Cat. No. VV 1366: DUANE EDDY ~ LEGEND OF ROCK. EMI MID.166031

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

DUANE EDDY (REAL NAME) WAS BORN ON APRIL 26, 1938. IN THE LATE 1950s AND EARLY 1960s HE HAD A STRING OF HIT RECORDS PRODUCED BY LEE HAZLEWOOD WHICH WERE NOTED FOR THEIR CHARACTERISTICALLY "TWANGY" GUITAR SOUND, HENCE LATER ON HE WAS OFTEN INTRODUCED AS DUANE EDDY AND HIS TWANGY GUITAR. HIS HITS INCLUDED "REBEL ROUSER", "PETER GUNN", "BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG", "FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD" AND MANY MORE. HE IS RIGHTFULLY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE TOP ROCK'N'ROLL GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME. IN THE UNITED STATES, THE FAMED TV SHOW "AMERICAN BANDSTAND" VOTED DUANE NUMBER ONE INSTRUMENTALIST IN ITS POLL OF LISTENERS FOR 1959 AND EVERY YEAR FOLLOWING. IN ENGLAND, WHERE THE SHADOWS HAD HELD A STRANGLE HOLD OVER ALL INSTRUMENTAL GROUPS, DUANE EDDY WAS VOTED NUMBER ONE INSTRUMENTALIST OF 1960 AND 1961, THE FIRST TIME AN AMERICAN WAS SO HONOURED AND THE ONLY TIME SINCE 1957 THAT THE SHADOWS WERE UNSEATED. BY THE END OF 1963 DUANE HAD SOLD OVER 12 MILLION RECORDS AND INSPIRED MANY A ROCK'N'ROLL GUITARIST FOLLOWING. DUANE WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES AND WAS AT ONE TIME MARRIED TO COUNTRY SINGER JESSI COLTER (MIRRIAM JOHNSON) WHO LATER MARRIED WAYLON JENNINGS. DUANE DIED OF CANCER ON APRIL 30, 2024 FOUR DAYS AFTER HIS 86TH BIRTHDAY

THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1986 IN AUSTRALIA AND IS THE AUSTRALIAN VERSION OF THE AMERICAN RELEASE. THE ALBUM CONTAINS 20 OF DUANE'S MOST MEMORABLE HITS INCLUDING THE AFORMENTIONED CLASSICS. THE SLEEVE IS IN ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT CONDITION (NEAR MINT) AND THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Movin' 'N' Groovin' / Rebel Rouser / Ramrod / Detour / The Secret Seven / The Lonely One / Forty Miles Of Bad Road / The Quiet Three / Yep! / Some Kinda Earthquake. Side 2 - Because They're Young / Drivin' Home / Bonnie Come Back / Shazam! / Cannonball / Kommotion / Peter Gunn / Dixie / Ring Of Fire / Rebel Walk.

12" VINYL RECORD