''Tribal Thunder'' is an album by surf guitarist

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, released in 1993. It was his first album of new material in almost three decades.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated #"Nitro" – 3:19 #"The New Victor" – 2:48 #"Esperanza" – 3:52 #"Shredded Heat" – 2:45 #"Trail of Tears" – 4:52 #"Caravan" (

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, Juan Tizol)– 4:47 #"The Eliminator" – 2:25 #"Speardance" – 5:37 #"Hot Links: Caterpillar Crawl/ Rumble" (Joel Scott Hill, Ron Lynch/

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, Mark Grant)– 5:59 #"The Long Ride" – 3:57 #"Tribal Thunder" – 6:21 #"

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" (acoustic version, unlabeled on CD) – 2:29

Personnel

Musicians *

– guitar, vocals * Ron Eglit – bass guitar on "Nitro", "Esperanza", "Trail of Tears", "Caravan", "Speardance", "Hot Links" and "The Long Ride" * Rowland Salley – bass guitar on "The New Victor", "Shredded Heat", "The Eliminator" and "Tribal Thunder" * Scott Mathews – drums, percussion *

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– drums, percussion * The Tribe (Scott, Prairie, Kolleen, Dick, Jill and Forrest) – chants Technical personnel * Joel Jaffe – engineering (Studio D) * Allen Sudduth, Rob Baldwin, Wolf Kessler – engineering (Brilliant Studios) * Allen Sudduth – mixing (Brilliant Studios) * Paul Stubblebine – mastering (Rocket Lab,

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References

1993 albums Dick Dale albums HighTone Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub