Hold/Tight

Today's Classic Rerun features a boatload of beat nuggets with the Words of the Week Hold and/or Tight in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 21 July 2022. Cover boys: Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich

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Playlist:
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich: Hold Tight
The Beatles: Hold Me Tight (mono)
The Hollies: Something's Got a Hold on Me
The Beatstalkers: Better Get a Hold on
Herman's Hermits: Hold on
The Zombies: Got to Get a Hold on Myself
The Move: Stop and Get a Hold of Myself (BBC)
The Action: I'll Keep on Holding On
Eric Burdon: Hold on, I'm Comin'
King Curtis: Hold on, I'm Comin'
The Buzz: You're Holding Me Down
Terry Reid: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
The Knickerbockers: I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Bootles: I'll Let You Hold My Hand
The Foggy Notions: Take Me Back and Hold Me
The Fabulous Pharoahs: Hold Me Tight
The Ventures: I Want to Hold Your Hand
Ron Gray: Hold Back the Sunrise
The Rationals: Hold on Baby
The Immediate Family: You're Taking Hold of Me
The Strange Fate: Hold Me Baby
The Rumors: Hold Me Now
The Cynics: Hold Me Right
The Wailers: Hold Back the Dawn
The Flock: Got to Hold on to My Mind
Steppenwolf: Tighten Up Your Wig
The No-Na -Mees: Gotta Hold on
The Shane: Gotta Hold on
Count Basie & His Orchestra: Hold Me Tight
Junior Wells: Snatch It Back and Hold It
Betty LeVette: I'm Holding on
The Miracles: You've Really Got a Hold on Me (live '62)
Gladys Knight & The Pips: Stop and Get a Hold of Myself
The Marvelettes: I'll Keep on Holding On
James Brown: Hold It

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Moving Sidewalks: I Want to Hold Your Hand
Archie Bell & The Drells: Tighten Up (Pts 1 & 2)

Paul Revere & The Raiders (feat. Mark Lindsay): Tighter
Stevie Wonder: Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Alive & Kicking: Tighter and Tighter
Gene Pitney: Something's Got a Hold of My Heart

Now/Both/Sides

 In today's Classic Rerun, Mal juggles three different Words of the Week, presenting songs with Now, Both, and/or Side in the title. With a Mixcloud-exclusive 34 minutes of bonus tracks. In Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 31 March 2022. Part of the continuing effort to restore the Mixcloud archives.

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Playlist:
The King Beezz: Now
The Downliners Sect: Why Don't You Smile Now
The Rolling Stones: It's All Over Now (BBC)
The Brogues: But Now I Find
The Rumors: Hold Me Now
Tommy James & The Shondells: I Think We're Alone Now
Lyres: Don't Give It Up Now
The Ventures: How Now Brown Cow
Them: Don't Start Cryin' Now
Cops n' Robbers: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
The Smoke: No More Now
The Skope: Stop Quarreling Now
The Sparklings: Now It's Your Turn
The Byrds: Change Is Now
The Blue Things: Now's the Time
The Children: I Can Feel It Right Now
The Ventures: What Now My Love
The Kinks: Come on Now
MC5: I Want You Right Now
The Velvet Underground: Here She Comes Now
Fred Neil: The Other Side of This Life (Live '71)
The Mal Thursday Quintet: The Other Side of This Life
The St. Louis Union: East Side Story
Bob Seger & The Last Heard: East Side Story
The Elois: By My Side
The Rolling Stones: Time Is On My Side (Live '65)
Jefferson Airplane: The Other Side of This Life (Live '68)
Sounds Like Us: The Other Side of a Record
Rain Parade: Look Both Ways
Herman's Hermits: This Door Swings Both Ways
Les Baroques: We're Both to Blame
Lulu: Best of Both Worlds
The Torquays: The Other Side
Warren Zevon: Outside Chance
Keith Shields: Deep Inside Your Mind
The Miracle Workers: Inside Out
The Vagrants: Beside the Sea
The Choir: It's Cold Outside
The Early Americans: It's So Cool Outside
The Fourth Way: The Far Side of Your Moon
Neil Diamond: Both Sides Now

Bonus Tracks:
The Users: Now That It's Over
John and Henry: Keep Your Hurts to Yourself Now
The Dystraction: Where We Are Now
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Hope You're Happy Now
The Ones: Maybe It's Both of Us
Jason & The Scorchers: Both Sides of the Line
The Tony Jackson Group: Never Leave Your Baby's Side (BBC)
The Lemon Fog: Girl from the Wrong Side of Town
Johnny Rivers: Poor Side of Town
The Buffalo Springfield: Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing (Live '67)
The Living Children: Now It's Over

Try

The Word of the Week is Try on this high-flyin' installment of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Try, Tried, or Trying in the title. Rock n' roll, soul, and other tasty flavors abound. Try it! Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 22 January 2023.

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Playlist:
The Illusions: Try
The Rolling Stones: You Can Make It If You Try/Try a Little Harder
The Web: I'll Try
The Hollies: Try It (mono)
Dave Clark Five: Try Too Hard
The Creation: Try and Stop Me
The Embrooks: I'm Still Trying
Eddie Harris with Jeff Beck: I've Tried Everything
Les Sinners: Nice Try
Thee Deuces: You Gotta Try
The Seeds: Try to Understand
The Electric Prunes: Try Me on for Size (mono)
Dr. Spec's Optical Illusion: Tryin' to Mess My Mind
The Young Tyrants: I Try
The Clefs of Lavender Hill: So I'll Try
The Hustlers: If You Try
The Blue Things: You Can't Say We Never Tried (Take 7)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Fountain of Youth: Don't Blame Me for Trying
Thursday's Children: Try Girl
The Chaparrels: Tried So Hard
The 13th Floor Elevators: Tried to Hide (mono)

The Outsiders (Cleveland): I'm Not Trying to Hurt You
The Five Bucks: No Use in Trying
T.R. & The Yards: I Tried
The Mop Tops: I Tried
The Moguls: Try Me
The Dogs: Don't Try to Help Me
The Pentagons: Try and Find
The Rainy Daze: Try a Little Harder
The Phantom Surfers with Dick Dale: Try and Find Me
The Explosions: I Try to Find
The Outsiders (Amsterdam): Keep on Trying
The Untold Fables: I Try
Yard Trauma: Try It
Plan 9: Try to Run (live '85)
Lyres: I'll Try Anyway
The Vipers: Don't Try to Mend It
James Brown: Try Me (instrumental)
Lorraine Ellison: Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)
Marvin Gaye: Try It Baby
Nancy: Trying to Keep From Crying
Otis Redding: Try a Little Tenderness (live '67)

Bonus Tracks:
The Sticks and Stones: Try
The Hour Glass: I've Been Trying (alternate version)
The Sheiks: Try to Understand
The Dukes: Try to Understand
The Abstract Sound: I'm Trying
The Basooties: You Didn't Try to Call Me
The Changing Tymes: Try a Little Harder
The Attack: Try It
Skip Jensen: Done Tried
Lyres: Trying Just to Please You
Mal Thursday & The Cheetahs: Try It My Way
Neil MacArthur (Colin Blunstone): Don't Try to Explain

This week's Classic Reruns: 

People

The Word of the Week is People on this wild installment of The Mal Thursday Show, where all the songs have People in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 7 October 2021. 

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Playlist:
The Leaves: Too Many People
The Illusions: City of People
The Bee Gees: Secondhand People
Count Five: People Hear What I Say
The Kinks: People Take Pictures of Each Other
Giles Strange: Watch the People Dance
The Chords Five: Some People
One Bright Image: People in Town
Chico Hamilton: People
Yard Trauma: Some People
Titus Turner: People Sure Act Funny (When They Gotta Lotta Money)

Mal Thursday's Texas Texas Tyme Machine:
The Kandy Kolored Konspiracy: One Million People
The Fountain of Youth: Witness People
Michael: People See
Waylon Jennings: Games People Play
Joe Tex: Be Kind to Old People

Hamilton Stretcar: Invisible People
Belfast Gypsies: People, Let's Freak Out
The Wailers: Walk Thru the People
Love: Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale
The Mothers of Invention: Plastic People
The Music Machine: The People in Me
The Doors: People Are Strange/Tell All the People
The Seeds: Nine Hundred Million People Daily (All Making Love)
Bryan MacLean: People
Vincent Bell: California Summer (People Movin' West)
The Outcasts: People
The Cobblestones: Flower People
Spinal Tap: Listen to the Flower People
The Dovers: People Ask Me Why
Just Slightly Richer: My Kind of People
The Outsiders: Listen People
Simple Simon & The Piemen: People of Time
The Hollies: Too Many People

Bonus Tracks:
Johnny Rivers: These Are Not My People
The Tears: People Through My Glasses
Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group: When People Talk

Tell

In today's Classic Rerun, Mal Thursday tells all on an episode where the Word of the Week is Tell, all songs with Tell, Tells, Telling, Teller, and Told in the title. Featuring an additional 45 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 25 August 2022.

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Playlist:
The Wild Things: Tell Me
The Rolling Stones: Tell Me/Tell Me Baby
The Arthur Brown Set: Don't Tell Me
The Primitives: Let Them Tell
The Movement: Tell Her
The Merseybeats: Fortune Teller
The Kinks: Time Will Tell
The Magic Lanterns: Time Will Tell (If I'm a Loser)
The Ventures: William Tell Overture
The Zombies: Tell Her No (BBC)
Small Faces: (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me? (alt version)
The Easybeats: Then I'll Tell You Goodbye
The Escapades: I Tell No Lies
Question Mark & The Mysterians: You're Telling Me Lies
The Voxmen: You Tell Me
The Vestells: Won't You Tell Me
George Martin: Tell Me Why
Bob Dylan: Tell Me Momma
The Avengers: I Told You So
The Monkees: You Told Me (mono)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Ain't No Telling
Derek & the Dominoes: Tell the Truth
The Beach Boys: Girl, Don't Tell Me
The Leaves of Grass: Tell Me, I Know Different
The Critters: I'm Telling Everyone
The Lykes of Us: Tell Me Why Your Light Shines
The Beau Brummels: You Tell Me Why
Chuck Berry: You Never Can Tell (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Kandy Kanes: It's Hard to Tell
The Blue Diamonds: Gotta Tell Her
Roy Head: Nobody But Me (Tells My Eagle When to Fly)
The Brown Paper Bag: Something Tells Me
Sir Douglas Quintet: We'll Never Tell
Doug Sahm: Tell Me the Truth
13th Floor Elevators: I Had to Tell You
Kenny & The Kasuals: Floating (bed)

Lyres: I'm Telling You Girl
Tommy Tucker & The Esquires: Don't Tell Me Lies
The Pendulums: Tell Me
Bo Diddley: I Can Tell
Lyres: She Got Eyes That Tell Lies
The Crawdaddys: I Can Never Tell
Reigning Sound: What Did I Tell You
Dream Syndicate: Tell Me When It's Over

Bonus Tracks:
Dead Boys: Tell Me
The Long Ryders: Tell It to the Judge on Sunday
The Wrong Society: Tell Me You'll Be Mine
Conlon & The Crawlers: I Won't Tell
Manfred Mann: Tell Me What Did I Say
Mickey & The Milkshakes: Please Don't Tell Me Why
The Golliwogs: Don't Tell Me No Lies
The Beatles: Tell Me Why/Tell Me What You See
Everly Brothers: Should We Tell Him
The Hollies: Tell Me to My Face
The All Night Workers: Tell Daddy
King David & The Slaves: I've Been Told
The Doors: Tell All the People (PBS '69)
The Shake Spears: I Can Tell
Randy Newman: Mama Told Me Not to Come
The Crickets: Tell Me How
Joe 'King' Carrasco & El Molino: Tell Me

Run/Far

Today's Classic Rerun is Run/Far, featuring two Words of the Week: Run and Far. Mostly Run. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 6 January 2022.

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Playlist:
Spencer Davis Group: Keep on Running (BBC)
The Gestures: Run Run Run
The Who: Run Run Run (Mono)
The Velvet Underground: Run Run Run (Mono)
The Riats: Run Run Run
The Third Rail: Run Run Run
The Amen Corner: Run Run Run
The Petards: Baby Run Run Run
Booker T & The MGs: Run Tank Run
The Uniques: Run and Hide
The Beach Boys: Let Him Run Wild
The Mad Hatters: I'll Come Running
The Movin' Morfomen: Run Girl Run
The Intrepids: Run from the Sun
The Nightcrawlers: Running Wild
The British North American Act: Don't Run Away
Del Shannon: What Makes You Run
The Ventures: Runaway/Walk, Don't Run '64
The Young Rascals: You Better Run (Mono)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Downbeats: Run to Me Baby
Roy Orbison & The Candymen: Runing Scared (Live)
The Driving Wheels: She Comes Running
Waylon Jennings: She Comes Running

Sandie Shaw: Run
Dantalion's Chariot: Madman Running Through the Fields
Manfred Mann: Fox on the Run
The Sweet: Fox on the Run
Roy Loney & The Phantom Movers: She Run Away
The Greenhornes: Don't Come Running
The Unclaimed: Run from Home
Lyres: Running Through the Night
The Rolling Stones: Before They Make Me Run
The Hip Sound: Far Out
Head & The Hares: Tomorrow So Far
The Mindbenders: Far Across Town
The Liverpool Five: Too Far Out
Power Plant: She's So Far Out, She's In
The Hysterics: Won't Get Far
The Fifth Order: Goin' Too Far
The Other Half: I've Come So Far
Etta James: I've Gone Too Far
Tim Hardin: Never Too Far

Bonus Tracks:
The Beatles: Run for Your Life (Mono)
The Supremes: Run Run Run
The Burgundy Runn: How Far Up Is Down 

Gotta!

 Today's Classic Rerun is a wild episode where the Word of the Week is Gotta! Yep, all songs with Gotta in the title, including a bunch of bonus tracks that'll blow your natural mind. Originally broadcast, in different form, in March of 2019. Presented in Living Monophonic and Ultrasonic Stereophonic Sound.

Playlist:
Kevin Coughlin: I Gotta Be Me
The Zombies: Gotta Get A Hold of Myself
The Animals: We've Gotta Get Out of This Place (Live)
The Kinks: Gotta Get the First Plane Home
Manfred Mann: If You Gotta Go, Go Now (BBC)
The Rationals: I Gotta Go Now (Out on the Floor)
The Moody Blues: People Gotta Go
Herman's Hermits: Gotta Get Away
Blues Magoos: Gotta Get Away
The Wrecking Crew: You Gotta Stop (Backing Track)
The Pleasure Seekers: Gotta Get Away
Dana Gillespie: You Just Gotta Know My Mind
Nancy Sinatra: I Gotta Get Out of This Town
The Runaways: Gotta Get Out Tonight
The Ventures: I Got a Woman
The Reverberations: Why You Gotta Be So Mean
The Satelliters: It's Gotta Be You
The Fleshtones: I Gotta Change My Life
The Waspmen: I Gotta a Feeling
Jim Jones Revue: It's Gotta Be About Me
The Dirty Strangers: You Gotta Shake
Nilsson: Gotta Get Up
The Yo-Yos: Gotta Find a New Love
The Chocolate Balloon Co.: Gotta Get This
Question Mark & The Mysterians: Got to
The Riders of the Mark: Gotta Find Somebody
The Malibus: I Gotta Go
The Union Jacks: I Gotta Go
The Spats: Gotta Tell Ya All About It, Baby
13th Floor Elevators: You Gotta Take That Girl
Sir Douglas Quintet: She's Gotta Be Boss
Sam & Dave: That's the Way It's Gotta Be
The Ditalians: I Gotta Go
The Bobbettes: I've Gotta Face This World
Eddie Floyd: If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
Arthur Lee: Everybody's Gotta Live
The Poets: That's the Way It's Gotta Be
The King Beez: I Gotta Move
The Liverpool Five: Gotta Get a Move On
The Headless Horsemen: Gotta Be Cool
The Cherry Slush: Gotta Take It Easy
Sight and Sound: Gotta Get Out of My Mind
The Red Light District: I Gotta Know
The Agents: Gotta Help Me
The Mal Thursday Quintet: I Gotta Be Me