Wray,Link Link Wray'S 3-Track Shack CD

Digitally remastered two CD set featuring three albums guitarist Link Wray recorded in the early µ70s. Wray, his brother Vernon and band decamped to his farm in Maryland where Vernon set up a three-track recorder in an outhouse - the eponymous three-track shack. Three albums resulted from the recording sessions. 1971's Link Wray was originally mooted for release on the Apple label but eventually came out on Polydor, as did Mordecai Jones, a pseudonymous title that featured pianist Bobby Howard on vocals. Beans And Fatback was released by UK Virgin in 1973. The music was radically different to what Link had previously recorded - raw and basic, but with vocals and acoustic instruments. His fan base didn't quite know what to make of it - resulting in these albums being the rarest of Link's catalog. These three albums have appeared on a two CD set before but one track was not the correct one and all three albums were dubbed from LPs. This time, Ace has managed to track down the master tapes for all three and, at some expense; we present them in the finest sound possible.

1. La de Da 2. Take Me Home Jesus 3. Juke Box Mama 4. Rise and Fall of Jimmy Stokes 5. Fallin' Rain 6. Fire and Brimstone 7. Ice People 8. God Out West 9. Crowbar 10. Black River Swamp 11. Tail Dragger 12. Beans and Fatback 13. I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud 14. Shawnee Tribe 15. Hobo Man 16. Georgia Pines 17. Alabama Electric Circus 18. Water Boy 19. From Tulsa to North Carolina 20. Right or Wrong (You Lose) 21. In the Pines 22. Take My Hand (Precious Lord) 23. I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud (45 Edit) 24. Walkin' in the Alabama Sun 25. Scorpio Woman 26. The Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eyes 27. All I Want to Say 28. All Because of a Woman 29. On the Run 30. Son of a Simple Man 31. Precious Jewel 32. Days Before Custer 33. Gandy Dancer