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==Discography== ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |- !Release date ![[A-side and B-side|A-side]] ![[A-side and B-side|B-side]] !Label !Catalog number ! style="width:50px;"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small> |- |March 1958 |"[[Rumble (instrumental)|Rumble]]" |"The Swag" |[[Cadence Records|Cadence]] |1347 |style="text-align:center" |16 |- |January 1959 |"Raw-Hide" |"Dixie-Doodle" |[[Epic Records|Epic]] |5-9300 |style="text-align:center" |23 |- |June 1959 |"Comanche" |"Lillian" |Epic |5-9321 | |- |October 1959 |"Slinky" |"Rendezvous" |Epic |5-9343 | |- |February 1960 |"Trail of the Lonesome Pine" |"Golden Strings" (Based on a [[Chopin]] etude) |Epic |5-9361 | |- |1960 |"Roughshod" [released as by Ray Vernon & The Raymen] |"Vendetta" [released as by Ray Vernon & The Raymen] |Scottie |1320 |- |October 1960 |"[[Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby (Jimmy Reed song)|Ain't That Lovin' You Babe]]" |"[[Mary Ann (Ray Charles song)|Mary Ann]]" |Epic |5-9419 | |- |July 1961 |"Jack The Ripper" |"The Stranger" |Rumble |1000 | |- |August 1961 |"El Toro" |"Tijuana" |Epic |5-9454 | |- |November 1961 |"Evil Angel" [A-side by Ray Vernon] |"Danger One Way Love" [B-side by Ray Vernon with Link Wray & His Raymen] |Rumble |1349 | |- |April 1962 |"Poppin' Popeye" |"Big City Stomp" |Trans Atlas |M-687 | |- |October 1962 |"Hold It" [released as by Ray Vernon & The Raymen] |"Big City After Dark" [released as by Ray Vernon & The Raymen] |Mala |456 | |- |January 1963 |"Dancing Party" |"There's a Hole in the Middle of the Moon" |Mala |458 | |- |February 1963 |"Hambone" [A-side by [[Red Saunders (musician)|Red Saunders]] & His Orchestra with Dolores Hawkins & The Hambone Kids] |"Rumble Mambo" [B-side by Link Wray & The Wraymen] |[[Okeh Records|OKeh]] |4-7166 | |- |March 1963 |"Jack The Ripper" [reissue] |"The Black Widow" |[[Swan Records|Swan]] |S-4137 |style="text-align:center" |64 |- |September 1963 |"Week End" |"Turnpike U.S.A." |Swan |S-4154 | |- |November 1963 |"The Sweeper" |"Run Chicken Run" |Swan |S-4163 | |- |February 1964 |"The Shadow Knows" |"My Alberta" |Swan |S-4171 | |- |July 1964 |"Deuces Wild" |"Summer Dream" |Swan |S-4187 | |- |February 1965 |"[[Good Rockin' Tonight]]" |"I'll Do Anything For You" |Swan |S-4201 | |- |April 1965 |"I'm Branded" |"Hang On" |Swan |S-4211 | |- |never released/withdrawn from schedule (originally set for midβ1965) |"[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]" |"Rumble '65" |Swan |S-4221 | |- |July 1965 |"[[Baby What You Want Me to Do|Baby, What'cha Want Me]]" |"Walkin' Down the Street Called Love" |Diamond |D-186 | |- |October 1965 |"[[Girl from the North Country]]" |"You Hurt Me So" |Swan |S-4232 | |- |December 1965 |"Ace of Spades" |"The Fuzz" |Swan |S-4239 | |- |February 1966 |"[[Batman Theme]]" (with Bobby Howard) |"Alone" |Swan |S-4244 | |- |July 1966 |"Hidden Charms" |"Ace of Spades" [alternate version] |Swan |S-4261 | |- |October 1966 |"[[Let the Good Times Roll (Shirley and Lee song)|Let the Good Times Roll]]" (with Kathy Lynn) |"Soul Train" |Swan |S-4273 | |- |1967 |"Jack The Ripper" [reissue] |"I'll Do Anything For You" [reissue] |Swan |S-4282 | |- |1968 |"Rumble '68" |"Blow Your Mind" |Heavy |H-101 | |- |February 1969 |"Rumbleβ69" |"Mind Blower" |Mr. G (an imprint of [[Audio Fidelity Records|Audio Fidelity]]) |G-820 | |- |July 1971 |"Fire and Brimstone" |"Juke Box Mama" |[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |PD-14084 | |- |October 1971 |"Fallin' Rain" |"Juke Box Mama" |Polydor |PD-14096 | |- |1973 |"Shine the Light" |"[[Lawdy Miss Clawdy]]" |Polydor |PD-14188 | |- |1973 |"I'm So Glad, I'm So Proud" |"Shawnee Tribe" |[[Virgin Records|Virgin]] [UK] |VS-103 | |- |1974 |"I Got To Ramble" (Dedicated to the memory of [[Duane Allman]]) |"She's That Kind of Woman" |Polydor |PD-14256 | |- |1974 |"It Was a Bad Scene" |"Backwoods Preacher Man" |Polydor [UK] |2066 366 | |- |1975 |"I Know You're Leaving Me Now" |"Quicksand" |Virgin [UK] |VS-142 | |- |June 1979 |"[[It's All Over Now, Baby Blue]]" |"Just That Kind" |[[Charisma Records|Charisma]] [UK] |CB-333 | |- |April 2018 |"Son of Rumble" |"Whole Lotta Talking" |Easy Eye Records |566577-7 | |- |April 2019 |"Vernon's Diamond" |"My Brother, My Son" |Easy Eye Sound |EES-009 | |}<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=Mojo Books |location=Edinburgh |edition=5th |year=2000 |pages=1084β1085 |isbn=1-84195-017-3}}</ref> Wray was a featured collaborator on [[Robert Gordon (singer)|Robert Gordon]]'s 1977 single "[[Red Hot (song)|Red Hot]]" (Private Stock 45β156). The single peaked at No. 83 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Hot 100 for the week ending October 15, 1977 |date=October 15, 1977 |volume=89 |number=41 |page=88}} Note that, despite the correct credit on the record itself, the Billboard chart credited Wray as "Link Ray".</ref> ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |- !Release date !Title !Label !Catalog Number |- |1960 US |''Link Wray & The Wraymen'' |[[Epic Records|Epic]] |LN 3661 |- |1962 US |''Great Guitar Hits by Link Wray and His Raymen'' |Vermillion |LP-1924 |- |1963 US |''[[Jack the Ripper (album)|Jack the Ripper]]'' |[[Swan Records|Swan]] |S-LP 510 |- |1964 US |''Link Wray Sings and Plays Guitar'' |Vermillion |LP-1925 |- |1969 US |''Yesterday β Today'' |Record Factory |LP-1929 |- |1971 US |''[[Link Wray (album)|Link Wray]]'' |[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |PD-24-4064 |- |1971 US |''[[Mordicai Jones]]'' (with Bobby Howard) |Polydor |PD-5010 |- |1973 US |''[[Beans and Fatback]]'' (rec. 1971) |[[Virgin Records|Virgin]] |V-2006 |- |1973 US |''[[Be What You Want To]]'' |Polydor |PD-5047 |- |1974 US |''The Link Wray Rumble'' |Polydor |PD-6025 |- |1974 US |''Listen to the Voices That Want to Be Free'' (with Joey Welz; rec. 1969β70) [reissued in 2013 as ''Rumble & Roll'' on Rokarola/Music Avenue 250346] |Music City |MCR-5003 |- |1975 US |''[[Stuck in Gear]]'' |Virgin |V-2050 |- |1979 US |''Bullshot'' |Visa/[[Passport Records|Passport]]/Gem |VISA 7009 |- |1980 US |''Live at the Paradiso'' [at the [[Paradiso (Amsterdam)|Paradiso, Amsterdam]]] |Visa/Passport/Gem |VISA 7010 |- |1985 UK |''[[Live in '85]]'' |Big Beat |WIK 42; CDWIK 972 |- |1989 DE |''Born to Be Wild: Live in the U.S.A. 1987'' |Line |LICD 9.00690 |- |1989 UK |''[[Rumble Man]]'' |[[Ace Records (UK)|Ace]] |CH 266 |- |1990 UK |''[[Apache (Link Wray album)|Apache]]'' |Ace |CH 286; CDCHD 931 |- |1990 UK |''Wild Side of the City Lights'' |Ace |CH 296; CDCHD 931 |- |1993 DK |''[[Indian Child]]'' |Epic/Sony Music |EPC 473100 2 |- |1997 US |''[[Shadowman (Link Wray album)|Shadowman]]'' |[[Hip-O Records|Hip-O]]/UMe |HIPD-40069 |- |1997 US |''Walking Down a Street Called Love'' [live] |Cult Music/[[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]] |CLP-9989 |- |2000 UK |''[[Barbed Wire (album)|Barbed Wire]]'' |Ace |CDCHD 770 |- |2019 UK |''[[Link Sings Elvis]]'' [10" LP] |Ace |10CHD 1553 |} ===Compilations=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |- !Release date !Title !Label !Catalog Number |- |1978 UK |''Link Wray: Early Recordings'' |Chiswick/Ace |CH 6; CDCHD 1460 |- |1982 UK |''Good Rockin' Tonight'' |Chiswick/Ace |CH 69; CDCHD 1460 |- |1987 UK |''Growling Guitar'' |Big Beat |WIK 65; CDWIK 972 |- |1989 UK |''The Original Rumble: Plus 22 Other Storming Guitar Instrumentals'' |[[Ace Records (UK)|Ace]] |CDCH 924 |- |1989 UK |''The Swan Demos '64'' [reissued in 2005 as ''Law of the Jungle! The Swan Demos '64'' on Sundazed SC-6221] |Hangman |HANG-31 UP |- |1990 UK |''Jack The Ripper'' [reissued in 1994 on Forevermore FVR-5002; and again in 2005 on Sundazed LP-5192] |Hangman |HANG-33 UP |- |1990 US |''Hillbilly Wolf: Missing Links Vol. 1'' |[[Norton Records|Norton]] |ED 210 |- |1990 US |''Big City After Dark: Missing Links Vol. 2'' |Norton |ED 211 |- |1990 US |''Some Kinda Nut: Missing Links Vol. 3'' |Norton |ED 212 |- |1992 US |''Walkin' With Link'' |[[Epic Records|Epic]]/Legacy |EK 47904 |- |1993 US |''Rumble! The Best of Link Wray'' |[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]] |R2 71222 |- |1995 US |''Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years'' [2CD] |Chronicles/[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |527 717 |- |1995 US |''Mr. Guitar: Original Swan Recordings'' [2CD] |Norton |CED 242 |- |1997 US |''Streets of Chicago: Missing Links Volume 4'' |Norton |ED 253 |- |1997 UK |''Robert Gordon with Link Wray / Fresh Fish Special'' [2-LP-on-1-CD; with extra bonus track: "Endless Sleep"] |Ace |CDCHD 656 |- |1997 UK |''The Swan Singles Collection 1963β1967'' [reissued in 2004 on Sundazed LP-5178] |Rollercoaster |RCCD 3011 |- |2002 US |''Slinky! The Epic Sessions '58β'61'' [2CD] |[[Sundazed Music|Sundazed]] |SC-11098 |- |2002 UK |''Law of the Jungle'' |Ace |CDCHD 837 |- |2004 UK |''"They're Outta Here", Says Archie'' [first issue of the unreleased 1958 Cadence album, rejected by label boss Archie Bleyer] |Rollercoaster |RCCD 3032 |- |2006 US |''White Lightning: Lost Cadence Sessions '58'' |Sundazed |SC-11137 |- |2007 UK |''King of the Wild Guitar '' |Ace |CDCHD 1143 |- |2007 UK |''The Pathway Sessions'' (includes the albums: ''Apache'', ''Wild Side of the City Lights'') |Ace |CDCHD 1154 |- |2015 UK |''3-Track Shack'' [2CD] (includes the albums: ''Link Wray'', ''Mordicai Jones'', ''Beans and Fatback'') |Ace |CDCH2 1451 |} ===With [[Robert Gordon (singer)|Robert Gordon]]=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |- !Release date !Title !Label !Number |- |1977 US |''Robert Gordon with Link Wray'' |[[Private Stock Records|Private Stock]]; 1979 reissue: [[RCA Victor Records|RCA Victor]]; 1997 CD reissue: One Way; 2015 CD reissue: Culture Factory |PS 2030; AFL1-3296; OW-34493; CFU-0388 (850703003880) |- |1978 US |''Fresh Fish Special'' |Private Stock; 1979 reissue: RCA Victor; 1997 CD reissue: One Way; 2015 CD reissue: Culture Factory |PS 7008; AFL1-3299; OW-34491; CFU-0387 (850703003873) |- |2014 US |''Robert Gordon / Link Wray: Cleveland '78'' [live] |Rock-A-Billy/[[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]] |CLP-CD-1952 |}<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>
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