Link Wray "Missing Links" Vol. 2 - Big City After Dark 1996

The one-lunged guitar king of instrumental Punk rock guitar, Link has influenced everyone from Pete Townshend to the Cramps.The second volume of Norton Records' four-volume MISSING LINKS set, 1996's BIG CITY AFTER DARK is a two-pronged affair. Twelve of the 22 previously unreleased tracks are unissued studio recordings from the early '60s, and a pretty mixed bag in terms of both style and sound quality. During this era of Wray's career, the guitarist was floundering a bit for a public persona. Surf guitar was the big thing in instrumental rock during this period, but Wray wasn't a surf guitarist. Wray's unique style blended the sort of distortion and controlled feedback pioneered by the Chicago blues guitarists and applied it to twangier, somewhat rockabilly-influenced compositions like his big hit "Rumble," creating a new and surprisingly influential blend. The studio recordings find Wray both revisiting past glories, like the self-explanatory "Rawhide '64," and exploring new directions. More impressively, the other 10 tracks on this set are a complete 1961 concert that finds Wray and his Wraymen in full-on rave-up mode. These tracks are sweaty, noisy guitar-god fun, vitally important for all Wray fans. - from cd universetrax:
1. Big City After Dark 2. Dance Contest 3. Walkin' Down The Street Called Love #1 4. The Bad And The Good 5. Hold It 6. The Outlaw 7. Baby What You Want Me To Do 8. Rawhide '63 9. Night Life 10. Big City Stomp 11. Rumble Rock - (live) 12. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - (live) 13. Stranger, The - (live) 14. Link's Boogie - (live) 15. Hard Headed Woman - (live) 16. Roughshod - (live) 17. I Want You I Need You I Love You - (live) 18. Thrill Of Your Love, The - (live) 19. Walkin' Down The Street Called Love #2 20. Lucille - (live) 21. Street Fighter - (live) 22. Slow Drag
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