''Checkered Flag'' is the third studio album of
surf music
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by surf music pioneer
Dick Dale
Richard Anthony Monsour (May 4, 1937 – March 16, 2019), known professionally as Dick Dale, was an American rock guitarist. He was a pioneer of surf music, drawing on Middle Eastern music scales and experimenting with reverb. Dale was known ...
and his Del-Tones, released in 1963. This is Dale's first entry into the "Hot Rod" style of surf music, which
The Beach Boys
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, among others, were beginning to perform and record. Here the style shifts somewhat and features slightly altered beats and some added sounds to give the impression of the energy of Hot-rodding (this is not always the case though). The majority of the songs on this album are titled with themes of racing and Hot-rodding. Dale's next album ''
Mr. Eliminator
''Mr. Eliminator'' is the fourth studio album by Dick Dale (and his Del-Tones), released in 1964 as a loose conceptual successor to the previous album ''Checkered Flag''. This album consists mostly of hot-rod or racing themes, whether simply in ...
'' is basically a follow-up to this, featuring more surf songs of Hot-Rod nature.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated
#"The Scavenger" (Gary Paxton, Paul Nuckles) – 1:54
#"Surf Buggy" – 2:07
#"Hot Rod Racer" (Eddie Daniels,
Jerry Capehart
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) – 2:19
#"Mag Wheels" (
Gary Usher
Gary Lee Usher (December 14, 1938 – May 25, 1990) was an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer, who worked with numerous California acts in the 1960s, including the Byrds, the Beach Boys, and Dick Dale. Usher also produced fict ...
, Richard Burns) – 1:58
#"Big Black Cad" (Gary Usher,
Roger Christian) – 1:40
#"Ho-dad Machine" – 2:06
#"Grudge Run" (Gary Paxton, Paul Nuckles) – 3:05
#"Motion" – 1:44
#"426–Super Stock" (Gary Usher, Roger Christian) – 1:52
#"The Wedge" – 2:01
#"It Will Grow On You" (Carol Connors, Marshall Howard Connors) – 1:33
#"Night Rider" – 1:47
References
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Dick Dale albums
1963 albums
Capitol Records albums