"Andrew Lauder, A&R"

“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

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Airing twice a month on WPKN 89.5FM Bridgeport!

howard loves all kinds of music and has collected records ever since his uncle gave him Rock Around The Clock as a 6th birthday present

howard worked in the music biz so he could get more free records and meet wondrous people

howard made records with Adam & the Ants, Alan Vega, Angel Corpus Christi, Aswad, Barb Jungr, Billy Bragg, Danny Gatton, Eddie & the Hot Rods, the Georgia Satellites, Hamell On Trial, Herb Alpert, Ian Hunter, John Campbell, Judy Tenuta, ManBreak, Motörhead, Peter C Johnson, the Prissteens, the Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, Roky Erickson & the Aliens, Rubén Blades, Sally Oldfield, Sara Hickman, Scatterbrain, the Screaming Blue Messiahs, the Slits, the Star Spangles, the Sugarcubes, Susan Fassbender, Tulipomania, Victor DeLorenzo, Yellowman and 10,000 Maniacs to name a few. He was the first to release records by MX-80 Sound, the Real Kids and Suicide in Europe and th’ Faith Healers, the Gipsy Kings, Happy Mondays, Paul Young, the Sisters Of Mercy, and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and is grateful to Steve di Costanzo and Peter Bochan for letting him in. Terry Hopper too, for giving up an hour of The Quest to see if it could work

howard thinks Bob Dylan should be President, and ‘Poison’ Ivy Rorschach should be Vice-President