Link Wray - Link Wray And The Wraymen (VINYL LP Vinyl Lovers 6785427) | NEW-

Label: Vinyl Lovers – 6785427
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, 180 Gram
Country: Europe
Released: 2016
Genre: Rock
Style: Instrumental, Rockabilly

A1        Caroline
A2        Slinky
A3        Right Turn
A4        Rendezvous
A5        Dixie-Doodle
A6        Ramble
A7        Johnny Bom Bonny
A8        Mary Ann
B1        Hand Clapper
B2        Raw-Hide
B3        Lillian
B4        Radar
B5        Comanche
B6        Studio Blues
B7        Roughshod
B8        Rumble [Original Single Version]

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Vinyl Lovers (3)
Copyright © – Vinyl Lovers (3)
Pressed By – GZ Media – 138150E
Bass – Brantley "Shorty" Horton*
Drums – Doug Wray
Lead Guitar – Link Wray
Liner Notes – Gary Blailock
Producer – Chuck Sagle
Vinyl Lovers - Virgin Vinyl Pressings
180 gram Limited Collector's Edition.

DMM (Direct Metal Mastering)

In addition to the original, this collector's edition includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period, consisting of Wray's first single "Rumble" and the numbers "Johnny Bom Bonny", "Mary Ann" and "Roughshod".
Barcode: 8436544170275

Wray's first album, as was often the custom in 1960, was a slapped-together affair, combining both sides of his first three Epic singles with half a dozen other numbers. One of those singles was his only hit of any size besides "Rumble," the Duane Eddy-ish "Raw-Hide"; another was a thinly disguised (and inferior) reworking of his classic "Rumble," here titled "Ramble." While this is a fine early instrumental rock & roll album, it's actually more inhibited and less creative than his classic work for Swan in the early and mid-'60s, and might slightly disappoint those who've come across some of those later ace tracks (like "Jack the Ripper") prior to hearing this stuff. Still, the Linkster's trademark fuzzy low tones and more strangled, higher-pitched faster runs make themselves known throughout. The songs do tend to play off pretty basic early rock & roll chord progressions, and exhibit a more pronounced Duane Eddy influence (not only on "Raw-Hide," but also on "Right Turn" and "Caroline") than his later work would. Although this has been reissued as a stand-alone CD, all of the songs are also on the two-CD Slinky! The Epic Sessions 1958-1961, which is a recommended alternative, as it has about three dozen additional tracks recorded during the same era. ~ Richie Unterberger

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: ROCK
• Released: 03/11/2016