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I think Dick Dale's vocal songs from the 60's are great and much
better than anything he have done in modern times. In fact, I would
say his vocal songs from the 60's are even better than many of his
instros from the same period! I'm not too much into "Mr. Peppermint
Man" but I really dig songs like "Hot Rod Alley", "Blond In The 406"
and of course the great "Surfin' And A-Swingin"!
Klas / The Surfites
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
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> --- In , "supertwangreverb"
> <supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > I just got all his early albums on vinyl and it's all
> > excellent. I even like the vocal tracks. Why won't you
rerelease
> > this stuff Dick?
>
> Here here! Besides the vocals part (can you really get excited
about
> Mama's Gone Surfin'? Yikes! :), I'll wholeheartedly agree with
Bill.
> There are so many buried diamonds on those albums that many surf
> music fans never heard, it's really sad. For example, Mexico is
one
> of DD's finest instros and it has never (officially) been released
on
> CD. Much of the Summer Surf album is freakin' awesome - never on
> CD. Songs like "Star of David" and "Surfin' Rebel" are prime DD.
> And some of those albums are going for astronomical prices today -
> Summer Surf LP recently went on eBay for $135 or something! Thank
> God I have it on tape. DD is a real pain with the whole "The last
> thing I did was my best ever! Everyhing else sucks!" attitude.
Well,
> if the money is there maybe he'll change his mind eventually.
> Surfer's Choice is coming out, isn't it? That'll be cool.
>
> Ivan
