Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Ooh-Whee Marie
2. Stop Teasing
3. Jessie Pearl
4. Let's Go Trippin'
5. Del-Tone Rock
6. Shake-N-Stomp
7. Miserlou
8. Surf Beat
9. Peppermint Man
10. Miserlou Twist
11. Run For Life, A
12. Take It Off
13. King of the Surf Guitar
14. Hava Nagila
15. Riders in the Sky
16. Secret Surfin' Spot
17. Wedge, The
18. Night Rider
19. Mag Wheels
20. Mr. Eliminator
21. Flashing Eyes
22. Banzai Washout
23. Tidal Wave
24. Spanish Kiss
25. Angry Generation
26. Rambin' Man
DISC 2:
1. Firing Up
2. King of the Surf Guitar
3. Jessie Pearl
4. One Double One Oh! - (TRUE instrumental)
5. Pipeline - (with Stevie Ray Vaughan)
6. Nitro
7. Shredded Heat
8. Terra Dicktyl
9. Unknown Territory
10. Niterider 6
11. Bandito
12. Third Stone From the Sun
13. In-Liner (Surf Beat '97)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Darlene Love, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Stevie Ray Vaughan | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Dick Dale (vocals, guitar, tenor saxophone, trumpet); Stevie Ray Vaughan, Art Munson, Glen Campbell, Barney Kessel, Rene Hall (guitar); Bobby Strickland (digeridoo); Jerry Brown, Lee Farrell, Larry Gillette, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Alan Palmer, Paul Carman (saxophone); Ted Lancaster, Steve Crum (trumpet); Scott Kyle, Mike Johnson (trombone); Bill Barber, Chip Walsh, Vincent Welnick (keyboards); Bryan Deitz, Jerry Levinton, Leon Russell, Steve Soest, Billy Pulliam, Ron Eglit, Rowland Salley (bass); George Dumas, Drew Johnson, Jack Lake, Jerry Stevens, Hal Blaine, Prarie Prince, Jill Dale (drums, percussion); Darlene Love, Fanita James (background vocals).
Includes liner notes by Greg Douglass, Dick Dale and Jim Pewter.
Bet you didn't know that Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, started out as a journeyman rockabilly cat. The first several tracks on this typically excellent two-disc Rhino anthology are late-'50s recordings starring Dale's guitar and voice (yes, voice) in standard rockabilly settings. While not redefining the form, they're pretty good songs and of genuine historical interest.
Naturally, the bulk of BETTER SHRED THAN DEAD is devoted to Dale's magnificent early '60s surf-guitar sides. No matter how many times you hear this blend of speed, reverb, and odd musical touches--"Misirlou" is actually a common Greek folksong, and a version of "Hava Nagila" works just as well--it never fails to delight. Less-renowned later material, including a duet with Stevie Ray Vaughan on the Chantays' "Pipeline"--Dale shreds the upstart, naturally--is nearly as good. The collection also includes plenty of great outtakes and alternate versions.
Editorial Reviews
...this two-CD package manages to sift thruogh his catalog--including early rockabilly vocal sides and ill-advised novelty tunes--to make a persuasive case for Dale's genius.
Entertainment Weekly (06/13/1997)
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