PURE with Howard Thompson

“Guns, or Roses?” (broadcast 3/22/13)

The Cramps: Peter Gunn 
Iggy Pop: La Vie En Rose 
Junior Walker & The All Stars: Shotgun 
Billy Ward & The Dominoes: St. Therese Of The Roses 
Camille: Guns Of Brixton 
My Darling Clementine: I Bought Some Roses 
Johnny Cash: Don't Take Your Guns To Town 
Patsy Cline: A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold) 
Wanda Jackson: This Gun Don't Care 
Earl Johnson: When the Roses Bloom Again for the Bootlegger 
The Felice Brothers: Frankie's Gun! 
George Jones: A Good Year for the Roses 
The Yayhoos: Monkey With A Gun 
Jason & the Scorchers: Days of Wine and Roses 
John Fogerty: Gunslinger 
Poco: Rose of Cimarron 
Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites: Guns of Navarone
Danny & The Fat Boys: Honeysuckle Rose 
No Gunshot PSA 
Worl-A-Girl: No Gunshot 
Hortense Ellis: Bed Of Roses 
Aswad: Finger Gun Style 
June Tabor & Oysterband: Bonny Bunch of Roses 
Roy C: Shotgun Wedding 
Nick Cave w/Kylie Minogue: Where The Wild Roses Grow 
10,000 Maniacs: Gun Shy 
Mott The Hoople: Rose 
Lou Reed: The Gun 
Geraint Watkins: Only A Rose 
Dub Pistols: Gunshot (feat. Darrison & Rodney P) 
Jerry Lee Lewis: Mexicali Rose 
Prince Fatty: Blondes Have More Guns 
Ted Taylor: Ramblin' Rose 
Gang of Four: Armalite Rifle 
The Damned: New Rose 
The Clash: Tommy Gun 
Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Bed O' Roses No. 9 
Angel Corpus Christi: Me & My Beretta 
? & the Mysterians: Sally Go Round The Roses 
Squeeze: Annie Get Your Gun 
Paul Thorn: Weeds In My Roses 
Duane Eddy: Peter Gunn

“Thanks, Albert” (broadcast on 1/11/13)

PURE theme – (Danny Gatton: Funky Mama)
Scanner: Red Bruise
Traffic: No Face, No Name, No Number
Happy Mondays: Loose Fix (Perfecto 12" Mix)
The Rolling Stones: 2000 Light Years Fom Home 
Procol Harum: Shine On
Björk: All Is Full Of Love
Fleetwood Mac: Albatross 
The Who: I Can See For Miles 
Pink Floyd: Astronomy Domine 
The Orange Bicycle: Trip On An Orange Bicycle 
David Bowie:  After All
Cream: Dance The Night Away 
Celia Green: In The Extreme
Spiritualized: Broken Heart 
The Idle Race: Skeleton And The Roundabout 
Oasis: Falling Down (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Mix) Pts 3, 4 & 5
Bentley Rhythm Ace: This Is Carbootechnoodiscotechnobooto  
Hawkwind: Silver Machine 
The Move: Blackberry Way 
Harvey Bainbridge: The Voyage - In The Wake Of Passing Clouds (excerpt, w/Deborah Evans-Stickland reading the weather)
The Deviants: Deviation Street (excerpt) 
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman
Audience: I Had A Dream
Alabama 3: Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness (radio edit) 
Genesis: The Musical Box 
Egg: They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano...
Van Der Graaf Generator: Darkness (11-11) 
The Beatles: Savoy Truffle 
The Pretty Things: Grass  
Nick Lowe: Love So Fine 
Dion: King Of The New York Streets 
Rockpile: Play That Fast Thing (One More Time) 
The Motors: Love And Loneliness (excerpt)

“TWANG!” (broadcast 1/19/24)

Angelo Badalamenti: Twin Peaks Theme
The Tornados: Earthy
The Mavericks: Back In Your Arms Again
Chris Isaak: Wicked Game (instr. version)
Duane Eddy: Bleaklow Air
Bud Ashton: 40 Miles of Bad Road
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban: Los Twangueros
Queen Esther: The Black Cowgirl Song
Buddy Cagle: The Guitar Player (The Ballad Of James Burton)
Dire Straits: Six Blade Knife
Whitey Morgan And The 78’s: Me and the Whiskey
Del Reeves: Girl On The Billboard
Tremelo Beer Gut: Hot! Hot! Heatwave! (w/Sune Rose Wagner & The Courettes)
Bill Kirchen: Hammer of the Honky-tonk Gods
George Jones: The Race Is On
Eddie Cochran: Eddie’s Blues
Los Straitjackets: Cruel To Be Kind
Gene Casey & the Lone Sharks: Girl on the Cutting Room Floor 
Gene Casey ID
Nick Lowe: Awesome
Raybeats: Guitar Beat
The New Piccadillys: Voodoo Chile
The John Barry Seven & Orchestra: The James Bond Theme (From Dr. No)
The Shadows: The Wonderful Land
Steve Earle: Guitar Town
Dwight Yoakam: Act Naturally
Billie Jo Spears: Get Behind Me Satan And Push
Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler: Yakety Axe
Lonnie Mack: Wham!
 Sandy Nelson: Let There Be Drums
Jet Harris: Besame Mucho
Brian Setzer: Far Noir East
Dick Dale & The Del-Tones: Misirlou
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Elvis Presley: He’ll Have To Go
The Spotnicks: Johnny Guitar
Rich Stim ID
Bar Stool Walker: On the Street Where You Live
Danny Gatton: In My Room
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives: Vegas
JD McPherson: Dream Baby Dream
Eric Weissberg & Deliverance: Concrete Canyon Boogie
The Cramps: Shortnin’ Bread
Jorgen Ingrain & his Guitar: Apache
The Invaders: Disk Jockey
Duane Eddy: Rebel Rouser
Red Simpson: Six Days On The Road
The Courettes: You Woo Me
The Courettes: Shake!
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Over And Over (fade out)

"Girlfriends, N-Z" (broadcast 3/15/24)

Audience: Nancy
Will Hoge: Nikki’s A Republican Now
The Flashcubes: Natalie
John Mayer: Something Like Olivia
Scott McClatchy: Ophelia
Buddy Holly: Rock Around With Ollie Vee
Natalie Merchant: Down On Penny's Farm
Martin Newell: Queen Phyllis Of Colchester
Brave Combo: Patricia Twist
Terry Allen: Queenie’s Song
Chuck Berry: Little Queenie
PJ Harvey: 50ft Queenie
Bob Seger: Rosalie
Billy Bragg with Ian McLagan: Walk Away Renee (version) (live)
MX-80: Ruby
The Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Elvis Presley: Susan When She Tried
Waylon Jennings: Sandy Sends Her Best
Sam  Cooke: Tammy
Ashley McBryde: Bonfire At Tina's
Luna: Tracy I Love You
Arto Lindsay: Uma
Goldfrapp: Ulla
Doris Days: To Ulrike M. (Zero 7 Mix)
Amy Winehouse: Valerie (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Star of Venus
Ray Davies & Mando Diao: Victoria
Shocking Blue: Venus
Squeeze: Vicky Verky
Bruce Woolley: Blue Blue (Victoria)
Roxy Music: Virginia Plain
Pixies: Velouria
Devil Devil Love: In The Pocket Of Big Wendy
Alex McMurray: Winona
Tim Buckley: Wanda Lu
Skrillex & Nai Barghouti: Xena
Irakere: Xiomara
Bennett Wilson Poole: Yvonne
The Beatles: The Ballad of John and Yoko
Cannonball Adderley: Yvette
Prince: Zannalee
The Red Propellers: Oh! Zoey
Art Pepper & Bill Perkins: Zenobia
Billie Jean (faded early)

"Girlfriends"

MC5: Sister Anne
Sara Hickman: Aurora 
Victor DeLorenzo: Audrey
Paul Simon: Bernadette
Drive-By Truckers: Little Bonnie
Ashley McBryde: Blackout Betty
Suicide: Cheree
Mike Golub: Christinas World
Brian Eno: Cindy Tells Me
George Faith: Diana
Eddie Noack: Dolores
Randy & The Rainbows: Denise
Hot Chocolate: Emma
Huw Gower: Elizabeth’s Blues
Barry Ryan: Eloise
Roy Harper: Francesca
Novak: Oh Farrah!
ZZ Top: Francene
Mickey Newbury: Genevieve
The Nips: Gabrielle
Them: Gloria
Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats: Henrietta
Clay Eager: Helen Jo
Helen Love: Yeah Yeah We're Helen Love
Jake Thackray: Isabel Makes Love Upon The National Monuments
The Psychedelic Furs: India
Bob Dylan: Isis
Lou Reed & Kris Kristofferson: Sweet Jane
Donovan: Jennifer Juniper
The Mothers of Invention: Electric Aunt Jemima
Mary Gauthier: Karla Faye
Joe Purdy: Kristine
Patti Smith: Kimberley
The Kinks: Lola
Howard Werth: Lucinda
Howard Leshaw: Siempre Lulu
Randy Newman: Marie
Robert Wyatt: Maryan
The Doors: Maggie M’Gill
Tony Joe White: Polk Salad Annie
Peter C Johnson: Anna Kornikova

“Andrew Lauder, A&R” (broadcast 11/1/24)

The Idle Race: The Skeleton and the Roundabout
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Ah Feel Like Ahcid
Help Yourself: Heaven Row
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band: Canyons Of Your Mind
Roger Ruskin Spear: All By Yourself In The Moonlight
Neil Innes: How Sweet To Be An Idiot
The Groundhogs: Split, Pt. 2
Brinsley Schwarz: Ever Since You're Gone
Eddie Cochran: Money Honey (live)
Man: C’Mon
Can: One More Night
Hawkwind: Silver Machine
Robert Calvert: Ejection
Halfbreed: Billy Dean
The Flamin' Groovies: Slow Death
Dr. Feelgood: Cheque Book
Gypsy: You Got To Me
The Stranglers: Something Better Change
Buzzcocks: Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve)?
The Inmates: The Walk
Nick Lowe: Love So Fine
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Oliver’s Army
13th Floor Elevators: You’re Gonna Miss Me
Iggy Pop & James Williamson: Kill City
La Düsseldorf: Düsseldorf
Sonic Boom: Rock 'n' Roll Is Killing My Life
Doug Sahm: Huggin’ Thin Air
Redd Kross: Lady In The Front Row
J.J. Cale: No Time
Loudon Wainright III: Thanksgiving
Hamell on Trial: Big As Life
John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana: The Healer
Del Shannon: What’s A Matter Baby

“'Avin’ It Large” (broadcast 3/7/25)

Charlatans: Nine Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers remix)
Yello: Vicious Games
Stereo MC’s: Step It Up
Cornershop: Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook remix)
The Shamen Ebeneezer Goode (Beatmasters mix)
Inspiral Carpets: Commercial Reign
Sleaford Mods: West End Girls
Alabama 3: Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
Moloko: Fun For Me 
Flowered Up: It’s On (Sonia)
Electronic: Get The Message (extended mix)
The Chemical Brothers: Hey Boy Hey Girl
The Psychedelic Furs: Pretty in Pink (dub mix)
Leftfield & John Lydon: Open Up (full vocal mix)
Garbage: When I Grow Up [Danny Tenaglia's club mix]
Primal Scream: Loaded
Happy Mondays: W.F.L. (Think About The Future mix)
Lo-Fidelity Allstars: Battleflag (feat. Pigeonhed)
Intastella: Manchester
Fatboy Slim: Praise You
Fluke: Atom Bomb (Atomix 3) 
Underworld: Born Slippy
Republica: Ready To Go [original extended mix]
The Cure: Why Can't I Be You? (extended mix 1987)
The Prodigy: Firestarter (Alvin Risk remix)
Sneaker Pimps: 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper mix)
Blur: On Your Own (Crouch End Broadway mix)
Dub Pistols: Mucky Weekend (feat. Rodney P) 
Wildchild: Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim old skool mix - partial)

"PURE presents Luna's Dean & Britta" (broadcast 2/21/25)

James Last: Ballad Of The Easy Rider
Dean Wareham: That’s The Price of Loving Me 
Kramer: America
Holy Matter: Eve’s Hollywood
En Attendant Ana: I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday
Norma Tanega: Jubilation
The Tyde: Let Me Hear the Music
Simon & Garfunkel: The Only Living Boy In New York (a cappella)
Dean & Britta: The Singer Not The Song
Richard Hell & the Voidoids: I’m Your Man (demo)
Jess Cornelius: Back to the Mainland
Dana Gillespie: Andy Warhol
Midnight Magic: Beam Me Up (PerelRemix Edit)
Mike Garry & Joe Duddell: St Anthony: An Ode to Anthony H. Wilson
England's Glory: Shattered Illusions
Escapism: The Rebel Outlaw
Lisa O'Neill feat. Peter Doherty: Homeless In The Thousands (Dublin in the Digital Age)
Dean Wareham: You were The Ones I Had To Betray
Erny Belle: Bowman
Marianne Faithfull: Sunny Goodge Street
Princess Chelsea: Forever Is A Charm
Dennis Wilson: Fallin’ In Love
Dion: I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound
Klara Kristin: La fille au rasoir
La Volume Courbe: Aint Got No… I Got Life
U-She, Holger Czukay: Sunday Morning
Michael Rother: Sonnenrad
Christine Perfect: When You Say
Sir John Betjeman: The Licorice Fields at Pontefract
Dean & Britta w/Sonic Boom: Snow
Nancy & Lee: Tired Of Waiting For You
Big Search: Wellspring
Automatic: New Sensations
The Hard Quartet: Rio’s Song
The Melenas: Bang
Yamasuki: Aieaoa
Bnny: Promises
Air: Seven Stars (feat. Victoria Le Grand)
Marianne Faithfull: Something Better
Cristina: He Dines Out On Death
Ed Kuepper: Everything I’ve Got Belongs To You
Fleetwood Mac: The Farmer’s Daughter
Dean Wareham: Happy & Free (Jim James remix)

WPKN 1/26/22 “Pure Prog"

Aubrey Small: Country Road 4:19
Barclay James Harvest: Mocking Bird 6:35
Traffic: Hole In My Shoe 3:01
Roy Harper: When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease 7:11
Procol Harum: A Salty Dog 4:36
Genesis: The Musical Box 10:23
Hawkwind: Hall of the Mountain Grill 2:23
The Pretty Things: Trust 2:44
David Bowie: The Man Who Sold The World 4:04
Love Sculpture: Why? (How-Now) 7:41
Gracious!: Heaven 8:08
Help Yourself: Alabama Lady 4:02
Family: In My Own Time 3:33
Daevid Allen & Euterpe: Wise Man In Your Heart 8:33
Egg: They Laughed When I Sat Down At The Piano.. 1:17
Caravan: Golf Girl 4:58
The Soft Machine: We Did It Again 3:46
The Deviants: Nothing Man 4:17
Home: The Brass Band Played 1:23
Cream: White Room 4:57
Trees: Glasgerion 5:13
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Penguin Cafe Single 6:14
Van der Graaf Generator: Killer 8:20
Third Ear Band: Stone Circle 3:24
Fleetwood Mac: The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) 4:41
Roxy Music: The Pride And The Pain 4:12
Nucleus: Song for the Bearded Lady 7:20
The Idle Race: The Skeleton and the Roundabout 2:20
Sandy Denny: Still Waters Run Deep 2:55
Simon Dupree and the Big Sound: Kites 3:48
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Debora 3:30
Brian Auger & the Trinity: This Wheel's On Fire 3:30
Man: Life On The Road 7:12
The Moles: We Are The Moles (Part 1) 4:29
Edgar Broughton Band: Apache Drop Out 2:39
Pink Floyd: See Emily Play 2:51
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera: Flames 3:07
King Crimson: Cat Food 4:51
Patto: I Need You 3:28
The Mooche: Hot Smoke & Sassafras 3:10
The Misunderstood: Children Of The Sun 2:50
Quiver: Gone In The Morning 9:02
Bonzo Dog Band: I'm The Urban Spaceman 2:21
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come: Eternal Messenger 3:48
The Move: The Words Of Aaron
The Move: Hello Susie 

Fish & Chips actual

The Zambonis: Let's Skate 
Slade: When The Chips Are Down 
Samantha Fish: I'll Come Running Over
Dr. John, the Night Tripper: Chippy, Chippy 
Chris Rea: Gone Fishing
David Porter: When The Chips Are Down 
Neneh Cherry: Trout (feat. Michael Stipe) 
Jack Clement: Let the Chips Fall 
The Marvelettes: Too Many Fish In The Sea 
Chuck Berry: Fish & Chips
Angelfish: Suffocate Me 
Wayne Jarrett: Chip In 
Loudon Wainwright III: Big Fish 
Kirsty MacColl: There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis 
Wynonie Harris: Fishtail Blues 
Aretha Franklin: Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Chips Moman/Dan Penn)
The Turtles: You Showed Me (Chip Douglas)
P.P. Arnold: Angel Of The Morning (Chip Taylor)
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five: Saturday Night Fish 
Young MC: All That and a Bag of Chips (Demo) 
The Pixies: Manta Ray 
Slim Gaillard: Potato Chips 
Big Hard Excellent Fish: Imperfect List 
The Chips: Rubber Biscuit 
Robyn Hitchcock: Parachutes & Jellyfish
Fat Les: Who Invented Fish & Chips? 
The Jim Jones Revue: Fish 2 Fry
Tex Pistols: There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis 
Gary Lucas & Toni Dezso: Trout Fishing In Trump America 
Hot Chip: Huarache Lights 
Rory Gallagher: Loanshark Blues 
Alejandro Escovedo: Chip N' Tony
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Bad Baby
Andre Williams & The Sadies: She's a Bag of Potato Chips 
Kevin Ayers: The Oyster And The Flying Fish (feat. Bridget St. John) 
John Hiatt: Wood Chipper
Fluke: Atom Bomb 
Canned Heat w/the Chipmunks: Chipmunk Song 
The Damned: Fish 
Isaac Hayes: Chocolate Chip (instr.) 
Groove Armada: At the River 
Norridge Mayhams & the Blue Chips: Stay on the Right Side of the Road
Travis Matte & the Kingpins: Crawfish Boogie
The Troggs: Wild Thing (Chip Taylor)
Joe Brown: Fishin' Blues