Musical Episode #056 : Beat Guitar v.2

The ultra-cool Link Wray has two sides featured on today’s mix of rocking and rowdy sides of proto-garage, wild doo-wop and fuzzed out instrumentals.
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Hello all, happy to have you back for another installment of our Beat Guitar sounds! If you enjoy this mix be sure to check out Episode #031 which is another hour of fuzzed out, freaked out 45s. Today’s mix is a lot of late 50’s and early 60’s records and moves around quite a bit; you’ll hear doo wop, rockabilly, garage and proto-garage records and even a couple records that were flirting with novelty territory (and thankfully stayed away!). I always enjoy these podcasts where things get a little looser and even weird and hope you do too! If not, we’ll be back on track next week.

As always you can find me on instagram @musicalepisode posting 45s. I’m using facebook less and less these days. I’m also leaving the comments on these pages open even though it’s 95% spam.

Hope everyone is doing ok and you enjoy this hour of 45s!

-George / Snack Attack

Tracklist:
Eddie Smith with The Hornets – Upturn (Rel, 1959)
The Chancellors – Yo! Yo! (Soma, 1964)
Roy Orbison and Teen Kings – Ooby Dooby (Sun, 1956)
Zoro and The Zips – Frankie & Johnny (Spot, 195?)
Duane Eddy – Boss Guitar (RCA Victor, 1963)
Vito & The Salutations – Unchained Melody (Herald, 1963)
Link Wray and The Wraymen – Raw-Hide (Epic, 1959)
Link Wray and His Ray Men – Jack The Ripper (Swan, 1962)
The Traits – Harlem Shuffle (Scepter, 1966)
The Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road (London, 1964)
The Strangeloves – Night Time (Bang, 1965)
The Valiants – Good Golly Miss Molly (Keen, 1957)
The Castaways – Liar, Liar (Soma, 1965)
The Cobras – I Wanna Be Your Love (Big Beat, 196?)
Lonnie Mack – Lonnie On The Move (Buccaneer, 1964)
The Nobelmen – Dragon Walk (USA, 1959)
Stan Robinson – Boom-A-Dip-Dip (Monument, 1959)
Ray Smith – That’s All Right (Judd, 1960)
The Fifth Order – Goin’ Too Far (Diamond, 1966)
The Knickerbockers – Lies (Challenge, 1965)
Buddy Holly – Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Coral, 1963)
Tim Tam and The Turn-Ons – Wait A Minute (Palmer, 1966)
Larry Bright – Mojo Workout (Tide, 1960)
The Kingsmen – Annie Fanny (Wand, 1965)
The Pyramids – Pyramid Stomp (Best, 1963)
The British Walkers – Shake (Cameo Parkway, 1967)

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