Link Wray & The Wraymen: Link Wray (guitar); Shorty Horton (electric bass fiddle); Doug Wray (drums); Vernon Wray. Includes original release A reissue of some classic late-'50s and early-'60s single sides, LINK WRAY AND THE WRAYMEN is 12 tracks worth of classic pre-surf instrumental rock & roll. Without Duane Eddy's twang and Dick Dale's impossible speed, Link Wray is a more traditional guitarist. More importantly, he doesn't have a gimmick, so he has only his instrumental ability to sustain the listener's interest. Happily, he has instrumental ability in spades. Taking his preferred mode of attack from Hubert Sumlin and the other great Chicago blues guitarists--feedback and distortion used as integral parts of his sound--but applying it to a less blues-oriented and more purely rock & roll style, Link Wray unwittingly paved the way for a host of other guitarists. Pete Townshend in particular seems to have lifted his power-chord style in large part from Wray. Look carefully; this release doesn't contain Link Wray's first and biggest hit, "Rumble," but the similarly-named later single "Ramble."

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Link Wray & The Wraymen: Link Wray (guitar); Shorty Horton (electric bass fiddle); Doug Wray (drums); Vernon Wray. Includes original release A reissue of some classic late-'50s and early-'60s single sides, LINK WRAY AND THE WRAYMEN is 12 tracks worth of classic pre-surf instrumental rock & roll. Without Duane Eddy's twang and Dick Dale's impossible speed, Link Wray is a more traditional guitarist. More importantly, he doesn't have a gimmick, so he has only his instrumental ability to sustain the listener's interest. Happily, he has instrumental ability in spades. Taking his preferred mode of attack from Hubert Sumlin and the other great Chicago blues guitarists--feedback and distortion used as integral parts of his sound--but applying it to a less blues-oriented and more purely rock & roll style, Link Wray unwittingly paved the way for a host of other guitarists. Pete Townshend in particular seems to have lifted his power-chord style in large part from Wray. Look carefully; this release doesn't contain Link Wray's first and biggest hit, "Rumble," but the similarly-named later single "Ramble."

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Link Wray & the Wraymen - Golden Classics [CD] 09043154542 Music

Link & The Wraymen Wray - Golden Classics (CD NEW) Label: Collectables Records Format: CD Release Date: 18 Jan 1994 No. of Discs: 1 UPC: 090431545423 Album Tracks 1. Caroline 2. Slinky 3. Right Turn 4. Rendezvous 5. Dixie-Doodle 6. Ramble 7. Hand Clapper 8. Raw-Hide 9. Lillian 10. Radar 11. Comanche 12. Studio Blues