Mr Eliminator

Dick Dale | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 12, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B000OLHGLQ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,994 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

It's more heart-stopping, rubber-burning dragstrip mayhem from the guitar of Dick Dale on his take-no-prisoners 1964 album, Mr. Eliminator. Whether it's the fuel-injected, AA-gas thrills of the LP's title track, the south of the border shake and shimmy of "Taco Wagon" or the heroic guitar avalanche of "The Victor," Dick Dale and His Del-tones know what every Friday-afternoon kegger needs just as much as an unlimited supply of suds: the breathtaking excitement where the drag slicks meet the road, compliments of the slashing, reverbed-guitar genius of the king of hot rod!

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this version, May 5, 2008

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Andrew Hunter King "ElMonstroPorFavor" (Middletown, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Eliminator (Audio CD)

A great album by an incredible artist, reuined by some of the most muffled and all-around miserable mastering I've ever heard.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Capitol years, December 7, 2009

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Laurence Upton (Wilts, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Eliminator (Audio CD)

Dick Dale's rawest, wildest sides were those he cut for Del-Tone between 1959 and 1963, though he can still cut up a storm. Between 1963 and 1964 he made five albums for Capitol, and it is from these that this budget CD has been compiled. With the help of Hollywood's best session musicians it can't have taken too long to knock out these tracks, but if the results can be a bit formulaic they are nonetheless rousing and stormy. There are tracks from Surfer's Choice, King Of The Surf Guitar, Checkered Flag, Mr Eliminator and Summer Surf, but none of those chosen were also on singles apart from the title track. All are in stereo.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Problem on track #6, July 29, 2007

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Stereo Fan "Stereo Fan" (Southern CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr Eliminator (Audio CD)

I really like both the vocals and instros on this remastered Dick Dale classic. The nice wide stereo CD would get 5-stars from me BUT there is an issue with the mastering on track #6. At 1 minute 20 seconds, the percusion channel (right channel on my stereo) gets a welcome rush of high end frequencies (cymbals in particular). Where were they before 1 minute 20 seconds? Other than that, the rest of the CD is wonderful in terms of sound quality (as well as performance).