ZZ Top - Eliminator 25th Anniversary Radio Special
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“...drummer Frank Beard slams away as tight, hard and potent as a kicking mule, bassist Dusty Hill accompanies Beard with the kind of dirty thunks that'll loosen your back teeth, and guitarist Billy Gibbons roars through a repertoire of blues-and Hendrix-influenced licks as sharp and flashy as a pimp's wardrobe.” - from Rolling Stone's original 1983 review of ELIMINATOR“This is the heartbeat of the whole country, of rock and roll. These cats know their blues, and they know how to dress it up.”
- from Keith Richards' speech inducting ZZ Top into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rhino and MP103 celebrate the 25th anniversary of the 1983 masterpiece from “that little ol' band from Texas” with ELIMINATOR (COLLECTOR'S EDITION), a deluxe CD+DVD set that fires on all cylinders. When it was first released, ELIMINATOR was a landmark in ZZ Top's evolution - geniuses at reinventing themselves, the Texas trio proved themselves timeless and utterly of the moment with the disc's amped up, synth-boogie overdrive. The album hit #9 in Billboard®, remained on the Hot 100 for three years and sold over ten million copies.
The COLLECTOR'S EDITION audio CD features the LP's classic eleven song set list, including the original album version of their smash hit “Legs,” which appeared only on very early pressings of the title - it was subsequently replaced with a markedly different radio edit, and has been unavailable until now. Bonus tracks include the single version and 12” dance mix of “Legs” plus previously unreleased live send-ups - recorded in November, 1983 - of hits including “Gimme All Your Lovin',” “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Got Me Under Pressure.”
The DVD disc features all four of ELIMINATOR's videos, two of which were honored at the first-ever MTV Video Music Awards in 1984: “Legs” for Best Group Video and “Sharp Dressed Man” for Best Direction. Clips for “Gimme All Your Lovin'” and “TV Dinners” are featured as well. Highlights also include four songs performed for the U.K.'s “Live On The Tube” in November 1983.
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