Through/Line

Mal Thursday presents two Words of the Week for the price of one: Through and Line. Songs with Through in the title in the first half, songs with Line in the second half. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 16 January 2025.

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Playlist:
The Ugly Beats: Let Me Through
Unknown: Now That We're Through
The Authentics feat. Jimmy Page: Climbing Through
The Hollies: We're Through/Look Through Any Window (live '68)
The Rolling Stones: (Walkin' Thru) The Sleepy City
The Beatles: I'm Looking Through You (mono)
Joe Cocker: She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
Booker T & The MGs: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (bed)
The Barrier: Dawn Breaks Through
The Creation: Through My Eyes (mono)
The Pretty Things: Walking Through My Dreams (BBC)
Eric Burdon & The Animals: Madman Running Through the Fields
The Puddin' Heads: Now You Say We're Through
The Plagues: I've Been Through It Before
The Sintrifical Fours: You Put Me Through Changes
The Gentrys: I'm Gonna Look Straight Through You
Billy Preston: I Am Coming Through (bed)
The Doors: Break on Through (mono)
The Tears: People Through My Glasses
The Cykle: Walkin' Through My Mind
The Lemon Pipers: Through with You
The Ventures: Tiptoe Through the Tulips (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The 13th Floor Elevators: Thru the Rhythm (Where Am I)
Willie Nelson: If You Could See What's Going Through My Mind
The Ugly Beats: Through You/Throw Me a Line
Sir Douglas Quintet: Who'll Be the Next in Line
ZZ Top: Move Me on Down the Line
The Really Rottens: Starting Line (bed)

Spirit: I Got a Line on You
The Kinks: Party Line
The Birds: Next in Line
The Trashmen: Same Lines
The Satans: Lines and Squares
The Music Machine: Double Yellow Line
The Grateful Dead: Beat It on Down the Line
Flamin' Groovies: Between the Lines
The International Submarine Band: Luxury Liner
Eddie & The Hot Rods: Life on the Line
DMZ: Border Line (bed)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Out! (Director's Cut)

The Word of the Week on this episode of The Mal Thursday Show is Out, as Mal spins a series of songs with Out in the title. Director's cut, expanded and remastered from a 2020 specialty 'cast, now with 33% more non-recycled material. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 9 January 2025.

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Playlist:
The Rolling Stones: All Sold Out
The Mal Thursday Quintet: Get Out of My Eye
The Satelliters: Try It Out
The Chesterfield Kings: Cry Your Eyes Out
The Karovas Milkshake: Freak Out
The Romantics: Out of My Mind (Into My Head)
Alice Cooper: School's Out (live '73)
The Penetrations: Fakin' Out (bed)
Paul Revere & The Raiders: Steppin' Out
Rain: Outta My Life
The Young Rascals: I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore (mono 45 mix)
The Uncalled For: Get Out of the Way
The Pretty Things: Out in the Night (demo)
Dusty Springfield: All Cried Out
The Easybeats: Goin' Out of My Mind
The Hideaways: Hide Out (bed)
The Seeds: Out of the Question (take 4)
James Brown: Out of Sight
The Who: Out in the Street
The Eyes: I'm Rowed Out
The Zombies: Just Out of Reach
The Rolling Stones: Out of Time
The Rationals: Out in the Streets (bed)
The Strawberry Alarm Clock: Pretty Song from Psych Out
The Belfast Gypsies: People, Let's Freak Out
Something Wild: Trippin' Out

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
The Bear Fax: Out of Our Tree
The Blox: Hangin' Out
Sir Douglas Quintet: You're Out Walkin the Streets Tonight
Connie Carroll: No Way Out
The Moving Sidewalks: Headin' Out (bed)

Nancy Sinatra: I've Gotta Get Outta This Town
The Puppets: Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart
Friend & Lover: Reach Out of the Darkness
Lulu: Lookout
Ike & Tina Turner: It's Gonna Work Out Fine
The Yellow Payges: Our Time Is Running Out
The Turtles: I Get Out of Breath/Outside Chance
The Preachers: Stay Out of My World
Bob Dylan: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
The Animals: We Gotta Get Outta This Place (US 45)
The Way Outs: Way Out

Tasteful Attire

Mal Thursday presents a series of songs about various types of apparel, with sets devoted to mini-skirts, bikinis, footwear, and black clothing. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 2 January 2025.

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Playlist:
The Coasters: Shopping for Clothes
The Kinks: Dedicated Follower of Fashion (mono)
Flying Burrito Brothers: High Fashion Queen
Love: She Comes in Colors
The Rolling Stones: She's a Rainbow
North Atlantic Invasion Force: Blue and Green Gown
Dukes of Stratosphear: Your Gold Dress
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels: Devil in a Blue Dress
Bill Doggett: High Heels (bed)
The Troggs: H.I.S. Slacks radio spot/Girl in Black
The Beatles: Baby's in Black (mono)
Them: I'm Gonna Dress in Black
The Beatpack: (She's) All Dressed in Black
The Blackjacks: That's Why I Always Dress in Black
The T-Bones: Paint It Black (bed)
The 4 Score: Mini-Skirt
The Flower Children: Mini-Skirt Blues
The Era of Sound: Girl in the Mini-Skirt
The Iveys: Girl Next Door in a Mini-Skirt

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:  
Rehabilitation Cruise: Mini Skirts
Lightnin' Hopkins: Mini-Skirt

The Rationals: Turn On (Danby's Men's Store promo 45)
The Unclaimed: It's a Bikini World
The Supremes: Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine
The Gamblers: Dr Goldfoot (and His Bikini Machine)
The Kingsmen: How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
The Cramps: Bikini Girls with Machine Guns
The Boardwalkers: Bikini Drag (bed)
Firesign Theater: Shoes for Industry
The Trolls: Walkin' Shoes
The Jeeps: I Put on My Shoes
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band: Blue Suede Shoes
Alice Cooper: Shoe Salesman
Soft White Underbelly (Blue Oyster Cult): Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes
The Fleshtones: Cold, Cold Shoes
Lyres: High Heel Sneakers (live)
New York Dolls: Puss 'n' Boots
The Ventures: These Boots Are Made for Walking (bed)
Canned Heat: Levi's radio spot
The Standells: Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (live)
Bob Dylan: Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat (take 13)
Terry Reid: The Hand Don't Fit the Glove
Manfred Mann: Handbags and Gladrags (BBC)
Oasis: The Girl with the Dirty Shirt
The Cramps: I Wanna Get in Your Pants

Bonus Tracks:
Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Green Shirt
Spoon: Fitted Shirt
DMZ: Shirt Loop
Sun Dragon: Peacock Dress
The Hollies: Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)
Johnny Cash: Man in Black

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