Customer Reviews

Mr. Eliminator [Vinyl]

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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.

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.

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).

This is the real deal surf guitar. Dick will blow you away with his chops on this one. Please listen on high volumes for maximum enjoyment.