Link Wray - Streets Of Chicago: Missing Links Volume 4 (1997)
Artist: Link Wray
Title: Streets Of Chicago: Missing Links Volume 4
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Norton Records [CED 253]
Genre: Surf, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log,scans) / WAV (tracks,scans)
Total Time: 43:38
Total Size: 132 mb / 169 mb / 473 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Streets Of Chicago: Missing Links Volume 4
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Norton Records [CED 253]
Genre: Surf, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue,log,scans) / WAV (tracks,scans)
Total Time: 43:38
Total Size: 132 mb / 169 mb / 473 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Streets Of Chicago, the final entry in this superlative four volume set, holds the singular distinction of being the only one that wasn't originally issued on vinyl. But as a capper to the set, its existence sends it out on a loud, high note, indeed. The previously unissued title opus (16 of the 17 tracks collected here are seeing issuance for the first time here) is quite simply one of the finest Link Wray originals ever, equally on a par with his better known instrumentals, full of swagger, menace and another classic proto-metal lick. Other highlights include blistering guitar work on "Street Fighter" and live versions of "Soul Train," "Ace Of Spades," and a six minute plus rendition of "Drown In My Own Tears" where Link's screams and falsetto shrieking cuts through the badly damaged, low-fi recording with alarming clarity. Nothing on here is less than classic, with some of the selections bordering on essential. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide
TRACKLIST:
1 Friday Night Dance Party
2 Streets Of Chicago
3 Tattoo
4 Be-Bop-A-Lula
5 Lillian
6 Bluebeard
7 It's Too Late
8 Soul Train
9 Lowdown
10 Street Fighter
11 I'm Counting On You
12 Lawdy Miss Clawdy
13 Stuck On You
14 Drown In My Own Tears
15 Ace Of Spades
16 Rumble
17 Friday Night Dance Party Part 2