PURE with Howard Thompson

PT art: Paul King

“The Songs Of Pete Townshend” (broadcast 10/3/25)

Pete Townshend: Love Reign O'er Me
David Bowie: Pictures Of Lily
Marcus AK: Don’t Let Go The Coat 
Natalie Imbruglia: Let My Love Open the Door
The Fleur De Lys: Circles
Joe Brown: Pinball Wizard 
Ali Campbell: Squeeze Box 
Sex Pistols: Substitute
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: Endless Wire 
Petra Haden: Our Love Was
Magic Christian: It’s Not True
Angie: Peppermint Lump 
The Smithereens: We’re Not Gonna Take It / See Me Feel Me / Listening to You 
Peter Noone, Peter Banks & Ginger Baker: Magic Bus
The Raveonettes: The Kids Are Alright 
The Who: Pure And Easy
John Entwistle: Long Live Rock (Live) 
Dexter Romweber Duo: So Sad About Us 
DA!: The Good's Gone 
The Grip Weeds: I’m Free
The Jam: Disguises 
Yvonne Elliman: I Can't Explain 
The Who: Blue, Red and Grey
Southern Culture On the Skids: Happy Jack
Hollywood Vampires: I’m a Boy 
Pete Townshend: Baba O’Riley (demo)
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives & Old Crow Medicine Show: I Can See for Miles
Todd Rundgren/Carmine Appice: Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
The Greenhornes: Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand
Rush: The Seeker 3:24
Gretchen Wilson & Randy Bachman: Who Are You
The Rockin' Vickers: It’s All Right
Hayseed Dixie: Won’t Get Fooled Again
The Who: A Legal Matter
Oasis: My Generation 
A Wild Uncertainty: La La La Lies
Pete Townshend: You Better You Bet 
The Good Vibrations: Call Me Lightning
Pete Townshend: English Boy
Vicky Talbot: We Don't Get Fooled Again (partial)

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