LINK WRAY - BE WHAT YOU WANT TO 73 w/ JERRY GARCIA REMASTER 2017 RSD ISSU SLD LP

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LINK WRAY – Be What You Want To. Tidal Wave Music TWM 08. FACTORY SEALED NEW VINYL RECORD ALBUM. Originally issued in 1973 on Polydor records. This limited edition pressing of 2500 copies remastered and pressed for Record Store Day in 2017. Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye and recorded at Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco with some impressive guests. MUSICIANS:  Link Wray (guitar, vocals), Tom Salisbury (piano, clavinet), Chris Michie (acoustic & electric guitar), John Dzerigian (electric guitar), Peter Kaukonen (electric guitar), Jules Broussard (alto & tenor sax), Kip Maercklein (bass), Rick Schlosser (drums), Jerry Garcia (pedal steel guitar, electric guitar), Greg Douglas (electric & acoustic guitar), Commander Cody (piano), David Bromberg (electric & acoustic guitar), Bill Kirchen (electric guitar), Robert Lee Black (pedal steel guitar), Paul Barlow (bass), Lance Dickerson (drums), Andy Stein (fiddle), John McFee (electric guitar), Jack Schroer (baritone sax), Tom Harrell (trumpet), and Jules Rowell (valve trombone). Also includes some backing string passages and a ton of background vocalists (didn’t list their names; and thankfully they don’t all sing at the same time). TRACKS:  Be What You Want To, All Cried Out, Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Tucson Arizona, Riverbend, You Walked By, Walk Easy Walk Slow, All The Love In My Life, You Really Got A Hold On Me, Shine The Light, and Morning. Only two covers here and one track written by brother Doug. DESCRIPTION, the following comes from the Light In The Attic website (also printed on the front of the spine obi) with some editing and comments by me: 

Fred Lincoln ‘Link’ Wray, Jr. (1929-2005) born of Shawnee Native American parents was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. Though he began in country music, his musical style went on to consist primarily of rock and roll, rockabilly, and instrumental rock. Building on the distorted electric guitar sound (achieved by cranking small amps to the max) of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit Rumble (banned in New York and Boston for fear it would incite teenage gang violence) popularized "the power chord” which laid the foundation to modern rock music. Link’s previous releases had proven the man’s versatility with influences coming from many different genres including R&B, country, blues, and, of course, rock. Be What You Want To continues this trend: a thick stew of boogie-rock, country-funk, and Americana with lots of soul. Wray employed (actually this was producer Thomas Jefferson Kaye’s idea; Wray liked to keep it simple “Why do we need another guitarist and a chorus of background singers?”) a huge number of musicians to play on Be What You Want To, including Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia (Link was frustrated and felt that he and his music were getting lost in the crowd, but Jerry talked him out of walking out on the sessions), Thomas Jefferson Kaye, & Commander Cody and members of The Lost Planet Airmen. Of course, the main part of the talent comes from Link Wray himself. His amazing ability as lyricist (not his strong point), songwriter, and musician is noticeably brought to the fore on this album (Link has commented that he felt his role/performance on this album was buried in the production; this isn’t like the sound recorded at Wray’s Shack – Three Track). Link Wray leaves a legacy as big as his career: Rolling Stone placed Wray at No. 45 of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time and in 2013 he was a nominee for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Pete Townshend of The Who once said, “If it hadn’t been for Link Wray and Rumble, I never would have picked up a guitar.” Other musicians citing him as a major influence are Iggy Pop, Neil Young, & Jimmy Page (amongst others). Originally released on Polydor, this is the first time the album gets the vinyl treatment since 1973. Now available as a gorgeously packaged deluxe vinyl edition, exclusively for Record Store Day 2017. Strictly limited to 2500 copies. SIDE BAR:  The Polydor era (including the Mordicai Jones [aka Bobby Howard, Link’s piano/mandolin player at the time] album) is where I jumped on the Link Wray bandwagon (I had but just one Wray 45 up to this point, from the Columbia years and bought out of the cut-out singles bin). My comments from above aside, if Link Wray’s name is on the album you should own it! This guy is the real deal!! I’ve got all three Polydor albums plus the Mordicai Jones album, then moved on to the two for Virgin Records then worked backwards and forwards from there. The resulting sound on this album is different from his trademark guitar riffage recordings, but no less effective and affecting. The fact that Link felt a little like a fish out of water during these sessions is part of the tension and energy here that makes this a great album to own. If you’re new to Link I would recommend picking up a collection or two of his early recordings (late 50s thru the mid-60s). His mid-60s recordings for Swan Records are excellent (out of print, but worth it if you can find it, is Mr. Guitar issued by Norton Records in 1995, a 2-CD set of 63 tracks from the vaults of Swan with some previously unissued tracks), jumping forward to 1979 is the Bullshot album issued on Visa Records.which features his blazing guitar work, slightly updated but with that bare bones style and a killer performance.

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