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Did you know that Billy Gibbons started out playing Texas psychedelia in the Moving Sidewalks, much like his friend Roky Erickson in the 13th Floor Elevators? He’s generally thought of as a career blues-rocker, but Billy has subtly evolved with the times over the decades—and so has his "Little Ol’ Band from Texas." ZZ Top sounded like the best blues band in town when "ZZ Top’s First Album" came out in ’70. On 1972’s "Rio Grande Mud," they started to show an interest in songcraft, and that came into full flower on their 1973 breakthrough "Tres Hombres," their first of five Top 10 LPs that paired their heavy boogie with arena-ready hooks (who knew that synths would later enter the picture, and with non-cheesy results?). This set puts those LPs in individual CD wallets with original art, plus "Fandango!" (’75), "Tejas" (’77), "Deguello" (’79), "El Loco" (’81), their 1983 triumph "Eliminator," their even bigger success "Afterburner" (’85) and 1990’s "Recycler." Also, this set brings the original album mixes of "First Album," "Rio Grande Mud" and "Tejas" to CD for the first time. You’ll find every smokin’ ZZ Top tune you need: the hits "Francene," "La Grange," "Tush," "It’s Only Love," "I Thank You," "Cheap Sunglasses," "Gimme All Your Lovin’," "Sharp Dressed Man," "Legs," "Sleeping Bag," "Stage," "Rough Boy," "Velcro Fly," "Give It Up" and more! Rhino/Warner Bros.