PURE with Howard Thompson

"Bonny Scotland" (funraiser, broadcast 6/3/16)

1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders: The Road, the Isles/Glendaruel Highlanders/The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill
The Incredible String Band: Air 
The Proclaimers: On Causewayside 
Ivor Cutler: Counting Song 
Pipe Major David Hutton: Itchy Fingers/Mason's Apron/the Clumsy Lover 
Eddi Reader: Wings On My Heels
John Martyn: Certain Surprise
Stonehaven Pipe Band: Hornpipes - The Queen Of The Rushes/The Muckle Dram 
Ivor Cutler: A Doughnut In My Hand 
Hamish Imlach: If It Wisnae For The Union 
Chic Murray: The Cricket Ding By The.. 
Eddi Reader: My Love Is Like a Red Red Rose 
Cliar: The Para Handy Set: Mrs. John MacColl/Pipe Major Jimmy MacGregor - Jig/Inspector Donald Campbell of Ness - Jig/Manus Lunny’s Plower Pot - Jig 
Anna Murray: Slieve Russel/Donald Cameron's Powder Horn 
Dòchas: Waulking Song/Gura Mise Tha Fo Mhulad/Braes Of Melinish
Ivor Cutler: Whale Badge
Pipe Major David Hutton: Address to the Haggis
John Martyn: One World
Isla St. Clair: Flowers Of The Forest 
Ivor Cutler: Creamy Pumpkins 
Francie and Josie: Glasgow Underground 
Andy Stewart: Donald Where's Your Troosers? 
Garbage: Even Though Our Love Is Doomed 
John Martyn: Over The Hill 
Eddi Reader: Wild Mountainside 
Pipe Major David Hutton: Highland Cathedral 
Ivor Cutler: Silent 'S' 
Ishbell MacAskill: The Thrush Comes In Spring 
John Martyn: May You Never 
Ivor Cutler: Tomato Brain (feat Linda Hirst) 
Eddi Reader: Vagabond 
The Waterboys: The Whole Of The Moon 
John Martyn: Couldn't Love You More
Lulu: Take Your Mama For A Ride 5:09

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