Calling Up Spirits

Calling Up Spirits
Studio album by Dick Dale
Released	1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	Prairie Sun (Cotati, California)
Genre	Surf music
Length	53:41
Label	Beggars Banquet [1]
Producer	Dick Dale, Ron Eglit, Scott Mathews, Prairie Prince, Allen Suddeth
Dick Dale chronology
Unknown Territory (1994) Calling Up Spirits (1996) Spacial Disorientation (2001)

Calling Up Spirits is an album by the surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1996. ^{[2] [3]} It was dedicated to the American Indians. ^[4]

Dale supported the album by playing the 1996 Warped Tour. ^[5]

Production

The album contains a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from the Sun". ^[6] Vince Welnick contributed to Calling Up Spirits. ^[7] Ron Eglit, Dale's longtime bass player, received a producer credit. ^[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Calgary Herald	[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[11]
Entertainment Weekly	B [12]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[13]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that the "mix of covers, remakes of [Dale's] '60s surf hits, and ecologically minded new material feels thin and lacks the cohesiveness of previous efforts." ^[12] The Vancouver Sun stated: "Playing speedy as ever, Dale returns to the land he founded: a mix of eastern-tinged influences (his dad was Lebanese) rolled up in surf wax and thrown into the wide-open waves." ^[14] The Calgary Herald concluded: "From his raunchy title track and the bongo-beat hipness of 'Fever' to his twang reworking of Jimi Hendrix's 'Third Stone From The Sun', he embodies rock guitar cool." ^[10]

AllMusic wrote that "Dale only manages to capture his manic energy on the cover version of Jimi Hendrix' 'Third Stone From the Sun'." ^[9]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale, except where indicated

1. "Nitrus" – 3:29
2. "The Wedge Paradiso" – 2:37
3. "The Pit" – 2:38
4. "Fever" (J. Davenport, E. Dooley) – 4:46
5. "Doom Box" – 3:04
6. "Catamount" – 3:05
7. "Window" – 4:22
8. "Calling Up Spirits" – 3:50
9. "Temple of Gizeh" – 6:16
10. "Bandito" – 5:32
11. "Third Stone from the Sun" (Jimi Hendrix) – 6:32
12. "Peppermint Man" (A. Willis) – 4:11
13. "Gypsy Fire" – 3:13

Personnel

• Dick Dale – guitar, trumpet, vocals
• Ron Eglit – bass guitar, background vocals
• Prairie Prince – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Scott Mathews – drums, percussion, background vocals

Additional musicians

• Vincent Welnick – organ, piano, background vocals
• Bobby Stricklan – didgeridoo, background vocals
• Jill Dale – drums, background vocals
• Ko Mathews – background vocals

Recorded January 1996 at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California.

References

1. "Dick Dale obituary". the Guardian. March 18, 2019.
2. "Dick Dale Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. "Dick Dale". MTV News. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022.
4. Poem "I must tell you there was a time", from "Calling Up Spirits" CD booklet
5. Perna, Alan di (October 1, 2012). Guitar Masters: Intimate Portraits. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9781480329706 – via Google Books.
6. Boehm, Mike (May 24, 1996). "..PH: ..KH: ..DH: Dick Dale's Tours de Force". Los Angeles Times. p. F1.
7. Knopper, Steve (May 19, 1996). "Singles Hit, but Album Misses". Newsday. p. C25.
8. Boehm, Mike (May 23, 1996). "Bassist Backs Boss in Life, Musical Path". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 23.
9. "Calling Up Spirits - Dick Dale | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
10. Muretich, James (June 9, 1996). "New Releases". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
11. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
12. "Calling Up Spirits". EW.com.
13. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (March 3, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
14. Monk, Katherine (June 6, 1996). "DICK DALE Calling Up the Spirits". Vancouver Sun. p. D8.