The Ledge #616: Records

Tomorrow (April 20) is a sort of unofficial holiday for those of us who are obsessed with music. It's Record Store Day! To prime myself, and hopefully you fellow music nerds, tonight's episode is devoted to songs about records, record stores, and the people like us who collect them!

It's another wide range of material, from classic beat sounds of the 60s (Tweeds) to late 70s power pop (The Mumbles, Milk 'n' Cookies) to self-reverential 80s alternative rockers (The Jesus & Mary Chain) and current garage and punk along with plenty of singer/songwriters of all eras! 

I'm hoping this fires you all up to get out there and find your wishlist tomorrow! What are y'all looking for? Let me know what treats you discover!

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1. Tweeds - I Need That Record

2. Todd Snider - Vinyl Records

3. Drivin' N' Cryin' - The Little Record Store Just Around The Corner

4. Tom Tall - Stack-A-Records

5. Marah - Why Independent Record Stores Fail 

6. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - Saw You at the Record Shop Today (Electric)

7. The Reds, Pinks and Purples - The Record Player and the Damage Done

8. The Jesus & Mary Chain - 33 13

9. The Jesus & Mary Chain - 45rpm

10. The Short Fuses - Drop The Needle

11. The Shang Hi Los - Skipping Records

12. Brad Marino - Broken Record Baby

13. The Cheap Cassettes - Black Vinyl!

14. Elvis Costello - 45

15. Luke Haines & Peter Buck - 45 Revolutions

16. Blitz - 45 Revolutions

17. The Barracudas - God Bless The 45

18. Thee Wylde Oscars - Seven Inch Record

19. The Exbats - Ghost In The Record Store

20. Cheap Gunslingers - Record Store

21. The Melmacs - Record Store

22. Andras Jones - Record Store

23. Broncho - Record Store

24. Blake - Vinyl Junkie

25. Diamond Dogs - Get A Rock N Roll Record

26. The Lasts - I Stole Your Records

27. Used Kids - I Miss My Records

28. Supersuckers - Rock-N-Roll Records (Ain't Selling This Year)

29. Milk 'n' Cookies - Buy This Record

30. Vista Blue - Make a Record

31. Fernando Perdomo - Girl with a Record Collection

32. The Brags - Vinyl

33. Brian Setzer - Vinyl Records

34. The Mumbles - Poly Vinyl

35. Vacant Faces - Spinning Records

36. Matt Mays - 78's, 33's & 45's

37. Wreckless Eric - 33s + 45s

38. The Persian Leaps - About Your Record

39. Private Lives - Hit Record

40. Built to Spill - Fake Records of Rock & Roll