By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 27, 2019
I’m sure it’s to nobody’s surprise that the new Replacements box set, Dead Man’s Pop, is the featured release on tonight’s show. Obviously this would be the case no matter what the quality of the music on said box, but in this case a close look is definitely warranted. It’s everything a Replacements fan could desire. This week’s show features set focused on each of the four discs of the box. Disc one is the new mix of Don’t Tell a Soul, and it’s such a sonic upgrade. It actually sounds like a Replacements album after all the studio gimmicky that cluttered the initial album is given the heave ho. To contrast the original with the new versions, I’ve included snippets of the Don’t Tell a Soul versions before each track. I’ve also utilized Color Me Obsessed director Gorman Bechard’s full-length interview with producer (and new mixer) Matt Wallace to get even more in-depth in the what he and the band originally wanted with this record. But that’s not all. Other bands released box sets this week, and a few other records of “vault” material has seen its way to the stores. A little band from Liverpool is celebrating the […]
Posted in beatles, billy bragg r.e.m., kinks, live ledge, music, paul westerberg, Podcast, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 16, 2018
An extended episode taking a look at some of the classic music celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Posted in 1968, beatles, byrds, dylan, kinks, mc5, music, Podcast, realpunkradio, rolling stones, Scott Hudson, small faces, white album
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 2, 2018
It’s a supersized episode of brand new releases.
Posted in bad sports, cloud nothings, damaged goods, dane sheinin, hugh cornwell, jason isbell, kinks, live ledge, music, new releases, Podcast, Scott Hudson, ty segall
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 26, 2018
Tonight’s show is a tribute to the legendary leader of The Fall, Mark E. Smith, who passed away earlier this week.
Posted in brix smith, kinks, mark e. smith, mothers of invention, music, Podcast, Scott Hudson, the fall
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 21, 2017
To celebrate the release of the new Ray Davies album, tonight’s Live Ledge is primarily Kinks covers, along with tracks from Americana.
Posted in kinks, Podcast, Scott Hudson
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 23, 2015
Nothing but musical questions tonight!
Posted in 7 seconds, archers of loaf, bad religion, benjamin booker, buzzcocks, centro-matic, cramps, creation, creeping ivies, dictators, elvis costello, go-go's, god's favorite band, hoodoo gurus, husker du, jam, kinks, make out, matthew melton, minutemen, misfits, muffs, music, nervebreakers, new york dolls, pixies, Podcast, purple hearts, queers, radio birdman, ramones, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, small faces, smugglers, stiff little fingers, talk, undertones, warm soda, wipers
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 18, 2015
To celebrate a birthday, Hudson starts a two-part series where he plays one song from every year he’s lived.
Posted in beatles, big star, camper van beethoven, clash, cramps, dead kennedys, dinosaur jr, firehose, flamin' groovies, husker du, johnny thunders, jonathon richman, kinks, live ledge, mc5, monkees, new york dolls, no direction, Podcast, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, ronettes, Scott Hudson, sonics, stooges, undertones, velvet underground, who, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 28, 2015
Nothing but track eight’s to commemorate that we still have a couple days left in the eighth month of the year.
Posted in archers of loaf, bash and pop, cheap time, cheap trick, clash, cramps, david bowie, dead boy, elvis costello, exploding hearts, guided by voices, hindu love gods, hold steady, husker du, jam, jesus and mary chain, jim jones, kinks, lemonheads, live ledge, lou reed, music, Podcast, ramones, replacements, rolling stones, saints, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, sonic youth, soul asylum, stooges, suicide commandos, superchunk, talk, uncle tupelo, velvet underground, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 24, 2015
Host Scott Hudson shares some of his Record Store Day haul, along with a discussion on the latest Replacements’ shows!
Posted in 101'ers, blitzen trapper, built to spill, kinks, lemonheads, live ledge, lucero, lydia loveless, music, OFF!, Podcast, realpunkradio, record store day, replacements, rsd, shoes, slim dunlap, talk, todd snider, twin peaks, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on March 13, 2015
Nothing but classic albums with three classic songs in a row.
Posted in archers of loaf, big star, clash, descendents, heartbreakers, husker du, jawbreaker, kinks, live ledge, music, Podcast, pogues, ramones, replacements, Scott Hudson, talk
By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 20, 2015
Nothing but songs about freedom and employment, and freedom from employment!
Posted in a-bones, alex chilton, buzzcocks, carlene carter, clash, creation, dead bundy, delinquents, devo, downliners sect, dramarama, dwarves, elvis costello, godfathers, graham parker, jello biafra, jimmie rodgers, john wesley harding, kinks, lou reed, merle haggard, music, mystic eyes, natural child, newtown neurotics, nils, Podcast, prime movers, rave-ups, realpunkradio, replacements, rolling stones, ryan adams, Scott Hudson, son volt, talk, the who, tim timebomb, todd snider, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 12, 2014
Hudson counts down the 20 best reissues, box sets, and other miscellaneous 2014 releases.
Posted in afghan whigs, artwoods, best of 2014, bluebells, bob dylan, camper van beethoven, close lobsters, csny, fugazi, jam, jayhawks, jesus and mary chain, kinks, mighty lemon drops, music, pixies, Podcast, primal scream, reissues, replacements, scruffy the cat, small faces, springsteen, superchunk, talk, uncle tupelo, velvet underground, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 3, 2014
The beginning of the month means it’s a show of nothing but new music.
Posted in a-bones, bleached, brian setzer, chuck prophet, creeps, crime, ex hex, gotobeds, growlers, hares, king tuff, kinks, lucinda williams, mahones, music, number ones, paul collins, Podcast, rancid, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, sleaford mods, sonny vincent, spider bags, talk, tweedy, vaselines, vibrators, wand, wreckless eric
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 18, 2014
In response to the horrors of Coachella, Hudson curates his own personal music festival.
Posted in alex chilton, archers of loaf, babes in toyland, bikini kill, blondie, buzzcocks, cheap trick, chuck berry, circle jerks, clash, cramps, damned, david bowie, dead boys, descendents, devo, downliners sect, Eddie Cochran, elvis costello, exploding hearts, f-units, face, gene vincent, graham parker, heartbreakers, husker du, jam, jawbreaker, jerry lee lewis, jesus and mary chain, johnny burnette, kinks, live ledge, lou reed, mc5, meteors, music, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, talk
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 11, 2014
An entire show dedicated to those evil folks who control the record industry.
Posted in all, clash, dan baird, dead kennedys, elvis costello, graham parker, hot snakes, kathleen edwards, kinks, live ledge, minor threat, mudhoney, nervebreakers, nick lowe, nofx, patti smith, Podcast, poster children, ramones, realpunkradio, records, replacements, rezillos, robbie fulks, saints, Scott Hudson, sex pistols, stiff little fingers, supersuckers
By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 21, 2014
Tonight, the playlist falls into the hands of the listeners!
Posted in adverts, archers of loaf, bad brains, beat happening, black flag, camper van beethoven, devo, grinderman, hayden, howler, husker du, joe strummer, jonathan fire eater, kinks, lawrence arms, music, nick cave, old 97's, Podcast, problematics, realpunkradio, replacements, requests, Scott Hudson, shane macgowan, spits, stranglers, suburbs, superchunk, supersuckers, talk, thee headcoatees
By paulisded@yahoo.com on January 31, 2014
A trip down memory lane – nothing but tunes from that magical year of 1979.
Posted in ac/dc, alex chilton, beat, boomtown rats, buzzcocks, cheap trick, clash, cramps, curtiss a, damned, dave edmunds, devo, dickies, dils, elvis costello, fear, generation x, germs, graham parker, hypstruz, joe jackson, kinks, motorhead, music, nick lowe, patti smith, PIL, Podcast, ramones, realpunkradio, ruts, Scott Hudson, soft boys, stiff little fingers, suburbs, suicide commandos, undertones, wire
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 27, 2013
An alphabetical trip through some of Hudson’s favorite bands.
Posted in alex chilton, big star, buzzcocks, camper van beethoven, clash, damned, elvis costello, firehose, guided by voices, husker du, iggy, jam, kinks, live ledge, lyres, mission of burma, music, only ones, pixies, Podcast, queers, radio birdman, ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, saints, Scott Hudson, superchunk, t. rex, undertones, wreckless eric, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 6, 2013
Another show featuring nothing but new releases and online discoveries!
Posted in billy bragg, bremen riot, cheap time, delusionaires, drive-by truckers, feelies, fuzz, fuzztones, godfathers, high learys, jayhawks, kinks, latex novelties, live ledge, lyres, music, neo boys, normals, pampers, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, sham 69, skunks, slim dunlap, songsforslim, tall boys, thee headcoats, uncle tupelo, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on October 11, 2013
It’s simple – nothing but songs that include the word “what”.
Posted in archers of loaf, buzzcocks, cbgb's, clash, cramps, dead boys, elvis costello, kinks, muffs, music, naked ted, pagans, paul westerberg, Podcast, purple hearts, ramones, real kids, realpunkradio, rev horton heat, Scott Hudson, superchunk, supersuckers, talk, throbs, turbonegro, undertones, velvet underground, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on May 10, 2013
That beautiful 350 pound Seeburg Jukebox is the source of all the tunes tonight.
Posted in dogmatics, grandpaboy, husker du, jukebox, kinks, music, myron lee, nervebreakers, no direction, PIL, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, spooks, suburbs, twintone, undertones
By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 24, 2013
Legendary session pianist Nicky Hopkins would have been 69 today, so today’s show includes some of the classic songs that features his work.
Posted in beatles, cyril davies, graham parker, jackie lomax, jayhawks, jefferson airplane, john lennon, kinks, move, music, nicky hopkins, Podcast, pretty things, realpunkradio, rolling stones, Scott Hudson, talk, who
By paulisded@yahoo.com on February 17, 2013
A companion piece to Friday’s “lonely” episode, this morning is nothing but “bitter” tunes.
Posted in amy rigby, beatles, big star, bob dylan, elvis costello, graham parker, harry nilsson, indie, jam, joy division, kinks, marianne faithfull, music, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, rolling stones, Scott Hudson, smiths, talk, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 22, 2012
Besides talking about the St. Paul Graham Parker concert Scott saw earlier this week, tonight is all about punk rock Christmas songs. For the 3rd straight year, Hudson ignores the sentimental garbage and piles on the edgier side of the holidays.
Posted in angry snowmans, atoms, bantam rooster, bloody muffs, brainless wonders, Christmas, graham parker, hilbilly casino, indie, jacobites, jukebox zeroes, kinks, kobanes, lemonaids, mansfields, mark lanegan, matthew ryan, music, nimrods, paul westerberg, Podcast, pogues, punk, ramonas, renfields, rocket 455, sonics, talk, thee headcoatees, vice squad, yobs
By paulisded@yahoo.com on December 16, 2012
Friday night, I unveiled my list of best 2012 albums. This morning, it’s all about the reissues, box sets, and other compilations of the past 12 months.
Posted in 2012, alex chilton, archers of loaf, box sets, elvis costello, english beat, garage, indie, joe strummer, kinks, lyres, moe tucker, muddy waters, music, my bloody valentine, nervebreakers, paul mccartney, plimsouls, Podcast, reissues, rolling stones, ryan adams, small faces, t. tex edwards, talk, tempests, velvet underground, woody guthrie, world party
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 23, 2012
Two hours of songs against the travesty of Black Friday, and the cretins who make it out to shop when they should still be sleeping.
Posted in alex chilton, archers of loaf, babes in toyland, bad religion, billy bragg, black friday, clash, dashboard saviors, dead kennedys, devo, fugazi, gang of four, garage, guadalcanal diary, guided by voices, indie, jam, jim jones revue, jonathan richman, juliana hatfield, killing joke, kinks, mekons, meyerman, mojo nixon, monkees, music, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, saints, Scott Hudson, slits, talk, testors, tom waits, weezer, x-ray specs
By paulisded@yahoo.com on November 2, 2012
Health issues prevented me from celebrating Chuck Berry’s 86th birthday on October 18, so we celebrated it tonight with rarities and great cover versions.
Posted in backbeat, british invasion, Cannibals, chocolate watch band, chuck berry, crawdaddys, dave alvin, dave edmunds, david bowie, downliners sect, flamin' groovies, garage, gene vincent, groovie ghoulies, headcat, indie, jerry lee lewis, kinks, masters apprentice, music, neatbeats, Podcast, punk, regents, remains, replacements, rockpile, rolling stones, ronnie lane, suicide commandos, talk, tenpole tudor, thee headcoats, vince taylor, Wanda Jackson, yardbirds
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 23, 2012
Debut plays of new tracks by Paul Westerberg and Matthew Ryan highlight this playlist of primarily “fall” songs.
Posted in Americana, bob dylan, bob mould, church, indie, jerry lee lewis, johnny cash, kinks, leonard cohen, lloyd cole, matthew ryan, music, nick lowe, paul westerberg, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, Scott Hudson, son volt, talk, vic chesnutt, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 16, 2012
All new releases today, bracketed by covers of White Light/White Heat from the Lawless soundtrack.
Posted in aimee mann, Americana, avett brothers, bill fay, bob dylan, calexico, ian hunter, indie, juliana hatfield, kinks, mark lanegan, music, patterson hood, Podcast, ralph stanley, ry cooder, talk, trypes, waxahatchee
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 7, 2012
With a big day coming up this week, host Scott Hudson has selected one song per year that he has been alive. Sunday’s Rural Ledge-ucation will conclude the series.
Posted in archers of loaf, beatles, big star, bob dylan, boomtown rats, clash, david bowie, dinosaur jr, flamin' groovies, garage, guided by voices, husker du, indie, jam, kinks, love, mc5, monkees, music, pixies, Podcast, punk, r.e.m., ramones, realpunkradio, replacements, reverend horton heat, rocket from the crypt, rolling stones, ronettes, scott hudosn, sex pistols, stooges, supershunk, sweet, t. rex, talk, tommy keene, translator, uncle tupelo, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on September 2, 2012
It’s a celebration of Labor Day, but we also mourn the of the end of summer on today’s Rural Ledge-ucation!
Posted in alex chilton, Americana, baseball project, db's, earlimart, frank black, graham parker, indie, jim carroll, john wesley harding, johnny cash, kinks, lemonheads, lou reed, members, music, peter case, Podcast, realpunkradio, Scott Hudson, talk, todd snider, walkabouts, woody guthrie
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 26, 2012
Friday’s Live Ledge was all about the noisier releases I’ve acquired in recent weeks. Today’s Rural Ledge-ucation focuses on the quieter new stuff.
Posted in afghan whigs, Americana, andre williams, blur, dinosaur jr, felice brothers, flatlanders, graham parker, indie, kinks, los lobos, music, old crow medicine show, Podcast, realpunkradio, rodriguez, ry cooder, sadies, Scott Hudson, talk, Wilco
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 24, 2012
Tonight’s show features a ton of new and upcoming releases, along with quite a few rare finds.
Posted in black pistol fire, black randy, bob mould, brewers, clash, dead boys, divine fits, garage, gaslight anthem, hollywood brats, hypstrz, indie, jam, jeff the brotherhood, jesus and mary chain, kinks, magic christian, minutemen, mummies, music, new releases, only ones, paul westerberg, phones, pixies, Podcast, professionals, punk, realpunkradio, reverend horton heat, saints, Scott Hudson, sugar, supersuckers, sweet, talk, the bad lovers, the orwells, the rip-offs, the wall, the white wires, thee oh sees, ty segall, wolfmen, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 17, 2012
In response to NBC’s idiotic decision to not air Ray Davies at the Olympic Closing Ceremonies, tonight’s show is nothing but tunes by The Kinks!
Posted in 13th floor elevators, big star, bob hocko, cheap trick, chocolate watch band, condo fucks, cud, david bowie, elvis costello, fall, fastbacks, garage, gary myrick, indie, jam, jonathan richman, kinks, kwyet kings, liquor giants, lyres, marky ramone, matthew sweet, minus 5, mod fun, music, nbc, olympics, Podcast, punk, ray davies, records, roky erickson, southern culture on the skids, stranglers, t. tex edwards, talk, yo la tengo, young fresh fellows
By paulisded@yahoo.com on August 12, 2012
A mishmash of sounds this morning, including a birthday tribute to Elliott Smith.
Posted in andre williams, bottle rockets, braham parker, elliott smith, indie, jesse jarnow, jimmy cliff, kinks, knitters, music, paul westerberg, peter tosh, Podcast, ray davies, realpunkradio, rhett miller, sadies, Scott Hudson, talk, tim armstrong, yo la tengo
By paulisded@yahoo.com on July 6, 2012
A new jukebox and a pile of new releases inspires this week’s show!
Posted in alan vega, alejandro escovedo, dick seaton, fall, gallon drunk, goldblade, henry clay people, indie, jukebox, karen elson, kevin rowe, kinks, mike ness, mission of burma, music, nervebreakers, patti smith, payolas, Podcast, punk, realpunkradio, redd kross, replacements, scientists, Scott Hudson, son volt, soul asylum, talk, Teenage Bottlerocket, tim armstrong, urban voodoo machine, vibrators
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 22, 2012
The longest day of the year has inspired the longest Ledge show – 44 tracks of summer-related tunes!
Posted in adolescents, bare wires, blagh dhalia, brewers, cheap girls, cosmic dropouts, cramps, Demons, Eddie Cochran, famous monsters, garage, go, graham parker, howler, husker du, indie, jesus and mary chain, kinks, lyres, male bonding, material issue, meteors, muck and the mires, music, new salem witch hunters, pathos, pink mink, Podcast, punk, radio birdman, rainmakers, ramones, realpunkradio, rhett miller, Scott Hudson, shonen knife, small faces, sonic avenues, stabilizers, superchunk, talk, thee headcoats, thee holy ghosts, tuuli, ty segall, undertones, vikings, vindictives, whild billy childish, white wires, x
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 3, 2012
It’s wedding season, so here’s 90 minutes of songs that should give you silly people second thoughts about making this awful decision!
Posted in Americana, billy bragg, bob dylan, drive-by truckers, elvis costello, evan dando, excuse 17, gram parsons, guided by voices, indie, jason isbell, jerry lee lewis, jim cuddy, john wesley harding, juliana hatfield, kinks, laura cantrell, leeroy stagger, music, old 97's, paul kelly, Podcast, realpunkradio, replacements, rockpile, Scott Hudson, stud cole, talk, two car garage, wedding, Wilco, woody guthrie, xtc
By paulisded@yahoo.com on June 1, 2012
Last week’s ’77 theme went so well it just had to be repeated!
Posted in 1977, ac/dc, boomtown rats, buzzcocks, cheap trick, chris spedding, clash, damned, dead boys, dictators, dmz, dogs, eater, elvis costello, garage, germs, graham parker, hysptrz, indie, jam, kinks, kiss, misfits, motorhead, music, only ones, Podcast, punk, ramones, real kids, realpunkradio, rubber city rebels, Scott Hudson, sham 69, slaughter and the dogs, stranglers, suicide, talk, thin lizzy, weirdos, wreckless eric, x-ray spex, zeroes
By paulisded@yahoo.com on April 15, 2012
Nothing but songs about taxes and the government on this awful day where only accountants are happy.
Posted in bad religion, beatles, billy bragg, byrds, Cannibals, cheap trick, f.u.2, indie, johnny cash, johnny paycheck, kinks, mendoza line, music, music machine, nils, Podcast, realpunkradio, robert cray, Scott Hudson, sharon jones, spoon, talk, talking heads, tax, ten years after, the jam, the who, todd snider, unknowns
By paulisded@yahoo.com on March 30, 2012
Scott spends two hours figuring out how to spend his half-billion dollar lottery proceeds!
Posted in against me!, barreracudas, bastards of melody, black tambourine, de keefmen, dr. feelgood, druglords of the avenues, Dukes of Hamburg, garage, high on stress, holy shits, husker du, ian dury, indie, joe strummer, joey ramone, justin townes earle, kinks, launderettes, lottery, lucero, megamillions, moe tucker, muffs, music, paul westerberg, phones, Podcast, primitives, ramones, ray wylie hubbard, shods, shonen knife, soul asylum, talk, the booze, tommy womack, two cow garage
