Link Wray's 3-Track Shack by Link Wray [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:La de DaTake Me Home JesusJuke Box MamaRise and Fall of Jimmy StokesFallin' RainFire and BrimstoneIce PeopleGod Out WestCrowbarBlack River SwampTail DraggerBeans and FatbackI'm So Glad, I'm So ProudShawnee TribeHobo ManGeorgia PinesAlabama Electric CircusWater BoyFrom Tulsa to North CarolinaRight or Wrong (You Lose)In the PinesTake My Hand (Precious Lord)I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud (45 Edit)Walkin' in the Alabama SunScorpio WomanThe Coca Cola Sign Blinds My EyesAll I Want to SayAll Because of a WomanOn the RunSon of a Simple ManPrecious JewelDays Before CusterGandy Dancer Performer Notes: Liner Note Authors: Dave Burke ; Alan Taylor.While most anyone who worships at the altar of rock guitar knows Link Wray as the gutbucket minimalist who gave birth to the definitive six-string snarl on such primal 1950s singles as "Rumble," "Rawhide," and "Ace of Spades," that's not all the man was capable of, and folks expecting the hard-edged roar of his best-known work may be a bit taken aback by this release. Wray's Three Track Shack is a two-CD set which reissues three albums Link Wray cut between 1971 and 1973, recorded in a primitive home studio on his Maryland farm -- Link Wray, Beans & Fatback, and Mordecai Jones (the latter, in essence, a Link Wray album though pianist Bobby Howard, aka Mordicai Jones, took top billing). The music on 1971's Link Wray bears little resemblance to Wray's classic work, sounding more like a funky country blues set than anything else, with Wray playing as much acoustic guitar as electric, and pianos and mandolins adding a warm and down-home mood to the songs. If the approach is different, and Wray's rough but emphatic vocals establish this as a different animal from his early instrumental hits, there's an unapologetically raw and unpolished energy that sets this apart from the standard issue roots-music work of the day, and there's no questioning the passion and heart in these tunes, which often recall a childhood growing up poor and Native-American in the deep South. Beans & Fatback, which was issued by Virgin in 1973, is a noticeably looser and harder-rocking set than Link Wray, and "I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud" offers a solid dose of Wray's patented gnarly guitar, but most of the album still sounds rootsier and less hard-edged than Link's larger body of work, and offers a more personal insight on such songs as "Shawnee Tribe" and "Hobo Man." And finally, Mordecai Jones was an attempt on Wray's part to crash the charts by having his piano man, Bobby Howard, take the lead vocals under an assumed name; Howard's voice is more conventionally appealing than Link's (the fact Howard never lost a lung to tuberculosis doubtless helped), and there's a loose and engaging blues mood to the album that suggests a late-night jam caught on tape, with Link contributing some great slide guitar on the session (though one can't help but wish he could have hit his guitar a bit harder). Wray's Three Track Shack is a solid and comprehensive overview of an often overlooked period in Link Wray's life as a recording artist, and while newbies and casual observers may be a bit puzzled by its low-key tone, completists will find it fascinating (and be glad to pick up three hard-to-find LP's in one package). ~ Mark Deming Professional Reviews: Mojo (Publisher) - "That old Shack magic is fully intact." Format: CD (1 Disc) Country: USA Release Date: 4 September, 2015 Label: Imports Dimensions: 14.4 x 12.6 x 1 centimeters (0.10 kg)

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Track #1: La de Da

Track #2: Take Me Home Jesus

Track #3: Juke Box Mama

Track #4: Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes

Track #5: Fallin' Rain

Track #6: Fire and Brimstone

Track #7: Ice People

Track #8: God Out West

Track #9: Crowbar

Track #10: Black River Swamp

Track #11: Tail Dragger

Track #12: Beans and Fatback

Track #13: I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud

Track #14: Shawnee Tribe

Track #15: Hobo Man

Track #16: Georgia Pines

Track #17: Alabama Electric Circus

Track #18: Water Boy

Track #19: From Tulsa to North Carolina

Track #20: Right or Wrong (You Lose)

Track #21: In the Pines

Track #22: Take My Hand (Precious Lord)

Track #23: I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud (45 Edit)

Track #24: Walkin' in the Alabama Sun

Track #25: Scorpio Woman

Track #26: The Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eyes

Track #27: All I Want to Say

Track #28: All Because of a Woman

Track #29: On the Run

Track #30: Son of a Simple Man

Track #31: Precious Jewel

Track #32: Days Before Custer

Track #33: Gandy Dancer

Release Year: 2015

Format: CD

Genre: Rock

Record Label: ACE Records, IMT

Artist: Wray, Link

Release Title: Link Wray's 3-Track Shack