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Wigsville Spliffs - Same (CD)
€15,00Quick View16 Rockabilly biisiä 80-luvun puolivälistä. Paljon ennenjulkaisematonta ja eriversiot vanhoista biiseistä.Great British Neo-Rockabilly from the Eighties. These guys never actually made an album as such, but this CD is a collection of some of their better stuff, mostly taken off the various compilations they were on. Gosh! How many times did I see ’em at The Klub Foot?! They sure were popular…
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Wray Link - Shadow Man (CD)
€18,00Quick ViewThere are few people left on the planet to whom the term Rock’n’Roll star can be applied. Link Wray is one of them.The man who put the Keraaaaannnnnnnggggg into rock guitar with Rumble is still surfing the echo of that definitive power chord nearly 40 years later. Though that may be a defining moment in rock’n’roll, as well as in Link’s career, it is not the whole story by any means.50 years ago, before Elvis rose to fame. Link cut hillbilly records with his brother. Then in the 60s he followed up the success of Rumble with a slew of primal guitar records… In the 70s he moved to the country and made a bunch of great acoustic roots records incorporating gospel, rock’n’roll, blues and country styles. He made West Coast studio records with all the people that made records on the West Coast then. Later he teamed up with Robert Gordon for a series of unforgettable shows and albums. Ace made some low-budget but indispensable albums with him through the 80s. The 90s saw his rediscovery by the new breed of pulp filmmakers who found in the Link Wray sound sufficient menace, as indeed did the makers of movies Pulp Fiction & Independence Day. But that’s all in the past. Now is the time for Link to make history once again with Shadowman, his latest album for Ace. This thundering epic is split 50/50 between bone-crunching guitar instrumentals and breathless vocals from the man who lost a lung in Korea, but could do most things on one of anything. Call it classic, call it timeless – it’s a monster. This 1996 recording utilises the young rhythm section of Eric Geevers & Rob Louwers which played to such great effect at the Ace 20th anniversary bash in 1995. Legends come and legends go: some survive into parody, some hit the bottle and it hits back, and others leave a small but perfectly formed legacy, but few, if any, can let loose with the power and honesty that is Link Wray. This disc is the spirit, the embodiment of rock ’n’ roll in the hands of a master.
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Reverend Peyton`s Big Damn Band - Whole Fam Damnily (CD)
€15,00Quick ViewYou wouldn’t expect this related three-piece to originate north of the Mason-Dixon line, specifically the wilds of Indiana. The trio specializes in stripped down acoustic folk-blues with bits of bluegrass, swamp rock, and twisted folk, all propelled by guitarist Peyton’s unhinged vocals and madly strummed guitar. Imagine a combination of the Violent Femmes’ ferocity and Southern Culture on the Skids’ frantic dirt track mojo, remove electricity and rock from the equation and you’re close to this family act’s untamed approach. Any threesome with more percussion than guitar (Peyton’s wife plays washboard, his brother beats on what seems like pots and pans, but is credited with drums) and no bass, is going to push rhythm to the forefront, but Peyton’s bashing guitar style and slide technique steal the spotlight. As you might imagine, the band’s lyrics reflect the primitive attack with tunes such as Your Cousin’s on COPS,” ”Mama’s Fried Potatoes,” and ”Wal-Mart Killed the Country Store” (so much for the album being sold by the country’s largest retailer) typical of the low rent aesthetic. Regardless, some selections deal with serious, topical issues such as ”The Creeks Are All Bad” (water pollution), ”Them Days Are Gone” (poverty), and ”Can’t Pay the Bill” (the high cost of medical expenses). Rev. Peyton sings and plays like his trousers are on fire and his backing twosome responds in kind. The songs start sounding melodically similar as the program continues, but at a relatively modest 40 minutes, nothing is overdone or needlessly extended. Jon Langford’s (Mekons, the Three Johns) distinctive folk cover art perfectly reflects the raw, raucous, frisky backwoods sensibility at work here.”
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Wray Link - Swan Singles Collection 1963-1967 2LP (LP)
€35,00Quick ViewThe crunching, smack-in-your-face power chords driving hard rock’s thundering heart can be traced directly back to Link Wray. His pulverizing sound forged a new path for rock ’n’ roll guitar, and he was never morelethal than during his 1963-1967 tenure at Philadelphia-based Swan Records.Link unleashed some of the nastiest licks of his phenomenal recording career on the mighty Swan seven-inchers, all of which are corralled on this Sundazed double 180gm gatefold edition, in crunchily accurate sound courtesy of the original mono master tapes!
