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Future Days | Item No: 541275
Vinyl LP | 1971 / US – Reissue | New
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Item Description
Recorded in a shaky makeshift chicken shack in rural Maryland, Link Wray’s eponymous 1971 solo album is a compelling and forward-looking piece of honest, handmade Americana. This album is vastly different from his previous work, foregoing instrumentals entirely. Instead, Wray, left with only one lung following a bout with tuberculosis in 1956, gives us his raw voice, full of spit and vinegar, as he blends elements of country, rock ‘n’ roll, roots, folk and gospel marked with fuzzy guitar and booming percussion. He kicks off with a track, “La De Da”, that may be the greatest song the Stones never wrote. Elsewhere, the single “Fallin’ Rain” channels Dylan at his most political, with lyrics about “stabbings and shootings and young men dying all around.” Link Wray proved to be the only album that the guitarist issued in his own name to hit the American charts during his nearly 50-year recording career. Although it didn’t receive much critical acclaim at the time of its release, Link Wray has seen a resurgence in recent years and developed a cult following, with artists from Nick Cave to The Neville Brothers recording versions of its tracks.

Link Wray’s musical journey began early, with his father Fred taking up the family music business. Link, along with brothers Vernon and Doug began playing together professionally in 1942, their rowdy instrumental single “Rumble” charting at number 16 in 1958. Following a string of hits on Philadelphia-based Swan Records, Vernon began to serve as the family’s producer, eventually starting his own studio; first in the basement of his home and then–after his wife Evelyn complained about the noise–in a converted shack on the property. It was there that Link, Vernon and producer Steve Verroca found a sound that marked “a return to simplicity.” This carefully remastered reissue will take you right back to that chicken shack, and to sessions so electric you can almost feel the atmosphere.

This is the first reissue of this classic album.
Item Details
Item No: 541275
Artist: Link Wray
Title: Link Wray
Label: Future Days
Catalog No: FDR633
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Reissue
Release Date: 1971
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Blues
Available since: 2017-08-09
Condition: New
Price: $ 31.80
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 La De Da
A2 Take Me Home Jesus
A3 Juke Box Mama
A4 Rise & Fall Of Jimmy Stokes
A5 Fallin Rain
B1 Fire & Brimstone
B2 Ice People
B3 God Out West
B4 Crowbar
B5 Black River Swamp
B6 Tail Dragger
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