Friday, March 29, 2024

Record #0667: Raw-Hide / Dixie-Doodle – LINK WRAY AND HIS WRAYMEN


 

Epic 5-9300 (original) USA, 5. January 1959
Music by: Side A - Milt Grant, Link Wray; Side B - Grant, Wray
Musicians: Link Wray (lead guitar), Vernon Wray (rhythm guitar), Doug Wray (drums), Brantley “Shorty” Horton (bass), unknown pianist on side A
Recording sessions: Possibly produced by Vernon Wray at U.S. Recording Studio, Washington, DC, in 1958
Highest chart positions:  US #23

This was Link Wray’s second instrumental single and a good follow-up for “Rumble”. Milton Grant got the partial credit for the music by covering the recording costs of the band’s early singles.

The band performed “Raw-Hide” on the Dick Clark Show on 21. March 1959.

List price:  Very Good+ is $15, Near Mint is $30

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