EX. COPY Orig 1971 ZZ TOP 1st HARD ROCK MOVING SIDEWALKS & AMERICAN BLUES LP
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MOVING SIDEWALKS
meets AMERICAN BLUES
~ EXCELLENT 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
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USA - royal blue London - PS 584
THICK INFLEXIBLE PRESSING ::::
SCARCE original 1971 ORIGINAL PRESS in textured cream cover
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: VG+ ---the (heavy gauge) textured / grainy off-white cover is SO hard to find~ 3" split on spine, slight corner wear, name written on back Comes with original inner sleeve
The vinyl is all clean and clear and smoooth, Excellent.CLEAN London labels THICK INFLEXIBLE vinyl
A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !
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