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Guitariste US d'origine Shawnee, né Frederick Lincoln Wray, le 2 Mai 1929 à Dunn (Caroline du Nord). Link Wray a débuté en 1955 avec ses frères Vernon et Doug, chez Starday Records de Nashville (Tennessee). Mais ce n'est qu'en 1958 chez Cadence qu'il connaîtra le succès. Il passe ensuite chez Epic et Swan. Pionnier du "mur de guitares", il abandonne le scène musicale en 1964 après une série d'instrumentaux sauvages qui constituent sa meilleure période. Il est revenu en 1970 et a aidé en 1977 à lancer la carrière de Robert Gordon. Link Wray est décédé le 5 Novembre 2005 à Copenhague (Danemark).
Link Wray may
never get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but his contribution to the
language of rockin' guitar would still be a major one, even if he had never
walked into another studio after cutting "Rumble." Quite simply, Link Wray invented
the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists. Listen to
any of the tracks he recorded between that landmark instrumental in 1958 through
his Swan recordings in the early '60s and you'll hear the blueprints for heavy
metal, thrash, you name it. Though rock historians always like to draw a nice,
clean line between the distorted electric guitar work that fuels early blues
records to the late-'60s Hendrix-Clapton-Beck-Page-Townshend mob, with no stops
in between, a quick spin of any of the sides Wray recorded during his golden
decade punches holes in that theory right quick. If a direct line can be traced
forward from black blues musicians crankin' up their amps and playing with a ton
of violence and aggression to young white guys doing a mutated form of same, the
line points straight to Link Wray, no contest. Pete Townshend summed it up for
more guitarists than he probably realized when he said, "He is the king; if it
hadn't been for Link Wray and "'Rumble,'" I would have never picked up a guitar."
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 the guy of Shawnee
Native American parentage from Dunn, North Carolina, who started out in 1955
recording for Starday as a member of Lucky Wray & the Palomino Ranch Hands. You
see, back in the early '50s, it was a different ball game altogether. Rock &
roll hadn't become a national event in the United States yet, and if you were
young and wanted to succeed in the popular music business, you had two main
avenues for possible career moves. You could be a pop-mush crooner like Perry
Como or a hillbilly singer like the late Hank
Williams, and that was about it. With country music all around him as a
youth in North Carolina, the choice was obvious; Wray joined forces with his
brothers Vernon and Doug,
forming Lucky Wray & the Lazy Pine Wranglers, later changing the band name to
the spiffier-sounding Palomino Ranch Hands. By the end of 1955, they had
relocated outside of Washington, D.C., and added Shorty Horton on bass. With Link, Horton,
and brothers Doug and Vernon ("Lucky,"
named after his gambling fortunes) handling drums and lead vocals respectively,
they fell in with some local songwriters, and the results made it to vinyl as an
EP on the local Kay label, with the rest of the sides being leased to Starday
Records down in Texas.
But by 1958, the music had changed, and so had Wray's life. With a lung missing
from a bout with tuberculosis during his stint in the Korean War, Link was
advised by his doctor to let brother Vernon do all the vocalizing. So Link started
stretching out more and more on the guitar, coming up with one instrumental
after another. By this time, the band had sweated down to a trio, and changed
its name to the Ray Men. After a brief flirtation as a teen idol -- changing his
name to Ray Vernon -- the third Wray brother became the group's producer/manager.
Armed with a 1953 Gibson Les Paul, a dinky Premier amp, an Elvis sneer,
and a black leather jacket, Link started playing the local record hops around
the D.C. area with disc jockey Milt Grant, who became his de facto manager. One
night during a typical set, said Link, "They wanted me to play a stroll. I
didn't know any, so I made one up. I made up "'Rumble.'"
"Rumble" was originally issued on Archie Bleyer's Cadence label back in 1958,
and Bleyer was ready to pass on it when his daughter expressed excitement for
the primitive instrumental, saying it reminded her of the rumble scenes in West
Side Story. Bleyer renamed it (what its original title was back then, if any, is
now lost to the mists of time), and "Rumble" jumped to number 16 on the national
charts, despite the fact that it was banned from the radio in several markets (including
New York City), becoming Wray's signature tune to this day. But despite the
success and notoriety of "Rumble," it turned out to be Wray's only release on
Cadence. Bleyer, under attack for putting out a record that was "promoting
teenage gang warfare," wanted to clean Link and the boys up a bit, sending them
down to Nashville to cut their next session with the
Everly Brothers' production team calling the shots. The Wrays didn't see it
that way, so they immediately struck a deal with Epic Records. Link's follow-up
to "Rumble" was the pounding, uptempo "Rawhide." The Les Paul had been swapped
for a Danelectro Longhorn model (with the longest neck ever manufactured on a
production line guitar), its "lipstick tube" pickups making every note of Link's
power chords sound like he was strumming with a tin can lid for a pick. The beat
and sheer blister of it all was enough to get it up to number 23 on the national
charts, and every kid who wore a black leather jacket and owned a hot rod had to
have it.
But a pattern was emerging that would continue throughout much of Wray's early
career; the powers that be figured that if they could tone him down and dress
him up, they'd sell way more records in the bargain. What all these producers
and record execs failed to realize was the simplest of truths: if Duane
Eddy twanged away for teenage white America, Link Wray played for juvenile
delinquent hoods, plain and simple. By the end of 1960, Wray found himself in
the mucho-confining position of recording with full orchestras, doing dreck like
"Danny Boy" and "Claire de Lune." But when these gems failed to chart as well,
relations with Epic came to a close, and by year's end, Link and Vern formed
their own label, Rumble Records.
Rumble's three lone issues included the original version of Wray's next big hit,
"Jack the Ripper." If "Rumble" sounded like gang warfare, then "Jack the Ripper"
sounded like a high-speed car chase, which is exactly what it became the movie
soundtrack for in the Richard Gere version of Breathless. Link's amp was
recorded at the end of a hotel staircase for maximum echo effect, while he
pumped riffs through it that would become the seeds of a million metal songs.
After kicking up noise locally for a couple of years, it was going through
another period of disc jockey spins when Swan Records of Philadelphia picked it
up and got it nationwide attention. Certainly Wray was at his most prolific
during his tenure with Swan, and label president Bernie Binnick gave Link and Vernon pretty
much free rein to do what they wanted. Turning the family chicken coop into a
crude three-track studio, the Wray family spent the next decade recording and
experimenting with sounds and styles.
At least now they could succeed -- or fail -- on their own terms. Most of these
sides were leased out as one-shot deals to a zillion microscopic labels under a
variety of names like the Moon Men, the Spiders, the Fender Benders, etc. What
fueled this period of maximum creativity is open to debate. A lot of it had to
do with the fact that Link and the boys honed their particular brand of rockin'
mayhem working some of the grimiest joints on the face of the planet when these
tracks were cut. When Swan label chief Binnick was questioned as to how he could
issue such wild-ass material, he would smile, throw his hands up in the air and
say, "What can you do with an animal like that?"
As the new decade dawned, Link Wray's sound and image were updated for the
hippie marketplace. Wray's career fortunes waxed and waned throughout the '70s,
a muddle of albums in a laid-back style doing little to enhance his reputation.
After a stint backing '70s rockabilly revivalist Robert
Gordon, Wray went solo again, taking most of Gordon's
band (including drummer Anton Fig) with him. But if the studio sides were a bit
uneven, he still could pack a wallop live, and his rare forays on the stages of
the world spread the message that rock & roll's original wild guitar man still
had plenty of gas left in the tank.
Wray married and moved to Denmark in 1980, recording the stray album for the
foreign market, and throughout the 1990s he was still capable of strapping on a
guitar and making it sound nastier than anyone in his sixties had a right to.
And his back catalog got a lot attention in the '90s when the grunge revolution
hit, with several young, hip guitarists citing Wray as an influence, and his
early work continued to be reissued under various imprints. He recorded two new
albums for Ace Records, Shadowman in 1997 and Barbed Wire in 2000 and toured up
until his death in Copenhagen on November 5, 2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_Wray
Talents : Guitar, Vocals, Steel Guitar, Bass Guitar
Style musical : Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly
RUMBLE
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Raw-Hide (1959) SLINKY (1959) The Black Widow (1963) Good Rockin' Tonight (1965) |
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
04/1957 | SP STARDAY 45-608 (US) | . | Lucky WRAY with Link & Doug WRAY - Teenage Cutie / You're My Song | ||
1958 | EP KAY 3690 (US) | . | Link WRAY : I Sez Baby / Johnny Bom Bonny / Bob DEAN & Cindy with The Kountry Kings : When You Cross Your Heart / Walk, Walk, Walkin' Blues | ||
03/1958 | SP CADENCE 1347 (US) | . | Link WRAY & His RAY MEN - Rumble / The Swag | ||
01/1959 | SP EPIC 5-9300 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Raw-Hide / Dixie Doodle | ||
06/1959 | SP EPIC 5-9321 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Comanche / Lillian | ||
10/1959 | SP EPIC 5-9343 (US) |
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03/1960 | SP EPIC 5-9361 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / Golden Strings | ||
10/1960 | SP EPIC 5-9419 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Ain't That Lovin' You Babe / Mary Ann | ||
07/1961 | SP RUMBLE 1000 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Jack The Ripper / The Stranger | ||
08/1961 | SP EPIC 5-9454 (US) | . | Tijuana / El Toro | ||
11/1961 | SP CADENCE Gold Record Series USA 1605 (US) | . |
Night Train (Ernie ENGLUND) / Rumble (Link WRAY & His RAY MEN) |
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12/1961 | SP RUMBLE 1349 (US) | . |
Evil Angel (Ray VERNON) / Danger One Way Love (Ray VERNON with Link WRAY & His RAYMEN) |
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03/1962 | SP TRANS ATLAS M687 (US) | . | Link WRAY - Poppin' Popeye / Big City Stomp | ||
1963 | SP MALA 458 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Friday Night Dancing Party - Part I / Friday Night Dancing Party - Part II | ||
03/1963 | SP OKEH 4-7166 (US) | Hambone (Red SAUNDERS & His Orch. With Dolores HAWKINS & The HAMBONE KIDS) / Rumble Mambo (Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN) | |||
04/1963 | SP SWAN S-4137 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - The Black Widow / Jack The Ripper | ||
1963 | SP KARUSELL KFF 526 (SWE) | The Black Widow / Jack The Ripper | |||
08/1963 | SP MEMORY LANE 5-2210 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Raw-Hide / Dixie-Doodle | ||
09/1963 | SP SWAN S-4154 (US) | . | Link WRAY & His RAY MEN - Turnpike U.S.A. / Week End | ||
10/1963 | SP LAWN L-220 (US) |
The WRAY FAMILY - (Dark As A Dungeon) Down In The Mine / Little Shoes |
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12/1963 | SP SWAN S-4163 (US) | . | Link WRAY & His RAY MEN - Run Chicken Run / The Sweeper | ||
02/1964 | EP STATESIDE SE 1015 (UK) | Link WRAY & His RAY MEN - MR. GUITAR - Mr. Guitar / Dinosaur / Run Chicken Run / Rumble | |||
03/1964 | SP SWAN S-4171 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - The Shadows Knows / My Alberta | ||
07/1964 | SP SWAN S-4187 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Deuces Wild / Summer Dream | ||
1964 | SP SOUTHERN SOUND SS-114 (US) | . | MOON MEN - Other Side Of The Moon / Some Kinda Nut | ||
1964 | SP VERMILLION V-1926 (US) | . |
Fender Benders - XKE / Drag Strip |
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02/1965 | SP SWAN S-4201 (US) | . | Link WRAY - Good Rockin' Tonight / I'll Do Anything For You | ||
04/1965 | SP SWAN S-4211 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - I'm Branded / Hang On | ||
1965 | SP SWAN S-4221 (US) |
Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Please Please Me / Rumble '65 |
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08/1965 | SP DIAMOND D-186 (US) | . | RAY MEN - Baby, What'cha Want Me / Walkin' Down The Street Called Love | ||
1965 | SP SWAN S-4232 (US) | . | Link WRAY - Girl From The North Country / You Hurt Me So | ||
12/1965 | SP SWAN S-4239 (US) | . | Link WRAY - Ace Of Spades / The Fuzz | ||
02/1966 | SP SWAN S-4244 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Batman Theme / Alone | ||
1966 | SP SWAN S-4261 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Hidden Charms / Ace Of Spades | ||
1966 | SP CHICORY CH-403 (US) | . | Fender Benders - Scooter / Head 'n' Shoulders - 1, 2, 3 | ||
1967 | SP SWAN S-4273 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Let The Good Times Roll / Soul Train | ||
1967 | SP SWAN S-4282 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Jack The Ripper / I'll Do Anything For You | ||
1967 | SP OKEH 7282 (US) | . |
Hambone (Red SAUNDERS & His Orchestra) / Rumble Mambo (Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN) |
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1968 | SP HEAVY 101 (US) | . | Rumble '68 / Blow Your Mind | ||
1968 | SP POLYDOR 52914 (GER) |
Link Wray & His Ray Men - Mash Potato Party / Steel Trap |
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02/1969 | SP MR. G. 820 (US) | . | Link WRAY & The RAY-MEN - Rumble-69 / Mind Blower | ||
196? | SP CADENCE 1347 (US) (reissue) | Link WRAY & His RAY MEN - Rumble / The Swag | |||
07/1971 | SP POLYDOR PD 2-14084 (US) | . | Fire And Brimstone / Juke Box Mama | ||
10/1971 | SP POLYDOR PD 14096 (US) | . | Fallin' Rain / Juke Box Mama | ||
1971 | SP POLYDOR PD 14105(US) | . |
Mordicai Jones - Walkin’ In The Arizona Sun / Days Before Custer |
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1971 | SP POLYDOR 2066 120 (F) | Fire And Brimstone / Juke Box Mama | |||
1971 | SP POLYDOR 2066 120 (GER) | Fire And Brimstone / Juke Box Mama | |||
1971 | SP POLYDOR 2066 120 (S) | Fire And Brimstone / Juke Box Mama | |||
06/1972 | SP BUCCANEER 3003 (US) | . | The All American Boy (Bill PARSONS (credited to Bill Parsons was sung by Bobby Bare)) / Rumble (Link WRAY & The RAYMEN) | ||
1972 ? | SP GOOD OLD GOLD 057 (US) | . |
Rumble (Link WRAY) / Love Me (ROYAL JESTERS) |
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1973 | SP POLYDOR PD 14188 (US) | . | Shine The Light / Lawdy Miss Clawdy | ||
09/1974 | SP POLYDOR PD 14256 (US) | . | I Got To Ramble (Dedicated To The Memory Of Duane Allman) / She's That Kind Of Woman | ||
1974 | SP POLYDOR PD 14256 (US) (promo) | . | I Got To Ramble (stereo) / I Got To Ramble (mono) | ||
1974 | SP POLYDOR 20 66 566 (S) | It Was A Bad Scene / Backwoods Preacher Man | |||
1974 | SP POLYDOR 14256 (US) | . | I Got The Ramble / She's That Kind Of Woman | ||
1975 | SP BARNABY B-535 (US) | . | Rumble / The Swag | ||
1976 | SP VIRGIN 640.083 (F) | ROCK N' ROLL - Quicksand / Bo Jack | |||
07/1977 | SP PRIVATE STOCK PS 45-156 (US) | . | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Red Hot / Sweet Surrender | ||
11/1977 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 5C 006-60019 (NL) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Red Hot / Sweet Surrender | |||
1977 | SP PRIVATE STOCK PS 40267 (F) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Red Hot / Sweet Surrender | |||
1977 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 4C 006-60019 (B) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Red Hot / Sweet Surrender | |||
1977 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 4C 006-60019 (S) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Red Hot / Sweet Surrender | |||
1977 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 1C 006-60019 (GER) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Red Hot / Sweet Surrender | |||
1977 | MAXI PRIVATE STOCK PVTS 127 (promo) (UK) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Endless Sleep / The Fool / The Fool (78 t.) | |||
07/1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK PS 45,191 (US) | . | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Sea Cruise / If This Is Wrong | ||
07/1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 5C 006-61152 (NL) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Sea Cruise / The Way I Walk | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 2S 008-61.152 (F) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Sea Cruise / The Way I Walk | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 4C 006-61152 (B) |
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1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 10C 006-61152 (S) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Sea Cruise / The Way I Walk | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 1C 006-60413 (GER) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - The Fool / Flyin' Saucers Rock'n'Roll | |||
11/1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK PS 45,203 (US) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Fire / If This Is Wrong | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK PVT 145 (F) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Fire / If This Is Wrong | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 1C 006-60673 (GER) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Fire / If This Is Wrong | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 4C 006-60673 (B) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Fire / If This Is Wrong | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 10C 006-60673 (S) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - Fire / If This Is Wrong | |||
1978 | SP PRIVATE STOCK 9C 006-61253 (FIN) | Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Boppin' The Blues | |||
05/1979 | SP CHARISMA CB-333 (UK) | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Just That Kind | |||
05/1979 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-4507 (NL) | Good Good Lovin' / Just That Kind | |||
07/1979 | SP RCA VICTOR PB-4508 (NL) | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Rawhide | |||
1979 | SP LINE 6.12 449 (GER) |
It's All Over Now Baby Blue / The Swag |
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1979 | SP LINE 6.12 663 (GER) | Fever / The Sky Is Falling | |||
197? | SP United Commonwealth Recording ? (US) | . |
Rumble (Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN) / Flying Saucer The Second (BUCHANAN & GOODMAN) |
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197? | SP COLLECTABLES / EPIC 15-2210 (US) | . |
Link Wray & The Wraymen - Dixie-Doodle / Raw-Hide |
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1989 | SP NORTON 45-003 (US) | Vendetta (Link WRAY & The RAY MEN) / Facin' All The Same Tomorrows (Link WRAY) | |||
1993 | SP COLLECTABLES COL. 4033 (US) | . | |||
1993 | CD EPIC EPC 659086 1 (DK) |
Saving All My Love (Radio Edit) / Bring On The Night |
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1993 | EP ROLLERCOASTER RCEP 116 (UK) | MR. GUITAR - Jack The Ripper / Ace Of Spades / Branded / The Black Widow | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 801 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Jack The Ripper / Bo Diddley | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 802 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Ace Of Spades / Fatback | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 803 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Hidden Charms / Five & Ten | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 804 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Black Widow / Mustang | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 805 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Run Chicken Run / Scatter | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 806 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Branded / Law Of The Jungle | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 807 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Deuces Wild / The Sweeper | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 808 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - The Shadow Knows / Hang On | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 809 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Good Rockin' Tonight / Soul Train | |||
1995 | SP NORTON 810 (US) | Link WRAY & The RAY MEN - Batman Theme / Zip Code | |||
1995 | EP ROLLERCOASTER RCEP 119 (UK) | LINK WRAY SINGS AND PLAYS GUITAR - Let The Good Times Roll / What A Price / 5-10-15-20 / Hidden Charms | |||
1995 | CDEP ROLLERCOASTER RECD 501 (UK) | LINK WRAY & His RAYMEN - MUSIC FROM "PULP FICTION" - Rumble (with organ) / Ace Of Spades / Ace Of Spades (faster version with hca) / Rumble (trombone version) | |||
1996 | SP NORTON 046 (US) |
Friday Night Dance Party (Link WRAY & The RAYMEN) / The Girl Can't Dance (Bunker HILL & The RAYMEN) |
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1996 | EP VISIONARY WRAY 701 (UK) | THE RUMBLE MAN - You're So Young And Beautiful / Rumble / Run Chicken Run / Ace Of Spades | |||
11/2012 | 2 SP SUNDAZED / MALA S2-250 (US) |
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04/2014 | SP SUNDAZED / EPIC S 281 (US) |
Link Wray & The Wraymen - Slinky / Rendezvous |
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11/2015 | SP SUNDAZED S315 (US) | ||||
2018 | SP Easy Eye Sound 566577-7 (NL) |
Son Of Rumble / Whole Lotta Talking |
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04/2019 | SP Easy Eye Sound EES-009 (US) |
Vernon's Diamond / My Brother, My Son |
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Albums
02/1960 | LP 12" EPIC LN 3661 (US) | LINK WRAY & THE RAYMEN - Caroline / Slinky / Right Turn / Rendezvous / Dixie-Doodle /Ramble / Hand Clapper / Raw-Hide / Lillian / Radar / Comanche / Studio Blues | |||||
1962 | LP 12" VERMILLION V-1924 (US) | GREAT GUITAR HITS BY LINK WRAY - Rumble / Rawhide / The Swag / Lillian / Run Chicken Run / Alone / The Black Widow / Pancho Villa / Dance Contest / The Outlaw / Jack The Ripper/ Ace Of Spades | |||||
1963 | LP 12" SWAN S-LP 510 (US) | JACK THE RIPPER - Mr. Guitar / My Beth / Deacon Jones / Steel Trap / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Dinosaur / Big Ben / Mash Potato Party / Rumble | |||||
1964 | LP 12" VERMILLION LP 1925 (US) | LINK WRAY SINGS AND PLAYS GUITAR - I Sez Baby / Johnny Bom Bonny / Baby Doll / Walkin' Down The Street Called Love / Run Boy Run / Mashed Potato Party / Remember The Twist / I'll Do Anything For You / Genocide / The Earth Is Crying / Growling Guts / Hungry / Twin Exhaust / The Stranger / Goose Bumps (Doug WRAY) / School Girl (Doug WRAY) | |||||
1964 | LP 12" GUEST STAR G-1444 (mono) / GS-1444 (stereo) (US) |
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1969 | LP 12" RECORD FACTORY LP 1929 (US) | YESTERDAY - TODAY - Rumble / The Swag / Rawhide / Ace Of Spades / Run Chicken Run / The Black Widow / Jack The Ripper / Climbing A High Wall / Genocide / The Earth Is Crying / Growling Guts / Hungry | |||||
05/1971 | LP 12" POLYDOR PD-24-4064 (US) | LINK WRAY - La De Da / Take Me Home Jesus / Juke Box Mama / Rise And Fall Of Jimmy Stokes / Fallin' Rain / Fire And Brimstone / Ice People / God Out West / Crowbar / Black River Swamp / Tail Dragger | |||||
1972 | LP 12" POLYDOR PD-5010 (US) |
Mordicai Jones - Walkin' In The Arizona Sun / Scorpio Woman / Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eyes / All I Want To Say / On The Run / Son Of A Simple Man / Precious Jewel / Days Before Custer / Gandy Dancer |
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1972 | LP 12" POLYDOR 2391-010 (UK) | Mordicai Jones - Walkin' In The Arizona Sun / Scorpio Woman / Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eyes / All I Want To Say / On The Run / Son Of A Simple Man / Precious Jewel / Days Before Custer / Gandy Dancer | |||||
1972 | LP 12" UNION PACIFIC UP 002 (UK) | THERE'S GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT - Link WRAY & The RAYMEN - Rumble / The Swag / El Toro / Tijuana / Rumble Mambo / Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Weekend / Turnpike USA / The Sweeper / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'm Branded / Hang On / Batman Theme / Alone / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms | |||||
1973 | LP 12" POLYDOR PD5047 (US) |
Be What You Want To - Be What You Want To / All Cried Out / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Tucson, Arizona / Riverbend / You Walked By / Walk Easy, Walk Slow / All The Love In My Life / You Really Got A Hold On Me / Shine The Light / Morning |
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1973 | LP 12" VIRGIN V2006 (UK) | BEANS AND FATBACK - Beans And Fatback / I'm So Glad / Shawnee Tribe / Hobo Man / Georgia Pines / Alabama Electric Circus / Water Boy / From Tulsa To North Caroline / Right Or Wrong (You Lose) / In The Pines / Take My My Hand (Precious Lord) | |||||
1973 | LP 12" EPIC EPC 53267 (NL) | ROCKIN' & HANDCLAPPIN' WITH LINK WRAY AND HIS RAYMEN - Caroline / Slinky / Right Turn / Rendezvous / Dixie-Doodle / Ramble / Hand Clapper /Raw-Hide / Lillian / Radar / Comanche / Studio Blues | |||||
10/1974 | LP 12" POLYDOR PD-6025 (US) | THE LINK WRAY RUMBLE - It Was A Bad Scene / Good Time Joe / Walkin' Bulldog / I Got To Ramble (dedicated to the memory of Duane Allman) / Backwoods Preacher Man / Super 88 / She's That Kind Of Woman / Step This Way / We Said I Do / Rumble | |||||
03/1976 | LP 12" VIRGIN V2050 (UK) | STUCK IN GEAR - Southern Lady / Tecolote / Quicksand / I Know You're Leaving Me Now / Did You See The Man / Midnight Lover / Cottoncandy Apples / Bo Jack / Jack The Ripper | |||||
03/1976 | LP 12" VIRGIN V 940 525 (F) | STUCK IN GEAR - Southern Lady / Tecolote / Quicksand / I Know You're Leaving Me Now / Did You See The Man / Midnight Lover / Cottoncandy Apples / Bo Jack / Jack The Ripper | |||||
1977 | LP 12" PRIVATE STOCK PS-2030 (US) | ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY - Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman / Is This The Way | |||||
1978 | LP 12" PRIVATE STOCK PS-7008 (US) | FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac, And A Black Mustache / If This Is Wrong / Fide Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Blue Eyes | |||||
1978 | LP 12" PRIVATE STOCK 10 C 064-060-560 (US) | FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - The Way I Walk = El Camino Por Donde Ando / Red Cadillac, And A Black Moustache = Cadillac Rojo Y Mostacho Negro / If This Is Wrong = Si Esto Está Estropeado / Five Days, Five Days = Cinco Días, Cinco Días / Fire = Fuego / I Want To Be Free = Quiero Ser Libre / Twenty Flight Rock = Veinte Vuelos En Rock / Sea Cruise = Crucero Marítimo / Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track) = Tren Solitario / Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away) = Ojos Azules | |||||
03/1978 | LP 12" CHISWICK CH 6 (UK) | EARLY RECORDINGS - Batman Theme / Ace Of Spades / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Hidden Charms / I'm Branded / The Shadow Knows / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Black Widow / Scatter / Turnpike U.S.A. / Mr. Guitar / Rumble | |||||
1979 | LP 12" CHISWICK 17.1528/4 (S) |
Primeras Grabaciones - Batman Theme / Ace Of Spades / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Hidden Charms / I'm Branded / The Shadow Knows / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Black Widow / Scatter / Turnpike U.S.A. / Mr. Guitar / Rumble |
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04/1979 | LP 12" CHARLY CR 30171 (UK) | ROCK 'N' ROLL RUMBLE - Rumble / The Swag / El Toro / Tijuana / Rumble Mambo / Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Weekend / Turnpike USA / The Sweeper / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'm Branded / Hang On / Batman Theme / Alone / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms | |||||
1979 | LP 12" VISA VISA 7009 (US) | BULLSHOT - Good Good Lovin' / Fever /Snag / Just That Kind / Switchblade / It's All Over Now Baby Blue / Rawhide / Wild Party / The Sky Is Falling / Don't | |||||
1979 | LP 12" RCA AFL1-3296 (US) | ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY - Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman / Is This The Way | |||||
1979 | LP 12" RCA AFL1-3299 (US) | FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac, And A Black Mustache / If This Is Wrong / Fide Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Blue Eyes | |||||
1980 | LP 12" VISA VISA 7010 (US) | LIVE AT THE PARADISO - Introduction - Blue Suede Shoes / Ace Of Spades / Walk Away From Love / I Saw Her Standing There / Run Chicken Run / She's No Good / Rumble / Rawhide / Subway Blues / Money / Shake, Rattle & Roll / Be-Bop-A-Lula | |||||
1980 | 2 LP 12" RCA PL 43209 (F) |
ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY - THAT'S ROCK'N'ROLL
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1980 | 2 LP 12" RCA CL 43209 (F) |
ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY - THAT'S ROCK'N'ROLL
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1981 | LP 12" SURPRISE JTU AL 78 (NL) | ROCKIN' RUMBLE - Rumble / The Swag / El Toro / Tijuana / Rumble Mambo / Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Weekend / Turnpike USA / The Sweeper / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'm Branded / Hang On / Batman Theme / Alone / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms | |||||
1982 | LP 12" ACE CH 69 (UK) | GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT - Good Rockin' Tonight / Deuces Wild / Mustang / Heartbreak Hotel / Law Of The Jungle / Blueberry Hill / The Swag / Rumble / Run Boy Run / Honky Tonk / The Sweeper / Houd Dog / That 'll Be The Day / Zip Code / Scatter | |||||
1982 | LP 12" LINE LLP 5156 AS (GER) | RUMBLE - Rumble / The Swag / El Toro / Tijuana / Rumble Mambo / Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Weekend / Turnpike USA / The Sweeper / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'm Branded / Hang On / Batman Theme / Alone / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms | |||||
1982 | LP 12" LINE LLP 5187 (GER) | JACK THE RIPPER - Mr. Guitar / My Beth / Deacon Jones / Steel Trap / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Teenage Cutie / You're My Song / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Dinosaur / Big Ben / Mash Potato Party / I'll Do Anything For You / Rendezvous / Slinky | |||||
1982 | LP 12" LINE LLP 5187 AS (GER) (white vinyl) | JACK THE RIPPER - Mr. Guitar / My Beth / Deacon Jones / Steel Trap / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Teenage Cutie / You're My Song / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Dinosaur / Big Ben / Mash Potato Party / I'll Do Anything For You / Rendezvous / Slinky | |||||
04/1985 | LP 12" EDSEL 149 (UK) | LINK WRAY & THE RAYMEN - Dixie-Doodle / Ramble / Caroline / Raw-Hide / Right Turn / Golden Strings / Comanche / Hambone / Mary Ann / Rumble Mambo / Ain't That Loving You Baby / Slinky / Hand Clapper / Lillian / Radar / Studio Blues | |||||
01/1986 | LP 12" BIG BEAT WIKM 42 (UK) | LIVE IN 85 - Rumble / It's Only Words / Fire / Mystery Train - I Gotta Woman - Baby Let's Play House / Jack The Ripper / Love Me / King Creole / I'm Counting On You / Rawhide / Born To Be Wild | |||||
1987 | LP 12" BIG BEAT WIK65 (UK) | GROWLING GUITAR - Climbing A High Wall / Genocide / The Earth Is Crying / Growling Guts / Hungry / Ace Of Spades '69 / Ruby Baby / Hang On / Summer Dreams / Sorrento / Peggy Sue / Alone / Girl From The North Country / You Hurt Me So / The Fuzz | |||||
1988 | CD LINE LICD 9.00142 O (GER) | BULLSHOT - Good Good Lovin' / Fever /Snag / Just That Kind / Switchblade / It's All Over Now Baby Blue / Rawhide / Wild Party / The Sky Is Falling / Don't / Young Love (live) / It Did Take Long (live) | |||||
1989 | LP 12" ACE CH 266 (GER) | RUMBLE MAN - Draggin' / Street Beat / Aces Wild / Honest, I Swear Somebody Lied / Bull Dawg / The Rumble Man / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You / Big City Walk / I Will Be Home Again / Copenhagen Boogie / The Thrill Of Your Love | |||||
1989 | CD ACE CDCH 924 (UK) | THE ORIGINAL RUMBLE - Rumble / The Swag / Batman (Theme) / Ace Of Spades / Jack The Ripper / I'm Branded / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Turnpike USA / Deuces Wild / Mustang / Blueberry Hill / Run Boy Run / The Sweeper / Hound Dog / That'll Be The Day / The Fuzz / Rawhide (-86) / Draggin' / Aces Wild / Bull Dawg / The Rumble Man / Copenhagen Boogie | |||||
1989 | LP 12" HANGMAN HANG-31 UP (UK) | THE SWAN DEMOS '64 - Rumble / Bo Diddley / Ace Of Spades / Oh What A Price / 5 And 10 / Run Boy Run / Mustang / Deuces Wild / Frenchy / Begin The Beguine / Scatter / Return Of Birdland / Law Of The Jungle / My Alberta / The Sweeper | |||||
1989 | CD LINE LICD 9.00690 (GER) | BORN TO BE WILD - LIVE IN THE USA 1987 - Born To Be Wild / King Creole / Fire / Jack The Ripper '87 / Anyway You Want Me / Mystery Train / My Babe / That's Allright Mama - I Got A Woman / Rumble Man / Rawhide '87 / It's Only Words / As Long As I Have You / Can't Help Falling In Love / Born To Be Wild (reprise) | |||||
05/1990 | LP 12" HANGMAN HANG 33-UP (UK) | JACK THE RIPPER - Mr. Guitar / My Beth / Deacon Jones / Steel Trap / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms / Fatback / Run Chicken Run / Dinosaur / Big Ben / Mash Potato Party / I'll Do Anything For You / Rendezvous / Slinky | |||||
1990 | LP 12" NORTON ED 210 (UK) | HILLBILLY WOLF - MISSING LINKS, VOL. 1 - Teenage Cutie (Lucky WRAY) / I Sez Baby (Link WRAY) / Johnny Bom Bonny (Link WRAY) / Flirty Baby #1 (WRAYMEN) / Danger One Way Love Ahead (Ray VERNON) / Hillbilly Wolf (Link WRAY) / Got Another Baby (Lucky WRAY) / I'm Counting On You (Ray VERNON) / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry Over You (Link WRAY) / Roughshod (Link WRAY) / The Stranger (Link WRAY) / Boo Hoo (Marvin RAINWATER) / Flirty Baby #2 (WRAYMEN) / Pancho Villa (Link WRAY) / Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Link WRAY) / Vendetta (Link WRAY) | |||||
1990 | LP 12" NORTON ED 211 (UK) | BIG CITY AFTER DARK - MISSING LINKS, VOL. 2 - Big City After Dark / Dance Contest / Walkin' Down The Street Called Love / The Bad And The Good / Hold It / The Outlaw / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Rawhide '63 / Big City Stomp / Rumble Rock (live) / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (live) / The Stranger (live) / Link's Boogie (live) / Hard Headed Woman (live) / Roughshod (live) / Slow Drag | |||||
1990 | LP 12" NORTON ED 212 (UK) | SOME KINDA NUT - MISSING LINKS, VOL. 3 - Drag Srip (Fender BENDERS) / Baby Doll (Link WRAY) / Please Please Me (Link WRAY) / XKE (Fender BENDERS) / Run Boy Run (Link WRAY) / Red Riding Hood And The Wolf (Bunker HILL) / The Girl Can't Dance (Bunker HILL) / Remember The Twist (Link WRAY) / The Other Side Of The Moon (MOON MEN) / Genocide (Link WRAY) / The Earth Is Crying (Link WRAY) / Some Kinda Nut (MOON MEN) / Hungry Child (Link WRAY) / Growling Guts (Link WRAY) / Rumble '69 (Link WRAY) | |||||
1990 | LP 12" ACE CH 286 (GER) | APACHE - The Wild One / Dallas Blues / Big Boss Man / Shawnee / The Joker / Apache / Beautiful Brown Eyes / Stars And Stripes Forever / Green Hornet / Dick Tracy, Private Eye | |||||
1990 | LP 12" ACE CH 296 (GER) | WILD SIDE OF THE CITY LIGHTS - Hotel Loneliness / Raunchy / The Flying Wedge / Don't Leave Me / American Sunset / Little Sister / Love Me Tender / Wild Side Of The City Lights / Viva Zapata / As Long As I Have You | |||||
1990 | CD ACE CDCHD 931 (UK) | APACHE / WILD SIDE OF THE CITY LIGHTS - The Wild One / Dallas Blues / Big Boss Man / Shawnee / The Joker / Apache / Beautiful Brown Eyes / Stars And Stripes Forever / Green Hornet / Dick Tracy, Private Eye / Hotel Loneliness / Raunchy / The Flying Wedge / Don't Leave Me / American Sunset / Little Sister / Love Me Tender / Wild Side Of The City Lights / Viva Zapata / As Long As I Have You / Street Beat | |||||
1991 | CD BIG BEAT CDWIK 972 (UK) | LIVE IN '85 / GROWLING GUITAR - Rumble / It's Only Words / Fire / Medley : Mystery Train - I Got A Woman - Baby Let's Play House / Jack The Ripper / Love Me / King Creole / I'm Counting On You / Rawhide / Born To Be Wild / Climbing A High Wall / Genocide / The Earth Is Crying / Growling Guts / Hungry / Ace Of Spades '69 / Ruby Baby / Hang On / Summer Dreams / Sorrento / Peggy Sue / Alone / Girl From The North Country / You Hurt Me So / The Fuzz | |||||
1992 | CD EPIC 472866 2 (UK) | WALKIN' WITH LINK - Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Slinky / Ramble / Hand Clapper / Raw-Hide / Dixie-Doodle / Studio Blues / Comanche / Right Turn / Radar / Lillian / Dance Contest / Guitar Cha-Cha / Rumble Mambo / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby / Mary Anne / Comanche (alt.take) / Oh Baby Be Mine / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (alt.take) / New Studio Blues / Walkin' With Link | |||||
1993 | CD Ball Product SHED 001 CD (UK) | INDIAN CHILD - Torture / Trying To Find Your Love / Indian Child / God's Little Baby / I Apologize / Saving All My Love / Diamonds And Pearls / It Was Elvis / Guitar Man From New Orleans / Bring On The Night | |||||
05/1993 | CD RHINO R2 71222 (US) | RUMBLE ! THE BEST OF LINK WRAY - Rumble / The Swag / Raw-Hide / Dixie-Doodle / Ramble / Ain't That Lovin' You Babe / Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Big City After Dark / Run Chicken Run / The Shadow Knows / Deuces Wild / Hang On / Ace Of Spades / I'm Branded / Batman Theme / Hidden Charms / Climbing A High Wall / Switchblade / Jack The Ripper (live) | |||||
1994 | CD FOREVERMORE FVRCD-5002 (US) | JACK THE RIPPER - Mr. Guitar / My Beth / Deacon Jones / Steel Trap / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Dinosaur / Big Ben / Mashed Potato Party / Rumble / Black Widow / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'll Do Anything For You / Batman Theme / Turnpike U.S.A. / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms / The Shadow Knows | |||||
1994 | CD COLLECTABLES COL-5454 (US) | GOLDEN CLASSICS BY LINK WRAY - Link WRAY & The WRAYMEN - Caroline / Slinky / Right Turn / Rendezvous / Dixie-Doodle / Ramble / Hand Clapper / Raw-Hide / Lillian / Radar / Comanche / Studio Blues | |||||
1994 | 2 CD P-VINE PCD-2759/60 (JAP) | JACK THE RIPPER :
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06/1995 | 2 CD NORTON CED 242 (UK) | MR. GUITAR - ORIGINAL SWAN
RECORDINGS - Link WRAY & The RAYMEN :
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1995 | 2 CD POLYDOR 31452 7718-2 (US) | GUITAR PREACHER - THE
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1995 | CD ATLAS RK 500CD (F) | LES GÉNIES DU ROCK - RUMBLE - El Toro / Rumble / Good Rockin' Tonight / Week End / The Swag / Tuana / Batman Theme / Rumble Mambo / Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Hidden Charms / Turnpike USA / The Sweeper / I'm Branded / Hang On / Alone / Ace Of Spades | |||||
06/1997 | CD Camden 74321 500222 (UK) | Too Fast To Live...Too Young To Die - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die / Red Hot / Are You Gonna Be The One / Black Slacks / Crazy Man Crazy / Born To Lose / The Way I Walk / Love My Baby / Uptown / Rock Billy Boogie / Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache / Woman (You're My Woman) / Am I Blue / Drivin' Wheel / All By Myself / Sweet Love On My Mind / Bad Boy / Fire / Twenty Flight Rock / Summertime Blues / Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track) / Sea Cruise / Boppin' The Blues / Flying Saucers Rock & Roll / The Fool / If This Is Wrong | |||||
06/1997 | CD GO CAT GO TECX-23997 (JAP) | THE BEST OF LINK WRAY - Rumble / The Swag / Batman Theme / Jack The Ripper / Ace Of Spades / Run Chicken Run / The Sweeper / Deuces Wild / I'm Branded / Fat Back / Turnpike USA / Run Boy Run / Summer Dreams / Hang On / The Fuzz / Alone / Genocide / Hungry / The Earth Is Crying / Growlin' Guts / Hound Dog / Mustang / That'll Be The Day / The Wild One / Apache / Shawnee / The Joker / Sorrento / Peggy Sue / Raw-Hide (live) | |||||
1997 | CD HIP-O HIPD-40069 (US) | SHADOWMAN - Rumble On The Docks / Heartbreak Hotel / Geronimo / Young Love / Moped Baby / Run Through The Jungle / I Can't Help / Night Prowler / It Was So Easy / Timewarp-Strider / Listen To The Drums / Shadowman | |||||
1997 | CD CULT CLP 9989-2 (US) | WALKING DOWN A STREET CALLED LOVE - London The Garage - 28 March 1996 : Walking Down A Street Called Love / Batman / Mystery Train - My Babe - That's Alright - I Got A Women (Medley) / Jailhouse Rock / Mr. Guitar / Born To Be Wild / (introduction) / Rumble / Sweeper / Jack The Ripper / Deuces Wild / Tiger Man / Manchester University - 29 March 1996 : King Creole / Fire / I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You / Run Chicken Run / Ace Of Spades / Young And Beautiful / Rumble | |||||
1997 | CD NORTON CED 253 (UK) | STREETS OF CHICAGO - MISSING LINKS, VOL.4 - Friday Night Dance Party / Streets Of Chicago / Tattoo / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Lillian / Bluebird / It's Too Late / Soul Train / Lowdown / Street Fighter / I'm Countin' On You / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Stuck On You / Drown In My Own Tears / Ace Of Spades / Rumble / Friday Night Dance Party Part 2 | |||||
1997 | CD One Way OW 34491 (US) | FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac, And A Black Mustache / If This Is Wrong / Fide Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Blue Eyes | |||||
1997 | CD ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3011 (UK) | SWAN SINGLES COLLECTION - Link WRAY & His RAY MEN - Jack The Ripper / The Black Widow / Week-End / Turnpike USA / The Sweeper / Run Chicken Run / The Shadow Knows / My Alberta / Summer Dreams / Deuces Wild / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'll Do Anything For You / I'm Branded / Hang On / Please Please Me / Rumble '65 / Girl From The North Country / You Hurt Me So / The Fuzz / Ace Of Spades / Batman Theme / Alone / Ace Of Spades / Hidden Charms / Let The Good Times Roll / Soul Train | |||||
1997 | CD Ace CDCHD 656 (UK) | Robert GORDON With LINK WRAY / Fresh Fish Special - Robert GORDON With LINK WRAY : Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flyin' Saucers Rock'n'Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman (You're My Woman) / Is This The Way / Fresh Fish Special : The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache / If This Is Wrong / Five Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track) / Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away) / UK 12" SINGLE : Endless Sleep | |||||
1997 | CD Raven RVCD-57 (AUS) | Robert GORDON With LINK WRAY / Fresh Fish Special - Robert GORDON With LINK WRAY : Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flying Saucers Rock 'n' Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman (You're My Woman) / Is This The Way? / Fresh Fish Special : The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache / If This Is Wrong / Five Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Blue Eyes / Bonus Tracks : Rock Billy Boogie / Black Slacks / Love My Baby / All By Myself / Nervous / Sweet Love On My Mind / Drivin' Wheel / Someday Someway / Fire (live) | |||||
1998 | CD HALLMARK 309162 (UK) | ROCK 'N' RUMBLE - Rumble / Jack The Ripper / Ace Of Spades / Black Widow / The Shadow Knows / My Alberta / The Sweeper / Good Rockin' Tonight / I'll Do Anything For You / Deuces Wild / Raw-Hide / Hound Dog / Mustang / Steel Trap/ Hey Bo Diddley / Turnpike USA | |||||
199? | LP 12" RUMBLE RECORDS LWRP-1 (EUR) | HOLD IT - Hold It / Big City After Dark / Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / Roughshod / Vendetta / Night Life / Slow Drag / Ruby Baby / Some Kinda Nut / Other Side Of The Moon / Teenage Cutie / It's The Music She Says / I'll Be So Good To You / You're Sweeter Than Sugar / Hillbilly Wolf / The Fuzz | |||||
199? | CD MASSIVE ATTACK DISCS 990098 (US) (unofficial release) | GUITAR MENTOR - I Fought The Law / Midnight Rider / I'm In Love With You / Unchain My Heart / Music Man / That Kind Of Woman / Rumble | |||||
10/2000 | CD ACE CDCHD 770 (UK) | BARBED WIRE - Tiger Man / Julie Baby / Home Is Where The Heart Is / Hard Rock / Barbed Wire / Young And Beautiful / Jailhouse Rock / Somebody Lied / Lover Come Back To Me / Spider Man / Rumble (live '1997) / Born To Be Wild / Fire (live '1997) | |||||
2001 | CD EMI PLUS 724357640428 (NL) | GUITAR LEGENDS - Rumble / Run Chicken Run (LP version) / Run Boy Run / Autumn Leaves / Ace Of Spades (alt.) / Deuces Wild / Heartbreak Hotel / Jack The Ripper / Begin The Beguine / Zip Code / My Beth / Hound Dog / Turnpike U.S.A. / Fat Back / Tammy / Blueberry Hill / Steel Trap | |||||
03/2002 | 2 CD SUNDAZED SC 11098 (US) | SLINKY ! - THE EPIC
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04/2002 | CD ACE CDCHD 837 (UK) | LAW OF THE JUNGLE - Good Rockin' Tonight / The Black Widow / Law Of The Jungle / Hidden Charms / Ruby Baby (stereo, prev.unissued) / Soul Train / Heartbreak Hotel (alt.take 2, prev.unissued) / Big Ben / Peggy Sue (stereo, prev.unissued) / Week End / Return Of The Birdland / Please Please Me (alt.take 1, studio chat,stereo, prev.unissued) / Dinosaur / Steel Trap / My Alberta / Ace Of Spades (stereo, prev.unissued) / Honky Tonk / Scatter / Stop And Listen To Me / Cross Ties / The Shadow Knows / Mr. Guitar / Frenchy (alt.take 2, stereo, prev.unissued) / What Happened To The Waltz a.k.a. Bo Diddley (stereo, prev.unissued) / Rumble / Run Chicken Run / What A Price / Ace Of Spades (harmonica version) | |||||
2002 | CD Warwick 3113 (UK) |
Wild Wild Women - Robert GORDON & Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Twenty Flight Rock / My Baby Left Me / Lonesome Train / Rumble / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Sea Cruise / Red Hot / Fire / Summertime Blues / Mystery Train / Baby Let's Play House / Rock Therapy / The Way I Walk / Mystery Train / Lonesome Train / I Sure Miss You / Rumble / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Band Introduction / Hot Dog! That Made Her Mad / Fire / The Fool / Wild Wild Women |
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10/2003 | CD COLLECTABLES COL-CD-9364 (US) | RAWHIDE - Rawhide / Slinky / Ramble / Studio Blues / Walkin' With Link / Radar / Oh Babe Be Mine / New Studio Blues / Ain't That Lovin' You Babe / Rumble Mambo | |||||
2003 | CD ACADIA ACA 8066 (UK) | BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE - Be What You Want To / All Cried Out / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Tuckson, Arizona / Riverbend / You Walked By / Walk Easy, Walk Slow / All The Love In My Life / You Really Got A Hold On Me / Shine The Light / Morning | |||||
10/2004 | CD Rollercoaster RCCD 3032 (UK) | "They're Outta Here," Says Archie - Link Wray & The Ray Men - Oddball aka Rumble / Pancho Villa / Walking With Link / Comanche / The Swag / Raw Hide / Dance Contest / School Girl / Heartbreak Hotel / Drag Race / Rebel Rouser / Patricia / The Freeze / Missing Link (alternate version) / I'll Be So Good To You / Window Shopping / Missing Link / White Lightnin' / Creepy / Raw Hide (alternate version) / Pancho Villa (alternate version - take 7) / Comanche (alternate version) / Walking With Link (alternate version) / Pancho Villa (alternate version) / Dance Contest (alternate version) | |||||
2005 | 2 CD Acadia ACAD 8082 (UK) |
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10/2006 | CD SUNDAZED SC 11137 (US) | WHITE LIGHTNING - LOST CADENCE SESSIONS '58 - White Lightning / Creepy / Drag Race / Pancho Villa / Walkin' With Link / Raw-Hide / Dance Contest / Missing Link / Heartbreak Hotel / Comanche / Rebel Rouser / Patricia / Freeze / School Girl / Pancho Villa [alternate version] / Walkin' with Link [alternate version] / Missing Link [alternate version] / Raw-Hide [alternate version] | |||||
02/2007 | CD AMERICAN BEAT 24162 (US) | Robert GORDON WITH LINK WRAY / FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman / Is This The Way / The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac, And A Black Mustache / If This Is Wrong / Fide Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Blue Eyes | |||||
05/2007 | CD ACE CDCHD 1143 (UK) |
King Of The Wild Guitar - Rumble / Fat Back / Mustang / Black Widow / Run Chicken Run / Deuces Wild / Jack The Ripper / The Sweeper / Hang On / Walkin' With Link / I'm Branded / Ace Of Spades / The Wild One / The Flying Wedge (Drag Race) / Green Hornet / Apache / Viva Zapata / Wild Side Of The City Lights / The Joker / Spider Man / Barbed Wire / Timewarp - Strider / Moped Baby / Geronimo / Rumble On The Docks |
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09/2007 | CD ACE CDCHD 1154 (UK) |
The Pathway Sessions - The Wild One / Dallas Blues / Big Boss Man / Shawnee / The Joker / Apache / Beautiful Brown Eyes / Stars And Stripes Forever / Green Hornet / Dick Tracy Private Eye / Hotel Loneliness / Raunchy / The Flying Wedge (Drag Race) / Don't Leave Me / American Sunset / Little Sister / Love Me Tender / Wild Side Of The City Lights / Viva Zapata / As Long As I Have You |
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08/2008 | LP 12" SUNDAZED LP 5254 (US) | WHITE LIGHTNING - LOST CADENCE SESSIONS '58 - White Lightning / Creep / Drag Race / Pancho Villa / Walking With Link / Raw-Hide / Dance Contest / Missing Link / Heartbreak Hotel / Comanche / Rebel Rouser / Patricia / The Freeze / School Girl | |||||
09/2009 | 2 CD FUEL 2000 302 061 787 2 (US) | LIVE FAST, LOVE HARD ! -
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200? | CD TOP OF THE HILL TOTH-466 (JAP) | Robert GORDON & LINK WRAY - RUMBLE IN CLEVELAND - If This Is Wrong / Mystery Train / The Way I Walk / Lonesome Train / I Sure Miss You / MC / Rumble / Baby What You Want Me To Do / There'll Be No Other / Blue Suede Shoes / Fire / Baby Let's Play House / I Got A Woman / Endless Sleep | |||||
200? | CD TOP OF THE HILL TOTH-532 (JAP) | Robert
GORDON & LINK WRAY
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ROTTERDAM 1978 -
Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache / Mystery Train / Summertime Blues / If This Is Wrong / Baby Let's Play House / Red Hot / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Five Days Five Days / Boppin' The Blues / The Way I Walk / I Sure Miss You / Rumble / Wild Wild Women |
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2013 | 2 CD Not Now Music NOT2CD511 (UK) |
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05/2013 | CD Righteous PSALM 23:69 (UK) |
The King Of Distortion Meets The Red Line Rebels - Link WRAY & His RAY MEN : Rumble / Raw-Hide / Comanche / Slinky / Mary Ann / Jack The Ripper / El Toro / Poppin' / Charlie CHRISTIAN : Solo Flight / Django REINHARDT : Topsy / T-Bone WALKER : T-Bone Jumps Again / Goree CARTER : Rock A While / Joe Hill LOUIS : Boogie In The Park / Howlin’ WOLF : Moanin' At Midnight / Jackie BRENSTON & His DELTA CATS : Rocket 88 / James COTTON : Cotton Crop Blues / Guitar SLIM : The Things That I Used To Do / Johnny Guitar WATSON : Space Guitar / Chuck BERRY : Maybelline / Chet ATKINS : Blues In The Night / JOHNNY BURNETTE TRIO : The Train Kept A-Rollin' / Roy BUCHANANAN : Mule Train Stomp / Marty ROBBINS : Dont Worry / Cody BRENNAN & The TEMPTATIONS : Ruby Baby / VENTURES : 2000 Pound Bee Pt 1. / Bobby GREGG & His Friends : The Jam Pt.1 / Dick DALE : Misiriou |
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05/2013 | CD Music Avenue 250346 (EUR) |
Link Wray Featuring Joey Welz - Rumble & Roll - Rippen' 'em Off In The Name Of Love / Turn You On To Sunshine / Let The Good Times Roll / Rumble-69 / Fire And Brimstone / Dark Was The Color Of Her Hair / I Remember Her Love (But I Forgot Her Name) / Listen To The Voices That Want To Be Free / I'm From The World (I'm From The Earth) / Peace Is The Freedom / Jesus, Be My Friend / Searchin' For Me (So I Can Find You) / It's Too Late / Love Is A Moment / Goin' Home / Voices In The Sky |
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11/2013 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BAF 18020 (GER) | Robert GORDON With Link WRAY - Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman (You're My Woman) / Is This The Way / Endless Sleep | |||||
11/2013 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BAF 18023 (GER) | FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac, And A Black Moustache / If This Is Wrong / Five Days, Five Days / Fire / Sea Cruise (single version) (bonus track) / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track) / Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away) / Fire (single version) (bonus track) | |||||
09/2014 | CD Rock-A-Billy CLP 1952 (US) |
Cleveland '78 - Robert GORDON / Link Wray - If This Is Wrong / Mystery Train / The Way I Walk / The Fool / I Sure Miss You / Rumble / Rawhide / Red Hot / My Baby Left Me / Lonesome Train / Five Days, Five Days / Summertime Blues / Twenty Flight Rock / Fire - Let's Play House / Endless Sleep |
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2014 | 4 CD Real Gone RGMCD139 (UK) |
Two Classic Albums Plus singles & Session Tracks :
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2014 | CD Rumble RUM2011091 (EUR) |
The Original 1958 Cadence Sessions - Link Wray & The Wraymen - Oddball Aka Rumble / Pancho Villa / Walking With Link / Comanche / The Swag / Raw Hide / Dance Contest / School Girl / Heartbreak Hotel / Drag Race / Rebel Rouser / Patricia / The Freeze / I'll Be So Good To You / Window Shopping / Missing Link / White Lightnin' / Creepy |
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2014 | 2 CD Primo PRMCD 6162 (EUR) |
The Essential Early Recordings :
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12/2014 | LP 12" + CD Vip Vop VIPVOP004 (UK) |
Ace Of Spades :
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08/2015 | 2 CD ACE CDCH2 1451 (UK) |
3-Track Shack :
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09/2015 | 2 CD ACE 2938719 (UK) |
3-Track Shack :
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11/2015 | CD ACE CDCHD 1460 (UK) | EARLY RECORDINGS - Batman Theme / Ace Of Spades / Cross Ties / Jack The Ripper / Hidden Charms / I'm Branded / The Shadow Knows / Fat Back / Run Chicken Run / Black Widow / Scatter / Turnpike U.S.A. / Mr Guitar / Rumble / Good Rockin' Tonight / Deuces Wild / Mustang / Heartbreak Hotel / Law Of The Jungle / Blueberry Hill / The Swag / Rumble / Run Boy Run / Honky Tonk / The Sweeper / Hound Dog / That'll Be The Day / Zip Code / Please Please Me | |||||
2015 | LP 12" Culture Factory CFU0388 (US) | ROBERT GORDON WITH LINK WRAY - Red Hot / I Sure Miss You / Summertime Blues / Boppin' The Blues / Sweet Surrender / Flyin' Saucers Rock 'n' Roll / The Fool / It's In The Bottle / Woman / Is This The Way | |||||
2015 | LP 12" PRIVATE STOCK PS 7008 (US) | FRESH FISH SPECIAL - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - The Way I Walk / Red Cadillac, And A Black Mustache / If This Is Wrong / Fide Days, Five Days / Fire / I Want To Be Free / Twenty Flight Rock / Sea Cruise / Lonesome Train / Blue Eyes | |||||
04/2017 | LP 12" POLYDOR TWM08 (US) |
Be What You Want To - Be What You Want To / All Cried Out / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / Tucson, Arizona / Riverbend / You Walked By / Walk Easy, Walk Slow / All The Love In My Life / You Really Got A Hold On Me / Shine The Light / Morning |
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04/2017 | CD Not Now Music NOT2CD656 (UK) | The Rumble Man - Draggin' / Bull Dawg / Aces Wild / Street Beat / Honest Hon, I Swear Someone Lied / Rumble Man / I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You) / Big City Walk / I Will Be Home Again / Mix Max Boogie / Thrill Of Your Love | |||||
04/2017 | CD + DVD Not Now Music 5039630 (UK) |
The Rumble Man :
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07/2017 | CD Klondike KLCD5079 (CYP) |
Live... My Father's Place 1979 - Blue Suede Shoes / Fever / Jack The Ripper / It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Don't / Money / Peggy Sue / Run Chicken Run / Ace Of Spades / You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling / Love Me / I Fought The Law / I Saw Her Standing There / Rawhide / Rumble |
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2018 | CD LINE LICD 600074 E (GER) | BULLSHOT - Good Good Lovin' / Fever /Snag / Just That Kind / Switchblade / It's All Over Now Baby Blue / Rawhide / Wild Party / The Sky Is Falling / Don't | |||||
2019 | 2 CD Growling Guitar 2947-1 (UK) (limited edition) |
The Last Tour - Robert GORDON & Link WRAY :
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2019 | CD Growling Guitar 2947-2 (UK) (limited edition) |
Their First Nationwide Tour: Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Tx, November 9, 1977 - Robert GORDON with Link WRAY - Twenty Flight Rock / The Way I Walk / The Fool / I Sure Miss You / Rumble (Link WRAY) / Miss Ann (Link WRAY) / Baby, What You Want Me To Do (Link WRAY) / Red Hot / Summertime Blues / Five Days, Five Days / Baby Let`s Play House / I Got A Woman / Lawdy Miss Clawdy (Link WRAY) / Boppin` The Blues / Five Days, Five Days / I Sure Miss You / Flying Saucers Rock`n`Roll / Twenty Flight Rock / Rumble (Link WRAY) / Miss Ann (Link WRAY) / Baby I Don`t Care / I Want To Be Free / Boppin` The Blues |
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09/2019 | LP 10" ACE 10CH 1553 (UK) |
Link Sings Elvis - Little Sister / Heartbreak Hotel / Tiger Man / Young And Beautiful / Love Me Tender / Home Is Where the Heart is / That's When Your Heartaches Begin / As Long As I Have You |
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10/2019 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD17600 (GER) | ROCKS - Link WRAY : Raw Hide / Batman Theme / Tijuana / Slinky / Right Turn / Ray VERNON : I'm Countin' On You / Link WRAY : I'm Branded / Hand Clapper / The Swag / Comanche / Deuces Wild / El Toro / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby / Studio Blues / Hang On / Jack The Ripper / Turnpike USA / The Black Widow / Ray VERNON & The RAYMEN : Big City After Dark / Ray VERNON : Danger One Way Love / Link WRAY : Dance Contest / Run Chicken, Run / Poncho Villa / Radar / Mary Ann / The Outlaw / Ray VERNON & RAYMEN : Hold It / Link WRAY : Dinosaur / Big City Stomp / The Shadow Knows / Dixie Doodle / Ace Of Spades / Mr. Guitar / Rumble | |||||
12/2019 | 2 CD Acrobat ADDCD3316 (UK) |
The Link Wray Collection 1956-62 :
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20?? | 3 CD Classic Rock Line CRCD 15.0011 (1-3) (GER) |
The Essential Recordings :
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