I don’t know. Do these qualify as “albums”?
BE WHAT YOU WANT TO - LINK WRAY SINGS AND PLAYS GUITAR
BEANS AND FATBACK LIVE AT THE PARADISO
BULLSHOT LIVE IN ‘85
COUNTRY JUBILEE OF STARS MORDICAI JONES
DAVE DUDLEY with special guests LINK WRAY AND THE WRAYMEN - LINK WRAY AND THE WRAYMEN
GREAT GUITAR HITS OF LINK WRAY AND THE RAYMEN ROCK AND ROLL RUMBLE
GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT RUMBLE RECORDS VOL. 1
GROWLING GUITAR RUMBLE RECORDS VOL. 2
GUITAR MENTOR - STUCK IN GEAR
JACK THE RIPPER - SWAN THE LINK WRAY RUMBLE
JACK THE RIPPER - HANGMAN THE RUMBLE MAN
LINK WRAY THERE’S GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT
LINK WRAY - THE EARLY RECORDINGS YESTERDAY - TODAY
I’ll bet you most of those “guitar heroes” have at least one of those in their record collections. And they’re probably about worn down to a nub.
I would guess they gathered the singles more than anything else. I mean the guy had around 12 songs released as singles before his first album. It was just a different time, from what most on this list seem to be. In comparison, a huge disciple of his, Jimmy Page, wasn’t all that big on releasing singles period. That is why it took so long to get Zeppelin on iTunes. He thought the albums should only be sold as a whole.
I’m not saying that Link Wray isn’t hugely influential. Just that I can see the reasoning behind him not having an album on the list.