PURE with Howard Thompson

“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: Under The Pressure
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Funeral 
Paul Simon & Marc Anthony: Summer Satin Nights
Charlie Parker: Summertime
Patti Smith: Summer Cannibals
T. Rex: Summertime Blues
MX-80 Sound: Summer ’77
James Brown (w/Martha High): Summertime
Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys: Summertime is Past and Gone
Bert Jansch: Summer Heat
Love Sculpture: Summertime
The Sensible Gray Cells: English Summer
The Who: Summertime Blues (studio vers.)
The Flying Lizards: Summertime Blues
Bob Dylan: Summer Days
Audience: Indian Summer
Dion: Summertime Blues
Squackett: The Summer Backwards
Eddie Cochran: Summertime Blues

“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 Foley: What's A Matter Baby     
Nick Lowe: Awesome 
J. Geils Band: (Ain't Nothin' But A) House Party 
New York Dolls: Gimme Luv & Turn on the Light (ft: Iggy Pop)                                                                    
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Twin Cadillac Valentine                                                                           
ManBreak: Ready Or Not 
The Sisters Of Mercy: This Corrosion                 
Angel Corpus Christi: Down                                 
Mott The Hoople: Sweet Jane (w/Lou Reed)  
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals: Dub 3               
Public Image Ltd.: Public Image
The Tubes: White Punks On Dope  
The Psychedelic Furs: Flowers                            
Rodney Crowell: The Obscenity Prayer              
Lonnie Mack: Wham! 
Lo-Fidelity Allstars: Battleflag (ft. Pigeonhead)  
LCD Soundsystem: Losing My Edge  
Hamell On Trial: Hamell's Ramble                         
Pete Townshend: You Better You Bet (demo)   
The Soundtrack Of Our Lives: Avenger Hill Street Blues 
Alan Vega: WPKN ID                                    
Suicide: Rocket USA                                  
The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated          
MX-80 Sound: Man On The Move 
Status Quo: Down Down                 
Duane Eddy: Primeval 
Johnnie Allan: Promised Land  
The Georgia Satellites: Mon Cheri                       
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers: I Need To Know      
Johnny Burnette: Tear It Up                               
Chuck Berry: Woodpecker 
Fun Lovin' Criminals: Tenth Street                    
The Feelies: Time For A Witness 
Bo Diddley: Instrumental 
The Cramps: Bend Over I’ll Drive 
John Campbell: Saddle Up My Pony

"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 Cadillac with Susan Michelson)
Robert Gordon w/Danny Gatton: Red Cadillac & a Black Moustache
Sammy Masters: Pink Cadillac
Beausoliel: Bayou Cadillac/Not Fade Away/Bo Diddley/Iko Iko (Medley) 
Genevieve Waite: White Cadillac
Hal Willis: My Pink Cadillac
The Vacant Lots: Cadillac
War: Whose Cadillac Is That?
Andre Williams: Cadillac Jack
Albert Castiglia: Cadillac Assembly Line
Southern Culture On The Skids: Voodoo Cadillac
Mott The Hoople: I'm a Cadillac
Mink DeVille: Cadillac Walk
Little Feat: Cadillac Hotel
Dick Gaughan: Geronimo's Cadillac
The Nite Riders: Women And Cadillacs
Joyce Green: Black Cadillac
Mike Badger & The Shady Trio: Heading For Tibet (In My Cadillac)
The Stray Cats: Look At That Cadillac 
Charlie Musselwhite: Cadillac Women
T. Rex: Cadillac
Pascal: Cadillac
Eric Heatherly: Someone Else's Cadillac
Dwight Yoakam: Guitars & Cadillacs
The Clash: Brand New Cadillac
Vince Taylor & His Playboys: Brand New Cadillac
Alan Vega: Cop Cadillac
Bruce Springsteen: Cadillac Ranch
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Twin Cadillac Valentine 3:55
Jerry Lee Lewis: Pink Cadillac (w/Bruce Springsteen)
Guitar Shorty: Fine Cadillac
Nino Rota: Cadillac
Baker Knight: Bring My Cadillac Back
The Cadillacs: Speedoo
Red Simpson: Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac
Danko Jones: Cadillac
Howlin Wolf: Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy)
The Villains: Cadillac 
Mondo Cozmo: Black Cadillac

“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
The Manish Boys: Take My Tip
Jackie DeShannon: What The World Needs Now Is Love                                                                
Dusty Springfield: In The Middle Of Nowhere
Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band: I'm a Woman
Twinkle: Terry                          
Fontella Bass: Rescue Me 2:52                                  
Sandie Shaw: Long Live Love
Howlin' Wolf: Tell Me What I've Done
The Who: My Generation
The Knickerbockers: Lies
Lulu: Surprise Surprise
The Mystery Trend: Wake Up Cryin'
The Beatles: Yes It Is
John Coltrane: Acknowledgement (Part 1)
Donovan: Catch The Wind 
Bob Dylan: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Marianne Faithfull: Come and Stay With Me
The Lovin' Spoonful: Do You Believe In Magic
Manfred Mann: Watch Your Step
The Shangri-Las: Out In The Streets 
The Kinks: See My Friends
Barry McGuire: Eve Of Destruction
The Rolling Stones: The Spider And The Fly
The Byrds: I Knew I'd Want You
Them: Here Comes the Night 
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Ooo Baby Baby
Small Faces: What'Cha Gonna Do About It      
James Brown & the Famous Flames: Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Pt. 1
The Moody Blues: Go Now
Stevie Wonder: Uptight (Everything's Alright)
The Birds: No Good Without You Baby
Miles Davis: ESP                             
Ian Whitcomb: You Turn Me On
Roger Miller: England Swings
The Pretty Things: Honey, I Need        
Joe Tex: Hold What You've Got

“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 Judge  
Chely Wright: C'est La Vie (You Never Can Tell) 
Wanda Jackson: Brown Eyed Handsome Man 
Chuck Berry: Route 66 (Alt Take 11)
Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks: Bye Bye Johnnie 
The Band: Going Back To Memphis (Outtake) 
Chuck Berry: Oh Baby Doll
The Pretty Things: Don't Lie To Me 
The Georgia Satellites: No Money Down (live) 
Chuck Berry: Trick Or Treat 
Bo Diddley: Hey Good Looking 
Johnny Winter: Maybellene (w/Vince Gill) 
Chuck Berry: The Little Girl From Central 
Shakin' Stevens & The Sunsets: Thirty Days
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Jaguar And Thunderbird (live)
Chuck Berry: It Wasn't Me 
Peter Tosh: Johnny B Goode 
Johnnie Allan: The Promised Land 
Chuck Berry: Carol 
Louis Jordan: Ain't That Just Like A Woman (intro only) 
The Rolling Stones: Come On  
The Kinks: Beautiful Delilah 
Chuck Berry: Sue Answer 
David Bowie: Round And Round 
Slade: I'm A Rocker 
Chuck Berry: Tulane 
Elvis Presley: Too Much Monkey Business 
The Beatles: Rock And Roll Music 
Chuck Berry: My Mustang Ford 
John Lennon: You Can't Catch Me 
Chris Farlowe & The Thunderbirds: Reelin' And Rockin' 
Chuck Berry: I Want To Be Your Driver 
Pat Wayne And The Beachcombers: Roll Over Beethoven 
The Flamin' Groovies: Little Queenie 
Chuck Berry: I'm Talking About You 
Dave Edmunds: Let It Rock 
Albert Lee & Hogan's Heroes: Back In the USA 
Chuck Berry: Let's Go Go Go 
Dion: Sweet Little Rock And Roller 
Imperial State Electric: Sweet Little Sixteen 
Chuck Berry: Little Marie 
Lemmy, Billy Gibbons & Dave Grohl: Run Rudolph Run 

“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 Want You 3:03 
Cibo Matto: Lobby 3:57 
Masaaki Hirao & His All Stars Wagon: Sittin' In The Balcony 2:20
The Bombay Royale: The Bombay Twist 3:01 
Annisteen Allen: Fujiyama Mama 2:28 
The Cupids: Bazazz Tengoku 2:36 
Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren: Goodness Gracious Me 2:59
Gènder Wajang Quartet: Pemungkah 3:26
Monsoon: Ever So Lonely 6:16 
Techung: Chakla Phepsam (Welcome) 2:21 
Akira Tana: Secret Agent Man 4:02 
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Hong Kong Garden 2:54 
Aki Izumi: Koi Wa Heart De 2:12
Petty Booka: I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend 3:40
Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt: Isa Lei 7:38 
Sex Patels: Life During Wartime 3:10
Anoushka Shankar & London Philharmonic Orchestra: Ahir Bhirava 7:51
John Adams: Act 1, Sc 1 - Landing Of The Spirit Of '76 2:22
Shoko Hikage: Inishie No 8:02 
Gary Lucas: The Moon In The Street 3:04
Altai Hangai: Khotgoidiin Unaga (Horse from Khotgoid) 2:30
Urna Chahar-Tugchi: Taliin Juud 6:17
The Beatles: Within You, Without You [Instrumental] 5:25 
Kumi Adachi: Path 3:28 
Hiromi: Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 8, Pathetique (feat. Anthony Jackson & Simon Phillips) 5:07 
The Balinese Gamelan & Ketjak: Sekehe Gambuh Sekar Leret 2:32 
Terumasa Hino, Soko Kimura & Issyu Kawahara: Fidelity 2:56
Vincent Quatroche: Chinese Proverb 1:56 
Sheila Chandra: ABoneCroneDrone 3 7:28 
Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band: Moonbeams 5:48 
Shu-De: Dugen Chugaa (feat. Leonid Oorzhak) 2:40
Jocelyn Pook: Quiet Joy (feat. Manickam Yogeswaran) 3:02 
The Cure: Kyoto Song 4:15 
Johnny Cash: Singin' In Vietnam Talking Blues 2:56
Pizzicato Five: Thank You 5:24 
Alabama 3: Vietnamistan 4:43 
The Vapors: Turning Japanese 3:41
Envy: An Umbrella Fallen Into Fiction 6:26
The Psychedelic Furs: India 6:17 
Guitar Wolf: Planet of the Wolves 2:32 
Mohammed Rafi: Jaan Pehechaan Ho (May there be familiarity) 5:32
Yellow Magic Orchestra: Tighten Up 3:41 
Bob Seger: Katmandu 4:57 
M.I.A: Paper Planes 3:22 
The 5.6.7.8's: 19th Nervous Breakdown 3:21
Melt-Banana: Vertigo Game 1:27

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 Willy Barrett & John Otway: Body Talk 
Robert Palmer: Johnny & Mary 
The B-52's: Give Me Back My Man 
Cristina: La Poupee Qui Fait Non 
The Mighty Sparrow: Wanted Dead or Alive 
Adam & The Ants: Dog Eat Dog 
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Run Paint Run Run 
The Psychedelic Furs: Fall 
The Clash: Lose This Skin 
Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart 
Gang Of Four: Armalite Rifle
Jean Adebambo: Paradise 
Graham Parker: Devil's Sidewalk
The Cramps: Garbageman 
The Rolling Stones: Let Me Go 
Blondie: Atomic 
The Jim Carroll Band: It's Too Late 
Peter C. Johnson: Pale Blue Eyes 
Bush Tetras: Too Many Creeps
The Ramones: Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?
Suicide: Harlem 
MX-80 Sound: Someday You'll Be King 
Motorhead: Ace Of Spades 
John Lennon: I'm Losing You 

PSAs

The Pretenders: The Wait

"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 Teens: Tobacco Road
Bob Dylan: Spanish Harlem Incident  
The Fairies: Don’t Think Twice, It's Alright  
Eric Dolphy: Hat And Beard
Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers: One Way Love
James Brown: Out Of Sight  
Georgie Fame: Preach And Teach  
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas: Dancing In The Street
Tom Jones: Chills And Fever 
Dusty Springfield: Wishin’ And Hopin’ 
The Beatles: You Can't Do That 
The Kinks: You Really Got Me    
P.J. Proby: Hold Me
Jackie De Shannon: When You Walk In The Room 
Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go By
Millie: My Boy Lollipop
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers: Mr. James
Howlin' Wolf: Hidden Charms
Rod Stewart: Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
The Zombies: She’s Not There
The Searchers: Needles And Pins
The Dave Clark Five: Any Way You Want It
the Who: I Can't Explain 
The Beach Boys: The Warmth of the Sun
The High Numbers: I’m The Face
Little Anthony & The Imperials: Goin’ Out Of My Head
Lulu: Shout
The Everly Brothers: The Price Of Love
The Swinging Blue Jeans: Hippy Hippy Shake 
Little Axe & the Golden Echoes: So Soon
The Mojos: Everything’s Alright 
Dionne Warwick: Walk On By 
The Beazers: Blue Beat
Betty Everett: The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
The Animals: Baby Let Me Take You Home
The Kingsmen: Louie Louie
John Coltrane: Bessie’s Blues