"Heads, Or Tails?"

"Heads, Or Tails?" (broadcast 2/15/19)

Bill Frisell: Goin' Out of My Head
The Ventures: Blue Tail Fly
Kirsty MacColl: Head 
Johnny Parker's Washboard Band: The Fox's Tail
The Who: Bald Headed Woman
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Zopf: Pigtail
Geraint Watkins: Bring Me The Head Of My So Called Lover
Wynonie Harris: Fishtail Blues
Ginny Arnell: Dumb Head 
Gene Vincent: Red Blue Jeans & A Ponytail
Electric Light Orchestra: Can't Get It Out of My Head
Frankie Paul: Fire Deh a Mus Mus Tail 
Lydia Loveless: Head 
Louis Armstrong: Top Hat, White Tie, And Tails
Dr. John: Cabbage Head 
Ike & Tina Turner: Shake A Tail Feather
JB Lenoir: Don't Touch My Head 
Waylon Jennings: World By The Tail
Captain Beefheart: My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains 
Genesis: A Trick of the Tail
Savoy Brown: Shot In The Head
Supersuckers: Born With a Tail 
Prince: Head 
Joe Clay: Ducktail
Rhiannon Giddens: Up Above My Head 
Buck Owens: I've Got A Tiger By The Tail 
The Jesus & Mary Chain: Head On 
Red Simpson: Beaver On My Lap, Bear On My Tail
Elvis Presley: Hard Headed Women
The Newcomers: Pin The Tail On The Donkey
Imperial State Electric: All Over My Head
Uncle Buck Lite & The Rhythm Rockers: Mr Ducktail
Stereolab & Nurse With Wound: Exploding Head Movie 
Carl Perkins: Levi Jacket (And a Long Tail Shirt)
Headstone: Turn Your Head 
The Cramps: Monkey With Your Tail 
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Your Head Here
Andre Williams: Shake a Tailfeather (live)
Andre Williams: Head First 
Ronnie Lane: Rats' Tails 
Alvis Wayne: Lay Your Head On My Shoulder
Googie Rene Combo: Wiggle Tail Part 2
The Ramones: Pinhead 
Church Keys: Pigtails Plaid Skirt 
The Flamin' Groovies: Teenage Head
Fleetwood Mac: Someone's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight 
The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Holiday Head
Cody Jinks: Head Case
Victor DeLorenzo: Head

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

What is PURE with Howard Thompson?

Apart from the occasional overnighter, fill-in or fundraiser, howard now creates shows for our Podcasts page. You’ll find over 140 archived PUREs there, and new shows will be added - check the PURE and “Strictly” pages - at least once a month.

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.

Disc Jockeys like Brian Matthew (BBC Light Program), Emperor Rosko (Radio Caroline), John Peel (Radio London/BBC Radio 1), Hugh Nolan (Radio Geronimo), Charlie Gillett (BBC Radio London) and Andy Dunkley (the Marquee/Lyceum) made howard’s life worth living and he now just wants to return the favor.

howard worked in the music biz so he could get free records and meet astonishing 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, Sir Tim Smit, 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 and Wham! in the USA

howard joined WPKN in May 2010 and thanks 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