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ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975) US Sterling 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

Posted By: Fran Solo
ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975) US Sterling 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

ZZ Top - Fandango!
Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 900mb
Mastered At Sterling Sound By Bob Ludwig
Label: London Records/PS 656 | Released: 1975 | Genre: Southern-Rock


A1 Thunderbird
A2 Jailhouse Rock
Backdoor Medley
A3 Backdoor Love Affair
A4 Mellow Down Easy
A5 Backdoor Love Affair No. 2
A6 Long Distance Boogie
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B1 Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings
B2 Blue Jean Blues
B3 Balinese
B4 Mexican Blackbird
B5 Heard It On The X
B6 Tush


Phonographic Copyright (p) – London Records, Inc.
Copyright © – London Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Recorded At – The Warehouse, New Orleans
Recorded At – Record Plant Mobile Studio
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
Bass, Vocals – Dusty Hill
Concept By [Album Concept], Producer – Bill Ham
Design [Album Design] – Bill Narum
Drums – Frank Beard
Engineer – Jim Reeves (3), Robin Brian*, Terry Kane, Terry Manning
Lead Guitar, Slide Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals – Billy Gibbons
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Photography By [Cover Photo] – John De Kalb
Notes
Side One Live Recorded At The Warehouse, New Orleans Captured As It Came Down - Hot, Spontaneous - And Presented To You Honestly, Without The Assistance Of Studio Gimmicks.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SAHS 1660
Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SAHS 1661
Matrix / Runout (Side A Stamped): SA HA 1660-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched): 1T X
Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): SAHS-1661-2X RL T1
Matrix / Runout (Side B Stamped): STERLING
Rights Society: BMI


ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975) US Sterling 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975) US Sterling 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz

ZZ Top - Fandango! (1975) US Sterling 1st Pressing - LP/FLAC In 24bit/96kHz



This Rip: 2016
Cleaning: RCM Moth MkII Pro Vinyl
Direct Drive Turntable: Technics SL-1200MK2 Quartz
Cartridge: SHURE M97xE With JICO SAS Stylus
Amplifier: Marantz 2252
ADC: E-MU 0404
DeClick with iZotope RX5: Only Manual (Click per click)
Vinyl Condition: VG++
About this LP Project: From my personal collection
LP Rip & Full Scan LP Cover: Fran Solo
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Blessed with their first full-fledged hit album, ZZ Top followed it up with Fandango!, a record split between a side of live tracks and a side of new studio cuts. In a way, this might have made sense, since they were a kick-ass live band, and they do sound good here, but it's hard not to see this as a bit of a wasted opportunity in retrospect. Why? Because the studio side is a worthy successor to the all-fine Tres Hombres, driven by "Tush" and "Heard It on the X," two of their greatest songs that build on that album by consolidating their sound and amplifying their humor. If they had sustained this energy and quality throughout a full studio album, it would have been their greatest, but instead the mood is broken by the live cuts. Now, these are really good live cuts – and "Backdoor Medley" and "Jailhouse Rock" were fine interpretations, making familiar songs sound utterly comfortable in their signature sound – and Fandango! remains one of their better albums, but it's hard not to think that it could have been even better.
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, all music.com
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