ZZ TOP: The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990 (Remastered) Box Set-10CD $69.99

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. For 51 years, they comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill’s death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons’ blues guitar style and Hill and Beard’s rhythm section. They are popular for their live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the matching appearances of Gibbons and Hill, who wore sunglasses, hats and long beards.

Warner’s 2013 box set The Complete Studio Albums 1970-1990 rounds up the ten albums ZZ Top recorded for Warner Bros over the course of 20 years: 1971’s ZZ Top’s First Album, 1972’s Rio Grande Mud, 1973’s Tres Hombres, 1975’s Fandango!, 1976’s Tejas, 1979’s Deguello, 1981’s El Loco, 1983’s Eliminator, 1985’s Afterburner, and 1990’s Recycler. Each album is packaged as a mini LP containing the original artwork, but the real news is that the original LP mixes for ZZ Top’s First Album, Rio Grande Mud, and Tejas are presented on CD for the first time, a move that will please all hardcore fans.

Tracklist:

1. ZZ TOP’S FIRST ALBUM: 1 (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree 2 Brown Sugar 3 Squank 4 Goin’ Down To Mexico 5 Old Man 6 Neighbor, Neighbor 7 Certified Blues 8 Bedroom Thang 9 Just Got Back From Baby’s 10 Backdoor Love Affair

2. RIO GRANDE MUD: 1 Francine 2 Just Got Paid 3 Mushmouth Shoutin’ 4 Ko Ko Blue 5 Chevrolet 6 Apologies To Pearly 7 Bar-B-Q 8 Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell 9 Whiskey’n Mama 10 Down Brownie

3. TRES HOMBRES: 1 Waitin’ For The Bus 2 Jesus Just Left Chicago 3 Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 4 Master Of Sparks 5 Hot, Blue And Righteous 6 Move Me On Down The Line 7 Precious And Grace 8 La Grange 9 Shiek 10 Have You Heard?

4. FANDANGO!: 1 Thunderbird 2 Jailhouse Rock 3 Backdoor Medley: Backdoor Love Affair/Mellow Down Easy/Backdoor Love Affair No. 2/Long Distance Boogie 4 Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings 5 Blue Jean Blues 6 Balinese 7 Mexican Blackbird 8 Heard It On The X 9 Tush

5. TEGAS: 1 It’s Only Love 2 Arrested For Driving While Blind 3 El Diablo 4 Snappy Kakkie 5 Enjoy And Get It On 6 Ten Dollar Man 7 Pan Am Highway Blues 8 Avalon Hideaway 9 She’s A Heartbreaker 10 Asleep In The Desert

6. DEGÜELLO: 1 I Thank You 2 She Loves My Automobile 3 I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide 4 A Fool For Your Stockings 5 Manic Mechanic 6 Dust My Broom 7 Lowdown On The Street 8 Hi Fi Mama 9 Cheap Sunglasses 10 Esther Be The One

7. EL LOCO: 1 Tube Snake Boogie 2 I Wanna Drive You Home 3 Ten Foot Pole 4 Leila 5 Don’t Tease Me 6 It’s So Hard 7 Pearl Necklace 8 Groovy Little Hippie Pad 9 Heaven, Hell Or Houston 10 Party On The Patio

8. ELIMINATOR: 1 Gimme All Your Lovin 2 Got Me Under Pressure 3 Sharp Dressed Man 4 I Need You Tonight 5 I Got The Six 6 Legs 7 Thug 8 TV Dinners 9 Dirty Dog 10 If I Could Only Flag Her Down 11 Bad Girl

9. AFTERBURNER: 1 Sleeping Bag 2 Stages 3 Woke Up With Wood 4 Rough Boy 5 Can’t Stop Rockin’ 6 Planet Of Women 7 I Got The Message 8 Velcro Fly 9 Dipping Low (In The Lap Of Luxury) 10 Delirious

10. RECYCLER: 1 Concrete And Steel 2 Lovething 3 Penthouse Eyes 4 Tell It 5 My Head’s In Mississippi 6 Decision Or Collision 7 Give It Up 8 2000 Blues 9 Burger Man 10 Doubleback