Be What You Want to [Import]

Link Wray | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Acadia Records
• ASIN: B0000TOFTI
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #516,516 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Be What You Want To

2. All Cried Out

3. Lawdy Miss Clawdy

4. Tucson, Arizona

5. Riverbend

6. You Walked By

7. Walk Easy, Walk Slow

8. All the Love in My Life

9. You Really Got a Hold on Me

10. Shine the Light

11. Morning

Editorial Reviews

Recorded in 1973 in San Francisco with a host of local musicians including Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead & the entire Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen line-up. This historic recording finally sees the light of day. 11 tracks. Acadia. 2003.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Piece of Americana but Not as Strong as Three Track Shack, April 5, 2006

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A. Woodley "A Stooge" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be What You Want to (Audio CD)

This is a nice album with some pretty well known musicians backing Wray but it is not his best album from this time period. His best album would be Link's Three Track Shack which is really a collection of three other albums. This album is in the same vein as Link's Three Track Shack but is not as strong and in fact has a few of the same songs rerecorded and repackaged for this album. The songs that are new are worth the money but only if you really enjoy the Link Wray from this time period. Don't try looking for the young dirty guitarist Link Wray because you won't find him here (even though it is the same guy). This album sounds more like The Band or the Greatful Dead than the young Link Wray. If this is your first trip into the Link Wray of the 70's than pick up Link's Three Track Shack, if your looking for a follow up to Link's Three Track Shack than this is your next and really only logical choice.

5.0 out of 5 stars .... played it over and over again ...., July 29, 2007

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Z. Wolters (WIERINGERWERF, Noord-Holland Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be What You Want to (Audio CD)

Long time ago - somewehere in the 70's - I ran into this record. Then still on vinyl of course. It was my introduction to Link Wray. And love on first hearing. I played it over and over again. I still don't exactly know how or what, but it was different. Though I understand, Link did not like it very much himself, I liked it really much. After that I started buying every Link Wray record I could get. And still do..... When at last Be What You Want To was out on cd, the same story: I started playing it over and over again. The man has given us great music, from raw to delicat. It's soulfood to me....!