Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Dream

It's a psycho-delic dreamscape this week on The Mal Thursday Show, as the Word of the Week is Dream. Dream on. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Premiers: Come on and Dream
Lulu & The Luvvers: Dream Lover
The Belfast Gypsies: Gloria's Dream
The Pretty Things: I Had a Dream/Walking Through My Dreams (BBC)
The Small Faces: I'm Only Dreaming
The Zombies: Is This the Dream/Hung Up on a Dream
The Syn: 14 Hour Technicolor Dream
The Summer Set: It's a Dream
Noel Harrison: Life Is a Dream
The Ventures: Endless Dream (bed)
The Media: Endless Dream
Ray Columbus & the Art Gallery: Kick Me (I Must Be Dreaming)
The Master's Apprentices: Living in a Child's Dream
The Grifs: Keep Dreaming
The Blues Magoos: Pipe Dream
The Buddhas: My Dream
The Kingsmen: I Guess I Was Dreamin'
Paul Revere & The Raiders: I Had a Dream (mono)
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
Randy Newman: Last Night I Had a Dream (45 mix)
The Allman Brothers Band: Dreams (demo)
Wes Montgomery: California Dreamin' (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:

Roy Orbison: In Dreams/Dream Baby (live '65)
The Basic Things: You're Still Dreaming
The Penthouse 5: Don't Mess Around with My Dream/It's All My Own Bizarre Dream
Bobby Fuller Four: Only When I Dream

The Marauders: Nightmare
The Fairviews: Nightmares
Q65: I Got Nightmares
The Creation: Nightmares
The Embrooks: Nightmare
The Abstracts: Nightmare (bed)
Blondie: Dreaming
Alice Cooper: Caught in a Dream
The Bellrays: Dream Police
The Dirty Strangers: Dreams Come True
The Galileo 7: You're Not Dreaming
The Sound Explosion: Girl of My Dreams, Girl of My Life
The Routes: Thousand Forgotten Dreams
Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan's 115th Dream

Bonus Tracks:
The Ways and Means: Breaking Up a Dream
Jeff St. John & The Id: Eastern Dream
Shannon & The Clams: Into a Dream
Neil Young: Hippie Dream (live)
The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True

Thursday, April 24, 2025

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

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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)

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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

Dream

It's a psycho-delic dreamscape this week on The Mal Thursday Show, as the Word of the Week is Dream. Dream on. Presented in Ultrasonic S...