ZZ TOP Tres Hombres LP blues psych rock gatefold
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Overkill packaging as usual with tracking via USPS media for $4.00 and yes, I do combine. Since I have had a series of questions concerning shipping charges on combined orders I will try to be more explicit. Generally up to three lps ship as one, but shipping charges are based on weight not records. So gatefolds or double LPs or 180 gram vinyl all have an affect differently. Suffice to say, I don't try to make money on shipping charges and I am fair, so enjoy the auctions. Open records are cleaned with Ultrasonic cleaning system and in new 3 mil inner and outer plastic sleeves.
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 group 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.
ZZ Top ?– Tres Hombres
Label: London Records ?– XPS 631 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, GatefoldCountry: US Released: 1973 Genre: Rock Style: Blues Rock, Classic Rock
Tracklist
A1 Waitin' For The Bus 2:59 A2 Jesus Just Left Chicago 3:29 A3 Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 3:23 A4 Master Of Sparks 3:33 A5 Hot, Blue And Righteous 3:14 B1 Move Me On Down The Line 2:30 B2 Precious And Grace 3:09 B3 La Grange 3:51 B4 Shiek 4:04 B5 Have You Heard? 3:14Companies, etc.
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Mastered At – Bell Sound Studios
Credits
- Bass – Dusty Hill
- Cover – Bill Narum
- Drums – Rube Beard*
- Guitar – Billy Gibbons
- Mastered By – Sam Feldman
- Photography By – Galen Scott
- Producer – Bill Ham
- Written-By – Gibbons*, Hill* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B5), Beard* (tracks: A2, A3, B2, B3)
Notes
First pressing.Gatefold jacket with picture inner sleeve.
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