Monday, June 19, 2023

Summer, Babe

Summertime's here, kiddies, so it's time to revisit The Mal Thursday Show's "Summer, Babe" series. In Part One, originally broadcast the first week of Summer in June of 2016, it's all things sun, sand, and surf-related, a perfect soundtrack to the season. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Undertones: Here Comes Summer
The Sunrays: I Live for the Sun
The Phoenix: Live for the Sun
The Ramones: California Sun
The Beathovens: Summer Sun
The Ugly Beats: Up on the Sun
Oasis: Turn Up the Sun
The Beach Boys: Summer Means New Love/All Summer Long
Bruce & Terry: Summer Means Fun
The Barracudas: Summer Fun
Love: Bummer in the Summer
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Long Hot Summer Night
Sly & The Family Stone: Hot Fun in the Summertime
The Lovin' Spoonful: Summer in the City
The Sandals: Theme from the Endless Summer
Larry & The Loafers: Let's Go the Beach
The Chesterfield Kings: Little Beach Bunny
The City Surfers: Beach Ball
Bobby Fuller: King of the Beach
Surf Punks: My Beach
The Monkees: You Bring the Summer
Kim Fowley: The Trip
The Misunderstood: Children of the Sun
Traffic: Paper Sun
The Vagrants: Sunny Summer Rain
Mighty Baby: Same Way from the Sun
The Who: Summertime Blues
Pavement: Summer Babe (Winter Version)
The Lemon Fog: Summer
Sir Douglas Quintet: Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day
Claire Morales & Dalton Kane: Summer Wine
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Summertime
The Woggles: When the Sun Goes Down
Buffalo Springfield: No Sun Today
The Doors: Summer's Almost Gone (Live at the Matrix)
The Cynics: Summer's Gone
The Cherry Drops: Summertime Is a State of Mind

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Chuck's Berries

Mal Thursday pays homage to the poet laureate of rock n' roll, Chuck Berry, in this memorial episode chock full of interpretations of his compositions, originally broadcast 23 March 2017. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Ventures: Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry: Sweet Little Sixteen
The Beatles: Rock and Roll Music
The Yardbirds: Too Much Monkey Business
The Animals: Got to Find My Baby
The Pretty Things: Oh Baby Doll
The Troggs: Jaguar and Thunderbird
The Walking Flour: I Want to Be Your Driver
Chuck Berry: Rockin'
The Rolling Stones: Come on/Carol/Talkin' 'Bout You
Chuck Berry& Bo Diddley: Chuck's Beat
Chuck Berry: Dr. Pepper Commercial

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Buddy Holly & The Crickets: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
The 13th Floor Elevators: Roll Over, Beethoven
Johnny Winter And: Johnny B. Goode
Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crowns: Sweet Little Rock n' Roller

The Kinks: Beautiful Delilah
The Dave Clark Five: Reelin' and Rockin'
The Blues Project: You Can't Catch Me
The Syndicats: Maybellene
Manfred Mann: Down the Road Apiece
Jerry Lee Lewis: Little Queenie
Johnny Lion & The Jumping Jewels: No Particular Place to Go
The Ventures: The Chuck
The Byrds: Roll Over, Beethoven (live in Stockholm 1967)
Dave Edmunds: The Promised Land
MC5: Back in the USA
Duane Allman: No Money Down
The Faces: Memphis, Tennessee
David Bowie: Almost Grown (BBC)/Around and Around
AC/DC: School Days
John Lennon: You Can't Catch Me
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Blues
Emmylou Harris: You Never Can Tell
Linda Ronstadt: Back in the USA (live)
Nina Simone: Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
The Gore Gore Girls: The Man and the Donkey
The Maggots: Club Nitty Gritty
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Bye Bye Johnny

Thursday, June 8, 2023

The Hunt Sales Story

Mal is joined by living legend, drummer extraordinaire, and Son of Soupy Hunt Sales for a career retrospective-type interview in honor of The Hunt Sales Memorial’s album “Get Your Shit Together” (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records). Co-starring Tony Sales, Iggy Pop, James Williamson, David Bowie, Todd Rundgren, Bob Welch, Glenn Cornick, Tjarko Jeen, and a cast of thousands. A couple of numbers from Hunt's album had to be omitted because Mixcloud only allows two tracks from the same album, so "Hey Caffeina," The Mal Thursday Quintet's 2021 track with Hunt on drums, has been added as a bonus track. "Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound. Originally Broadcast, in different form, on 17 January 2019.

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Playlist:
The Hunt Sales Memorial: Here I Go Again
Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
Tony & The Tigers: Summertime Is the Best Time (For Making Love)/Day Tripper (live on Hullabaloo)
Todd Rundgren: We Gotta Get You a Woman/Who's That Man
Paris: Blue Robin
Iggy Pop & James Williamson: Lucky Monkeys
Iggy Pop: The Passenger
The Sales Brothers: Someone's Gonna Lose
Tin Machine: If There Is Something (live)
The Hunt Sales Memorial: Way on My Own
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Hey Caffeina

Thursday, June 1, 2023

This and That

Mal Thursday presents another stellar episode with two Words of the Week, This and That, all songs with This and/or That in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally presented 1 June 2023.

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 Playlist:
The Kinks: This Is Where I Belong (mono)/I've Got That Feeling (BBC)
The Mickey Finn: This Sporting Life
The Poets: That's the Way It's Gotta Be
The Herd: This Boy's Always Been True
The Montanas: That's When Happiness Began
The Animals: We Gotta Get Outta This Place (UK single version)
George Martin Orchestra: This Boy (Ringo's Theme)
The Beatles: You Can't Do That (mono)
The Zombies: Is This the Dream (EP mix)
The Great Scots: That's My Girl (Rotten to the Core)
The Tallifer Group: This Happiness Feeling
The Lost Souls: This Life of Mine
Them: I Like It Like That
The Motions: Everything That's Mine
The Coopers: Leave This Man Alone
The Fabs: That's the Bag I'm
The Youngbloods: The Other Side of This Life
Booker T & The MGs: You Can't Do That
The Tasmanians: I Can't Explain This Feeling
The Human Beings: Ain't That Loving You Baby
The Tropics: This Must Be the Place
The Mustangs: That's for Sure
The Grains of Sand: That's When Happiness Began
The Childryn: This Sporting Life
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: If You Want This Love
The Monocles: Psychedelic (That's Where It's At)
The Premiers: Get on This Plane
Love: The Good Humor Man He See Everything Like This (mono)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:

The Blind Owls: Something About That Girl
The Cicadelics: We're Gonna Love This Way
The Reasons Why: Don't Be That Way
Electric Love: This Seat is Saved
Willie Nelson: I Feel That Old Feeling
Sir Douglas Quintet: I'm Not That Kat Anymore
The Mullens: This and That

Mal Thursday & The Cheetahs
: That's Your Problem
The Godfathers: This Damn Nation
David Bowie & The Spiders from Mars: Watch That Man (live 1973)
The Miracle Workers: That Ain't Me
Plan 9: I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
Bobby Darin: That's All

Bonus Tracks:
Fred Neil: The Other Side of This Life
The Small Faces: Come Back and Take This Hurt Off Me
The Favourite Sons: That Driving Beat
Boo Boo and Bunky: This Old Town
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas: Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad
Sammy Ambrose: This Diamond Ring
The Trodden Path: In This World I Need Love
Him and the Others: She's Got Eyes That Tell Lies
The Workers: That is All
The Monkees: Long Title Do I Have to Do This All Over Again

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Songs The Chesterfield Kings Taught Us

Mal Thursday presents two hours of songs covered at one time or another by The Chesterfield Kings (1976-2009), rockin' rarities interpreted by the various incarnations of the Rochester, NY-based band. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 19 February 2015.

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Playlist:
THE GREAT SCOTS: I Ain't No Miracle Worker
THE SONICS: The Hustler
THE ROGUES: You Better Look Now
THE TURTLES: Outside Chance
THE PAINTED SHIP: Little White Lies
ZAKARY THAKS: Won't Come Back
THE CHOIR: I'm Going Home
THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND:
Expo 2000/No Way Out
THE EXOTICS: Come with Me
THE SHADES OF NIGHT: Fluctuation
THE COACHMEN: 99th Floor (demo)
THE MOVING SIDEWALKS: 99th Floor
THE MOURNING REIGN: Satisfaction Guaranteed
THE HARBINGER COMPLEX: Time to Kill
LITTLE PHIL & THE NIGHT SHADOWS: 60 Second Swinger (live)
THE FALLEN ANGELS: Bad Woman
THE YOUNG TYRANTS: She Just Don't Got the Right
THE TROGGS: I Can Only Give You Everything
THE ROLLING STONES: I'd Much Rather Be with the Boys
JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS: London Boys
NEW YORK DOLLS: Pills
THE CYNICS: I'll Go
THE ELITE: My Confusion
THE LAVENDER HOUR: I've Got a Way with Girls
THE BAD SEEDS: A Taste of the Same
THE BARONS: Don't Burn It
THE BOURBONS: A Dark Corner
LARRY & THE BLUE NOTES: Night of the Sadist
THE SPIDERS: Don't Blow Your Mind
ALICE COOPER: You Drive Me Nervous
LYRES: Help You Ann
THE CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND: Misty Lane/I'm Not Like Everybody Else
THE KINKS: Time Will Tell
THE THIRD BARDO: I'm Five Years Ahead of My Time
KEITH ALLISON: Action, Action, Action
THE SEEDS: Out of the Question
ROAD: You Rub Me the Wrong Way
THE BLUE STARS: Social End Product
THE SYNDICATE OF SOUND: Little Girl
THE ROLLING STONES: Street Fighting Man
THE BLUES MAGOOS: We Ain't Got Nothing Yet

Sunday, May 28, 2023

Wars and Peaces

 Memorial Day Special with Guest DJ Michael John Carley. 

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Playlist:
The Temptations: War
The Merry-Go-Round: Gonna Fight the War
The Talismen: Masters of War
Elvis Presley: G.I. Blues
The Clash: English Civil War (Johnny Comes Marching Home)/Hate and War
Man or Astroman?: War of the Satellites
The Gripweeds: How I Won the War
John Lennon: I Don't Want to Be a Soldier Mama, I Don't Want to Die
Bob Seger & The Last Heard: 2+2=?
The Rehabilitation Cruise: I Don't Care What They Say
The Madd: War or Hands of Time
The Monkees: Last Train to Clarksville
The Ramrods: War Party
The Hedgehogs: Peace in My Mind
The Love Flowers: Peace and Love
Curtis Mayfield: We Gotta Have Peace
William Bell: Marching Off to War
Phil Ochs: I Ain't Marching Anymore (Electric Version)
Fear: Let's Have a War
Sgt. Barry Sadler: Little Bird of Viet Nam
New York Dolls: Vietnamese Baby
Brass Against: War Pigs
Dead Kennedys: Holiday in Cambodia
The Sex Pistols: Holidays in the Sun
Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun
Amy Winehouse: Some Unholy War
Leonard Cohen: The Partisan
The Who: Won't Get Fooled Again
World Saxophone Quartet: Machine Gun
The Malarians: A Taste of Five
The Kinks: Some Mother's Son
Scott Walker: Next!

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Before/After

The Words of the Week are Before and After on this episode of The Mal Thursday Show. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 25 May 2023.

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Playlist:
The Remains: Once Before
The Beatles: The Night Before (mono)
The Hollies: Like Every Time Before
The Kinks: Never Met a Girl Like You Before (mono)
The Zombies: How we Were Before (mono)
Unit Four Plus Two: You've Never Been in Love Like This Before
The Treez: You Lied to Me Before
The Everly Brothers: I Was Wrong Before
The Byrds: The Day Walk (Never Before)
Joe South: Before It's Too Late (bed)
Alice Cooper: 10 Minutes Before the Worm
The Wheel of Fortune: Before You Leave
The E-Types: Long Before
The Plagues: I've Been Through It Before
The Obvious: Here I Stood Before You
The Golliwogs: Better Get It Before It Gets You
The Odds & Ends: (Hey Little Girl) Before You Go
Floyd Cramer: To All the Girls I've Loved Before (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The 13th Floor Elevators: Before You Accuse Me
Roky Erickson: I Have Always Been Here Before/Before in the Beginning
Willie Nelson: Willie's After Hours (bed)

Don & The Goodtimes: You Did It Before
The Beatles: One After 909
The Hollies with Peter Sellers: After the Fox
The Zombies: Maybe After He's Gone
The Mindbenders: The Morning After
Manfred Mann: Morning After the Party
Count Five: The Morning After
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy: Time is After You
The Ho Dads: After Dark (bed)
The Early Americans: Night After Night
The Lords: Day After Day
The Standells: Sunny Afternoon
The Small Faces: Afterglow (Of Your Love) (mono)
The Establishment: After the Lights Go Out
Flamin' Groovies: Comin' After Me (Matrix rehearsal)
The Velvet Underground: After Hours (live 1970)
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Shine on (There's Another Day After Tomorrow)
The Smithereens: Blues Before & After
The Window Frame: Before and After

Right/Left/Center

In this highly directional episode of The Mal Thursday Show, the Words of the Week are Right, Left, and Center. Not necessarily in that orde...