian Auger and the Trinity-Road To
Cairo/Shadows Of You MARMALADE 598011
Hollies-Listen To Me/Do The Best You Can PARLOPHONE R5733
Graham Nash boards the Marrakesh Express to meet up with David
Crosby and Stephen Stills...
Heptones-Equal Rights COXSONE CS7068
Pioneers-Tickle Me For Days AMALGAMATED AMG826
Cool Sticky-Train To Soulsville AMALGAMATED AMG825
Shades Of Morley Brown-Pretty Blue Bird/Silly Girl MERCURY
MF1054
Fearns Brass Foundry-Now I Taste The Tears DECCA F12635
Lesley Duncan-Lullabye RCA VICTOR RCA1749
Cherry People-Imagination/And Suddenly MGM 1438
Idle Race (with Jeff Lynne)-I Like My Toys LIBERTY LBF15129
UNRELEASED
Love-Your Mind and We Belong Together ELEKTRA EKSN45038
Moving Finger-Pain Of My Misfortune MERCURY MF1051
Ramases and Selket-Crazy One CBS 3717
Mamas and Papas-Strange Young Girls RCA VICTOR RCA1744
Ramases and Selket-Minds Eye CBS 3717
Love-Laughing Stock ELEKTRA EKSN45038
Mamas and Papas-For The Love Of Ivy RCA VICTOR RCA1744
Idle Race-Birthday LIBERTY LBF15129
UNRELEASED
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PLASTIC
PENNY: Quite literally with 'Penny' wearing this transparent plastic
raincoat
Released July 1968 - PAGE ONE
RECORDS POF 079Cream-Pressed Rat And Warthog POLYDOR 56258 Harley Davidson, a MARCH 1968
single from Brigitte Bardot
We Love They, and we want you to
love they too...
It's Summer 1967 and The Stones are singing about pronouns...
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Cat Woman.... with assistant Lesley Gore on Batman singing
California Nights
Men In Tights: Paul Revere and the
Raiders ...released in UK 2nd June 1967
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featuring, not necessarily in this order: UFO-Treacle People
May Blitz-Smoking The Day Away Nick Nicely-Hilly Fields 1892 Senor Coconut y su conjunto-Smoke On The Water Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band-Big Eyed Beans From Venus Rush-One Little Victory/Ceiling Unlimited U2-Night and Day Marillion-GrendelMarillion-Market
Square Heroes/Three Boats Down From The CandySvensk-Dream Magazine Nick Nicely-49 Cigars Nick Drake-Way To Blue Helen Reddy-Angie Baby Van Halen-Fire In The Hole Aphrodites Child-Day Of The Fool Neil Young-A Piece Of Crap Led Zeppelin-Dancing Days T Rex-The Motivator (Demo) The Nice-Azrial revisited/Hang On To a Dream Emerson Lake & Palmer-Trilogy/Still... You Turn Me On The Nice-Azrial/Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack McDonald & Giles-Is She Waiting
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
SINGLESOur '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
