Mr. Guitar: Original Swan Recordings

Link Wray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• Original Release Date: May 24, 1995
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Norton
• ASIN: B000001UFW
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Jack The Ripper

2. Bo Diddley

3. Ace Of Spades

4. Five And Ten

5. The Sweeper

6. Alone

7. Run Chicken Run

8. Deuces Wild

9. The Shadow Knows

10. The Black Widow

See all 31 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Fat Back

2. Let The Good Times Roll

3. The Fuzz

4. Mustang

5. Honky Tonk

6. Turnpike U.S.A.

7. Chicago Bird

8. I Still Love You

9. So Young

10. Steel Trap

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Link Wray is a legend for a reason, April 15, 2002

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Paul J. Escamilla "sentient being" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Guitar: Original Swan Recordings (Audio CD)

Link Wray is one of those masters of deception. he makes it look (sound?) sooo easy. he's not playing thousands of notes a second or playing mixolydian runs over 13/8 time signatures while breathing fire.

what he does (did?) is play rock'n'roll guitar better than anyone else ever has. not to take away from chuck berry, but link wray does it ALL with his six strings. he don't need words. he just plugs that axe in and rips.

i swear, it's just freaky how ... and majestic he makes it all sound. the only other musicians i've heard that can make so much of so little are Miles Davis and Chet Baker.

i guess when you really know the right notes to play, you ain't got to play a whole lot of 'em.

every time i hear link, i just wanna run out, cover myself in tattoos, grab some cheap beers and go drag-racing.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 63 Slices of pure Link!!! A guitar hero!!!, December 29, 2003

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Jason P. Pumphrey "the movie & music man" (Falls Church, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Guitar: Original Swan Recordings (Audio CD)

This is one heck of a collection, 63 slices of pure Link!!! This is truly great guitar playing!!! The hard sound that he played is one of a kind!!! This 2 CD will please Link Wray fans,and fans of early rock and roll!!! And the sound is great too!!! The CD really lives up it's name:"Mr. Guitar"!!! The booklet that comes with the set is very informative!!! A truly great package!!! Five Stars!!! A+

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hep-Cat Hyperbolie, December 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Mr. Guitar: Original Swan Recordings (Audio CD)

Mr. Guitar is probably the best one stop sampling of Wray-- which is something pure and raw! Imagine reading a great pulp novel, (Jim Thompson or David Goodis, James M Cain or Fredric Brown) and at the same time, imagine barralling down the highway after midnibht in a 57 Chevy. It's that kind of beautiful!