I'm defending the Top too! Tres Hombres is an absolutely killer record 
and I understand a 180 gram pressing will be out next week.
It is already on my pre-order list so I can replace mine. Jesus Just 
Left Chicago indeed...

AA


Tom Fine wrote:
> Hey, call me low-brow, but early ZZ Top definitely does it for me. Bob 
> Ludwig remastered new CD's of "Tres Hombres" and "Fandango" in the 
> last couple of years and I think they're great. Album notes are by a 
> guy who claims to be ZZ Top's "archivist." Bonus material is from I 
> think King Biscuit Flower Hour radio shows, really badly recorded.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "phillip holmes" 
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> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 2:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Is The Record Shop Dead?
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>
>> I didn't say I don't have several ZZ Top albums myself and the George 
>> Jones Box Set.  Just talking about truck stops.  You ain't lived till 
>> you had a truck stop chicken fried steak at 3 AM and bought a 
>> greatest hits collection at the counter.
>> Phillip
>>
>> Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>  The selection at Target, Wal-Mart, and the like, remind me of that
>>>>> little rack of cassette tapes they have at every mega truck stop. 
>>>>> "Tammy Wynette and "old possum face's" greatest duets" and the 
>>>>> complete
>>>>> works of ZZ Top.
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Hey,I LIKE George Jones.I like African Highlife music too...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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