The Ledge #515: 1977 Redux (Rerecorded)

I was so excited to upload last night's episode of The Ledge, as I believed I had a pretty cool theme put together. Unfortunately, once the live broadcast on RealPunkRadio concluded, I discovered that my recording device had malfunctioned.

Still determined to share the episode, I decided to rerecord on Saturday afternoon. The first ten minutes of the broadcast had survived, so I included that bit and then recut my intros before reconstructing the rest of the show with the song files.

What you get here is the natural successor to my earlier shows devoted to the magnificent year of 1977. This time, however, you'll hear covers of songs played on those shows. And what an eclectic group of artists. You even hear southern rock legends The Outlaws bravely take on an Elvis Costello song in 1977. Who knew that even existed? 

I hope you enjoy this episode. A little warning, though. There may be some fluctuations in the levels, as some tracks are mastered louder than others. My broadcast program takes care of that during live shows, and I did attempt to manually boost a couple of really quiet tunes.

I would love it if every listener bought at least one record I played on either of these shows. These great artists deserve to be compensated for their hard work, and every purchase surely helps not only pay their bills but fund their next set of wonderful songs. And if you buy these records directly from the artist or label, please let them know you heard these tunes on The Ledge! Let them know who is giving them promotion! You can find this show at almost any podcast site, including iTunes and Stitcher...or

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1. Wet Lag, Psycho Killer 

2. Lure Burke Stinson and Kramer, Chinese Rocks

3. The Replacements, Born To Lose 

4. Bad Luck Charms, One Track Mind

5. Lure Burke Stinson and Kramer, All By Myself

6. Kurt Baker, Hanging On The Telephone

7. The CONNECTION, Southern Girls

8. Big Black, He's a Whore

9. REM, Funtime

10. THE BOBBY LEES, Blank Generation

11. Dirty Looks, Love Comes In Spurts 

12. Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Marquee Moon

13. The Vibrators, Sonic Reducer

14. The Wildebeests, Mongoloid

15. Ex Hex, All Kindsa Girls

16. Squire, Boys Don't Lie

17. Tommy And The Rockets, Carbona Not Glue

18. Newtown Neurotics, I Remember You

19. The Queers, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

20. Hüsker Dü, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

21. Adrian Edmunson & The Bad Shepherds, God Save The Queen/Mountain Road

22. Mr. Irish Bastard, Pretty Vacant

23. Thee Headcoats, 1977

24. The Outlaws, Miracle Man

25. Debora Iyall Group, Watching the detectives

26. The Klank, (The angels wanna wear my) Red shoes

27. The Shadracks, Boredom

28. Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, 2-4-6-8 Motorway

29. Hickoids. Neat Neat Neat

30. Paul Westerberg, (I'd Go) The Whole Wide World

31. Die Toten Hosen, Lookin' After No. 1 (mit Bob Geldof)

32. Die Toten Hosen, Where Have All The Boot Boys Gone?

33. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, Police & Thieves