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I just finished reading the article "Dick Dale & his Del-Tones rule L.A.
1961-'63!" (Dumb Angel No. 4) and there's talk about a Capitol financed promo
film. Quote from the article:
"Capitol financed a promotional film titled King Of The Stomp where Dick Dale &
his Del-Tones play four songs live at Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim."
Anyone ever seen this film?
/ Klas
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Ivan, I did a quick search through the list archives but only found
the discussion about DDs appearance in the 1963 "A Swingin' Affair"
movie (where he also performed Miserlou).
Anyway, here are some more details on the promo film that turned up
in another of the "Dumb Angel No. 4" Domenic Priore written articles
(Harmony Park vs. Retail Clerks Hall: Battle of the Orange County
surf bands).
"[...] and a thirteen-minute live Dick Dale & his Del-Tones
performance film "King Of The Stomp" [...] shot at Harmony Park
Ballroom on Friday, March 22nd 1963 [...] "King Of The Stomp" kicks
right into a searing hot on-stage version of "Miserlou" [...] The
crowd is on stun from the outset, going for some wild R&B dance moves
and literally pogoing to "Miserlou"."
Sounds like this could be an awesome way to experience DD in his
prime for us who wasn't around back then!
Anyone interested in the great "Dumb Angel No. 4" mag can get it here:
Here's a cool spread from the "DD rule..." article:
/ Klas
--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
>
> First of all, thanks to Klas for bringing up the Dumb Angel Gazette
> #4 - I meant to buy that some time ago, and forgot - well, I
quickly
> remedied that mistake. I'll have some fun Christmas reading this
> year! BTW, Klas, I believe there was some talk about that DD promo
> movie here a while ago. I seem to remember John Blair saying
> something about it when I inquired whether this movie was ever
> released. I think he said it exits, but is very rare. Look
through
> the archives.
--- In , "Klas Fjellgren"
<surfites@b...> wrote:
>
> I just finished reading the article "Dick Dale & his Del-Tones rule
L.A. 1961-'63!" (Dumb Angel No. 4) and there's talk about a Capitol
financed promo film. Quote from the article:
>
> "Capitol financed a promotional film titled King Of The Stomp where
Dick Dale & his Del-Tones play four songs live at Harmony Park
Ballroom in Anaheim."
>
> Anyone ever seen this film?
>
> / Klas
>
The film exists. It was shot in 16mm on March 22, 1963 at the Harmony Park
Ballroom. It was never formally released in any form to my knowledge. It
exists today only as a bootleg video. There's a little more info about
this in my book (see the Introduction, page x). The real question is
whatever happened to the "other" 16mm film that was made at the same time,
a 3 min. performance of "Misirlou" that accompanied a demonstration of the
Stomp (or "Surfer's Stomp" as the case may be).
john blair
"Klas Fjellgren"
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I just finished reading the article "Dick Dale & his Del-Tones rule L.A.
1961-'63!" (Dumb Angel No. 4) and there's talk about a Capitol financed
promo film. Quote from the article:
"Capitol financed a promotional film titled King Of The Stomp where Dick
Dale & his Del-Tones play four songs live at Harmony Park Ballroom in
Anaheim."
Anyone ever seen this film?
/ Klas
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--- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
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>
> The film exists. It was shot in 16mm on March 22, 1963 at the
Harmony Park
> Ballroom. It was never formally released in any form to my
knowledge. It
> exists today only as a bootleg video. There's a little more info about
> this in my book (see the Introduction, page x). The real question is
> whatever happened to the "other" 16mm film that was made at the same
time,
> a 3 min. performance of "Misirlou" that accompanied a demonstration
of the
> Stomp (or "Surfer's Stomp" as the case may be).
>
> john blair
Thanks John....and now the obvious next questions...
"Has anyone ever seen these videos and where might one obtain a copy?"
BN
Yes to the first question and I have no idea to the second
question....they're bootlegs.
john blair
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--- In , john.blair@s... wrote:
>
>
> The film exists. It was shot in 16mm on March 22, 1963 at the
Harmony Park
> Ballroom. It was never formally released in any form to my
knowledge. It
> exists today only as a bootleg video. There's a little more info about
> this in my book (see the Introduction, page x). The real question is
> whatever happened to the "other" 16mm film that was made at the same
time,
> a 3 min. performance of "Misirlou" that accompanied a demonstration
of the
> Stomp (or "Surfer's Stomp" as the case may be).
>
> john blair
Thanks John....and now the obvious next questions...
"Has anyone ever seen these videos and where might one obtain a copy?"
BN
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