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Dick Dale & Del-Tones
Checkered Flag
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Scavenger - Dick Dale, Nuckles
2. Surf Buggy - Dick Dale, Dale
3. Hot Rod Racer - Dick Dale, Capehart
4. Mag Wheels - Dick Dale, Burns
5. Big Black Cad - Dick Dale, Christian
6. Ho-Dad Machine - Dick Dale, Dale
7. Grudge Run - Dick Dale, Nuckles
8. Motion - Dick Dale, Dale
9. 426 -- Super Stock - Dick Dale, Christian
10. The Wedge - Dick Dale, Dale
11. It Will Grow on You - Dick Dale, Connors
12. Night Rider - Dick Dale, Dale
13. Secret Surfin' Spot [*] - Dick Dale, Christian
14. Surfin' and A-Swingin [*] - Dick Dale, Christian

CD Details

All Artists: Dick Dale & Del-Tones
Title: Checkered Flag
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Original Release Date: 1/1/2007
Re-Release Date: 6/12/2007
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style: Oldies & Retro
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 090771625229, 0090771625229

Synopsis

Album Description

In late 1963, California's King of the Surf Guitar left the shore for the strip and created one of the classic albums of the hot-rod music genre. Dick Dale's Checkered Flag is heavy with white-hot Dale instrumentals ("Night Rider," "Ho-Dad Machine") and vocal car tunes from the pens of pop's songwriters (Gary Usher, Gary Paxton, Carol Connors). Helping Dale stir up the nitro fuel are L.A. session stars Plas Johnson, Steve Douglas, Hal Blaine and Earl Palmer. Checkered Flag is tough stuff, an unyielding trophy-run down the asphalt aisle. Make way!

CD Reviews

Hidden Treasures

James Taggart | Akron, OH | 01/13/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"While this album represents Dick Dale's attempt to follow the trends of the moment, which was a quick transition from surf music to songs about cars (see Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, etc.) there are still some pretty great gems to be found here. "The Wedge" in particular jumps out as a finely crafted example of Dick Dale surf music, and has remained a live show staple to this day. "Grudge Run" is another in the line of songs like "Dead Man's Curve," but it does stand the test of time and will keep your head bobbing. What the heck folks, they don't often make music like this anymore... spend the money and catch a wave (or rev' the engine as the case may be)."