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NORTON 242 LINK WRAY & THE RAYMEN - MR. GUITAR
Jack the Ripper/Bo Diddley/ Ace Of Spades/Five And Ten/The Sweeper/ Alone/Run Chicken Run/Deuces Wild/The Shadow Knows/The Black Widow/Hound Dog/Law Of The Jungle/Hidden Charms/Cross Ties/ Deacon Jones/My Beth/Branded/Ruby Baby/ Zip Code/Heartbreak Hotel/Batman Theme/ Sorrento/Blue Eyes (Don't Run Away)/Mashed Potato Party/Mr. Guitar/Good Rockin' Tonight/Scatter/Stop And Listen To Me/My Alberta/Soul Train/Rumble/Fat Back/Let The Good Times Roll/ The Fuzz/ Mustang/ Honky Tonk/Turnpike USA/Chicago Bird/I Still Love You/So Young/Steel Trap/Return Of Birdland/ Ace Of Spades/Frenchy/I'll Do Anything For You/Dinosaur/ Hang On/ Peggy Sue/Summer Dream/Big Ben/Run Chicken Run/Autumn Leaves/Week End/What A Price/Ace Of Spades/That'll Be The Day/Tammy/Girl From The North Country/Run Boy Run/Blueberry Hill/You Hurt Me So/Begin The Beguine/Rumble
This is it, daddy-o! The most comprehensive roundup EVER on Link's monstrous 1962-66 Swan label recordings! Whoppin' 2-CD set rounds up classics like Jack The Ripper + Run Chicken Run, rarities (inc. entire now-deleted SWAN DEMOS LP on Hangman), outtakes, un-issued toons + natch, Rumble and Ace Of Spades, as heard in PULP FICTION! 63 tracks (26 makin' their 1st ever US appearance!) pummel w/gigundo scorchin' sound from orig. masters! No overlap w/our acclaimed MISSING LINKS series! Jammed 28 page booklet details early career of the king of the crunchin' guitar w/wild tales & previously unseen photos! For those of you who dig "hidden charms", the first press of MR. GUITAR comes w/official Link Wray guitar pick! THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION BY THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER OF ALL TIME! LINK WRAY!!! double CD set $22
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