January Birthdays 
So, I've been listening to Dick's Sundazed CDs a lot the last two days (completely unrelated to the silly 'legend' thread), and I noticed something. There are seven (of twelve) songs on "King of the Surf Guitar" LP that feature one amazing rhythm section - the songs are:
Hava Nagila
Riders in the Sky
Dick Dale Stomp
What I'd Say
Greenback Dollar
King of the Surf Guitar
The Lonesome Road
On these seven the bass is very trebly and aggressive and 'up' in the mix, while the drums sound super crisp with lots of movement and fills. The credited musicians for the LP are: bass - Ray Samra, Bryan Dietz, and drums - Hal Blaine, Jack Lake, Jerry Stevens. The drums on the above seven tracks I would bet are by Hal Blaine - it definitely sounds like him. But who is the likely bass player? Cause outside of some Lively Ones and the Atlantics, for my money that's the best bass playing of the first wave. None of the other DD albums feature anything like it (on most of his other recordings the bass is pretty low in the mix and doesn't have much attack). My understanding is that both Samra and Dietz were actual members of the Deltones at different times, but I hear two very different styles of bass on this LP. Anyway, I was very impressed by this and was wondering if anyone else had noticed it and had any thoughts.
Ivan
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