- Audio CD (Jun 1 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of
- Label: ACE RECORDS
- ASIN: B0000009L2
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #198,407 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Rumble | |||
| 2. The Swag | |||
| 3. Batman (Theme) | |||
| 4. Ace Of Spades | |||
| 5. Jack The Ripper | |||
| 6. I'm Branded | |||
| 7. Fat Back | |||
| 8. Run Chicken Run | |||
| 9. Turnpike USA | |||
| 10. Deuces Wild | |||
| 11. Mustang | |||
| 12. Blueberry Hill | |||
| 13. Run Boy Run | |||
| 14. The Sweeper | |||
| 15. Hound Dog | |||
| 16. That'll Be The Day | |||
| 17. The Fuzz | |||
| 18. Rawhide | |||
| 19. Draggin' | |||
| 20. Aces Wild | |||
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Product Description
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A native American with one lung and a distinguished military history, Link Wray, The Original Rumble, was also the original guitar hero. As important a figure in the history of guitar-playing as Robert Johnson or Charlie Christian, Wray was the first man to demonstrate that an electric guitar, in the right hands, could be made to sound like a weapon. His records have almost no "musical" quality at all: they're brutal, unbelievably raw, endlessly repetitive and concerned solely with sound, feel and aggression. His sizzling arrangement of the Batman theme makes all subsequent versions sound rather pathetic, and "Rumble" itself still sounds like a complete signal-post in the history of rock music: in its crepuscular, shuddering menace are the roots of Hendrix, Pete Townshend, the proto-metal of the first few Kinks singles, and pretty much any guitarist since who turned it up and made it sound nasty. --Taylor Parkes
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Link Wray influenced Pete Townshend & Many More!
Aug 16 2004
By Nipsyco
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
I strongly disagree with George O'Leary (in the first review)
that Link was mediocre at best. He is the inventor of
the power chord that influenced a whole generation
of British & American guitarists. The Who, The Kinks
and many more took the power chord to another level
because of hearing Link DO IT FIRST! What about
Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and of course, The Beatles?
You don't think all these British bands played Rumble
(and possibly other) Link Wray song's in their set
at one point? You bet they did. They dug his sound
& his style. He may not have been as technical as
Lonnie Mack (another huge favorite of mine), but he
has his own style and sound. Nobody sounds like LINK.
The first reviewer makes it sound like Link passed away,
but i am hear to tell you that he is ALIVE & WELL.
He still rocks the house at 74 years old.
Link is also a pioneer of "distortion" on guitar.
It is commonplace today, but imagine hearing
"Rumble" coming out of a jukebox for the first time
in the 50's? It scared alot of people. Any rock guitar player
worth his salt has at least dug on a little Link Wray.
Oh Yeah...American guitarist's influenced by Link?
Listen to Link and then listen to Hendrix
and you can hear the passing of the torch.
This is a great CD to start on your Link Wray Way!
Cheers,
Michael Louis Brooklyn, NY
that Link was mediocre at best. He is the inventor of
the power chord that influenced a whole generation
of British & American guitarists. The Who, The Kinks
and many more took the power chord to another level
because of hearing Link DO IT FIRST! What about
Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and of course, The Beatles?
You don't think all these British bands played Rumble
(and possibly other) Link Wray song's in their set
at one point? You bet they did. They dug his sound
& his style. He may not have been as technical as
Lonnie Mack (another huge favorite of mine), but he
has his own style and sound. Nobody sounds like LINK.
The first reviewer makes it sound like Link passed away,
but i am hear to tell you that he is ALIVE & WELL.
He still rocks the house at 74 years old.
Link is also a pioneer of "distortion" on guitar.
It is commonplace today, but imagine hearing
"Rumble" coming out of a jukebox for the first time
in the 50's? It scared alot of people. Any rock guitar player
worth his salt has at least dug on a little Link Wray.
Oh Yeah...American guitarist's influenced by Link?
Listen to Link and then listen to Hendrix
and you can hear the passing of the torch.
This is a great CD to start on your Link Wray Way!
Cheers,
Michael Louis Brooklyn, NY
10 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Guitar Never Sounded So Cool
Oct 3 2001
By Davia Sakanari
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
I didn't realize I knew Link Wray's music until I saw the movie "Blow" (it's played in the scene where George and Tuna go to the beach). I couldn't get the song out of my head! I guess maybe that is the best indicator of good music: you can't stop thinking about it. This is probably the best album to buy because it has "Ace of Spades" and "Jack the Ripper"; two of his best songs. But if there is any reason to buy this album it's the first track: "Rumble". If you like the sound a guitar makes (blues, metal, pop, rock,etc.) then you must listen to this song on repeat because I've never heard a guitar played so expressively. It's the kind of song that makes you want to smoke a cigarette and go cruising in an old Chevy.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Link Wray guitar genius
Nov 29 2005
By Robert Beckman
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Link Wray was the inventor or a style of music that is such a deep part of musical history that some people forget it was one mans genius that it's origens can be traced to one man - Link Wray.
We were blessed to live to shae atime in history with this man.
We were blessed to live to shae atime in history with this man.
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