The Ledge #638: The Hudson Basement Excavation Project

If you follow me on the various social media platforms (paulisded) you've probably seen a variety of pictures with the tagline "The Hudson Basement Excavaton Project". A little explanation is needed. Decades ago, my son needed a rack to store his records as he had followed in the old man's footsteps and put together his own sizable library. As I did not at that point even own a turntable, my records were all boxed up and stored in the basement.

A few years later, home renovatons meant that these boxes were joined by more boxes of CD's, books, magazines, and other junk that needed to be moved out of the way of new carpet and paint. The original boxes of records were now buried. When I returned to vinyl a decade ago, I had a feeling that somewhere there just had to be a bunch of albums. I mean, come on. I would never sell or give away Replacements records, right?

This feeling carried on whenever I saw a good stash of used records at local stores, or when a classic album was reissued. There just has to be records somehwere/anywhere! I would take tentative searches while doing laundry from time to time, but just a few weeks ago I hit the jackpot. I found some good ol' Taco Bell shredded lettuce boxes. You may laugh at that, but those were the perfect boxes to store records. And sure enough, as I moved other boxes around, and squeezed in between other barriers (old lawn furniture, etc.) it was indeed what I've been looking for. One great box of vinyl, with another couple right next to it. A few weeks later there was another discovery!

So tonight's show is all about some of the gems discovered during this process. Some are quite rare. Others could be pretty easily found in most good used stores. But it' sover two hours of fantastic old faves from the 70s, 80s, and even a couple from the 90s!

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1. Spot 1019 - Surf Machine

2. Suicide Twins - Dance

3. Zeitgeist - Araby

4. Danny & Dusty - The Word Is Out

5. The dB's - Love Is For Lovers

6. The Jayhawks - Two Angels

7. The Jayhawks - Sioux City

8. E-I-E-I-O - This Time

9. Big Dipper - She's Fetching

10. Camper Van Beethoven - (We're A) Bad Trip

11. Camper Van Beethoven - I'm Not Like Everybody Else

12. The Vipers - Cheated And Lied

13. The Magnolias - Asking The Time

14. The Leaving Trains - Temporal Slut

15. Patti Smith - Ask The Angels

16. Blondie - Rip Her to Shreds

17. The Pretenders - The Adultress 

18. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Dear Prudence

19. The Victims - Television Addict

20. The Victims - Open Your Eyes

21. Beasts Of Bourbon - Evil Ruby

22. Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians - Brenda's Iron Sledge

23. Chris Spedding - Wild In The Streets

24. Chris Spedding - Guitar Jamboree

25. The Clash - Pressure Drop

26. The Drones - Persecution Complex

27. Primal Scream - Velocity Girl

28. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head

29. The Pastels - Breaking Lines

30. Close Lobsters - Firestation Towers

31. The Replacements - Nowhere Is My Home

32. The Replacements - Left Here In The Dark

33. The Replacements - Last Train To Clarksville (I'm In Trouble)

34. The Replacements - Another Girl, Another Planet

35. Ian Dury - Blockheads