Orig 1971 ZZ TOP 1st HARD ROCK MOVING SIDEWALKS & AMERICAN BLUES LP

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                           MOVING SIDEWALKS

                          meets AMERICAN BLUES

            ~ MINT CLEAN 1971 FIRST PRESSING ~

           HARD KICK-ASS BLUES GARAGE TRIO
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                                     Z Z      T O P  

                    Z Z  T O P ' S    F I R S T    A L B U M

                       ..|/\|.........................................|/\|..

                           USA - royal blue London - PS 584

THICK INFLEXIBLE PRESSING ::::

STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE ...

HARDLY EVER FOUND STILL IN SHRINK WRAP!

TOP Collection COPY!

SCARCE original 1971 ORIGINAL PRESS in textured cream cover so hard to find clean some 47 years later.

ZZ Top formed in 1969 as Gibbons’ psychedelic blues band, the Moving Sidewalks (who released one killer garage psych album, Flash), was coming apart. He hooked up with Beard and Hill, who’d played in American Blues (which cut a pair of very collectible albums). The trio bonded around a shared love of basic blues, boogie, rock and all things Texas-related. ZZ Top played its first show in February 1970. Their lean, driving approach helped launch the Seventies on its hard-rocking course. They brought rootsy vigor to the music scene, surviving over the decades by demonstrating an ability to adapt and evolve without radically altering the foundations of their sound.

ZZ Top's 1971 First Album establishes their sound, attitude, and quirks. Simply put, it's a dirty little blues-rock record, filled with fuzzy guitars, barrelhouse rhythms, dirty jokes, and Texan slang. They have a good, ballsy sound that hits at gut level, and they're still learning how to craft records -- which means that they're still learning pacing as much as they're learning how to assemble a set of indelible material. A lot of this record glides by on its sound, without substance, but the tracks that really work -- "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree," "Backdoor Love Affair," "Brown Sugar," and "Goin' Down to Mexico," -- smokin' hard-ass blues rockers that show that from their very first record on, ZZ Top was that lil' ol' blues band from Texas.

•              "(Somebody Else Been) Shakin' Your Tree" (Billy Gibbons) – 2:32
• "Brown Sugar" (Gibbons) – 5:22
• "Squank" (Gibbons, Dusty Hill) – 2:46
• "Goin' Down to Mexico" (Gibbons, Hill) – 3:26
• "Old Man" (Gibbons, Frank Beard) – 3:23

Side B

• "Neighbor, Neighbor" (Gibbons) – 2:18
• "Certified Blues" (Gibbons, Beard) – 3:25
• "Bedroom Thang" (Gibbons) – 3:53
• "Just Got Back from Baby's" (Gibbons) – 4:07
• "Backdoor Love Affair" (Gibbons) – 3:20

CONDITION: The cover rated: MINT in factory cellophane ---the (heavy gauge) textured / grainy off-white cover is SO hard to find THIS clean...go and see about hunting a clean cover down,,,no easy task -- here's one that is considered a final collection copy ~~ still all solid, and tight...been in safe hands over the past 47 years. Has no bends, no delete marks, no writing, no split seams ...

The vinyl is all clean and clear and smoooth,  M-   plays awesome, no audio problems, crystal clear...CLEAN London labels THICK INFLEXIBLE pressing

 A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record