ZZ TOP First Album LP WB 1971 US reissue+inner MOVING SIDEWALKS-AMERICAN BLUES
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ZZ TOP
BILLY GIBBONS, DUSTY HILL, RUBE BEARD
A sturdy American blues-rock trio from Texas, ZZ Top specialized in down-and-dirty blues-rock during the '70s, then scored colorful MTV hits during the 1980s. Formed in Houston in 1970 by Billy Gibbons (guitar), Dusty Hill (bass), and Frank Beard (drums), the trio came from a pair of rival bands the Moving Sidewalks (Gibbons) and American Blues (Hill and Beard). Their first two albums reflected the strong blues roots and Texas humor of the band. Their third album (Tres Hombres) gained them national attention with the hit "La Grange," a signature riff tune to this day, based on John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen." Their success continued unabated throughout the '70s, culminating with the year-and-a-half-long Worldwide Texas Tour
"FIRST ALBUM"
<reissue, originally published on London Records in 1971>
LP WARNER BROS RECORDS BSK 3268
PRINTED IN USA LATE-70s REPRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: WB - WHITE LABEL w/WB SHIELD LOGO on TOP & SMALL DEEP GROOVE - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover & inner: BSK 3268
Catalog on labels: BSK-3268
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): BSK-1-3268 WW1 #2 ?
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): BSK 2-3268-WW1 #2 ?
On labels: rim text reads "Warner Bros. Records Inc.........Made in U.S.A."
Produced by Bill Ham
All selections published by IHamstein Music Co./Glad Music-BMI
a Warner Communications Company
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(on Side B only): except as indicated
On back cover: All titles BMI
Warner Bros. Records Inc.,........Made in U.S.A.
All rights reserved...........laws
tracklisting
Side A: (SOMEBODY ELSE BEEEN) SHAKING YOUR TREE
BROWN SUGAR - SQUANK - GOING DOWN TO MEXICO - OLD MAN
Side B: NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR - CERTIFIED BLUES - BEDROOM THANG
JUST GOT BACK FROM BABY'S - BACKDOOR LOVE AFFAIR
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
ZZ Top's First Album may not be perfectly polished, but it does establish 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 if the record's not entirely satisfying, it's because 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. Too much of this record glides by on its sound, without offering any true substance, but the tracks that really work -- "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree," "Backdoor Love Affair," "Brown Sugar," and "Goin' Down to Mexico," among them -- show that from their very first record on, ZZ Top was that lil' ol' blues band from Texas...(AllMusic)
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