A Northern Soul/Crossover classic by Guitar Ray "You're Gonna Wreck My Life" has been released for Record Store Day 2020.
It's a record that has
soared in popularity and hence price. A few years ago it was selling for
around £750 and is now into four figures with the highest price paid on
Discogs now being £1,500 on 23 Apr 2022. It's only other release, that I know of, is on Grapevine in 2000 which are
now selling around the £100 mark. So this is an opportunity, albeit not an original obviously, of acquiring
it on vinyl for a fraction of the price, a mere £11. In stock now at Simply Soul.
Guitar Ray was George Raymond Washington. He released around 6 45s as
Guitar Ray (Shagg, Invicta and 4 on Hot Line all New Orleans labels) and 2
as Ray(mond) Washington in 1959 and 1961.
To be perfectly honest apart from 'You're Gonna Wreck My Life' which is a
superb crossover tune, most of his material is not particularly suited to
this site as much of it is blues.
In April 2020 I posted a
Guitar Ray Discography
with as many sound files as I could find. An extract of his recordings are
below.
Discography
Ray Washington
1959 - I Know / I Never Realized [Vin 1017]
Raymond Washington
1961 Shake To The East / Can't Help Loving You [Tulane 103]
Guitar Ray
1962 - Keep On Trying / Little Red Spinning Wheel [Invicta 501]
1966 - Ball And Chain / You've Got Something [Hot Line 904]
1967 - New True Love / Patty
Cake Shake [Hot Line 912]
1967 - Funky Pete Pt. 1 / Funky Pete Pt. 2 [Hot Line 914]
1968 - Ain't That Soul
/ Love Of A Man [Hot Line]
1974 - You're Gonna Wreck My Life / I Am Never Gonna Break The Rules Again[Shagg 711]
Guitar Ray [1974] - You're Gonna Wreck My Life [Shagg 711]
This is one of only 6 listed releases on New Orleans label owned by
Senator Jones (2 of the releases were by Jones). Discogs lists this
as 1974 and it was listed on 45Cat as 1968 but has now been corrected to 1974.
Written by one C. Burnett - Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin'
Wolf.
Guitar Ray [1974] - I Am Never Gonna Break The Rules Again [Shagg
711]
| Rating: | 8.6 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul / Crossover / Reissue |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" |
| Label: | Shagg |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 1974 / 23/04/2022 |
| Value: | £1,500 / £11 |
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