The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals [Import]

Link Wray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 27, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B0000009L2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,970 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Link Wray influenced Pete Townshend & Many More!, August 16, 2004

By 

Michael Louis (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals (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

10 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Guitar Never Sounded So Cool, October 3, 2001

By 

Davia Sakanari (Sacramento, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars Link Wray guitar genius, November 29, 2005

By 

Robert Beckman "DC- Rock-and -Roll" (DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Original Rumble Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals (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.