Tracklist
1 | Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar/On The Wire (Theme) | |
2 | The Mel-o-tones – I Walked With A (Live) Bugs Bunny Bendy Toy | |
3 | The Fall – Wings | |
4 | Lee Scratch Perry With The Flying Vicars & Sir Freddy Viadukt – Scratch On The Wire | |
5 | The Riverside Trio – Please Give Me Something | |
6 | Rhonda – Black & Strange | |
7 | Bim Sherman & Singers & Players – The Need To Live | |
8 | General Strike – What's That? | |
9 | Chop Walker & Brenda Beach Ball Kenny – Tall Dark Stranger | |
10 | It's Immaterial – Ed's Original Funky Diner | |
11 | Suns Of Arqa With Price Far I – Brujo Magic | |
12 | The Whisky Priests – Forget It All |
Celebrating 40 years of the legendary radio show "On The Wire" comes the first repress of "Bugs On The Wire", a collection of tracks donated by friends and associates, compiled by presenter Steve Barker and originally issued in 1987 on Leghorn Records via Skysaw. Featuring tunes from Dub Syndicate, The Fall, Lee Perry, Bim Sherman with Singers & Players, General Strike (David Toop + Steve Beresford), and The Suns Of Arqa with Prince Far I and more. A Lantern Rec exclusive.
Side 1
1 Ravi Shankar/On the Wire (Theme) - Dub Syndicate
2 I Walked With A (Live) Bugs Bunny Bendy Toy - The Mel-o-tones
3 Wings - The Fall
4 Scratch On The Wire - Lee "Scratch" Perry
5 Please Give Me Something - The Riverside Trio
6 Black And Strange - Rhonda
Side 2
1 The Need to Live - Bim Sherman and Singers & Players
2 What's That? - General Strike
3 Tall Dark Stranger - "Chop" Walker and Brenda "Beach Ball" Kenny
4 Ed's Original Funky Diner - It's Immaterial
5 Brujo Magic - Suns Of Arqa and Price Far I
6 Forget It All - The Whisky Priests