Guitar Legend: The Very Best of Dick Dale

by Dick Dale

Overview

It's hard to overestimate the talent and influence of Dick Dale. With the possible exception of Les Paul, no modern guitar player has done so much behind the scenes to create the sound and gear of contemporary electric guitar, from helping to develop the Showman amp and outboard reverb gear to his playing itself, which incorporated Middle Eastern scales in the late '50s and early '60s when such things were unheard of on electric guitar -- and he did all this by playing guitar left-handed, upside down and backwards, and at massive volume. This set balances nicely between his early classics like "Miserlou," middle-period tracks like his version of Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun," and later sides like his guitar duet with Stevie Ray Vaughan on the surf classic "Pipeline," making this release a nice introduction to a guitar legend. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	09/07/2010
Label:	Shout! Factory
UPC:	0826663121087

Tracks

1. Miserlou
2. Let's Go Trippin'
3. Hava Nagila
4. Riders in the Sky
5. Shake n' Stomp
6. King of the Surf Guitar
7. Surfing Drums
8. Third Stone from the Sun
9. Night Rider
10. Mr. Eliminator
11. Pipeline
12. Surf Beat
13. HMFIC
14. Surf Buggy
15. Esperanza
16. Nitro

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dick Dale   Primary Artist
Stevie Ray Vaughan   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Tauber   Composer
Lisa Glines   Art Direction,Package Design
Dorothy Stefanski   Editorial Supervision
Karrie Stouffer   Artwork,Package Supervision
Malcolm Wiseman   Executive Producer
Traditional   Composer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Matt Marshall   Executive Producer
Derek Dressler   Compilation Producer
Jeff Palo   Producer
Bob Fisher   Remastering
James Austin   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Leeds   Composer
Dick Dale   Arranger,Composer,Executive Producer
Robert Kim   Project Assistant