Checkered Flag is the third studio album of surf music

Surf music

Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music...

 by surf music pioneer Dick Dale

Dick Dale

Dick Dale is an American surf rock guitarist, known as The King of the Surf Guitar. He experimented with reverberation and made use of custom made Fender amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier.-Early life:Dale was born in South Boston, Massachusetts and lived in nearby...

 and his Del-Tones, released in 1963. This is Dale's first entry into the "Hot Rod

Hot rod

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" style of surf music, which The Beach Boys

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

Mr. Eliminator is the fourth studio album of surf music by surf pioneer Dick Dale , released in 1964 as somewhat of a follow-up to the previous album Checkered Flag. This album consists mostly of hot-rod or racing themes, whether simply in the names, or in the slight alteration of beats and...

is basically a follow-up to this, featuring more surf songs of Hot-Rod nature.

Track listing

1. "The Scavenger" – 1:54
2. "Surf Buggy" – 2:07
3. " Hot Rod Racer" – 2:19
4. " Mag Wheels" – 1:58
5. "Big Black Cad" – 1:40
6. "Ho-dad Machine" – 2:06
7. "Grudge Run" – 3:05
8. "Motion" – 1:44
9. "426-super Stock" – 1:52
10. "The Wedge" – 2:01
11. "It Will Grow On You" – 1:33
12. "Night Rider" – 1:47
13. "Secret Surfin' Spot" – 2:04
14. "Surfin' And A-swingin'" – 2:15