Link Wray
Toad's Place
New Haven, CT, USA
Feb. 27, 2003

The Alex Butterfield Archive No. ABA-103

Lineage: 1st generation cassette recorded through Sony WM-D3 cassette deck>recording studio mixing board>EQ>compressor>Audiomedia II card>Mac IIci>Soundesigner 2>output to CD-R>ripped in iTunes>FLAC conversion in xAct

01 Rumble 3:31 (unfortunately, has a digital skip that's from the master)
02 Raw-Hide 6:44
03 Batman Theme 4:33
04 Comanche 9:24
05 Jack The Ripper 4:45
06 Spiderman (Wonder Woman) 5:10
07 I'm Branded 3:46
08 Run Chicken Run 3:14
09 Ten Minute Workout (unknown title) 10:14
10 Viva Zapata 10:41
11 Ace Of Spades 3:46
12 Happy Birthday 1:19

Artwork included.

If not the inventor of grungy guitar in rock 'n' roll, then certainly the popularizer of the dirty, nasty sound. He looked like the Crypt Keeper but he played like a punk rocker.

The Alex Butterfield Archive, begun in 1978, covers punk rock, garage rock, pop, rockabilly, new wave, rock 'n' roll, jazz, reggae, blues, indie, folk music and more. The Archive includes bands local to Connecticut as well as national and international acts. Link Wray Website http://www.wraysshack3tracks.com/openingpage.html