A superstar in rockabilly circles, Robert Gordon may have not been as famous as he deserved, yet the singer’s choice of guitar slingers – and their eagerness to work with him – spoke volumes of this artist’s immense talent. Gordon toured quite a lot with Chris Spedding, but at the onset of the his career Robert’s sidekick was none other than the legendary Link Wray, and it was on the strength of the vocalist’s eponymous debut album from 1977 that the two embarked on their first European trek in the beginning of the following year. The friends would also perform songs from “Fresh Fish Special” which would see the release six months later – and now a couple of their concert sets are to be issued on CD and DVD.
Out on November 28th, the three-disc set documents, in audiovisual form, Wray and Gordon’s appearance in Bremen on January 24, 1978, and, only in audio, in Rotterdam eight days earlier. Accompanied by bassist Jon Paris and drummer Anton Fig, they delivered on those studio records’ promise, and it should be a treat to hear the late veterans live.
– Rumble:
Their First European Tour 1978
CD 1 / DVD – Musikladen Extra – January 24th, 1978:
1. The Way I Walk
2. Twenty Flight Rock
3. Five Days, Five Days
4. My Baby Left Me
5. Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)
6. Rumble
7. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
8. Sea Cruise
9. Red Hot
10. Fire
11. If This Is Wrong
12. Summertime Blues
13. Mystery Train
14. Baby Let’s Play House
15. I Got A Woman
bonus track – Paradiso, Amsterdam January 21st, 1978:
16. Summertime Blues
CD 2 – Eksit, Rotterdam – January 20th, 1978:
1. Twenty Flight Rock
2. Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache
3. Link Talks
4. I Want To Be Free
5. Rumble
6. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
7. Flyin’ Saucer Rock`n`Roll
8. Mystery Train
9. Summertime Blues
10. If This Is Wrong
11. Baby Let’s Play House
12. Red Hot
13. Fire
14. Sea Cruise
15. I Sure Miss You
16. Rawhide
17. Baby What You Want Me To Do
18. The Way I Walk
19. Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)
20. Five Days, Five Days
21. Boppin’ The Blues
22. I Got A Woman
23. Endless Sleep
24. Red Hot (Reprise)
