Product Description
Rare Actual 1979 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Includes 4-Page Insert With Lyrics In English & Japanese. Cover & Labels Are Clean. The Sixth ZZ Top Album Features “Cheap Sunglasses”, “A Fool For Your Stockings”, “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide” & More.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT! Hear it in High Quality Pure Analogue!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Edge wear, light ring wear, 3″ split on bottom edge.
ZZ TOP: Billy Gibbons (guitar, vocals, harmonica) / Dusty Hill (bass, vocals) / Frank Beard (drums)
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their beautiful packaging and premium sound quality (which explains why American audiophile label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab chose to have their highly regarded pressings manufactured in Japan). Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
I Thank You
She Loves My Automobile
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
A Fool For Your Stockings
Manic Mechanic
Side 2:
Dust My Broom
Lowdown In The Street
Hi Fi Mama
Cheap Sunglasses
Esther Be The One
AMG –
The trio is in fine shape here, knocking out a great set of rockers and sounding stylish all the time! ZZ Top returned after an extended layoff in late 1979 with Degüello, their best album since 1973's Tres Hombres. During their time off, ZZ Top didn't change much -- hell, their sound never really changed during their entire career -- but it did harden, in a way. The grooves became harder, sleeker, and their off-kilter sensibility and humor began to dominate, as "Cheap Sunglasses" and "Fool for Your Stockings" illustrate. Ironically, this, their wildest album lyrically, doesn't have the unhinged rawness of their early blooze rockers, but the streamlined production makes it feel sleazier all the same, since its slickness lets the perversity slide forth. And, forget not, the trio is in fine shape here, knocking out a great set of rockers and sounding stylish all the time. Undoubtedly one of their strong suits.