"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?

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