The Ledge #532: SST Records (Pt. 1)

When I was informed there was a new book about one of my favorite labels of the 80s, I just had to have it. Jim Ruland's Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise & Fall of SST Records is every bit as great as I hoped. It really tells the controversil tale of not only label founder Greg Ginn, but the entire circus of bands and staffers that ran a label that launched the careers of dozens of legendry artists.

It was only natural that I put together a show dedicated to these artists, but I quickly discovered this story could not be told in one episode. Tonight's broadcast starts off with a chronological look at most of the label's first 20 or so releases, followed by another hour spotlighting some of my personal favorites. While I still have dozens of records to sample for next week's episode, if there's any you feel needs to be included, please let me know!

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. Black Flag, Nervous breakdown

2. Minutemen, Definitions

3. Black Flag, Jealous again

4. Minutemen, Tension

5. Black Flag, Six pack

6. Saccharine Trust, A Human Certainty

7. Black Flag, Rise above

8. Overkill, Hell's Getting Hotter

9. Meat Puppets, Love Offering

10. Stains, Get Revenge

11. Wurm, Time Has Come Today

12. Black Flag, TV party

13. Hüsker Dü, Real World

14. Dicks, Rich Daddy

15. The Subhumans, Moron Majority

16. Saccharine Trust, The Giver Takes

17. Meat Puppets, Lake of Fire

18. Meat Puppets, Up On The Sun

19. Meat Puppets, Mirage

20. Meat Puppets, Bad Love

21. Husker Du, Diane

22. HÜsker DÜ, Eight Miles High

23. Hüsker Dü, Never Talking To You Again

24. Hüsker Dü, Celebrated Summer

25. Husker Du, Green Eyes

26. Minutemen, Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs

27. Minutemen, Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing

28. Minutemen, Lost

29. fIREHOSE, Brave Captain

30. fIREHOSE, For The Singer Of R.E.M.

31. fIREHOSE, In My Mind

32. The Leaving Trains, She's Looking At You

33. The Leaving Trains, What Cissy Said

34. Bad Brains, I Against I