Never/Ever

Mal Thursday deals in absolutes in this wild installment of The Mal Thursday Show, where the Words of the Week are Never Ever, songs with Never and/or Ever in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 3 February 2022. 

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Playlist:
Peter and Gordon: Never Ever
Four Just Men: Things Will Never Be the Same
The Pretty Things: I Can Never Say/You'll Never Do Iy Baby
The Tony Jackson Group: Never Leave My Baby's Side (BBC)
The Kinks: Never Met a Girl Like You Before (Mono)
The Hollies: Signs That Will Never Change
The Mirage: Tomorrow Never Knows
The Alan Price Set: Never Be Sick on a Sunday
The Bee Gees: Lemons Never Forget (Mono)
The Badd Boys: Never Going Back to Georgia
The Starfires: I Never Loved Her
The Original Sinners: You'll Never Know (What Love Is All About)
The Pleasure Seekers: Neer Thought You'd Leave Me
The Basement Wall: Never Existed
The Electric Prunes: You Never Had It Better
The Magic Mushrooms: Never Let Go
The Ventures: He Never Came Back
Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell
The Four Seasons: Never on Sunday
The Shangri-Las: I Can Never Go Home Anymore
Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Five Canadians: Never Alone
Thursday's Children: You'll Never Be My Girl
Sir Douglas Quintet: We'll Never Tell/You Never Get Too Big And You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't Have To Stop And Pay Some Dues Sometimes
Willie Nelson: I Never Cared for You (Live '66)
Waylon Jennings: I May Never Pass This Way Again
The Soulphonics: You're Never Gonna Love Me Anymore
The Bobby Fuller Four: Never to Be Forgotten

Hoyt Axton: Never Been to Spain
The Detroit Cobras: You'll Never Change
The Trip: Never Too Late for Linda
Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost: Never Trust the Devil
Lyres: Never Be Free
The Ventures: Have You Ever Seen the Rain
The Everly Brothers: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
The Small Faces: (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me
The Standells: Have You Ever Spent the Night in Jail?
MG & The Escorts: Please Don't Ever Change
The Knack: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind
The Action: Never Ever

If

The Word of the Week is If on an episode of The Mal Thursday Show that is rife with possibilities, and great rock 'n' roll records. Featuring the world premiere of Mal Thursday Quintet's "If 6 Was 5" from our upcoming MODS & GODS LP on Teen Sound. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 17 April 2025.

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Playlist:
Mal Thursday Quintet: If 6 Was 5
The Monotones: If You Can't Give Me All
Them: If You and I Could Be As Two
Dave Clark Five: Catch Us If You Can
The Hollies: If I Needed Someone (mono)
The Rolling Stones: If You Need Me (BBC)
The Zombies: If It Don't Work Out
Manfred Mann: If You Gotta Go, Go Now
Gary Walker & The Rain: If You Don't Come Back
The Small Faces: If I Were a Carpenter (BBC)
Billy Preston: If I Had a Hammer (bed)
The Guess Who: If You Don't Want Me
The Gents: If You Don't Come Back
Thor's Hammer: If You Knew
The Outsiders: If You Dont Treat Me Right
The Jay Jays: Come Back If You Dare
Travis Pike's Tea Party: If I Didn't Love You Girl
The Motifs: If I Gave You Love
The Hustlers: If You Try
The Byrds: If You're Gone (mono)
The Beau Brummels: That's If You Want Me to
The Scavengers: But If You're Happy
Jimi Hendrix Experience: If 6 Was 9
Unknown Group: Got Love If You Want It
West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: If You Want This Love
The Trademarks: If I Was Gone
The Will-o-Bees: If You're Looking for Honey
The Cobras: If I Can't Believe Her
Lawson & Four More: If You Want Me You Can Find Me
The Gordian Knot: If Only I Could Fly
The Purple Canteen: If You Like It That Way (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Warlocks: If You Really Want Me to Stay
Bubble Puppy: If I Had a Reason
Sir Douglas Quintet: If You Really Want Me to, I'll Go
Roky Erickson: If You Have Ghosts
The Blind Owls: If They Say

The GTVs: Cry If You Want to
The Muffs: You Can Cry If You Want to
The Bristols: If You've Got Troubles
The Embrooks: You Can If You Want
The Higher State: If We Don't Realise
The Brood: See If I Care
Lyres: If You Want My Love
Muck & the Mires: If You Knew
Chris Stamey & The DBs: If and When

Bonus Tracks:
The Beatles: If I Needed Someone (mono)
The Rolling Stones: If You Can't Rock Me (alt mix)
The Kinks: Got Love If You Want It (mono)
The Mickey Finn: If I Had You
Tim Hardin: If I Was a Carpenter
The Ambertones: If I Do
The Bends: If It's All the Same to You
The Satelliters: If I Try
The Dirtbombs: If You Can Want
The Sound Reasons: If I Cared
T. Tex Edwards: If Looks Could Kill
Moby Grape: Naked If I Want to

Change

Change is in the air on this shape-shiftin' installment of The Mal Thursday Show, where the Word of the Week is Change. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 10 April 2025.

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Playlist:
Moby Grape: Changes
The Hollies: Don't Ever Think About Changing
The Kinks: Don't Ever Change
The Boston Dexters: Nothing's Gonna Change Me
The Animals: How You've Changed/I'm Gonna Change the World
Los Chiajuas: Changing the Colors of Life
Larry Page Orchestra: Don't Ever Change (bed)
The Poor: She's Got the Time (She's Got the Changes)
The Sintrifical Fours: You Put Me Through Changes
Warden & His Fugitives: The World Ain't Changed
The Byrds: The Times They Are a-Changin' (alt. version)
The Allman Joys: Changing of the Guard
The Voxmen: Time Won't Change Your Mind
The Violations: You Sure Have Changed
Toots Thielman: Chump Change (bed)
Alice Cooper: Changing, Arranging (live 1969)
The Herd: Things Won't Change
Max Frost And The Troopers (The 13th Power): A Change Is Gonna Come
Otis Redding: I'm a Changed Man

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Buddy Holly & The Crickets: Changing All Those Changes
Eddie Cunningham and The Lone Rangers: Girl Don't Change Your Mind
Sir Douglas Quintet: Change Is in the City
The Elastic Prism: Time Change

David Bowie: Changes (alt. mix)
The Detroit Cobras: (If You Don't Think) You Better Change/Time Changes Things
The Jam: I've Changed My Address
The Stranglers: Something Better Change
The Fleshtones: I've Gotta Change My Life
The Projectiles: Some Things Never Change
The Prime Movers: Change for the Better
Plasticland: Reserving the Right to Change My Mind
The Schizophonics: Not Gonna Change My Mind
Charles Bradley: Changes (live 2016)
Jimi Hendrix & Band of Gypsys: Them Changes
Jack McDuff: Pocket Change (bed)
The Blue Things: Pennies
Tommy Roe: A Dollar's Worth of Pennies
Paul Messis: Nickels and Dimes
The Everly Brothers: It Only Costs a Dime
The Flamin' Groovies: Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?
The Spencer Davis Group: Short Change
Booker T. & The MGs: Spare Change (bed)
Tom Waits: Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38)

Time

Mal Thursday is right on time in this wild installment of The Mal Thursday Show, spinning three hours of top tunes with the word Time in the title, featuring over an hour of new material, combined with highlights from the 2018 "It's About Time" episode. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 3 April 2025. 

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Playlist:
The Livin' End: Makin' Time
The Roulettes: Bad Time
The Mindbenders: It's Getting Harder All the Time
The Mickey Finn: Time to Start to Lovin' You
The Searchers: It's Time (BBC)
The Animals: Night Time Is the Right Time
The Afex: She Got the Time
The Yardbirds: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (BBC)
The Spencer Davis Group: High Time Baby
Paul Jones: High Time
The Sonics: High Time
The Original Sinners: Any Time You Need Me (I'll Be Home)
The Guilloteens: Crying All over My Time
The Rogues: How Many Times
The Harbinger Complex: Time to Kill
The New Breed: Wasting My Time
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: Time Is After You
The Doors: Love Me Two Times (take 3)
The Tell-Tale Hearts: Just a Matter of Time
The Pandoras: It's About Time
The Vipers: Borrowed Time
The Grip Weeds: No Time Like the Right Time
Plan 9: Step Out of Time
The Chambers Brothers: Time Has Come Today
Mondo Topless: Get Me to the World on Time
The Zombies: Time of the Season
The  Rovin' Flames: How Many Times
Suzi Chunk: For the Millionth Time
The Really Rottens: It's Monster Surfing Time
The Rolling Stones: The Last Time/Good Time Women
Joey Covington: I'll Do Better Next Time
The Hollywood Stars: King of the Night Time World
Muck and the Mires: Hamburg Time/It Takes Time
The Beginner's Mynd: All the Time/Time Dilation
The Monkees: No Time/Good Times
The Kinks: Time Will Tell
Hour Glass: In a Time/Three Time Loser
The Third Bardo: I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time
The Guess Who: No Time
The Woggles: No Time to Lose
The Blind Owls: Good Time
Mal Thursday Quintet with F. Alex Johnson: Good Times
The Tropics: Time/As Time's Gone
Neil Diamond: The Time Is Now
Booker T and The MGs: Time Is Tight (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Satori: Time Machine
Buddy Holly: Take Your Time
Roy Head and The Traits: One More Time
Sir Douglas Quintet: In Time
The Patterns: In My Own Time
The Golden Dawn: My Time
The Conqueroo: I've Got Time
The Five Americans: Good Times
The Clue: Bad Times
Neal Ford and The Fanatics: Night Time
Willie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away
The Satelliters: Lost in Time

Everybody/Somebody/Nobody

The Words of the Week are Everybody, Somebody, and Nobody on this full-tilt episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Replete with heavy doses of U.S. '60s garage, British beat and freakbeat, some records of more recent vintage, and a wild trip in Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine. Errata: I mixed up Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer in the intro. Apologies. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound: Originally broadcast 27 March 2025.

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Playlist:
Thee Midniters: Everybody Needs Some to Love
Earl Vince & The Valiants: Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonite
The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
The Searchers: Have You Ever Loved Somebody
The Electric Banana: If I Needed Somebody
The Phantoms: Someday I'm Somebody
The Deepest Blue: Somebody's Girl
The Tikis: Somebody's Son
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Need Somebody
Ed Wool and The Nomads: I Need Somebody
The Enfields: She Already Has Somebody
The Strangers: Somebody Stole My Gal (bed)
The Riders of the Mark: Gotta Find Somebody
The Young Rascals: Find Somebody
The Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love (live '67)
Eddie Cochran: C'mon Everybody
Sean Buckley & The Breadcrumbs: Everybody Knows (alt. version)
The Electric Prunes: Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
The Kinks: Everybody's Gonna Be Happy (BBC)
The Chocolate Watchband: I'm Not Like Everybody Else
The Beatles: Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (2018 mix)
Steppenwolf: Everybody's Next One
The Electric Prunes: Everybody Knows You're Not in Love
King Curtis: Everybody's Talkin' (bed)
The Standells: Mr. Nobody (live '66)
The Zombies: Can't Nobody Love You (mono)
The Famen: Don't Want Nobody
The Seeds: Nobody Spoil My Fun (alt. take)
The Firebeats Inc.: Can't Find Nobody
Sounds Unlimited: Nobody But You
The Moody Blues: This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
The Bee Gees: Like Nobody Else
Nobody's Children: Girl I Need You (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Loose Ends: He's a Nobody
Mouse & The Traps: Nobody Cares
Shapes Have Fangs: Nobody's There
The 13th Floor Elevators: Nobody to Love/Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Five Americans: Somebody Help Me
ZZ Top: (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree

The Sharp Turn: Everybody Knows But Me
Lyres: Nobody But Me (live '85)
Kenne Highland Klan: Everybody's a Lyre
The Barracudas: Somebody
Iggy & the Stooges: I Need Somebody

Bonus Tracks:
The Rolling Stones: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Mamas and the Papas: Somebody Groovy
The Smacks: Nobody Else Is Gonna Do
Arthur Lee: Everybody's Gotta Live
The Sick Rose: Everybody Wants to Know
The Ramones: Somebody Put Something in My Drink
The Lost and Found: Everybody's Here

Night

Mal Thursday heads into the Night on this nocturnally-inspired edition of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Night in the title. There had been a mini-episode with this Word of the Week back in 2020, but that one has been deleted, and this one is way better. With an extra 45 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 20 March 2025.

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Playlist:
The Early Americans: Night After Night
The Eyes: When the Night Falls
The Mickey Finn: Night Comes Down
The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night (BBC)
The Thoughts: All Night Stand
The Downliners Sect: All Night Worker
Them: Here Comes the Night (BBC)
Lulu: Nighttime is the Right Time
The Small Faces: One Night Stand (BBC)
The Move: Night of Fear (mono)
The Troggs: Night of the Long Grass
The Beatles: The Night Before (mono)
Georgie Fame: Last Night (bed)
Q65: Cry in the Night
The Motions: Late Last Night
The Jets: Worker in the Night
Firebeats Inc: : I Never Knew the Sun Could Shine So Brightly at Night
The Wyld: Fly by Nighter
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) (live)
Lazy Smoke: How Was Your Day Last Night
Neil Diamond: Thank the Lord the Night Time
The Byrds: Bad Night at the Whisky
Peter Fonda: November Night
The Doors: End of the Night
The  Ventures: Night Run (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Chayns: Night Time
Larry & The Blue Notes: Night of the Sadist
John Ellington & David Ryeeme: In the Night
Willie Nelson: Night Life (live)
Roy Orbison: Nightlife
Sir Douglas Quintet: Spearfish by Night
The Five Americans: Black is White - Day Is Night
Mal Thursday with Neal Ford & The Fanatics: Every Night a New Surprise
Bobby Fuller Four: Saturday Night

The Country Gentlemen: Saturday Night
The Syndicate of Sound: Saturday Night
The Searchers: Saturday Night Out
The Marmalade: Everything's Leading Up to Saturday Night
The Easybeats: Saturday Night
Emmitt Rhodes: Saturday Night
Les Baxter: Saturday Night on Saturn (bed)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Long Hot Summer Night
Lesley Gore: California Nights
The Daze of the Week: One Night Stand
The Sound Explosion: Every Day and Every Night
The Greenhornes: End of the Night
Jack Nitzsche: Night Walker (bed)
The Metaluners: Hockey Night in Canada

Bonus Tracks:
June Christy: Night People
The Leaders: Night People
The Rovin' Kind: Night People
The Trojans of Evol: Through the Night
A Passsing Fancy: I'm Losing Tonight
The Turtles: Your Ma Said You Cried in Your Sleep Last Night
John's Children: A Midsummer Night's Scene
Lyres: Running Though the Night
Radio Birdman: Murder City Nights
The Routes: Day and Night
The Bugs: Strangler in the Night
Iggy Pop: Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Day

The Word of the Week is Day on this bright and shiny episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Back in 2020, Mal did a much shorter version of this Word of the Week for [redacted], but that one has been deleted. This is the definitive version, with 45 minutes of bonus content, presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 13 March 2025.

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Playlist:
Sir Raleigh & The Coupons: Tomorrows Gonna Be Another Day
The Kinks: Til the End of the Day (mono)/Days (BBC)
Shel Naylor: One Fine Day
The Drag Set: Day and Night
The Knack: It's Love, Baby (24 Hours A Day)
The Mark Four: Work All Day (Sleep All Night)
The Classmates: Pay Day
The Rolling Stones: Sad Day (mono)
The Beatles: Day Tripper (mono)
Sandy Nelson: Day Tripper (bed)
The Hollies: Very Last Day
The Dave Clark Five: Best Days Work
Simon Dupree & The Big Sound: Day Time, Night Time
Manfred Mann: Oh What a Day (BBC)
David Bowie: The Gospel According to Tony Day
The Action: Day by Day
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs: Blue Day
The Last Straws: One Fine Day
The Wright Group: Better Every Day
The Lords: Day After Day
The Golden Earrings: Sound of the Screaming Day
The Jay Jays: To-day I'm Gay
The Byrds: The Day Walk (Never Before)
The Roosters: One of These Days
Sandy Nelson: A Hard Day's Night (bed)
The International Submarine Band: One Day Week
Flying Burrito Brothers: Six Days on the Road/Lazy Days
The Left Banke: Lazy Day
The Echoes: Every Second of The Day
The Cavaliers: Seven Days of Cryin'
Thee Sixpence: Long Days Care
The Electric Prunes: Long Day's Flight (Til Tomorrow) (live)
The Northwest Company: Eight Hour Day
Billy Preston: Eight Days a Week (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Kenny & The Kasuals: All Day and All of the Night (live)
The Cellar Dwellers: Bad Day
The Headstones: Bad Day Blues
The Avengers: Some Day
Willie Nelson: Three Days
The Wig: Forever and a Day
Larry Mack: Last Day of the Dragon
The Esquires: Judgement Day
Bubble Puppy: Days of Our Time
Kenny Wayne & The Kamotions: A Better Day's a Comin'
The Ugly Beats: Brand New Day
The Mullens: Future Days

Nico: These Days

Bonus Tracks:
Dionne Warwick: A Hard Day's Night
Otis Redding: Day Tripper
Lulu: Good Day Sunshine
Eric Burdon & War: A Day in the Life
We The People: The Day She Dies
The Ohio Express: It's a Sad Day (It's A Sad Time)
The Crystal Sect: Days and Weeks
Trafalgar Square: Til the End of the Day
The Heartbreakers: Seven Day Weekend (live)