ZZ TOP “Original Album Series” /Slipcase 5 CD Set/

Re-release of the five classic studio albums, in one set, by the legendary American Blues/Boogie/Hard Rock band.
Includes the albums: "ZZ Top's First Album", "Tejas", "El Loco", "Afterburner", and "Recycler".
Each of these five albums is presented as a mini-LP in a cardboard sleeve, making this a quick, easy, affordable way to get all of band's best albums at once.
100% musthave for every ZZ Top fan!!
Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 1970/1976/1981/1985/1990/2016 (081227944766). Made in Germany. First press.

Tracklist:

CD 1: ZZ Top's First Album
1. (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree 2:32 
2. Brown Sugar 5:22 
3. Squank 2:46 
4. Goin' Down To Mexico 3:26 
5. Old Man 3:23 
6. Neighbor, Neighbor 2:18 
7. Certified Blues 3:25 
8. Bedroom Thang 4:37 
9. Just Got Back From Baby's 4:07 
10. Backdoor Love Affair 3:20

CD 2: Tejas
1. It's Only Love 4:24 
2. Arrested For Driving While Blind 3:05 
3. El Diablo 4:20 
4. Snappy Kakkie 2:56 
5. Enjoy And Get It On 3:23 
6. Ten Dollar Man 3:42 
7. Pan Am Highway Blues 3:15 
8. Avalon Hideaway 3:07 
9. She's A Heartbreaker 3:02 
10. Asleep In The Desert 3:24

CD 3: El Loco
1. Tube Snake Boogie 3:02 
2. I Wanna Drive You Home 4:44 
3. Ten Foot Pole 4:19 
4. Leila 3:13 
5. Don't Tease Me 4:19 
6. It's So Hard 5:12 
7. Pearl Necklace 4:01 
8. Groovy Little Hippie Pad 2:40 
9. Heaven, Hell Or Houston 2:31 
10. Party On The Patio 2:48

CD 4: Afterburner
1. Sleeping Bag 4:02 
2. Stages 3:32 
3. Woke Up With Wood 3:45 
4. Rough Boy 4:50 
5. Can't Stop Rockin' 3:01 
6. Planet Of Women 4:04 
7. I Got The Message 3:27 
8. Velcro Fly 3:29 
9. Dipping Low (In The Lap Of Luxury) 3:11 
10. Delirious 3:41

CD 5: Recycler
1. Concrete And Steel 3:45 
2. Lovething 3:20 
3. Penthouse Eyes 3:49 
4. Tell It 4:39 
5. My Head's In Mississippi 4:25 
6. Decision Or Collision 3:59 
7. Give It Up 3:24 
8. 2000 Blues 4:37 
9. Burger Man 3:18 
10. Doubleback 3:53

Total playing time: 182:54 min.

The 30th Anniversary second re-release of the eighth full-length studio album by legendary American Blues/New Wave/Synth-Rock/Hard Rock band.
A Diamond certified album, "Eliminator" is ZZ Top's most commercially successful release, with sales of over 10 million copies in the United States alone.
ZZ Top had reached the top of the charts before, but that didn't make their sudden popularity in 1983 any more predictable. It wasn't that they were just popular - they were hip, for God's sake, since they were one of the only AOR favorites to figure out to harness the stylish, synthesized grooves of New Wave, and then figure out how to sell it on MTV. Of course, it helped that they had songs that deserved to be hits. With "Gimme All Your Lovin'", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Legs", they had their greatest set of singles since the heady days of "Tres Hombres". The songs alone would have made "Eliminator" one of ZZ Top's three greatest albums, but their embrace of synths and sequencers made it a blockbuster hit, since it was the sound of the times.
It's still an excellent ZZ Top album, one of their best, yet it sounds like a mechanized ZZ Top thanks to the unflaggingly accurate grooves. Then again, that's part of the album's charm - this is New Wave Blues Rock, glossed up for the video, looking as good as the omnipresent convertible on the cover and sounding irresistible. Not the sort the old-school fans or Blues Rock purists will love, but ZZ Top never sounded as much like a band of its time as they did here!
Three of "Eliminator"'s five Singles appeared in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Gimme All Your Lovin'", released in April 1983, went to the number two position.
Often considered ZZ Top's most popular release, the record was ranked at number 398 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and was listed at number 39 in The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s. In 2005, "Eliminator" was listed in Rock Hard Magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Warner Bros. Records Inc./Rhino Records, a Warner Music Group Company, 1983/2013 (8122796555). Made in Germany. 180 gram vinyl.


Tracklist:

X1
1. Gimme All Your Lovin' 3:59
2. Got Me Under Pressure 3:59
3. Sharp Dressed Man 4:13
4. I Need You Tonight 6:14
5. I Got The Six 2:52

X2
1. Legs 4:35
2. Thug 4:17
3. TV Dinners 3:50
4. Dirty Dog 4:05
5. If I Could Only Flag Her Down 3:40
6. Bad Girl 3:16

Total playing time: 45:00 min.

Remastered re-release of the third full-length studio album by legendary American Blues/Southern Rock band.
"Tres Hombres" is the record that brought ZZ Top their first Top Ten record, making them stars in the process. It couldn't have happened to a better record. ZZ Top finally got their low-down, cheerfully sleazy Blooze-n-Boogie right on this, their third album.
As their sound gelled, producer Bill Ham discovered how to record the trio so simply that they sound indestructible, and the band brought the best set of songs they'd ever have to the table. On the surface, there's nothing really special about the record, since it's just a driving Blues Rock album from a Texas bar band, but that's what's special about it. It has a filthy groove and an infectious feel, thanks to Billy Gibbons' growling guitars and the steady propulsion of Dusty Hill and Frank Beard's rhythm section. They get the blend of Bluesy shuffles, gut-bucket Rocking, and off-beat humor just right.
ZZ Top's very identity comes from this earthy sound and songs as utterly infectious as "Waitin' for the Bus", "Jesus Just Left Chicago", "Move Me on Down the Line", and the John Lee Hooker Boogie "La Grange".
In a sense, they kept trying to remake this record from this point on (what is "Eliminator" if not "Tres Hombres" with sequencers and synthesizers?), but they never got it better than they did here!
"Tres Hombres" was a successful combination as the release was the band's commercial breakthrough. In the US, the album entered the top ten while the single "La Grange" reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. Meanwhile, "La Grange" debuted number 33 on the American Top 40 broadcast on June 29, 1974. In 2003, the album was ranked number 498 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2012, the album ranked at number 490 on a revised list. The album peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200.
180 gram High Performance Vinyl in gatefold cover. Cut from the original analog master tapes for audiophile quality.
Warner Bros. Records Inc., 1973/2014 (8122799699). Made in EU. Pressed in Netherlands.


Tracklist:

Side 1:
1. Waitin' For The Bus 2:59 
2. Jesus Just Left Chicago 3:29 
3. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 3:29 
4. Master Of Sparks 3:23 
5. Hot, Blue And Righteous 3:14

Side 2:
1. Move Me On Down The Line 2:30 
2. Precious And Grace 3:09 
3. La Grange 3:51 
4. Shiek 4:04 
5. Have You Heard? 3:14

Total playing time: 33:26 min.

Second re-release of the seventh full-length studio album by legendary American Blues/New Wave/Synth-Rock/Hard Rock band.
"El Loco" follows through on the streamlined, jet-engine Boogie Rock of "Degüello", but kicking all the ingredients up a notch. That means that the grooves are getting a little slicker, while the jokes are getting a little sillier, a little raunchier. The double entendres on "Tube Snake Boogie" and "Pearl Necklace" are barely disguised, while much of the record plays as flat-out goofy Party Rock. Still, the most telling thing about "El Loco" may be the rhythm of "Pearl Necklace", its biggest single and best song, which clearly points the way to the New Wave Blues Rock of "Eliminator".
The title means "The Crazy One" in Spanish. The band's guitarist/singer Billy Gibbons has said that the recording of this album was the first time the three members of the band were isolated from one another in the studio, rather than recording simultaneously in the same room. It also foreshadowed ZZ Top's synthesizer-driven direction later in the decade, with early experimentations in synthesizer backing on certain tracks.
Limited Edition 140g Hot Pink Vinyl.
Warner Bros. Records Inc./Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company, 1981/2018 (603497856190). Made in EU.


Tracklist:

X1
1. Tube Snake Boogie 3:02
2. I Wanna Drive You Home 4:44
3. Ten Foot Pole 4:19
4. Leila 3:13
5. Don't Tease Me 4:19

X2
6. It's So Hard 5:12
7. Pearl Necklace 4:01
8. Groovy Little Hippie Pad 2:40
9. Heaven, Hell Or Houston 2:31
10. Party On The Patio 2:48

Total playing time: 36:49 min.