The song selection and sequencing of the ‘cast itself was determined by flow–I was, however, tempted to attempt a “six degrees” miracle, where each artist covered would follow his/her covered song with a cover of his/her own, but I kept working myself into a corner. I kept this one pretty easy–the next ones will get progressively “harder.” What I have here, if I can predict the average guesser, won’t pose too much of a challenge. The prize will no doubt be cheap, but it will definitely come from the heart. Or gut. I haven’t decided. I’ll post the tracklist after the code is cracked.

E-mail guesses to marathonpacks@yahoo.com, with the subject line “podcast 3.” Good luck!

marathonpacks podcast #3 (128kb mp3, 69MB)

Update (10/28): I’ve had a pretty good response to this “podtest,” but no one’s got the whole enchilada yet. I’ll keep it up through the weekend and see what happens. Expect a new one next week.

Update (10/30): We have a winner! Tracklisting posted below:

1. Some Velvet Morning (Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra) The Webb Brothers from Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazlewood (2002)
2. Sound and Vision (David Bowie) The Sea and Cake from One Bedroom (2003)
3. Let’s Spend the Night Together (Rolling Stones) Amazonics from Bossa n’ Stones (2005)
4. Shangri-La (Kinks) Versus from Shangri-La EP (2000)
5. Light My Fire (Doors) Jackie Wilson from The Jackie Wilson Story: The Chicago Years, Vol. 2 (1969)
6. Marquee Moon (Television) Kronos Quartet from Rubaiyat: Elektra Records 40th Anniversary (1990)
7. Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley) John Cale from Slow Dazzle (1975)
8. The 15th (Wire) Fischerspooner from #1 (2003)
9. Alone Again Or (Love) The Damned from Anything (1986)
10. Fever (Peggy Lee) The Cramps from Songs the Lord Taught Us (1980)
11. Rebel Rebel (David Bowie) Rickie Lee Jones from Traffic from Paradise (1993)
12. All Apologies (Nirvana) Herbie Hancock from New Standard (1995)
13. Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Kylie Minogue) Flaming Lips from Fight Test EP (2003)
14. God Only Knows (Beach Boys) Giant Drag from www.giantdrag.com (2003)
15. Decora (Yo La Tengo) Spoon from Old Enough to Know Better: 15 Years of Merge Records (2004)
16. Why Are People Grudgeful? (Lee Perry) The Fall from The Infotainment Scan (1993)
17. Alabama Song (Kurt Weill) David Bowie from Scary Monsters (Rykodisc reissue) (1992)
18. Sex Machine (James Brown) The Flying Lizards from Top Ten (1984)
19. Use Me (Bill Withers) Grace Jones from Nightclubbing (1981)
20. What A Fool Believes (Doobie Brothers) Self from Gizmodgery (2000)