Artist: Link Wray & the Wraymen

Title: Definitive Edition - Includes Bonus Tracks

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2022

Label: Soul Jam

UPC: 8436559469449

Genre: Rock

Album Tracks

1. Caroline
2. Slinky
3. Right Turn
4. Rendezvous
5. Dixie-Doodle
6. Rumble
7. Hand Clapper
8. Raw-Hide
9. Lillian
10. Radar
11. Comanche
12. Studio Blues
13. Mary Ann
14. Trail of the Lonesome Pine
15. Rumble (Alternate Take)
16. Golden Strings (Based on a Chopin Etude)
17. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
18. Comanche
19. Slinky (Alternate Take)
20. Radar (Alternate Take)
21. Mary Ann (Alternate Take)
22. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Alternate Take)
23. Walkin' with Link
24. Danger One Way Love
25. Johnny Bom Bonny
26. Roughshod
27. I'm Countin' on You
28. Right Turn (Alternate Take)

The Definitive Edition + 16 Bonus Tracks. Link Wray was perhaps the first important instrumental rock musician to feature the power chord prominently - the major modus operandi ofmodern rock guitarists. His impact has been felt throughout almost every genre of music for the last five decades (from rock & roll to garage, country, blues, punk, grunge and surf music). His instrumental rock gem, "Rumble", crackles with manic energy. Everything that was handed down to today's current crop of headbangers from the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Who can be traced back to this hero from Dunn, North Carolina. Link Wray's sound, style and career stood at an intersection of rock & roll, the rise of the guitar instrumental, the cult of the juvenile delinquent, and modernity in general. This quintessential collector's edition contains Wray's magnificent and essential debut album, Link Wray & the Wraymen (1960). In addition, are included 16 bonus tracks consisting of alternate takes, demos and hard to find sides from his early and best years on the Epic and Cadence labels. Here is the material upon which Wray's unique reputation was built.