PURE with Howard Thompson

“Move It” (broadcast 8/7/20) John Martyn: She Moves Through The Fair  Chris Isaak: Move Along  Clarence Fountain: You've Got To Move  Billy Bragg: Moving The Goalposts Arctic Monkeys: Don't Sit Down 'cause I've Moved Your Chair  Jimmy Patton: Yah! I'm Movin'  Elizabeth Cook: You Move Too Fast  Etta Britt: Boy You Better Move On Howlin' Wolf: Moving  The "5" Royales: I'd Better Make a Move Elvis Pr...

"The Psychedelic Furs" w/Richard Butler (broadcast 7/31/20) India You'll Be Mine Sister Europe Wrong Train This’ll Never Be Like Love Blacks/Radio Come All Ye Faithful Pretty In Pink The Boy Who Invented Rock & Roll Love My Way Sleep Comes Down Turn Your Back On Me Heaven The Ghost In You Tiny Hands Don’t Believe Heartbreak Beat  Ash Wednesday  Until She Comes Valentine  Hide the Medicine  Lov...

“Gary Lucas” (broadcast 10/21/22) Wild Rumpus: Kazan  Gary Lucas: Fool's Cap  Gary Lucas & Gods And Monsters: Follow  Skip James: I'm So Glad  Fleetwood Mac: Love That Burns  Gary Lucas' Gods And Monsters: Whirlygig  Gary Lucas: One Man's Meat (ft. David Johansen)  Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Electricity  Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Ice Cream For Crow  Gary Lucas: Flavo...

“Love & Hate” (broadcast 2/1/5/13) Danny Gatton: Funky Mama Rolling Stones: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love Big Three Trio: Violent Love Genya Ravan: I Hate Myself Fleetwood Mac: Need Your Love So Bad Johnny Rivers: Turn On Your Lovelight Little Walter: Hate To See You Go Culture: Love Shine Brighter Barrington Levy: Love the Life You Live June Lodge: Someone Loves You Honey Julee Cruise: Mys...

"Thunder & Lightning" (broadcast 3/21/25) Man: The Thunder And Lightning Kid Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps: Pink Thunderbird Huw Gower: Lightning over Montauk Chuck Prophet: First Came the Thunder Lonnie Mack: Strike Like Lightning The Spanner Big Band: Theme from “Thunderbirds” David Bowie: Lightning Frightening Audience: Thunder And Lightnin’ Mungo's Hi-Fi: Thunderclap Dub Willie Nelson:...

“Miriam” (broadcast 3/17/23) Gino Washington: Out Of This World Little Ike: She Can Rock  Dion & The Wanderers: Wake Up Baby  Mary Weiss: My Heart Is Beating Mighty El Dukes: Walking Beside You  Andre Williams: The Monkey Speaks His Mind The Delcos: Arabia  Patterns: Late Late Show                                                                               The Knights of the Round Table: Big...

"I Love LA" (broadcast 3/16/18) Professor Longhair & The Blue Scholars: Tipitina  Guitar Slim & His Band: The Things That I Used To Do   Clarence Garlow: Crawfishin' Lloyd Price: Where You At ? Earl King: Those Lonely, Lonely Nights  Smiley Lewis: I Hear You Knocking Li'l Millet & His Creoles: Rich Woman  Roy Montrell: (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone  Huey Smith & The Clo...

"Reggae Got Soul" (broadcast 2/19/21) The Carib Beats: People Get Ready The Chosen Few: Shaft Dr. Alimantado: Sitting In The Park Cornell Campbell: My Country Marcia Griffiths: The First Time Ever Saw You Derrick Harriott & The Chosen Few: Message From A Blackman Billy Jack: Let's Work Together Barry Biggs: Sideshow Gene Rondo: Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye Winston Francis: Chain Gang The Techn...

"Buddy Holly Never Fade Away" (broadcast 2/3/23) Buddy Holly: Not Fade Away  Dion: Oh, Boy! Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes: Rock Around With Ollie Vee  Buddy Holly: That'll Be The Day News Announcement: KLLL Lubbock TX  Graham Nash: Raining In My Heart Imelda May: I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love Buddy & Bob: Down The Line Sandy Denny: Learning The Game [Demo] Carl Perkins: I'm Gonna Set My Fo...

"Bruce" (broadcast 1/21/22) Michael Rother & Vittoria Maccabruni: Codrive Me  Hen Ogledd: Starwisp  Koma Saxo with Sofia Jernberg: Koma Krig  Lou Reed: Perfect Day (Demo - Takes 1 & 2)  Robyn Hitchcock: Candy And A Currant Bun NY Psych mix  The Moon Invaders: Ride On Donkey  King Princess & Fousheé: Little Bother  Mamas Gun: Looking For Moses  Joey Quinones: For You Ken Parker: Jimmy B...

"Crocs ‘n ‘Gators" (broadcast 7/7/17) Tuxedomoon & Cult With No Name: Alligator Briefcase  Auren: Crocodile  Jimmy Newman: Alligator Man  Janis Ian: Crocodile Song The Balham Alligators: Alligators Grinning  Harry Shearer: When the Crocodile Cries  Curve: Alligators Getting Up  Abdoulaye Diakite, Mamadou Sidibe & Sogoni Drummers: Bamaba (Male Crocodile) Paul Gilbert: Alligator Farm  Thee V...

"The Cramps" (broadcast 9/14/12) Fat Daddy Holmes: Where Yo Is The Cramps: Domino The Premiers: Firewater The Cramps: The Natives Are Restless The Kingpins: Ungauau Part One The Cramps: Fever Julie London: Yummy, Yummy, Yummy The Cramps: Strange Love Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Moanin' The Cramps: The Way I Walk  The Revels: Intoxica  The Cramps: Human Fly Film Trailer: All Women Are Bad!  The Cramps:...

"Cheat & Lie" (broadcast 8/5/14) Ken Woodman & His Picadilly Brass: Cheat & Lie  The Mavericks: Lies  Carrie Underwood: Before He Cheats Ray Price: Jealous Lies  The Stanley Brothers: Don’t Cheat In Our Hometown The Lone Sharks: Which Lie To Tell The Lone Sharks: That's What Cheaters Do Dale Watson & His Lone Stars: I Lie When I Drink  Randy Travis: Reasons I Cheat  B.B. King: Don'...

"Country Soul" (broadcast 8/1/14) Gladys Knight & The Pips: Help Me Make It Through The Night  Percy Sledge: He’ll Have to Go  Joe Hinton: Funny (How Time Slips Away)  Al Green: For the Good Times  Little Esther Phillips: Release Me Ted Taylor: I'll Release You Barbara Lynn: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Arthur Alexander: Detroit City  Betty Willis: Act Naturally David Ruffin: Statue Of A Fool D...

“Some Summer” (broadcast 7/17/15) Billy Swan: I Can Help  Billy Swan: Don't Be Cruel  Billy Swan: Summer Wind  Hillary Bratton: Times Square Gene Casey: Guitar in the Rain  Keith Richards: Trouble Inner Circle: Tenement Yard [feat Chronixx]  Quarter Street: Diferente  John Ginty Ball Of Fire: Eddie Cotton: Ego At Your Door D.A. Foster: The Real Thing  Golden Earring: Twilight Zone  War On Drugs: U...

“Selecta’s Choice” (broadcast 6/21/13) Republica: Ready To Go                               Leslie Day/The Prissteens: PURE ID   The Prissteens: Going Out Tonight   Eddie Cochran: Somethin' Else   Iggy Pop: Bang Bang   The Tornados: Earthy  Ian McNabb: Go Into The Light                        New Radicals: You Get What You Give           Flowered Up: Weekender                               Ellen F...

"The Hamell On Trial Show" (broadcast 4/18/14)

“Cadillac” (broadcast 6/19/20) Roseanne Cash: Black Cadillac  Bo Diddley: Cadillac Jerry McCain & His Upstarts: Courtin' In A Cadillac Drive-By Truckers: Carl Perkins' Cadillac Rickie Lee Jones: Elvis Cadillac The Jesters: Cadillac Man Aggie Dukes: Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Part 1) Joe Brown: No Cadillac Gene Casey And The Lone Sharks: Cadillac for Sale Tom Waits: Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadil...

“1965” (broadcast 10/20/17) Sun Ra: Heliocentric The Zombies: She's Not There Marvin Gaye: Pretty Little Baby The Animals: We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place The Beach Boys: Please Let Me Wonder The Fortunes: You've Got Your Troubles Johnny Bond: Ten Little Bottles The Yardbirds: For Your Love Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames: Yeh, Yeh J.B. Lenoir: Alabama Blues...

“Happy 87th Birthday, Chuck” (broadcast 10/18/13) Chuck Berry: Woodpecker (Instrumental)  Bob Corr Skiffle: School Days  Carson City Playboys: Nadine (Is It You)  Chuck Berry: Let's Do Our Thing Together  Johnny Rivers: Memphis  Jerry Lee Lewis: No Particular Place To Go  Chuck Berry: I'm In The Danger Zone  Rockpile: Oh What A Thrill  The Lovin' Spoonful: Almost Grown  Chuck Berry: Have Mercy Jud...

“Me Love You Long Time” (broadcast 9/25/14) Béla Fleck, Jie-Bing Chen & V.M. Bhatt: CarukeśI 6:39 Big Jim Sullivan: Sunshine Superman 3:23 Randy Newman: Korean Parents 3:26 Alex Chilton: Bangkok 1:58  Ananda Shankar: Jumpin' Jack Flash 3:37 Reiko Ohara: Peacock Baby 2:47 Screamin' Jay Hawkins: Hong Kong 2:19 Bruce Anderson & Rich Stim: Calcutta Cutaway 2:22 Burma Orchestra Saing Waing: I...

Ian comes to WPKN, plays his 10 favourite tracks and I play my favourite Hunter/Mott songs... (broadcast 9/20/13)

“1980” (broadcast 11/4/16) The Korgis: Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime  Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Riot Act        Siouxsie & The Banshees: Christine  Terry Allen: Red Bird  Davitt Sigerson: I Never Fall in Love  Prince: When You Were Mine George Jones: He Stopped Loving Her Today  Social Climbers: Taipei  Sheila: Spacer  Talking Heads: Once In a Lifetime  impLOG: Breakfast  Wild...

"1964" (broadcast 4/5/24) The Beatles: Any Time At All  Joe Cocker: I’ll Cry Instead   Dave Berry: Crying Game   Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come  Sandie Shaw: (There’s) Always Something There To Remind Me John Lee Hooker: Queen Bee   Steve Aldo: Baby What You Want Me To Do  Bob & Earl: Harlem Shuffle Manfred Mann: 5,4,3,2,1   The Shangri-Las: Remember (Walkin' In The Sand)  The Nashville Tee...