The Mal Thursday Show on Boss Radio: The Early Years

The Mal Thursday Show: Home

The Mal Thursday Show: Home Pt. 2

The Mal Thursday Show: Heart

 

The Mal Thursday Show: Alright!

 

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Holland Rocks!

 

With Wim Reckers

Krontjong Devils - Pow Wow

Outsiders - Touch

Sound of Imker - Train of Doomsday

4PK - Down and Out

Shocking Blue - Venus

Ro-d-ys - Tomorrow

Peter en zijn Rockets - Kom van dat Dak af

Competitors - Long Tall shorty

Earth & Fire - Ruby is the One

Q65 - The Life I Live

Cuby and the Blizzards - I'm So Restless

Golden Earring - Back Home

Bonnie St. Claire - Tame Me Tiger

Mothions - Love Won't Stop

Bintangs - Please Do Listen

After Tea - Joint House Blues

Peter & the Blizzards - Bye Bye Baby

The Tykes - Green Suzy

Entertainers - Searching

Counsellors - I'll Be Your Man

Mods - Don't Bring Me Down

Firebirds - What In The World

Ska and Early Reggae

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins

2. Train To Skaville - The Ethiopians

3. Monkey Man - Toots & the Maytals

4. My Boy Lollipop - Millie

5. Christine Keeler - The Skatalites

6. Bonanza Ska - Carlos Malcolm & the Afro Caribs

7. Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarip

8. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker & the Aces

9. Whine & Grine - Prince Buster

10. Man in the Street - Don Drummond

11. Guns of Navarone - Roland Alphonso

12. Watermelon Man - The Baba Brooks Band

13. A Message to You Rudy - Dandy Livingstone

14. Pressure Drop - Toots & the Maytals

15. Oh Carolina - Byron Lee & the Dragonaires

16. Israelites - Desmond Dekker & the Aces

17. Green Banana - Laurel Aitken

18. Longshot Kick de Bucket - The Pioneers

19. Phoenix City - Roland Alphonso

20. Return of Django - Lee "Scratch" Perry

21. Tighten Up - Jimmy and Ranny:The Inspirations

22. Ride the Donkey - The Tennors

23. Ali Baba - John Holt

24. Liquidator - Harry J All Stars

25. You Can Get It If You Really Want - The Cimarons

26. Miss Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff

27. Come Back Darling - Johnny Osbourne

28. Don Cosmic - Don Drummond

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This may be the rarest of all WNEW-FM airchecks. On a Sunday night in October, 1968, I recorded Bob & Ray's Music Factory on 102.7. Comedians Bob & Ray hosted a weekly show that blended their comedy with obscure Rock and Folk-Rock music that was obviously not chosen by Bob & Ray.

The Mal Thursday Show: Bad Times

Playlist:
The D-Coys: Bad Times
Paul Revere & The Raiders: These are Bad Times (For Me and My Baby)
The Who: The Good's Gone
The Jam: So Sad About Us
The Underdogs: Love's Gone Bad
The Aqualads: Runaway
The Rolling Stones: Good Times, Bad Times
The Yardbirds: I Ain't Done Wrong
Lyres: What's Wrong with You   
The Lovejoys: Payin' (for the Wrong I've Done)
Sam & Dave: Rich Kind of Poverty
Booker T & The MGs: Born Under a Bad Sign

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine with Guest DJ Scott Gardner:
Oedipus & The Mothers: (I Remember) How It Used to Be
The Bards: Alibis
Electric Love: This Seat Is Saved
The Brentwoods: Yeah Yeah, No No
The Bad Seeds: Sick & Tired
The Six Deep: Girl It's Over

Buddy Holly: Peggy Sue Got Married
The Gentlemen: It's a Cry'n Shame
The Iguana: Leaving You Baby
The Bad Roads: Too Bad
The Hard Times: Goodbye
The Roadrunners: Goodbye
The Blind Owls: Goodbye
The Greenhornes: Saying Goodbye
The Loons: A Last Goodbye
Plan 9: I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye
The Flight Reaction: I Don't Wanna Say Goodbye
Gerry Bright & The Stokers: Heavy Trip
Palmyra Delran & The Doppel Gang: Come Spy with Me
The Embrooks: Going But Not Gone
Groovy Uncle: Howard Eno
RunHideFight: He's a Jerk
The Invisible Surfers: The Devil Herself
Dee Rangers: No One to Love
The Routes: Driving Round in Circles
The Malarians: A Taste of Five
The Clue: Bad Times

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Mojo 2

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Scorpio - Dennis Coffey

2. The Girl Can't Dance - Bunker Hill

3. Get Carter - Roy Budd

4. How Does It Feel To Feel - The Creation

5. Get Out Of My Life Woman - Lee Dorsey

6. Summertime - Santo & Johnny

7. I Surrender - Fontella Bass

8. Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker

9. Land Of 1000 Dances - Cannibal and the Headhunters

10. Hurricane Fighter Plane - The Red Crayola

11. Bonnie and Clyde - Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot

12. When Will the Rains Come - The Troggs

13. In The Ghetto - Chris Clark

14. Tall Cool One - The Wailers

15. Bedazzled - Peter Cook and Dudley Moore

16. Apache Drop Out - Edgar Broughton Band

17. Light My Fire - Erma Franklin

18. Zero G - Barry Gray and his Spacemakers

19. Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

20. Mojo Hannah - Little Esther Phillips

21. Walk Upon The Water - The Move

22. As Long As I Have You - Garnet Mimms

23. I Can't Believe What You Say - Ike and Yina Turner

24. Break Up - Charlie Rich

Aircheck Of The Week

 

This week, it's 1967 conceptual comedy and music with Firesign Theatre on Radio Free Oz from KRLA/Los Angeles.

We Say Yeah Yeah Yeah #04

 

With DJ Robin Braid

01 Lightnin' Hopkins - Hopkins' Sky Hop

02 Danny Goode - Let's Dance

03 Sandra Barry & The Boys - Really Gonna Shake

04 Chris Curtis - Aggravation

05 Sandi Sheldon - You're Gonna Make Me Love You

06 Petula Clark - Colour My World

07 Goldie & The Gingerbreads - Can't You Hear My Heartbeat

08 The Velvelettes - These Things Will Keep Me Loving You

09 The Cookies - Chains

10 Frank Frost - Jelly Roll King

11 Billy Wright - Married Woman's Boogie

12 Ray Smith - Break Up

13 The Paragons - Abba

14 Amen Corner - When We Make Love

15 The Bonniwell Music Machine - Dark White

16 Billy Fury - In Thoughts Of You

17 Etta James - Only Time Will Tell

18 Elvis Presley - As Long As I Have You (Movie Version, Take 4)

19 The Sons Of The Pioneers - Shadows In The Dust (Rollin' Dust)

20 The Ad Libs - Giving Up

21 Manfred Mann - My Name Is Jack

 

With The Spookshow Serenade

The Mal Thursday Show: Stronger and Dirtier

Playlist:
THE FLOYD DAKIL FOUR: Stronger Than Dirt
SOUL INC.: Stronger Than Dirt
THE MAL THURSDAY QUINTET: Don't Want You Either
LONELY MOANS: Rotting
THE SPATS: The Bottom of It All
TOM KING & THE STARFIRES: Stronger Than Dirt (bed)
THE MUSIC MACHINE: No Girl Gonna Cry
THE ASSOCIATION: Like Always
JAKE STARR & THE DELICIOUS FULLNESS: Biff Bang Pow
THE CREATION: Through My Eyes
CAT STEVENS: Baby, Get Your Head Screwed On
THE PRETTY THINGS: S.F. Sorrow (BBC)
FIRE: Father's Name Was Dad
LYRES: Go Go Girl
THE CARAVELLES: Lovin' Just My Style (bed)
JACKIE LYNTON: La Ballata di Hank McCain
ENNIO MORRICONE: La Ballata di Hank McCain (bed)
TIGER BOMB: One More Chance
DENISE: Boy, What'll You Do Then
KAREN VERROS: You Just Gotta Know My Mind
ANN-MARGRET: I Just Don't Understand  
THEE GIRL FRIDAYS: The Love Witch
SILVERHEAD: Sixteen and Savaged
MOTT THE HOOPLE: American Pie/The Golden Age of Rock n' Roll
THE DIRTY STRANGERS: South of the River
THE EMBROOKS: Nightmare
SHAPES HAVE FANGS: Nobody's There
THE REVERBERATIONS: Alice Dee
TIME ZONE: Space Walker (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
THE REASONS WHY: Don't Be That Way
CIRCUS: Burn Witch Burn
NEAL FORD & THE FANATICS: Better Slow Down
THE SATELLITERS: Lost in Time
THE PLAYBOYS OF EDINBURGH: Wish You Had a Heart
THE HIGHER STATE: My Time
THE BLIND OWLS: There Goes My Girl

THE ANIMATED EGG: A Love Built on Sand (bed)
THE BEAT BUDDIES: Pins in My Heart
THE MOTIONS: Everything That's Mine
THE OUTSIDERS: Do You Feel Alright?
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: It's Too Late

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The Nitecap Lounge #13

With DJ Sween

1962

 

With Mark Ehmcke

1. Soul Bossa Nova - Quincy Jones

2. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman

3. Dream Baby - Roy Orbison

4. Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle

5. The Stripper - David Rose

6. Baby It's You - The Shirelles

7. A Swingin' Safari - Billy Vaughn

8. Shout Shout Knock Yourself Out - Ernie Maresca

9. Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini

10. Limbo Rock - Chubby Checker

11. The Breeze and I - Juan Garcia Esquivel

12. Popeye Joe - Ernie K-Doe

13. Palisades Park - Freddy Cannon

14. I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song) - The Ikettes

15. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett

16. Jelly Bread - Booker T and the MGs

20. Sheila - Tommy Roe

21. Walk On The Wild Side - Jimmy Smith

22. Make It Easy On Yourself - Jerry Butler

23. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King

24. Al Di La - Emilio Pericoli