The Ledge #684: Covers

Ok, the "covers" folder is full so it's again time for a show of nothing but remakes! What's surprising is that it usually takes five or six months to be ready for each of this type, but it was only two months ago that I utilized this theme. But then again, there's been a plethora of tribute albums in the last few weeks, mot notably the fabulous Make Something Happen: A Tribute To The Flashcubes on Big Stir Records. I aired a set off this release in my new release episode earlier this month, but it definitely deserved another outting in this episode.

But that's not all from our pals at Big Stir Records. On October 10th, they will have the perfect Halloween album with Chilling, Thrilling Hooks and Haunted Harmonies: The Big Stir Records Halloween Grimoire. Featuring almost all of the label's great acts, they've released a prerelease single off the record, a cover of "Eyeball Eater (From Outer Space) by sparkle*jets u.k. What's especailly cool is that the digital version of the single includes a previously unreleased 1958 version by The Legends, a band featuring Richard West, fathre of sparkle*jets u.k.'s Susan West. 

Elsewhere, there are fab covers by Rum Bar Records acts, along with remakes of tunes by Lemonheads, Wire, Saints, Reigning Sound, Roky Erickson, and so much more. And there's the latest double cover set series by Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin, where Moss and a collaborative artist cover each other's tunes. This time the act doing the Moss tune is singer/songwriter Eytan Mirsky!

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1. John Craigie - She Said She Said

2. Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin - Good Hair Day

3. Eytan Mirsky - What Happened (to the Rock 'n' Roll)?

4. Gentleman Jesse - I Walked With a Zombie

5. California f Les Fradkin - The Mighty Quinn

6. Mark Ward - Indiana Wants Me 

7. Chris Von Sneidern - No Promise

8. Joe Giddings - You're Not Grounded

9. Tom Kenny & The Hi-Seas - Welcome To The Working Class

10. Hamell On Trial - Got No Mind

11. sparkle*jets u.k. - Eyeball Eater (From Outer Space)

12. Splitsville - I Was A Teenage Frankenstein 

13. The Midnight Callers - Changes

14. Johnny Marr - Rebel Rebel (feat. Neil Tennant)

15. Jay Farrar & Shannon McNally - Cortez the Killer

16. Marshall Crenshaw - I Just Want To Celebrate

17. Thurston Moore - Temptation Inside Your Heart

18. Galaxie 500 - Rain 

19. J Prozac - Walk Of Life

20. Christina Jean & Her All Stars - Hanging on the Telephone

21. The Hellflowers - Spanish Bombs

22. The Sugar Beats - Burning Up

23. Heavenly - Art School

24. Water From Your Eyes - Warm Storm

25. Alley Girl - The Letter

26. The Sleeveens - Drowning

27. Liquids - In BuTTWEEN DAYS

28. Ryan Allen - Ex Lion Tamer

29. CIGARETTE CAMP - UHHH

30. Coffin Break - We Can Work It Out

31. The Vapids - I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

32. The Vapids - Bonzo Goes To Bitburg

33. Ginger Wildheart - Captain Invincible

34. The Low Numbers - In The City

35. The Beaten Hearts - L-I-E-S 

36. Cowboy Mouth - My Way