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ZZ Top ZZ Top's First Album mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Rock / Blues Album: ZZ Top's First Album Country: Europe Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock, Texas Blues MP3 version RAR size: 1563 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1509 mb WMA version RAR size: 1998 mb Rating: 4.5 Votes: 160 Other Formats: WMA MMF VQF MP4 XM AAC MIDI Tracklist Hide Credits (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree 1 2:32 Written-By – Gibbons* Brown Sugar 2 5:22 Written-By – Gibbons* Squank 3 2:46 Written-By – Ham*, Gibbons*, Hill* Goin´ Down To Mexico 4 3:26 Written-By – Ham*, Gibbons*, Hill* Old Man 5 3:23 Written-By – Gibbons*, Hill*, Beard* Neighbor, Neighbor 6 2:18 Written-By – Gibbons* Certified Blues 7 3:25 Written-By – Ham*, Gibbons*, Beard* Bedroom Thang 8 4:37 Written-By – Gibbons* Just Got Back From My Baby´s 9 4:07 Written-By – Ham*, Gibbons* Backdoor Love Affair 10 3:20 Written-By – Ham*, Gibbons* Companies, etc. Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH Credits Bass, Vocals – Dusty Hill Design – Bill Narum Drums – Rube Beard* Guitar, Vocals – Billy Gibbons Photography By – Frank Jaubert Producer – Bill Ham Notes Made in Germany Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 0 7599-27379-2 0 Matrix / Runout: 2 56601 SRC-01 Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM Label Code: LC 0392 Other: WE 835 Other (US): 3268-2 Other (France): WE 851 Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year First Album (LP, London PS 584 ZZ Top PS 584 US 1971 Album) Records First Album (LP, Warner Bros. BSK 3268 ZZ Top BSK 3268 US Unknown Album, RE) Records ZZ Top's First Warner Bros. 081227946531 ZZ Top Album (LP, 081227946531 Europe 2017 Records Album, RE, 180) Zz Top's First London SAHA 7804 Zz Top Album (LP, SAHA 7804 Australia 1975 Records Album) Warner Bros. WB 56 601, K 56 First Album (LP, Records, WB 56 601, K 56 ZZ Top Europe Unknown 601 Album, RE) Warner Bros. 601 Records Related Music albums to ZZ Top's First Album by ZZ Top 1. ZZ Top - The Best Of 2. Ray Gibbons - Always Late EP 3. Carroll Gibbons & His Boy Friends - Remember? (Carroll Gibbons Looks Back) 4. Carroll Gibbons - Moonbeams Dance / Bubbling Over 5. Carroll Gibbons And His Boy Friends - Carroll Gibbons Looks Back 6. ZZ Top - Rhythmeen 7. Steve Gibbons - Stained Glass 8. The Steve Gibbons Band - Take Me Home 9. ZZ Top - Greatest Hits 10. ZZ Top - Fandango!.

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IS/SONY in High Gear W/Japanese Market on Eve Ur Inch Disks Bow
i sh Box Self Service Tape Guide (Turn The Page) ... IS/SONY In High Gear w/Japanese Market On Eve 2nd Spot In Global Disk Sales . The Split Look August 16, 1969 i Top 40 Radio ,;oldners Form ash.,mpany...EVR: )se To A Consumer Reality ... SSS Buys Ott Cash Box754 d Bird, Blue Cat Catalogs ... Mini Players, ur Inch Disks Bow On European Markets... Peter Sarstedt E WONDER: BIG STEVIE WONDER Intl Section Begins on Pg. 61 www.americanradiohistory.com The inevitable single from the group that brought you "Young Girl" and "WomanYVoman:' EC "This Girl Is Dir Ai STA BII aWoman Now7 hbAn. by Gary Puckett COiN and The Union Gap. DEE On Columbia Records* Di 3 II Lodz,' Tel: 11A fie 1%. i avb .» o www.americanradiohistory.com ///1\\ %b\\ ISM///1\\\ ///=1\\\ Min 111 111\ //Il11f\\ 11111111111111 1/11111 III111 MUSIC -RECORD WEEKLY ii INTERNATIONAL milli 1IUUIII MI/I/ MIII II MU/// MUMi M1111/// U1111D U IULI glia \\\1197 VOL. XXXI - Number 3/August 16, 1969 Publication Office / 1780 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 / Telephone JUdson 6-2640 / Cable Address: Cash Box, N. Y. GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARTY OSTROW Vice President IRV LICHTMAN Editor in Chief EDITORIAL MARV GOODMAN Cash Box Assoc. Editor JOHN KLEIN BOB COHEN BRUCE HARRIS Self- Service EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS MIKE MARTUCCI ANTHONY LANZETTA Tape Guide ADVERTISING BERNIE BLAKE Director of Advertising ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES STAN SOIFER, New York BILL STUPER, New York HARVEY GELLER, Hollywood Much of the confusion facing first - 8 -TRACK CARTRIDGES: Using the WOODY HARDING unit tape consumers lies in the area same speed and thickness of tape Art Director of purchaser education.
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Neil Daniels PIVAŘI A FRAJEŘI Průvodce světem ZZ Top Neil Daniels Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers: A ZZ Top Guide Přeložil Milan Stejskal Translation © Milan Stejskal, 2015 Copyright © Neil Daniels, 2014 ISBN 978-80-7511-121-0 ISBN 978-80-7511-122-7 (epub) ISBN 978-80-7511-123-4 (pdf) Neil Daniels PIVAŘI A FRAJEŘI Průvodce světem ZZ Top PŘEDMLU VA od Stevena Rosena S Billym Gibbonsem a jeho kapelou ZZ Top jsem se poprvé se- známil v roce 1973. Právě vydali album Tres Hombres a já s nimi dělal rozhovor – se všemi třemi – pro nezávislý plátek jménem Los Angeles Free Press. Jakmile jsem vešel do jejich pokoje v ho- telu Continental Hyatt House – nechvalně to proslulém příbyt- ku mnoha rockových hvězd sedmdesátých let, který byl bohužel před mnoha lety zbourán – byl jsem přijat s pravou jižanskou po- hostinností, takže jsem se hned cítil v pohodě a klidu. Billy patřil mezi nejmilejší, nejzábavnější a nejbystřejší lidi, na něž jsem kdy narazil, a také díky tomu jsem si ho od první chvíle zamiloval. Během následujících let jsme se ještě mnohokrát sešli a v této před- mluvě uvedu rozhovor, který se odehrál zhruba šest let po našem prvním setkání. Podle mě právě toto vyprávění nejlépe ilustru- je, jaká kapela byla a je a jací jsou její členové po lidské stránce. Asi vám nemusím říkat, jak důležitou roli ZZ Top sehráli v šíření blues mezi širší vrstvy posluchačů. Billy Gibbons patřil a stále pa- tří mezi nejunikátnější a nejtvořivější kytaristy, kteří kdy drželi šestistrunku v ruce. O tom již napsali mnozí jiní. Ne, já vám nechci vyprávět o Billy Gibbonsovi, Franku Beardovi a Dusty Hillovi z hlediska historie, zvolím spíše osobní pohled.
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Cash Box NY Date, the Primary Sponsors of These Type of on What Could Have Been a Typical Album/Ticket Circulation NINA TREGUB
November 2, 1985 ZZ Top Turning Up The Heat With “Afterburner Story on Page 15 •« V 1 ' H Qf ^ J|| HBl Y C4SH BOX ^THE INTERNATIONAL MUSIC / COIN MACHINE / HOME ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY VOLUME XLIX — NUMBER 21 — November 2, 1985 C4SHBQ< GUEST EDITORIAL GEORGE ALBERT President and Publisher MARK ALBERT Corporate $$$$ Aid Artists & Promoters — Vice President and General Manager SPENCE BERLAND Manufacturer’s Next? Vice President By Rip Pelley J.B. CARMICLE Vice President Many years have passed since the American consumer tuned in the with major music stars. Many potential sponsors are still fence sitting DAVID ADELSON radio to laugh at a young comic who identified himself as “Bob because of the usual expensive fees inherent with these type of Managing Editor Pepsodent Hope." While Hope’s middle name may have changed from programs. Although these fees are usually justified, most advertisers ROBERT LONG "Pepsodent" to “Texaco,” consumers have never changed their cannot afford the high ticket sponsorship. willingness to identify products with the celebrities In fill the void for these of companies, record Director Black/Urban Marketing who endorse them. order to types Currently, the advertising industry, facing manufacturer’s can tap these organization’s JIMI FOX audience slippage and fragmentation in network products and retail outlets for use in national and Director Media Communications television advertising, has turned to event local new release campaigns. In turn, the Research sponsorship and targeted consumer marketing advertiser can participate in the airtime generated KEITH ALBERT, Manager campaigns to further reach today's mobile by these promotions, as well as potential DARRYL LINDSEY RON ROSENTHAL consumer.
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COVER STORY Acting as Assistant to Richard Perna is Kimberly Jones. Her position encompasses everything from taking Richard's telephone calls to conducting meetings for Richard when he is unable to attend. Drawing upon her background in journalism and public relations, she also coordinates all public relations and publicity events for the Hamstein Group of companies. Hamstein Publishing Company, Inc. is the administrative branch of the Hamstein Group of companies. It consists of Business Affairs and Creative Affairs. Business Affairs is responsible for copyrighting songs, issuing licenses for copyrighted material, collecting/disbursing royalties, and negotiating and administering all contracts. Dean Migchelbrink is Director of Business Affairs. Creative Affairs handles the aquisition of writers and marketing of the songs. Richard Perna oversees both areas, working closely with Dean. Dean Migchelbrink joined the Hamstein Publishing companies in 1989 when he became Manager of Administration. He came into the company with a strong background in music publishing. In addition to studying at Belmont College in Nashville, Dean interned at PolyGram Records while he was taking classes. He worked for Copyright Management, Inc. for three years, where he was instrumental in helping them to develop separate Copyright, Licensing and Royalty departments. Currently, he manages all aspects of Copyright Administration, Licensing and Royalties. In addition, he is collaborating on writing a software program that is specific to music publishing administration, marketing and royalties, which is scheduled for commercial release in late 1994. Dean was also responsible for signing the members of Little Texas to Howlin' Hits Music. Working with Dean in Business Affairs are several key staff members: Todd Tocker is Director of the Copyright Department.
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ZZ Top Tejas Mp3, Flac, Wma
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ZZ Top 2004.Pdf
By Tom Vickers fter THnay-nyEYEAKS a s th e The fruits of Billy F. Gibbons’, Frank world’s longest-running Beard’s and Dusty Hill’s imaginations, band with no personnel guided by manager/producer Bill Ham, changes, ZZ Top is in have entered our consciousness in stantly recognizable, by many ways. both sight and sound. ZZ The story starts on December 16, A Top’s beards and blues-based1949, Texas with the birth of Billy Gibbons. rock have made the band a cultural His father, Fred, was Houston’s premier icon. Their likenesses have appeared in society bandleader while serving as The New Yorker- a cartoon depicting a conductor for the Houston Symphony long-bearded police officer, captioned Orchestra. But it was a far different “ZZ Cop” - and in an episode of T h e sound that sparked young Billy’s inter S im p so n s in which Bart spies three Ha- est in all things funky, low-down and sidim and yells, “Hey, look. It’s ZZ Top. soulful. When Billy was seven, his You guys rock!” seventeen-year-old baby-sitter, named Yes, they rock. But they do so with Little Stella, took him to Houston’s elements of blues, soul, garage punk Fourth Ward clubs, where he saw the and boogie, not forgetting a lyrical blues and R&B stars of the day. outlook that embraces sex, beer Little Stella’s musical field trips drinkin’, hell raisin’, cars, Texas lore inspired Billy to learn to play guitar, and landscapes, and fine-lookin’ gals.
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ZZ Top Greatest Hits Mp3, Flac, Wma
ZZ Top Greatest Hits mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Rock / Folk, World, & Country Album: Greatest Hits Country: Canada Released: 1992 Style: Pop Rock MP3 version RAR size: 1196 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1751 mb WMA version RAR size: 1363 mb Rating: 4.7 Votes: 634 Other Formats: WAV DXD AIFF MP1 AHX WMA AAC Tracklist Hide Credits 1 Gimme All Your Lovin' 3:59 2 Sharp Dressed Man 4:15 3 Rough Boy 4:52 4 Tush 2:16 5 My Head's In Mississippi 4:20 6 Pearl Necklace 4:06 7 I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide 4:47 Viva Las Vegas 8 4:48 Written-By – Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 9 Doubleback 3:56 10 Gun Love 3:40 11 Got Me Under Pressure 4:00 12 Give It Up 3:30 13 Cheap Sunglasses 4:47 14 Sleeping Bag 4:03 15 Planet Of Women 4:05 16 La Grange 3:52 17 Tube Snake Boogie 3:04 18 Legs 4:32 Companies, etc. Record Company – Time Warner Record Company – MCA Inc. Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing Produced For – Lone Wolf Productions Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc. Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc. Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc. Published By – Hamstein Music Company Published By – MCA Music Publishing Published By – Elvis Presley Music Published By – Williamson Music Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Credits Art Direction – Jeri Heiden Bass, Vocals – Dusty Hill Design – Leslie Wintner Drums, Percussion – Frank Beard Engineer – Joe Hardy, Terry Manning Engineer [Mastering] – Bob Ludwig Guitar, Vocals – Billy Gibbons Liner Notes – Bob Merlis*, Davin Seay Photography By – Glen Wexler Producer – Bill Ham Written-By – Gibbons*, Hill*, Beard* Notes From the albums: Tracks 1, 2 & 11: Eliminator.
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ZZ Top - the Heaviest (2015)
ZZ Top - The Heaviest (2015) Written by bluesever Monday, 11 May 2015 15:50 - ZZ Top - The Heaviest (2015) 1. Sharp Dressed Man (4:16) 2. Gimme All Your Lovin' (4:00) 3. Over You (4:31) 4. Give It Up (3:32) 5. Sleeping Bag (3:54) 6. Blue Jean Blues (4:42) 7. Chartreuse (2:58) 8. Rhythmeen (3:54) 9. Black Fly (3:33) 10. I Gotsta Get Paid (4:01) 11. Old Man (3:31) 12. Pincushion (4:35) 13. 2000 Blues (4:25) 14. Consumption (3:50) 15. She's Just Killing Me (4:57) ZZ Top began as a rough-and-ready blues-rock power trio from Texas that became a huge mid-1970s concert attraction. Their real commercial peak didn't come, however, until the 1980s, when the "Little Ol' Band from Texas" became MTV superstars and sold multiple millions of albums. ZZ Top was built around guitarist Billy Gibbons, whose career began with the popular Southwestern band Moving Sidewalks, whose "99th Floor" was a regional mid-'60s hit. They opened one night for Jimi Hendrix, and he later mentioned Gibbons on The Tonight Show as one of America's best young guitarists. After Moving Sidewalks broke up, Gibbons and manager/producer Bill Ham recruited Frank Beard and Dusty Hill from a Dallas band, American Blues. Beginning with the release of First Album in 1970, ZZ Top has toured constantly, building a national following that has made all the band's albums gold or platinum. A year-long tour in 1976, "The Worldwide Texas Tour," was one of the largest-grossing road trips in rock at the time.
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