PURE with Howard Thompson

“Miriam” (broadcast 3/17/23)

Gino Washington: Out Of This World
Little Ike: She Can Rock 
Dion & The Wanderers: Wake Up Baby 
Mary Weiss: My Heart Is Beating
Mighty El Dukes: Walking Beside You 
Andre Williams: The Monkey Speaks His Mind
The Delcos: Arabia 
Patterns: Late Late Show                                                                              
The Knights of the Round Table: Big Tears
The Renegade Five: Young and Wild
11. Hasil Adkins: Truly Ruly
12. Big Brown & The Gamblers: My Testament
13. Thee Midniters: I Found a Peanut
14. Bob Taylor & The Counts: Don’t Be Unfair
15. Long John Hunter: El Paso Rock
16. Bobby Fuller: Keep On Dancing
17. Esquerita: Rockin’ the Joint
18. The Twiliters: Rollerland
19. Little Johnny & the Silvertones: Rock 'Til the End of Time 
20. Pleasure Seekers: What A Way To Die 
21. The Del-Aires: Just Wigglin' n' Wobblin’
22. Mad Mike & the Maniacs: The Hunch
23. Les Grys-Grys: Time Flies and Still 
24. The Real Kids: Solid Gold (Thru And Thru)
25. The 5.6.7.8’s: Harlem Shuffle 
26. The Dictators: Who Will Save Rock And Roll? 
27. ? & The Mysterians: Are You For Real 
28. The A-Bones & Johnny Powers: New Spark 
29. Daddy Long Legs: Motorcycle Madness 
30. Ramones: I Want to Be Your Boyfriend 
31. New York Dolls: Trash (1973 Mercury Demo)
32. The Cramps: TV Set (demo)

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