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In the early '60s, Capitol Records was having nearly as much success selling hot rod records to teenagers as they were with surf music, and given their good fortune in persuading the Beach Boys to cut some tunes about the joys of fast cars, it came to the surprise of no one that producer Gary Usher, the man behind the Super Stocks, was teamed up with surf guitar legend Dick Dale to cut an album. Released in 1964, Mr. Eliminator features Dale accompanied by Usher's usual team of session pros, including Glen Campbell and Jerry Cole on guitars, Plas Johnson on sax, Bruce Johnston on keyboards, and Earl Palmer behind the drums. With a band like that, you might wonder if there was any room left for Dick Dale, and on the vocal cuts he does sound a bit like an afterthought on his own album, though Dale gives his all as he belts out "50 Miles to Go" and "My X-KE," and tries hard on the lost cause that is "The Squirrel." But when Dale gets to crank up his guitar and let loose on instrumental numbers like "Flashing Eyes," "Taco Wagon," and the title cut, Mr. Eliminator really blasts off -- these are the tunes where Dick Dale gets to be Dick Dale, and even with the greatest band in Hollywood backing him up, he steals the show with his supercharged barrage of notes. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid this version,
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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,
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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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Problem on track #6,
By 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).
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