tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post4381723231579417379..comments2024-03-18T16:41:34.785+00:00Comments on Vapour Trails: Top 102 Albums. No 99: Link Wray, Link Wray.Séamus Dugganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-70647790069682142772012-11-21T07:58:52.524+00:002012-11-21T07:58:52.524+00:00H Richard - thanks for sending me to listen to Hid...H Richard - thanks for sending me to listen to Hidden Charms, which isn't on the compilations I have of his early years, which concentrate on the (great) instrumentals. <br />The Van stylings are certainly there! But then I can hear Gloria era Van in Hidden Charms, which seems like something that could have been lifted from Nuggets.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-51455990461849518492012-11-21T02:35:15.813+00:002012-11-21T02:35:15.813+00:00I've never heard of this album, Séamus, but I ...I've never heard of this album, Séamus, but I enjoyed the first track (saving the other two for later) and loved your <em>Exile on Main Street</em> reference. In any event, does the voice remind you of Van Morrison at all here? Link Wray's "Rumble" era instrumentals are my fave titles by him, but the vocal track "Hidden Charms" from that same period is prob. my all-time fave tune by the guy. Wild stuff. Have been meaning to check out his <em>Hillbilly Wolf</em> early country period for a while, so this post came as a timely reminder...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-50508754975283287002012-11-11T13:49:08.901+00:002012-11-11T13:49:08.901+00:00Music for the joy of it, bereft of the idea of par...Music for the joy of it, bereft of the idea of parade or profit: having recently attended Dublin and Greystones weddings, I think that the Irish have a lot to say about that...<br />I'm an inhibited soul in comparison but was joyful in that company; must be the water in the dark stuff...Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-41238449099068021742012-11-11T13:26:47.012+00:002012-11-11T13:26:47.012+00:00Hi Trevor - For a long time I thought that he wss ...Hi Trevor - For a long time I thought that he wss defined by his early, essential singles and that after that the law of diminishing returns set in as he recycled the hits. Then I found this seam of work which reminds me of The Basement Tapes, music that sounds like it was made by friends and family without caring who was going to hear it, let alone buy it. Shame it wash't the success it should have been as he might have mined this seam longer and deeper.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-76035474948811587872012-11-11T09:10:37.389+00:002012-11-11T09:10:37.389+00:00I love the scale of these recordings; big and bras...I love the scale of these recordings; big and brash and confident as hell.<br />I remember seeing Wray on Whistle Test way back; suited in black leather playing a cherry red SG I thought that he was pastiche.<br />Seems I was off the mark. I totally get the Exile on Main Street line; I think I might prefer his voice over Jagger's effected drawl...Hissyfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06865300919319235353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-16668246255675109892012-11-10T22:49:56.389+00:002012-11-10T22:49:56.389+00:00I'm probably picking stuff I feel is underrate...I'm probably picking stuff I feel is underrated because that's the stuff I harangue people about. I haven't put any order on my list and just pick whichever one seems to want to be written about. I'll probably veer towards more familiar ground as I go on. But you never know!Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-500794647428701667.post-22768819729834661832012-11-10T20:20:50.058+00:002012-11-10T20:20:50.058+00:00Seamus - I'm really enjoying the fact that so ...Seamus - I'm really enjoying the fact that so far your top choices have got me listening to stuff i wouldnt have picked up in a milion years !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com