"The Courettes" (1st visit)

"The Courettes' (broadcast 10/6/23 ) 

the Courettes: Hop The Twig
the Courettes: Too Late to Say I'm Sorry
the Courettes: Night Time (The Boy Of Mine)
Os Mutantes: A Minha Menina
Link Wray & The Wraymen: Ace Of Spades
the Courettes: Nobody But You
Ike & Tina Turner: River Deep, Mountain High
The Ramones: Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
the Courettes: My One And Only Baby
Little Eva: The Loco-Motion
George Harrison: Awaiting on You All (partial)
the Courettes: I Can Hardly Wait
The Velvet Underground: Sunday Morning
the Courettes: Bye Bye Mon Amour
The Beach Boys: In My Room
the Courettes: Daydream (in Japanese)
Neil Sedaka: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
the Courettes: I Wanna Be Your Yoko Ono
The Kinks: Victoria
the Courettes: Won't Let You Go
The Shirelles: Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
the Courettes: Misfits & Freaks
The Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows
John Lennon: Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
the Courettes: Talking About My Baby
Gal Costa: Baby
the MC5: High School
the Courettes: The Boy I Love
T. Rex: 20th Century Boy
Tremelo Beer Gut: Hot! Hot! Heatwave! (feat. Sune Rose Wagner)
The Real Kids: She’s Alright
the Courettes: All About You
The Strangeloves: I Want Candy
the Courettes: Come Inside
Etta James: I’d Rather Go Blind
the Courettes: Trash Can Honey

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