{"product_id":"zz-top-the-best-of-zz-top-clear-blue","title":"ZZ Top - The Best of ZZ Top [Clear Blue]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Best of ZZ Top gathers the Texas trio's hard-boogie early years onto one LP, pressed here on clear blue vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1977, the compilation pulls from the band's first four albums, a stretch when Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard were building a reputation as one of the hardest-working live acts in America. These were the years before the synthesizers and the music videos, when the sound came down to greasy riffs, tight grooves and Gibbons' wiry, blues-soaked guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew songs strut like \"La Grange,\" the boogie anthem built on a John Lee Hooker-style groove, and \"Tush\" packs a whole night out into a little over two minutes. \"Waitin' For The Bus\" and \"Jesus Just Left Chicago\" sit side by side just as they do on Tres Hombres, swampy and slow-burning, steeped in the blues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen tracks and a lean running time leave you reaching to flip it back to side one almost as soon as it ends. It is the sound of a bar band becoming legends, with no fat on the bone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone starting a ZZ Top collection, it is the perfect primer before diving into the studio albums, and on clear blue vinyl it looks every bit as good as it sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67757783351586,"sku":"081227819385","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/ZZ_Top-The_Best_of_ZZ_Top_Clear_Blue.jpg?v=1794291659","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/zz-top-the-best-of-zz-top-clear-blue","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}