North Fork Sound Top 20 - September 25th 2011

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Noel Gallagher

1. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: Aka...What A Life!
2. Johnny Rivers: Turn On Your Lovelight
3. Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory Orchestra: Que Sera, Sera (feat. Martha Wainwright)
4. Johnny Cash w/Carl Perkins: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
5. Van Dyke Parks: Money Is King
6. Brinsley Schwarz: Nervous On The Road (live, BBC, '71)
7. Chris Morris: Fixit Girl
8. Jim Carroll w/Lee Ranaldo, Lenny Kaye & Anton Sanco: Woman
9. Billy Swan: September In The Rain
10. Nick Lowe: Somebody Cares For Me
11. Digitaldubs feat. Ranking Joe: Fyah Bun Dem
12. Billy Garner: Little Schoolgirl
13. Joe White: Rudies All Around
14. Butcher Holler (feat. Eilen Jewell): You're Lookin' At Country
15. Bryan Ferry: Don't Ever Change
16. The Gandharvas: A Quick Feel
17. Joe Ely: You Can't Bet I'm Gone
18. Todd Rundgren: Personality Crisis
19. Denim: American Rock
20. Jimmy Elledge: Funny How Time Slips Away

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Social Climbers

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Addie Brik: The Problem With Imitators
Alan Vega: Jukebox Babe
Alice Cooper: Lost In America
Amy Allison: Don't Go To Sleep

Amy LaVere

Amy LaVere: Tricky Heart
Betty Davis: Nasty Gal
Brian Eno: Dow
Culture: Capture Rasta
Curve: Ten Little Girls
Dr. John & The Lower 911: The City That Care Forgot
Drive-By Truckers: Never Gonna Change
The Georgia Satellites: Don't Pass Me By

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger: Rainbows In Gasoline
The Groundhogs: Rich Man, Poor Man
Helen Humes: Real Fine Daddy
Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers: Bald Tyre
Hugo Monenegro: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Imperial State Electric: You Don't Want To Know
John Fogerty: Don't You Wish It Was True?
Junior Murvin: Cool Out Son
Junior Parker: Sittin' At The Bar
Keith Richards: Gimme Shelter (live)

Ken Nordine

Ken Nordine: Green
Kirsty MacColl: A New England
Little Barrie: Pin That Badge
Lightnin' Hopkins: Glory Be
The Lo-Fidelity Allstars (feat. Pigeonhead): Battleflag
The Mekons: Ugly Bethesda
The Mekons: Ancient & Modern
P.G. Six: January
The Real Kids: Reggae Reggae
Rob Wasserman w/Tom Morello: Ease My Revolutionary Mind
Ronnie Lane: Around The World (Before I Grow Too Old)
Roxy Music: Editions Of You
The Routes: Do What's Right By You
Roy Sludge: I Got Hammered (Then I Got Nailed)
Rubén Blades y Seis Del Solar: Ojos De Perro Azul
Ry Cooder: Hank Williams
Sade: By Your Side (reggae version)
Sonny Burgess: We Wanna Boogie (take 1)

Steve Cropper

Steve Cropper: Messin' Up (feat. Sharon Jones)
Steve Miller Band: You Got Me Dizzy
Stiff Little Fingers: Alternative Ulster
The Stooges: 1969
The Sugarcubes: Regina
Th' Faith Healers: Sparklingly Chime
Television: Prove It
Them: Gloria
U-Roy: Dreamland
Vince Taylor: Brand New Cadillac
Wanda Jackson: I Gotta Know
The Who: I Can't Explain

Willie Nile

Willie Nile: Welcome To My Head
Wire: I Am The Fly
The Woods: Battleship Chains
Yellowman: Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
Zonder Kennedy & The Scoville Junkies: Devil Walk
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band: Zoot's Sermon

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tune in for the next 'PURE' w/howard thompson October 14th on WPKN, Bridgeport (89.5FM) at noon (eastern) or stream it anytime at www.wpkn.org

North Fork Sound Top 20 - September 18th 2011

Suzi Quatro

1. Suzi Quatro: Strict Machine
2. Imperial State Electric: You Don't Want To Know
3. The Ghost Of A Sabre Tooth Tiger: Rainbows In Gasoline
4. Junior Murvin: Cool Out Son
5. Curve: Ten Little Girls
6. Glen Campbell: In My Arms
7. Amy LaVere: Tricky Heart
8. Ian Hunter: Something To Believe In
9. Wreckless Eric: Hit And Miss Judy
10. Amy Rigby: Dancing With Joey Ramone
11. Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers: Bald Tyre
12. Laurie Anderson: Another Day In America
13. Nikki Lane: Walk Of Shame
14. Christy McWilson: Man Of The Cloth
15. Canray Fontenot & Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin: Untitled Dance Tune
16. The Chosen Few: Tears Of A Clown
17. Staff Benda Bilili: Avramandole
18. Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story
19. Tanya Tucker: Bidding America Goodbye
20. Roy Sludge: I Got Hammered (Then I Got Nailed)

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Mekons: Ancient & Modern 1911-2011

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Barrie Biggs

Barrie Biggs: Sideshow
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby: From Above
Bob Dylan: Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Punky Reggae Party
Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham: Ginger Snaps
Bruce Woolley & The Camera Club: Dancing With The Sporting Boys
Buddy Holly: You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)

Cat Power

photo by elinor carucci

Cat Power: Sea Of Love
Chic: Good Times
Cibo Matto: Artichoke

Eddie Cochran

photo courtesy www.eddie-cochran.info

Eddie Cochran: Three Steps To Heaven
Home: Fancy Lady, Hollywood Child
Jim Ford: I'm Gonna Make Her Love Me

Mary Jane Hooper

Mary Jane Hooper: I Feel A Hurt
Mickey Jupp: Switchboard Susan

Mocean Worker
photo: Tim Knox

Mocean Worker: Sho Nuff
The Psychedelic Furs: Pulse
Richard Hell & The Voidoids: Destiny Street
Scarlett Johansson: One Whole Hour
She And Him: Don't Look Back
Steely Dan: The Royal Scam
William DeVaughan: Be Thankful For What You've Got

The Yayhoos

The Yayhoos: Hurtin' Thing
Zony Mash: Prudence Rsvp
Zoot Horn Rollo: Don's Secret
ZZ Top: My Head's In Mississippi

you can find the radio station on this page (top right, press the 'play' icon) or at live365.com - search: "North Fork Sound"

and don't forget 'PURE' w/howard thompson broadcasts - noon (eastern) - every second Friday of the month on WPKN, Bridgeport 89.5fm, streams 'live' and is archived at www.wpkn.org

North Fork Sound Top 20 - September 11th 2011

Cults
photo: Sarah Lee

1. Cults: Go Outside
2. The Persuasions & Friends: Ship Of Fools
3. Daddy Cool: Eagle Rock
4. Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez: The Seventh Sons (live)
5. Status Quo: Down Down
6. Vernon Taylor: Mystery Train
7. Rodney Crowell: Til I Gain Control Again
8. Mocean Worker w/Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bill Frisell, Charlie Hunter & Hal Wilner: Sho Nuff
9. Grace Jones: Sunset Sunrise
10. Ray Barretto: Indestructible
11. Stephen Bruton w/Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Sweet Pea Atkinson: Help Yourself
12. Betty Davis: Stars Starve, You Know
13. Ty Segall: Where Your Head Goes
14. Jimmy Smith: Slow Down Sagg (live)
15. Jah Lion/The Silvertones: Columbia Colly/Rejoice Jah Jah Children
16. Gene Ammons: Someone To Watch Over Me
17. The Steve Miller Band: Come On (Let The Good Times Roll)
18. St. Vincent: Cruel
19. Brian Eno: Glitch
20. Cibo Matto: Beef Jerky

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Lydia Loveless: Indestructible Machine

Last Week's Listener Favourites
22 Pistepirrko: Swamp Blues

Andy Fairweather Low
photo: Julian Purser

Andy Fairweather Low: 8 Ton Crazy
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby: From Above
Betty Davis: He Was A Big Freak

Bill Kirchen

Bill Kirchen: Little Bitty Record
Brian Wilson: Listen To Me
Charlie Louvin: Hickory Wind (live)

Claudio Villa

Claudio Villa: Stornelli Amorisi
The Click Five: Fever For Shakin'
Dennis Linde: Hello, I Am Your Heart
The Deviants: Deviation Street
The Dictators: Who Will Save Rock And Roll
The Heptones: Sea Of Love
Howlin' Wolf: Built For Comfort
James Brown: Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
Jerry Lee Lewis: Let's Talk About Us

Joe Brown

Joe Brown: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
John Lydon: Dog
Johnny Rivers: Willie And The Hand Jive
The Jolly Brothers: Conscious Man
Little Bob Story: Cry Baby
Little Feat: Oh Atlanta

Martin Rev

Martin Rev: Sanctus
Mary Jane Hooper: I've Got What You Need

The Paris Sisters

The Paris Sisters: I Love How You Love Me
The Pretty Things: Pretty Beat
Roy Harper: When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease
She And Him: Don't Look Back
Steve Cropper w/Sharon Jones: Messin' Up
T. Rex: Telegram Sam

Terry Edwards
portrait: John Lee Bird

Terry Edwards: Spill The Beans

you can find the radio station on this page (top right, press the 'play' icon) or at live365.com - search: "North Fork Sound"

and don't forget 'PURE' w/howard thompson broadcasts - noon (eastern) - every second Friday of the month on WPKN, Bridgeport 89.5fm, streams 'live' and is archived at www.wpkn.org

next PURE: October 14th
September's PURE

North Fork Sound Top 20 - September 4th 2011

John Adams

1. John Adams/New York Philharmonic: On The Transmigration Of Souls
2. The Head Cat: Crossroads
3. Buddy Holly: You're So Square (Baby I Don't Care)
4. Alex McMurray: Our Kind Of Rain
5. Lydia Loveless: Can't Change Me
6. Keith Hudson: I'm All Right
7. Addie Brik: Saki
8. Mary Jane Hooper: I've Got What You Need
9. Zony Mash: Smiles
10. Johnny Ace & The Johnny Otis Band: Anymore
11. The Alan Bown Set: Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You're Bad)
12. Kasey Anderson & The Honkies: Save It For Later
13. Alan Vega: Ice Drummer
14. The Congos: Congoman (12" mix)
15. Charlie Louvin: Hickory Wind (live)
16. Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon, Ros Stephen: Lullaby For Irena
17. Garbage: Drive You Home
18. Sheba Potts-Wright: My Kind Of Man
19. The Click Five: Fever For Shakin'
20. Kim Weston: Helpless

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week
Various Artists: Listen To Me - Buddy Holly

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Amy Rigby: Don't Break The Heart
Amy Winehouse & Paul Weller w/Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Bell XI: Amelia

Big Al Anderson

Big Al Anderson & The Balls: Poor Me
Billy Bremner: Loud Music In Cars
Billy Butler & The Enchanters: Right Track
Black Milk: Royal Mega
Curtis Mayfield: Pusherman
The Drive-By Truckers: The Company I Keep
Elvis Presley: New Orleans
Emperor X: Allahu Akbar

Family
(courtesy Art Into Dust)

Family: Burlesque
Gregory Isaacs: Loving Pauper
Jimmie Vaughan: I Ain't Gonna Do It No More
Judy Clay: Sister Pitiful
Junior Dread: A Wat Dat?

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes: Carry Go Bring Come
Kevin Ayers: Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes
King Stitt: Dance Beat

Lydia Lunch
photo: Annie Sprinkle

Lydia Lunch: Bowery Blues
MX-80 Sound: Tidal Wave
Pothole Skinny: Atlantic Winds
Rob Wasserman w/Ani DiFranco: Voice

Studs Terkel

Rob Wasserman w/Studs Terkel: I Heard A Man Talking
Roscoe Holland: Stick Out Your Can
Roy Milton & Mickey Champion: Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
Roy Orbison: Trying To Get To You (undubbed)
Slim Harpo: Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu

Sofia

Sofia: The Boys Are Back In Town
Sonic Youth: Sugar Kane
The Stranglers: Always The Sun
Zonder Kennedy: 20,000 Dollars Worth Of Twang

you can find the radio station on this page (top right, click on the 'play' icon) or at live365.com - search: "North Fork Sound"

don't forget 'PURE' w/howard thompson broadcasts - noon (eastern) - every second Friday of the month on WPKN, Bridgeport 89.5fm, streams 'live' (and is archived) at www.wpkn.org