ZZ Top Tres Hombres - The Real Deal!

[kim]

I happened to be shopping the aisles of Amazon.com today and just happened to come across the ZZ Top "Tres Hombres" album yet again and to my surprise, found out that they have finally released the original version in all of it's glory.

As some of you may know, I have hammered the shit out of this release in past because I purchased the album which was "remastered"...PERIOD!

Well, since then, I guess they had the decency to remaster it from the "Original" tape and now have it released on cd yet again. I read the reviews and once again ordered it because from all accounts, it's the way it was meant to be.

This is not the "re-worked" version with new vocals and "synth drum", but the real deal from the day in which it was recorded.

Available from Amazon.com for $14.98. Good deal in my opinion for an album of this calibre. Apparently, the album "Tejas" is offered up in the same fashion after so many grievances directed towards the group and folks responsible for making such a mockery of the original album the first time around.

If anyone is interested, check out the review for the original rating of the release at Amazon.com...my review is now on top of the list
of reasons why "not to buy the album"...hahaha. Finally, 31 people out of 31 deemed it helpfull!!! I guess that helps Amazon.com sell more stock as well???...ah well, as long as they heard my lament...hahahaha

Don't purchase it yet though...wait till I get the chance to give er a listen...just in case there's a problem...I'd hate to see people getting burned like I did the first time...I'll let you know once I receive the album. If it is the real deal,...does anyone wanna buy the first version I bought???...hahahahaha...seriously, I'm gonna make a frisbee outta the bastard!!! hahahaha!!!! Nobody should pay for the original travesty!!!

I'll keep ya updated!

Thanks
Kim

[mak]

i wish ZZ Top would return to their roots stop trying to make money and play like when they first started out

[Speedy]

mak said:

i wish ZZ Top would return to their roots stop trying to make money and play like when they first started out

I actually thought that Antenna was a good compromise. RYTHMEEN kicked MUCH ass. The last couple were just ok though.

[IRON BALLS]

There is a flaw on the new remastered version, if you listen close enough one of the later songs at about 1 minute 20 seconds into it the right channel cuts out for 1 10th of a second, long enough to wonder what just happened. Track 7 or 8 i think.

[mak]

mrspeedgene said:

mak said:

i wish ZZ Top would return to their roots stop trying to make money and play like when they first started out

I actually thought that Antenna was a good compromise. RYTHMEEN kicked MUCH ass. The last couple were just ok though.

yeah you are right Speedy but i want them to play real Kick-ass Rock & Blues only the way they can play

[kim]

chillw said:

There is a flaw on the new remastered version, if you listen close enough one of the later songs at about 1 minute 20 seconds into it the right channel cuts out for 1 10th of a second, long enough to wonder what just happened. Track 7 or 8 i think.

In my younger days this would have been an issue. These days however, anything less than 3 10ths of a second is totally undetectable by my aging aural canals so I should be able to deal with this little techno glitch...haha.

Maybe they did this on purpose in order to eventually come out with yet another "totally remastered, better than before, original, cleaned up" version and make a whole pee pot of money all over again? ;D

Thanks
Kim

[Warpig]

I still have my original vinyl release of this gem, actually I have an old 8-track of it also just nothing to play it on.

[jimmccormick3]

I have the original CD that came out when CD's were first out on the market. My fave ZZ Top album!

[kim]

jimmccormick3 said:

I have the original CD that came out when CD's were first out on the market. My fave ZZ Top album!

Right on Jim! I'm thinking your original cd is the unbastardized version that they released a few years back? Hang on to that one!

I just hope they didn't dick around with anything else with this reissue that I just ordered???

This release also contains a live version of a few of the tracks, placed at the end of the cd thankfully.

Hey Warpig, I too had the album on 8 track when it was first released. It disappeared many moons ago however. Part that bothered me the most though was that right at the critical part of "La Grange"...the damn thing would switch tracks..."claaaCLACKKKKKK"!!! hahahaha.

Thanks
Kim

[Warpig]

kimbaman said:

Hey Warpig, I too had the album on 8 track when it was first released. It disappeared many moons ago however. Part that bothered me the most though was that right at the critical part of "La Grange"...the damn thing would switch tracks..."claaaCLACKKKKKK"!!! hahahaha.

Thanks
Kim

Yeah that was the bad thing about 8Tracks, although it would be kinda cool to listen to one now-a-days just for nostalgic reasons ;D

[Frank]

mrspeedgene said:

mak said:

i wish ZZ Top would return to their roots stop trying to make money and play like when they first started out

I actually thought that Antenna was a good compromise. RYTHMEEN kicked MUCH ass. The last couple were just ok though.

AGREED RYTHMEEN IS A KILLER ALBUM