ZZ TOP’S WARNER BROS. STUDIO ALBUMS GET MASTERED FOR ITUNES

Original Mixes Of The Band’s First 10 Albums Available Now On iTunes Store And As 10-CD Boxed Set

Classic ZZ TOP Videos Available On YouTube For The First Time

It was in Houston back in 1969 that Billy F Gibbons, Frank Beard and Dusty Hill joined as ZZ TOP. The band that would unassumingly go on to be known as That Little Ol’ Band From Texas went on to make rock history with a string of hugely successful record releases and tour dates. Over the next 20 years, the trio went on to critical and commercial acclaim, selling millions of albums and concert tickets around the world, while earning induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and status as one of the only bands to have been awarded an RIAA Diamond (domestic sales of 10 million or more) album. They were even named Official Heroes of the State of Texas by an act of the legislature.

At long last, original mixes of the band’s first 10 studio albums are available, mastered specifically for iTunes. These include ZZ Tops’ First Album (1971), Rio Grande Mud (1972), Tres Hombres (1973), Fandango! (1975)*, Tejas (1976), Degüello (1979), El Loco (1981), Eliminator (1983), Afterburner (1985) and Recycler (1990). The albums are available for individual download or bundled together in ZZ TOP: THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS (1970-1990). All 10 albums are also available on CD in a boxed set of the same name, with each album presented in a wallet sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original artwork, including the gatefold designs used for Tres Hombres and Tejas. This marks the first time that the original mixes for ZZ Tops’ First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas are available on CD and as digital download.

Additionally, a dozen of ZZ TOP’s iconic videos are now available for the first time on YouTube. The band’s classic videos are some of the most legendary of all time including “The Eliminator Trilogy,” the videos for “Legs,” “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Sharp Dressed Man” starring the ’33 Ford three window coupe with the ZZ striping along its flanks and a cadre of leggy beauties. A full list of ZZ TOP videos now available on YouTube is listed below.

Today, Gibbons, Hill and Beard remain together performing and recording as, they often say, “the same three guys playing the same three chords.” The trio offered a statement regarding the release of ZZ TOP: THE COMPLETE STUDIO ALBUMS (1970-1990): “We're gratified that the albums from the first 20 years of the band are going to be made available in this set. We're especially delighted to note the restoration of ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud and Tejas has been incorporated; it's good to have been made whole again on a certain level.”

*At inception, Fandango! was a seamless amalgamation of both studio and live recordings; the original track line up is intact for this set.

ZZ TOP videos now available on YouTube:
GIMME ALL YOUR LOVIN’ (from Eliminator)
LEGS (from Eliminator)
SHARP DRESSED MAN (from Eliminator)
TV DINNERS (from Eliminator)
SLEEPING BAG (from Afterburner)
ROUGH BOY (from Afterburner)
STAGES (from Afterburner)
VELCRO FLY (from Afterburner)
GIVE IT UP (from Recycler)
MY HEAD’S IN MISSISSIPPI (from Recycler)
BURGER MAN (from Recycler)
VIVA LAS VEGAS (from Greatest Hits)

ZZ TOP: 2013 World Tour Dates

June
18 Le Zenith - Paris, France
19 Le Zenith - Rouen, France
20 Le Zenith - Dijon, France
22 Hellfest - Clisson, France
24 Hammersmith Apollo - London, United Kingdom
25 Manchester Apollo - Manchester, United Kingdom
27 Marquee - Cork, Ireland
30 Stadtpark - Hamburg, Germany

July
1 Zitadelle - Berlin, Germany
2 Tollwood Festival - Munich, Germany
4 Moon and Stars Festival - Locarno, Switzerland
6 Lovely Days Festival - Weisen, Austria
7 Castle Clam - Linz, Austria