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Wray's image as leather-clad, fuzz-drenched cowpunk is so indelibly etched into the minds of most fans that it's been convenient to overlook the fact that in the early '70s, he eschewed grungy instrumentals for laid-back, homespun roots rock. He wrote lyrics and sang on these albums as well, some of which were recorded in a three-track studio built in a converted chicken coop on his family farm. Reflecting the pastoral, rural influence of the Band and other groups of the day, Link also largely abandoned his electric guitars for acoustic ones on some of the albums, though he returned to harder-rocking electric sounds by the middle of the 1970s. This double-CD box set collects 37 songs from five albums spanning 1971 to 1974. One of these LPs only surfaced in England (Beans and Fatback), and another was an odd effort by one Mordicai Jones on which Link played most of the instruments and wrote most of the material. The anthology rightfully emphasizes his self-titled 1971 comeback album, the best of these recordings, which has an enigmatic backwoods ambience and spiritual lyrics, and contains a couple tunes later covered by the Nevilles ("Fire and Brimstone" and "Fallin' Rain"). The later albums, some of which featured high-profile guests like Jerry Garcia and Tower of Power, had a more generic early-'70s AOR rock feel; not so on the Mordicai Jones tracks, though, on which rustic arrangements back Jones' vocals, which sound like a more subdued Robert Plant. As a whole, the work assembled here isn't nearly as important as Wray's instrumental recordings from the '50s and '60s -- and Wray's wracked, tense vocals are something of an acquired taste -- but it's rather intriguing stuff with little relationship to the rest of his catalog.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
BOB FELDMAN, Producer, Associate Producer - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Ray Vernon, Producer - Vernon Wray, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chuck Irwin, Remix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist - Yvonne Verroca, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, Arranger, Work Arranger, MainArtist - Yvonne Verroca, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Irwin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mordicai Jones, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Irwin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mordicai Jones, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Irwin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mordicai Jones, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Irwin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mordicai Jones, MainArtist - Mordecai Jones, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Steve Verroca, Producer - Link Wray, ComposerLyricist - Yvonne Verroca, ComposerLyricist - Chuck Irwin, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mordicai Jones, MainArtist
℗ 1972 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Garcia, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Curtis, ComposerLyricist - Link Wray, MainArtist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer - Michel Deborah, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Garcia, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Link Wray, MainArtist - Doug Wray, ComposerLyricist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Garcia, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerry Garcia, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Thom Jefferson Kaye, Producer
℗ 1973 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Joe White, ComposerLyricist - Link Wray, MainArtist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Charisma Records Ltd.
Mark Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Link Wray, MainArtist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Milton Grant, ComposerLyricist - Link Wray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Skip Drinkwater, Producer - Bruce Steinberg, Producer
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
Wray's image as leather-clad, fuzz-drenched cowpunk is so indelibly etched into the minds of most fans that it's been convenient to overlook the fact that in the early '70s, he eschewed grungy instrumentals for laid-back, homespun roots rock. He wrote lyrics and sang on these albums as well, some of which were recorded in a three-track studio built in a converted chicken coop on his family farm. Reflecting the pastoral, rural influence of the Band and other groups of the day, Link also largely abandoned his electric guitars for acoustic ones on some of the albums, though he returned to harder-rocking electric sounds by the middle of the 1970s. This double-CD box set collects 37 songs from five albums spanning 1971 to 1974. One of these LPs only surfaced in England (Beans and Fatback), and another was an odd effort by one Mordicai Jones on which Link played most of the instruments and wrote most of the material. The anthology rightfully emphasizes his self-titled 1971 comeback album, the best of these recordings, which has an enigmatic backwoods ambience and spiritual lyrics, and contains a couple tunes later covered by the Nevilles ("Fire and Brimstone" and "Fallin' Rain"). The later albums, some of which featured high-profile guests like Jerry Garcia and Tower of Power, had a more generic early-'70s AOR rock feel; not so on the Mordicai Jones tracks, though, on which rustic arrangements back Jones' vocals, which sound like a more subdued Robert Plant. As a whole, the work assembled here isn't nearly as important as Wray's instrumental recordings from the '50s and '60s -- and Wray's wracked, tense vocals are something of an acquired taste -- but it's rather intriguing stuff with little relationship to the rest of his catalog.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
- Total length: 02:33:10
- Main artists: Link Wray
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1995 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1995 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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