Link Wray - The Rumbling Guitar Sound Of Link Wray (2013)

He may not have been the greatest guitar player, technically speaking, but Link Wray’s talent as an innovator makes him one of rock’s most influential figures. What Wray was doing to the sound of the electric guitar in the late Fifties, introducing distortion and the power chord into the language of rock’n’roll, inspired a generation. Pete Townshend of the Who said: ‘If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and “Rumble” I would never have picked up the guitar’. With testimonies like that, Link’s place in the rock’n’roll pantheon is assured.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Rumble (2:26)
02. Raw-Hide (2:07)
03. Comanche (2:04)
04. Slinky (2:31)
05. Right Turn (1:45)
06. Hard Clapper (2:21)
07. Pancho Villa (2:10)
08. El Toro (2:33)
09. Dance Contest (2:24)
10. Radar (2:18)
11. Run Chicken Run (2:00)
12. Alone (2:33)
13. Rendezvous (1:55)
14. Lillian (1:50)
15. Golden Strings (2:46)
16. Poppin' Popeye (2:16)
17. Big City Stomp (2:20)
18. Rumble (2:16)
19. Studio Blues (2:04)
20. Black Widow (1:55)

CD 2

01. Jack The Ripper (2:26)
02. Ace Of Spades (2:19)
03. The Swag (2:20)
04. The Outlaw (2:13)
05. The Stranger (2:13)
06. Tijuana (2:05)
07. Caroline (2:27)
08. Dixie-Doodle (2:09)
09. Teenage Cutie (1:55)
10. Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (2:35)
11. Mary Ann (2:22)
12. Aint That Lovin' You Baby (2:47)
13. I Sez Baby (2:00)
14. Got Another Baby (2:22)
15. Hold It (2:17)
16. Big City After Dark (2:53)
17. Vendetta (2:42)
18. Roughshod (2:19)