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• With his trademark red Gretsch, quietly charismatic demeanour, movie star’s good looks and instantly-identifiable, ‘twangy’ playing style, DUANE EDDY became Rock‘n’Roll’s first major Instro icon.
• The prototype guitar hero, he introduced an entirely new sound to R&R by plucking dramatic, single-string lead melodies on the lower, bass strings of his axe, and making liberal use of the ‘bendy’ effect afforded by the (then, relatively-new) whammy bar.
• And with his echo-drenched 45rpms, with their signature saxes and whooping rebel yells, Duane was innovative and almost immeasurably influential.
• This compilation of classic Duane tracks is drawn from EPs issued in the US, the UK, West Germany, France and Sweden between 1958-62.
• Features an eclectic mix of hits, B-sides, and album tracks (NB: as this isn’t intended to be a “Best Of” set, only a representative sample of his hits are included).
Tracklist
1 Moovin' N' Groovin'
2 The Lonely One
3 Cannonball
4 I Almost Lost My Mind
5 Anytime
6 Yep!
7 Fuzz
8 The Quiet Three
9 First Love, First Tears
10 Hard Times
11 Trouble In Mind
12 Lover
13 Tuxedo Junction
14 Just Because
15 Some Kinda Earthquake
16 Shazam!
17 Route No.1
18 St Louis Blues
19 Bonnie Came Back
20 My Blue Heaven
21 The Secret Seven
22 The Battle
23 Tiger Love & Turnip Greens
24 Theme For Moon Children
25 Liza Jane
26 Walkin' 'N' Twistin' (I'm Walkin')
27 Sugartime Twist
28 Twisting Off A Cliff
29 Twistin' 'N' Twangin'
30 Country Twist
31 The Twist
32 Wild Watusi
33 Spanish Twist
34 Nashville Stomp
35 Limbo Rock