Search Assist: On | Off
YOU ARE HERE:Shopping > Music > Link Wray > Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961
Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

Link Wray - Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

Compare Prices at 6 stores

$19.79 to $24.98

User Rating:

Not Yet Rated

Track List: Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

Click on or song title to hear an audio clip. Windows Media player is required.

Disc 1:

  1. Slinky - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  2. Mary Ann (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  3. Right Turn - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  4. Raw-Hide - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  5. Ramble - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  6. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  7. Caroline - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  8. Studio Blues - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  9. Walkin' With Link - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  10. Dixie-Doodle - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  11. Radar - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  12. Oh Babe Be Mine (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  13. Lillian - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  14. Comanche - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  15. Dance Contest - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  16. Guitar Cha-Cha - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  17. Rumble Mambo - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  18. El Toro - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  19. Comanche (Demo) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  20. Right Turn (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  21. Lillian (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  22. Kiki - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  23. Moonlight Love - Link Wray & The Wraymen

Disc 2:

  1. Handclapper - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  2. Mary Ann - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  3. Golden Strings - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  4. New Studio Blues - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  5. Rendezvous - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  6. Trail Of The Lonesome Pine - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  7. Ramble (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  8. Slinky (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  9. Walkin' With Link (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  10. Young And In Love (Demo) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  11. Stupid Pony (The Ponies) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  12. Goose Bumps (Doug Wray) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  13. School Girl (Doug Wray) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  14. Night Life (Bert & Ray) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  15. Slow Drag (Bert & Ray) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  16. New Studio Blues (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  17. Golden Strings (Demo) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  18. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  19. If This Is Wrong - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  20. Oh Babe Be Mine - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  21. Radar (Alt. Take) - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  22. Tijuana - Link Wray & The Wraymen
  23. Tenderly - Link Wray & The Wraymen

More Link Wray CDs and Albums

Album Details: Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

Release Date:
02/05/2002
Label:
Sundazed Music Inc.
UPC:
090771109828

Pro Reviews: Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

EXPERT RATING:   

From AMG Reviews

While there was a 20track 1992 compilation devoted to Wray's Epic work (Walkin' With Link), this twoCD, 46song set more than doubles the volume. It not only sweeps up some stray previously released cuts that eluded the previous album, but also adds 17 previously unissued outtakes, demos, and alternates, along with rare singles by the Ponies, Doug Wray, and Bert Ray, on which Link played. Wray's Epic output was not quite his peak; the slightly later period covered by Norton's Mr. Guitar anthology was more outstanding. Still, there's some fine string bending and distortion to be heard on these discs, though it doesn't contain the original hit version of "Rumble" (which was issued on Cadence, not Epic). If there are flaws, these are mostly relative. Wray doesn't get as unhinged as he did on his wildest sessions, and some of the cuts are samey sounding, routine instrumental workouts that get closer to Duane Eddy than was his usual wont. Still, you get some mighty cool ingeniously devious rockers like "RawHide," "Walkin' With Link" (which explodes into the "Rumble" riff at the end), and "Comanche," while his occasional vocal workouts, like "Oh Babe Be Mine" and "Ain't That Lovin' You Baby," are some of the most sandpaper textured early rock roll singing to be heard. There are also some weird detours into south of the border TexMexisms on "Tijuana" (with a flute solo), "El Toro" (with mariachi horns), "Guitar ChaCha," and "Rumble Mambo," all of which sound like soundtracks to bullfights in which the matadors brandish switchblades and wear leather jackets. Some of the previously unreleased outtakes also brandish an odd sort of lounge sleaze ("Kiki" has a cheesy burlesque wahwahing horn that has to be heard to be believed), while the hitherto unavailable "Moonlight Love" is a surprisingly effective sort of raw Henry MancinimeetsuntutoredDuane Eddy ballad with strings.

- Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide


Related Artists

Similar Artists

Roots & Influences

Followers

Link Wray Biography

Link Wray may never get into the Rock 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 ...Full Link Wray Biography

Compare New Prices: Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

Compare New Prices
Store Price / Notes
Amazon.com $24.98

Calculate Total Price

Price
+ Tax
+ Shipping
= Total Price
Go to Store
OLDIES.com $21.23
Go to Store
Fetch A Disc $19.79
Go to Store
compare (6) new prices from $19.79 to $24.98  

Compare Used and Refurb Prices: Slinky! The Epic Sessions, 1958-1961

Compare Used and Refurb Prices
Store Price / Notes
Amazon.com Marketplace Used $14.99

Calculate Total Price

Price
+ Tax
+ Shipping
= Total Price
Go to Store
compare (1) used prices from $14.99 to $14.99  
Help us improve Yahoo! Shopping - Send Your Feedback