For the Birds

In this avian-themed outing, Mal gives you the Bird: the Word, the Dance, and the Species. Shake a tail feather and get with this Bird-a-thon, and stay tuned for an extra 37 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted in two-hour broadcast format, 8 May 2020.

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Playlist:
The Rivingtons: The Bird's the Word
Baby Ray & The Ferns: How's Your Bird?
The Mojo Men: Free as a Bird
Rocky Roberts & The Airedales: The Bird Is the Word
Country Joe & The Fish: Super Bird
The Barbarians: Hey Little Bird
The Beatles: And Your Bird Can Sing
The Galileo 7: Cruel Bird
The Hour Glass: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
Judy Henske: High-Flying Bird
The Moody Blues: Bye Bye Bird
The Bee Gees: Birdie Told Me
The Everly Brothers: Bird Dog
The Del Counts: Bird Dog
Gene Vincent: Bird Doggin'
The Mystery Action: The Bird Rockers
Inez & Charlie Foxx: Mockingbird
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood: Lady Bird
The Buffalo Springfield: Blue Bird
Jerry Garcia: Bird Song
Eddie Floyd: Big Bird
Daddy Cool: Eagle Rock
The Music Machine: The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly
The Electric Banana (The Pretty Things): Eagle's Son
Jimmy Rivers Combo: The Blue Eagle Pt. 1
King Khan & The Shrines: 40 Birds
The Best Things: Chicks are for Kids
The Ventures: Yellow Bird
Thee  Sixpence: Birdman of Alkatrash
The Wylde Mammoths: All the Birds are Gone
The Yo Yos: The Raven
The Ramones: Surfin' Bird
The Motivations: The Birds

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine
The Chevelle V: Come Back Bird
Johnny Winter: Birds Can't Row Boats
Mouse & The Traps: I Wonder Where the Birds Fly
The Five Americans: Sweet Bird of Youth
Willie Nelson: Bird on a Wire

Ann-Margret: Bye Bye Birdie

Bonus Tracks:
The Sevens: Love of a Bird
Gene Vincent: Love Is a Bird
Marianne Faithfull: This Little Bird
The Plague: High-Flyin' Bird
Bob Dylan: Black Crow Blues
Q65: World of Birds
Charlie Parker: Yardbird Suite
The Hooterville Trolley: No Silver Bird
The Left Banke: Sing Little Bird Sing
Joe Cocker: Bye Bye Blackbird
The Monks: Cuckoo
The Trashmen: Surfin' Bird
Lester Bangs & The Delinquents: Legless Bird

Lyres: On Fyre at the Rusty Nail 1985

 CD/digital available at lyres.bandcamp.com

LP/digital available at https://teensoundrecords.bandcamp.com

This year, Mal Thursday decided to embark on a labor of love, and bring the finest live recording of one of his favorite bands, Boston's legendary Lyres, to the world. Mal decided to partner with Massimo del Pozzo of Teen Sound Records/Misty Lane Music in Rome, Italy, to release this vital document of American rock 'n' roll, now available to stream and download, with the physical releases out by Christmas.

Mal's hyperbolic liner notes: 

The Rusty Nail was a throwback to an earlier time, a wayward roadhouse/live music venue in the wilds of Western Massachusetts, located 15 minutes up the road from the University of Massachusetts, in the woodsy hill town of Sunderland, population 3400. The wood-hewn hole in the wall featured an eclectic variety of touring acts, who would bypass the bigger college towns in favor of playing at the Nail. I saw James Brown and the Buzzcocks there, to name a couple. However, for my money, the greatest show ever staged at the Rusty Nail was Lyres’ performance on March 29, 1985.

The band was road-tested and on top of their game, having toured the US and Europe relentlesslyin the months prior, in support of their 1984 album On Fyre. They tore through a fast and furious set, an hour and change of non-stop rock 'n' roll, pausing only for Jeff "Monoman" Conolly to tell the audience, "This is a one o'clock club, which means you have to drink twice as fast."
 

As Lyres closed the show with "What a Girl Can't Do," the audience was left awestruck, buzzing, and sweaty. Exactly four months after this show was recorded, the Rusty Nail burned to the ground.

Some said the fire was caused by faulty wiring, while others alleged an insurance bust-out scheme. My favorite theory is that it was burned down by local residents who were sick and tired of Rusty Nail patrons parking, pissing, and/or puking on their lawns. 

I consider this album to be the finest Lyres live recording in existence. It has been pitch-corrected, remixed, and remastered from the original two track soundboard recording. On Fyre at the Rusty Nail 1985 is a testament to Lyres as not just one of the greatest bands from Boston, but one of the greatest bands from anywhere. 
 

Personnel: 

Jeff Conolly: Vocals, Organ
Rick Coraccio: Bass, Vocals
Danny McCormack: Guitar
Paul Murphy: Drums

Executive production, graphics & layout:
Massimo del Pozzo & Mal Thursday
Recordings duly licensed to Misty Lane Music / Teen Sound Records. Licensed from Chunk Archives Recordings
Recorded 29 March 1985 at the Rusty Nail, Sunderland, Massachusetts by Chris Dixon
Pitch correction and mixdown by Matt Parmenter at Ice Cream Factory Studio, Austin, Texas
Mastered by Pete Weiss at Panoramic House, West Marin County, California 

Back photo by Paul Shoul   

In My House

Mal Thursday rocks your hearth and home with an episode where the Word of the Week is House, all songs with House, Walls, Windows, Doors, or Roofs in the title. Presented in Ultrasonic Stereophonic and Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 20 November 2025.

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Playlist:
The Baytovens: My House
The Wailers: Wailers House Party (bed)
The Golden Earrings: In My House
The Bluebeards: Come on a My House
The Astronauts: Baby Let's Play House
The Moody Blues: This Is My House (But Nobody Calls)
The Pretty Things: House in the Country
The X-Cellents: Little Wooden House
The Epics: White Collar House
The Blue Things: Doll House
The Animals: House of the Rising Sun (BBC)
Oscar & The Majestics: Haunted House (bed)
Love: A House Is Not a Motel (single version)
The Flies: House of Love
The Association: House of Stone
The Turtles: House of Pain (mono)
Denny Seyton & The Sabres: House of Bamboo
The Glass Family: House of Glass
The Attack: Strange House
The Showstoppers: Ain't Nothin' But a House Party
Flamin' Groovies: Roadhouse
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Red House
The Pearlescents: Ronnie's Night House (bed)

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine:
Roy Orbison: Rock House
The 13th Floor Elevators: Slip Inside This House (single version)
Kenny & The Kasuals: Who Stole My House?
The Five Canadians: Writting on the Wall
Lavender Hill Express: Outside My Window

The Statler Brothers: Flowers on the Wall (live)
The E-Types: Put the Clock Back on the Wall
The Guess Who: Clock on the Wall
The Hollies: Look Through Any Window (BBC)
Bob Dylan: Can You Please Crawl Out You Window?
The Messengers: Window Shopping
The Green Beans: Knock on My Door (Tap on My Window)
The Attack: The 'Rock Door (bed)
Richard & The Young Lions: Open Up Your Door
The Primates: Knock on My Door
The Blues Project: Back Door Man (live)
The Lost: Back Door Blues
The Missing Linx: Behind Locked Doors
The 49th Parallel: Close the Barn Door
Duane Eddy: House of the Rising Sun (bed)
The Blue Things: The Orange Rooftop of Your Mind

Bonus Tracks:
The Bourbons: Bourbons House Party
The Kinks: House in the Country (mono)
Oscar & The Majestics: House of the Rising Sun
Jefferson Airplane: House at Pooneil Corners
Jimi Hendrix Experience: House Burning Down
The Fleshtones: This House Is Empty
The What Fours: Basement Walls
The Action: Climbing Up the Wall
Joe Cocker: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Teddy & The Pandas: (Bye Bye) Out the Window
The Thanes: Don't Let Her Dark Your Door
The Tigermen: Close That Door
Jerry & The Landslides: Get Off of My Roof

Mal at the Beeb Vol. 3

Mal Thursday winds up a three-part journey into the BBC vaults with another star-studded episode heavy on the British Beat. Featuring 30 minutes of bonus tracks. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 13 November 2025. Thumbnail by UnitedWorldMedia. 

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Playlist:
Johnny Kidd & The Pirates: Shakin' All Over
The Hollies: Nitty Gritty/Something's Got a Hold on Me
Screaming Lord Sutch & The Savages: Good Golly Miss Molly
The Animals: Jailhouse Rock
The Beatles: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You/The Hippy Hippy Shake
The Rolling Stones: Come on/Cops and Robbers
Lulu & The Luvvers: Surprise Surprise
The Pretty Things: Roadrunner
The Yardbirds: I Wish You Would/Jeff's Boogie (bed)
The Troggs: Wild Thing/From Home
Manfred Mann: The One in the Middle
Dusty Springfield: Little by Little
The Small Faces: Lazy Sunday/All or Nothing
The Mindbenders: All Night Worker
Spencer Davis Group: It's Gonna Work Out Fine
The Who: My Generation/The Good's Gone
Manfred Mann: My Generation (bed)
The Zombies: Just Out of Reach/Tell Her No
The Moody Blues: And My Baby's Gone/Stop
Peter & Gordon: Wrong from the Start 
The Kinks: See My Friends/Waterloo Sunset
Jeff Beck: Tallyman
The Move: Night of Fear/So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
The Marmalade: Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
The Artwoods: Steady Gettin' It (bed)
The Yardbirds: Think About It
The Troggs: Night of the Long Grass
Pink Floyd: Jugband Blues
Cream: Sunshine of Your Love
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Love or Confusion
Procol Harum: Kaleidoscope
Led Zeppelin: Communication Breakdown
David Bowie: Memory of a Free Festival Pt. 2
The Moody Blues: Go Now

Bonus Tracks:
Faces: Maybe I'm Amazed
Free: All Right Now
Tyrannosaurus Rex: By the Light of a Magical Moon
Mott the Hoople: The Moon Upstairs
Thin Lizzy: Whiskey in the Jar
Jethro Tull: Living in the Past

Mal at the Beeb Vol. 2

Mal Thursday is back in the BBC archives, digging out more magnificent mono masters from the vaults. Featuring alternate performances of four dozen classics from a who's who of British beat groups. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound. Originally transmitted 6 November 2025.

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Playlist:
The Rolling Stones: Roll Over Beethoven/Route 66
The Beatles: I Just Don't Understand/Baby It's You
The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night/Where Have All the Good Times Gone
The Zombies: She's Not There/Just Out of Reach
The Yardbirds: I'm a Man/Train Kept a-Rollin'
The Pretty Things: L.S.D./Midnight to Six Man
Them: All for Myself/Here Comes the Night
Spencer Davis Group: Keep on Running/Gimme Some Lovin'
The Hollies: Nobody/Bus Stop
The Small Faces: You Need Loving/One Night Stand
The Animals: It's My Life/Bring It on Home to Me
Manfred Mann: Watch Your Step/Pretty Flamingo
The Small Faces: Coming Home (bed)
Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders: The Game of Love
Tony Jackson Group: Never Leave Your Baby's Side
Marianne Faithfull: Come and Stay with Me
Herman's Hermits: Tallyman
Status Quo: Gloria
The Easybeats: Sorry
The Bee Gees: To Love Somebody
The Attack: Come on Up
Deep Purple: Hey Joe
Paul Jones: I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy
Manfred Mann: Sweet Pea (bed)
The Who: Pictures of Lily/Substitute
The Move: Useless Information/Stop and Get a Hold of Myself
Lulu: Shout/To Sir With Love
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Manic Depression/Radio One
Cream: I Feel Free/Tales of Brave Ulysses
Jeff Beck: Hi Ho Silver Lining

Brian Matthew with The Beatles, 1965

2̶0̶2̶4̶ 2025 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 Mal Thursday Quintet Saturday November 22nd at Knomad in Austin, Texas with The Soulphonics and David Fore & Friends.

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
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

Mal at the Beeb

 Mal Thursday presents a romp through the BBC archives as this week's show consists of songs recorded for broadcast on the Beeb between 1963 and 1973. One classic after another. In semi-chronological order. The least obscure episode in years! Presented primarily in Living Monophonic Sound. Originally broadcast 23 October 2025.

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Playlist:
The Beatles: Some Other Guy
The Rolling Stones: The Last Time
The Yardbirds: I'm Not Talking
The Pretty Things: Don't Bring Me Down
Them: Gloria
The Animals: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Kinks: Till the End of the Day
The Small Faces: Whatcha Gonna Do About It
The Who: Radio One Theme/Run Run Run
Lulu & The Luvvers: I'll Come Running Over
The Zombies: What More Can I Do
The Rolling Stones: 2120 South Michigan Avenue (bed)
Manfred Mann: Groovin'
The Hollies: Set Me Free
Hermans Hermits: Ain't That Just Like a Woman
The Merseybeats: Good Good Lovin'
Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders: Sticks and Stones
The Nashville Teens: Tobacco Road
Spencer Davis Group: Watch Your Step
Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich: Hold Tight
Paul & Ritchie: Circles
The Yardbirds: Shapes of Things
Cream: I'm So Glad
Staus Quo: Pictures of Matchstick Men
Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy
The Pretty Things: Walking Through My Dreams
The Troggs: I Can't Control Myself
The Bee Gees: In My Own Time
The Easybeats: Friday on My Mind
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
The Move: Stephanie Knows Who
Deep Purple: Hush
Fleetwood Mac: Albatross (bed)/Oh Well
Jethro Tull: My Sunday Feeling
Led Zeppelin: Traveling Riverside Blues
Mott the Hoople: Death May Be Your Santa Claus
Faces: The Stealer
T. Rex: The Slider
David Bowie & The Spiders from Mars: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide