The Ledge #664: Record Store Day

The Ledge is back! Yes, I did announce that it was unlikely that I'd have a show this week due to my recent medical procedure. But I seem to be recuperating nicely, so why not put together a show? I do chat about my experiences at the top of the program, and I do want to thank everyone that reached out to say they were thinking of me. It's so much appreciated.

As for this week's broadcast, it's all about Record Store Day. Yes, I know there are a lot of people that are not fans of this event. It didn't help that this year included a couple of mainstream titles that should have had better availability (in other words, a much higher pressing). Yes, I understand that most people don't care about rarities such as outtakes and live recordings. I get it. If that's your belief then stay away!

But I love everything about it. It's the one day that this curmudgeon hangs with the crowd before the doors open. I enjoy chatting with folks about what they're hoping to find, or what they've bought in the past. And yes, I do love live albums. I do love rare mixes. I love obscure, long out of print collaborations between unlikely artists. Gimme gimme gimme!

So tonight's show celebrates this spring's model. There are a ton of live albums. There's the almost forgotten Hindu Love Gods, which saw Warren Zevon paired up with 3 of the 4 members of R.E.M. There's a crazy alternative version of the first Public Image Ltd. album. The list goes on and on. Dive in tonight's show and relive the special day.

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1. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Fight Fire With Fire

2. MJ Lenderman - Hangover Game 

3. MJ Lenderman - Tastes Just Like It Costs 

4. ELVIS COSTELLO - Brilliant Mistake

5. Talking Heads - Psycbo Killer

6. The Replacements - Bastards of Young (Ed Stasium Mix)

7. The Replacements - Bastards of Young (2023 Remaster)

8. Alex Chilton - Lipstick Traces

9. The Jayhawks - Sioux City

10. Camper Van Beethoven - The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon

11. The Lemonheads - Sweet Jane 

12. The Lemonheads - Look Back In Anger

13. Hindu Love Gods - Battleship Chains

14. T. Rex - Baby Strange

15. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image

16. 13th Floor Elevators - (I've Got) Levitation

17. Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Brain Telephone (Live)

18. Wire - 12XU

19. Wire - Map Ref 41°N 93°W

20. The Bomboras - Wrong Place Wrong Time

21. The Chocolate Watch Band - Let's Talk About Girls

22. Dead Moon - 54 40 Or Fight

23. The Standells - Good Guys Don't Wear White

24. Pixies - Velouria

25. Pixies - Alec Eiffel

26. Graham Parker and The Figgs - Don't Let It Break You Down 

27. Graham Parker and The Figgs - Cream 

28. Ramones - Pet Sematary

29. Ramones - Palisades Park

30. Keith Richards & The X-pensive Winos - Before They Make Me Run