Finally, a multi-label Link Wray collection spanning his lengthy career is available. Starting, appropriately enough, with "Rumble," Rumble! The Best of Link Wray illustrates through its 20 tracks (15 on cassette) that Wray was indeed one of the pioneering guitarists of rock & roll, expanding the sonic possibilities of the instrument with a variety of effects. All of the tracks feature some truly warped, genius-caliber fretboard work from Wray, and a few also feature his equally demented vocals. Rumble! The Best of Link Wray is the definitive Wray collection.
The composer Neil Hefti wrote some of Count Basie's most propulsive tracks, and had a varied and illustrious career that spanned jazz, pop, and film soundtracks, but what he is most famous for are the themes he crafted for "Batman" and "The Odd Couple."Sammy Cahn wrote lyrics to Hefti's "Odd Couple" theme, which weren't used in either the film or tv series, but I am citing them here so you can...
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| 1 Rumble |
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| 2 The Swag |
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| 3 Raw-Hide |
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| 4 Dixie-Doodle |
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| 5 Ramble |
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| 6 Ain't That Lovin' You Babe |
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| 7 Jack the Ripper |
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| 8 The Black Widow |
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| 9 Big City After Dark |
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| 10 Run Chicken Run |
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| 11 The Shadow Knows |
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| 12 Deuces Wild |
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| 13 Hang On |
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| 14 Ace of Spades |
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| 15 I'm Branded |
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| 16 Batman Theme |
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| 17 Hidden Charms |
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| 18 Climbing a High Wall |
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| 19 Switchblade |
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| 20 Jack the Ripper [Live] |
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