"Some Old, Some New"

"Some Old, Some New" (edited broadcast 2/6/26)

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Clausen Trio: Bill Evans Interlude into Waltz for Debby 
Al Green: I Found A Reason
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes: All Night Long 
Chase: History
Hayes Carll: If We Don't Try (feat. Ashley McBryde)
Mordecai Smyth: Was It In Your Head 
Amorphous Androgynous (w/Peter Hammill: We Persuade Ourselves We’re Immortal
Van Der Graaf Generator: W [New Stereo Mix, 2021] 
The Rolling Stones: Melody
The James Hunter Six: Sure Thing 
The James Hunter Six: Trouble Comes Calling
Andy Thomas: Highway Junkie
Stereolab: Melodie Is A Wound
Marianne Faithfull: She Moved Thru' The Fair (alt. version)
John Holt: Just The Way You Are
Jackie Robinson: Homely Girl 
Sly & Robbie: Taxi Connection 
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals: Rhythm Connection
Billy Bragg: City Of Heroes 
Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (12" Mix)
Suicide: Ghost Rider
Alan Vega: Outlaw
Alan Vega: Ice Drummer
Alan Vega: Jukebox Babe
Lola Young: Messy
The Reverend Shawn Amos: Little By Little
Anne Richmond Boston: Dark Room
The Crickets: Rock Me My Baby (undubbed, stereo)
The Crickets: Not Fade Away (stereo) 
Tony Poole: Chelsea Girls (1965)
The Damned: Heart Full Of Soul
The Crickets: That’ll be the Day (stereo, no backing vox)

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