A Mal Thursday Christmas (2024 Edition)

 

Mal presents a classic holiday-themed episode augmented with a brand new set of yuletide rock 'n' roll and soul numbers, then tyme-travels back to 2013, 2010, and 2009 to bring you the best of The Mal Thursday Show's Christmas episodes. Over three hours of festive hits and misses. Thanks to Mike Murray and T.J. Mertz for playlist assistance. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophoinc and Living Monophonic Sound. This version originally broadcast 19 December 2024.

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Playlist:
Jimmy McGriff: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (bed)
The Wailers: Christmas Spirit
Jimmy Jones & His Versatiles: Christmas Is a Drag (Without You Baby)
Luther & The BBBs: Credit Card Christmas
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets: North Pole Express (live)
The Len Price 3: It's Christmas Time Ebenezer
Big Star: Jesus Christ
The Monkees: Christmas Party
Dean Landew: Holiday Bash
The Missile Toads: Santa's a Boozer
Bob Seger & The Last Heard: Sock It to Me Santa
Clarence Carter: Back Door Santa
The Krayolas: I Want to Be Your Santa
The Beatles: Christmas Time Is Here Again
The Ventures: White Christmas (bed)
Los Straitjackets: It's a Marshmallow World
Flat Duo Jets: Christmastime (Hey, We're Gonna Rock)
The Vipers: Christmas I'll Be Home
The Brood: One Winter Night
The Gorehounds: Yuh, Xmess
The Dogmatics: Xmas Time (Sure Don't Feel Like)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Big Yule Log Boogie
Alan Milman Sect: Punk Rock Christmas 
Bee Bumble & The Stingers: Nutrocker (bed)
Trolley: It's Christmas
The Connection: Christmas Time Again
Bipolaroid: Merry Xmas
Angry Johnny & The Killbillies: Six Bullets for Christmas
The Mockers: There's No War on Christmas
The Devil Dogs: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
The Electric Six: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire: Link Wray's Christmas
The Ventures: Scrooge (bed)
The Grip Weeds with Mark Lindsay: Santa Make Me Good/Christmas, Bring Us
The 5-6-7-8's: Rock n' Roll Santa
The Fleshtones: Super Rock Santa
Reigning Sound: If Christmas Can't Bring You Home
Unknown Hinson: Black and Blue Christmas
Jimmy Smith: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Reducers: Nothin' for Christmas
The Damned: There Ain't No Sanity Clause
Mott The Hoople: Death May Be Your Santa Claus
A440: Santa Claus Is Comin' Yeah
The Soulphonics: All I Want for Christmas Is a Job
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Rain, Sleet, and Snow
The Kaisers: Merry Christmas, Lupe Lu
Yard Trauma: Christmas Tyme
Edd “Kookie” Byrnes: Yulesville
Saturday's Children: Deck Five
The Yobs: Silent Night
The Ebenezer Scooge Appreciation Society: Hang on Rudolph
Lemmy Kilmister & Billy Gibbons: Run Run Rudolph
Davie Allan & The Arrows: Ho Ho Seven/Hark the Herald Angels Sing (bed)
The Fleshtones: Hooray for Santa Claus
The Taildraggers: Let’s Talk About Claus
The Sonics: Santa Claus
Jerry & The Landslides: Get Off My Roof
The Chesterfield Kings: Hey Santa Claus
Nick Swardson: A Very Terry Christmas
Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire:
Pete Townshend’s Christmas
Lowell George & The Factory: Candy Cane Madness
The White Stripes: Candy Cane Children
Plan 9: Merry Christmas
The Sonics: Don’t Believe in Christmas
Regining Sound: That’s All I Want
The Hentchmen: Shotgun Christmas
The Figgs: Father Christmas
The Cheetahs: A Message to Santa Claus
Fear: Fuck Christmas
The Eels: Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
The Dirtbombs: My Last Christmas 

Call/Back

Mal Thursday is back with a brand new episode where the Words of the Week are Call and Back. Chock full o' chunka chunka, wild sounds and big beats. Includes 22 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast, in slightly different form, on 29 September 2022.

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Playlist:
The Last Word: Don't Call Me, I'll Call You
The Who: Call Me Lighting (mono 45 mix)
The Beatles: I Call Your Name (mono)
Them: Call My Name (single version)
The Thoughts: Call Me Girl
The Small Faces: Call It Something Nice
The Who: Lightning (bed)
Lulu: Call Me
The Zombies: I'll Call You Mine
Elvis Presley: Wolf Call
Primrose Circus: PS Call Me Lulu
The Mothers of Invention: You Didn't Try to Call Me
Captain Beefheart: Call on Me

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Barbara Lynn: Call My Bluff, Baby
Big Brother & The Holding Company: Call on Me
Junior Brown: Better Call Saul

The Nomads: Call Off Your Dogs
Nick Lowe: They Call It Rock
The Greenhornes: Three Faint Calls
MC5: Call Me Animal
The Brood: Don't Call My Name
The Miracle Workers: When a Woman Calls My Name
The Sellwoods: Walk of Shame (bed)
The Nashville Teens: Find My Way Back Home
The Zombies: I Want You Back Again
The Small Faces: Come Back and Take This Hurt Off Me
Paul Ritchie & The Crying Shames: Come on Back
Spencer Davis Group: Looking Back
The La De Das: Jump Back
The Rolling Stones: Back Street Girl
The Beatles: Back in the USSR (mono)
The Easybeats: You'll Come Back
The Todds: I Want Her Back
The Intruders: I Ain't Comin' Back
The Byrds: My Back Pages (Stockholm '67)
The Grass Roots: Tell Me (You're Coming Back)
The Ventures: He Never Came Back (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Zakary Thaks: Won't Come Back
The Chevelle V: Come Back Bird

Big Star: Back of a Car (Demo)
Lyres: Not Looking Back
Dead Boys: Won't Look Back
Scott Walker: The Old Man's Back Again

Bonus Tracks:
The Velvet Underground: I Heard Her Call My Name
Wet Paint: We Call Him a Man
Proctor Amusement Company: Call Out My Name
Wally Tax: You Didn't Call Me
Naz Nomad and the Nightmares: Just Call Me Sky
The Faros: I'm Calling You Back
The Henchmen: Get Off My Back
Jonathan Richman: Back in Your Life

What/When

Mal Thursday returns from the road with an episode where the Words of the Week are What and When. All songs with What or When in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 5 December 2024.

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Playlist:
The Zombies: What More Can I Do
The Small Faces: Whatcha Gonna Do About It (alt version)
The Sorrows: You Got What I Want
Manfred Mann: What You Gonna Do
The Rolling Stones: What a Shame
The Tremoloes: What a State I'm in
The Yardbirds: What Do You Want (mono)
The Troggs: 66-5-4-3-2-1 (I Know What You Want)
The Searchers: Take Me for What I'm Worth
The Talismen: What Kind of Boy
The Lyrics: So What!
The Vectors: What in the World
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Money (That's What I Want)
Phil & The Frantics: Till You Get What You Want
The Byrds: What's Happening?!?
The Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth (live)
The Ventures: Whatever Shape Your Stomach's In
Tommy James & The Shondells: Say I Am (What I Am)
Reigning Sound: What Did I Tell You
Muck & The Mires: If I Knew Now What I Knew Then
Lyres: What a Girl Can't Do
The Outsiders: What's Wrong with You

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Stoics: Enough of What I Need
Floyd Dakil Combo: Look What You've Gone and Done
The Modulation Corporation: What to Do
The Liberty Bell: For What You Lack
Mike Renolds & The Infants of Soul: When Will I Find Her
Willie Nelson: Wake Me When It's Over

The Hollies: When I Come Home to You
Spencer Davis Group: When I Come Home
The Searchers: When I Get Home
The Beatles: When I Get Home (mono)
Terry Reid: When I Get Home
Hoppi & The Beau Heems: When I Get Home
The Sheppards: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
The Ventures: When You Walk in the Room (bed)
The Grains of Sand: That's When Happiness Began
The Beau Brummels: When It Comes to Your Love
Tim Hardin: You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie
The Guess Who: When Friends Fall Out
The Avengers: When it's Over
The Vagrants: And When It's Over
The Grapes: When the Four Winds Blow
Big Star: When My Baby's Beside Me
The Satelliters: When I'm in Between
The Zombies: I Remember When I Loved Her

Love

 The Word of the Week is Love, baby! It's a starry-eyed and laughing rock n' roll love-in as Mal Thursday presents a series of songs with love in the title and love in the grooves. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
The Live Wires: Love
The Zombies: I Love You (mono)/Can't Nobody Love You
The Beatles: Soldier of Love (BBC)/It's Only Love (mono)
The Rolling Stones: We Love You (mono)
The Yardbirds: For Your Love/Love Me Like I Love You (BBC)
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game of Love
The Ventures: Tomorrow's Love
The Kinks: Got Love If You Want It (alt version)/I'm a Lover Not a Fighter (BBC)
The Animals: I'm in Love Again
The Small Faces: You Need Loving (BBC)
Them: Turn on Your Lovelight
Wynder K. Frog: Turn on Your Lovelight
The Troggs: Our Love Will Still Be There/Your Love
The Who: Our Love Was (mono)
The Thoughts: Memory of Your Love
Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich: No More Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Bold As Love (backing track)
The Bee Gees: To Love Somebody (BBC)
Lulu (with The Mindbenders): Stealing My Love from Me
The Sonics: Do You Love Me
The Wild Ones: Lord Love a Duck
The Electric Prunes: I Happen to Love You
The Monkees: Love Is Only Sleeping
The Tasmanians: Love, Love, Love
The Roemans: Love (That's What I Want)
The Chocolate Watchband: Don't Need Your Lovin'
The Standells: Standells Love Theme

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Kempy & the Guardians: Love for a Price
The 13th Floor Elevators: Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (live '66)
The Space Cadets: Love-itis
Knight's Bridge: Make Me Some Love
Danny & the Counts: You Need Love

The Pandoras: Want, Need, Love
The Chesterfield Kings: Are You Gonna Be There (At the Love-In)
Lyres: Gotta Find a New Love/If You Want My Love
The Sick Rose: I Want Love
Plan 9: I Can't Stand This Love, Goodbye

Home Pts. 1 & 2

The Word of the Week is Home on this Classic Rerun from July of 2020, or rather Classic Reruns. It's the first two episodes of The Mal Thursday Show made for a streaming station that cannot be named, now in one episode. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound.

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Playlist:
Booker T. & The MGs: Home Grown
Thee Midnighters: Welcome Home Darling
Butch Engle & The Styx: Going Home
The Original Sinners: Anytime You Need (I'll Be Home)
The Defiant Four: Away From Home
Hoppi & The Beau Heems: When I Get Home
Bobby Connerly: Little Girls Go Home
The Briks: Baby Let Me Take You HOme
Willis Jackson: Swimmin' Home Baby
The Choir: I'm Going Home
Opus V: Going Home
The Delirium: Never Coming Home
The Ascendors: I Won't Be Home
The Stuarts: Bringing It Home
The Mojo Men: Girl Won't You Go On Home
David Jones with The King Bees: Louie Louie Go Home
Them: Go On Home Baby
The Kinks: I Took My Baby Home
The Rolling Stones: Please Go Home
Marianne Faithfull: Rosie, Won't You Please Come Home
The Troggs:  From Home
The Bunch: You Never Came Home
Johnny & The Velvetones: Hitch-Hiking Home
The Blue Beats: She's Coming Home
The Bee Gees: I Want Home
The Hollies: When I Come Home To You
The Spencer Davis Group: When I Come Home
The Zombies: I'm Goin' Home/She's Coming Home
Doug Robertson & The Good Guys: Drivin' Home
The Blues Magoos: She's Coming Home
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Louie Go Home
The Sonics: I'm Going Home
The Inspirations: Baby Please Come Home
The Beau Denturies: Straight Home
Neil Diamond: The Long Way Home
Richard Ziolowski & The Sheppards: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
The Ventures: Home
Welcome Home, Brother Charles trailer
Solomon Burke: Home in Your Heart
Ike & Tina Turner: Tell Her I'm Not Home
Curtis Knight: Welcome Home
Alvin Robinson: Down Home Girl
Marvin Gaye: Anywhere I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
Howard Tate: Ain't Nobody Home
Carla Thomas: I'll Bring It On Home To You
Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm: Going Home
Munster Go Home trailer
Thee Sixpence: Gotta Get the First Plane Home
The Wylde Heard: Take It on Home
The Birdwatchers: It's a Long Way Home
Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs: The Down Home Strut
The Mothers Of Invention: America Drinks and Goes Home
The Shadows: Back Home
The Rolling Stones: Going Home

Believe

You gotta believe! The Word of the Week is Believe on this episode of The Mal Thursday Show. All songs with Believe in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 7 November 2024.

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See The Mal Thursday Quintet Sunday November 10th (matinee) at The Far Out Lounge and Stage, Austin, Texas, Saturday November 16th at Double Wide, Dallas, Texas, Friday November 22nd at Abilene Bar & Lounge, Rochester, New York, and Saturday December 7th (matinee) at the Corn Pound in San Antonio, Texas.

 Playlist:
The High Spirits: I Believe
Manfred Mann: I Really Do Believe
The Small Faces: You Better Believe It (BBC)
The Move: You Better Believe It Baby
The Zombies: You Must Believe Me (BBC)
The Animals: I Believe to My Soul
The Hollies: Would You Believe
Billy Nichols: Would You Believe
Byron & The Mortals: Do You Believe Me
The Remains: Baby, I Believe in You
The Monkees: I'm a Believer (alt mix)
The Pretty Things: You Don't Believe Me
The Obvious: I Don't Believe
Gene Clark & The Gosdin Brothers: I Couldn't Believe Her
The Heard: I Don't Believe You
The Twelfth Night: I Don't Believe You
The Cobras: If I Can't Believe Her
The Liverpool Five: I Just Can't Believe It
The Animals: I Can't Believe It (BBC)
The Aardvarks: I Don't Believe
The Experiment in Sound: Believe Nothing You Hear
Conway Twitty: It's Only Make Believe
Tim Hardin: Reason to Believe
The Baskerville Hounds: I'm a Believer
The Young Rascals: I Believe
The Guess Who: Believe Me
Bob Dylan: Obviously Five Believers
Coleman Hawkins & The Chocolate Dandies: I Can't Believe That You're in Love

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Fantatics: I Can't Believe
The Things: I Don't Believe It
Waylon Jennings: I Don't Believe You
Joe Tex: I Believe I'm Gonna Make It
The Satelliters: Seeing Is Believing
The Nervebreakers: I Don't Believe in Anything

The Woggles: Something to Believe In
Reigning Sound: I Don't Believe
Miss Reed: Believe You Me
The Len Price 3: I Don't Believe You
The Chesterfield Kings: I Can't Believe It (Get Yourself Together)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions: Beyond Belief
The Cherry Drops (feat. Tony Valentino): I Believe, I Believe

2024 Halloween Special

 It's Halloween time again at stately Thursday Manor, with Mal Thursday spinning nearly four hours of heavy duty All Hallows Eve hits for you. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 21 October 2024, and in different form in 2016, 2014, 2009, and 2007.

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See The Mal Thursday Quintet Sunday November 10th (matinee) at The Far Out Lounge and Stage, Austin, Texas, Saturday November 16th at Double Wide, Dallas, Texas, Friday November 22nd at Abilene Bar & Lounge, Rochester, New York, and Saturday December 7th (matinee) at the Corn Pound in San Antonio, Texas.

Playlist:
The Out Sect: Soggy
The Dahmers: On Halloween
The Mystrys: Witch Girl
The Meteors: The Corpse Grinder
The Graveyard Five: The Marble Orchard
Lyres: Running Through the Night
Roky Erickson: I Walked with a Zombie
The Bama Lamas: Hungry Teeenage Wolf
The Goldstars: Leave Me Alone (A Halloween Song)
The Sellwoods: Jack-o-Lantern Blues
Spinal Tap: Saucy Jack
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Pub of Fear
The High Frequencies: It's Alive
Agent Twang: Ghost Train
The Fleshtones: Return to the Haunted House
The Vooduo: House on Haunted Hill
Count Stephen: Spooky
The Gravedigger V: It’s Spooky
The Ramones: Pet Sematary
Del Ricos: Voodoo
The Cramps: Zombie Dance
The Seeds: Creepin' About
1313 Mockingbird Lane: Dig Her Up
Action Andy & The Hi-Tones: Black Widow
The A-Bones: Spooks a-Poppin' Theme
Chuck Berry: Trick or Treat
Torn Down Units: Lost on Ghost Road
Drac & The Swamp Rats: Haunt Your Girlfriend
Larry & The Blue Notes: Night of the Phantom
The Move: Night of Fear (BBC)
Mickey Finn: Night Comes Down
The Turtles: Grim Reaper of Love
Shouting Thomas & The Torments: Dead Man Slide
The Fleshtones: The Haunted Hipster/I Was a Teenage Zombie
Stud Cole: The Witch
Donovan: Season of the Witch
The Sonics: The Witch
The Lollipop Shoppe: You Must Be a Witch
The Radiacs: She’s My Witch
Nox Boys: The Witch
The N Betweens: Evil Witch Man
The Circus: Burn Witch Burn
The Moving Sidewalks: Crimson Witch
Super Session: Season of the Witch
The Eyes: When the Night Falls
The Standells: Blackhearted Woman
Painted Faces: Blackhearted Susan
PF Sloan: Halloween Mary
The Minus Five: Lies of the Living Dead
The Phantom Five: Graveyard
Heinz & The Wild Boys: Big Fat Spider
The Apollos: It’s a Monster
The Stems: She’s a Monster
The Sharks: Dracula’s Daughter
Screaming Lord Sutch: Jack the Ripper
Thee  Headcoats: The Strangler of Boston Town
The Bugs: Strangler in the Night/Albert,Albert
Thee  Cormans: Werewolves in Heels
Zacherle: Happy Halloween
Lon Chaney Jr.: The Maddest Story Ever Told
The Fuzztones: Happy Halloween
The Swingin' Neckbreakers: No Costume No Candy
Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures: Zombie a Go Go
The Tombstones: Black Cat
The Outsiders: Haunted by Your Love
The Moontrekkers: Night of the Vampire
Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Creature with the Atom Brain
The Cramps: Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
Ronnie Cook & The Gaylads: Goo Goo Muck
The Frantics: Werewolf
The Bomboras: A Fistful of Terror
The Seeds: Evil Hoodoo
Manfred Mann: Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble
Q65: I Got Nightmares
The Skunks: You Scare Me
The Malarians: No
The Born Losers: Werewolves on Wheels
The Last Word: Sleepy Hollow