5x180 gram LP box set! ZZ Top drop the needle into the groove for a new vinyl set that takes listeners on a rocking ride through the long running Texas trio’s early years. It includes the band’s first five albums pressed on heavyweight 180-gram vinyl, presented in a box made to look like the custom Nudie Suits worn by “That Little Ol’ Band From Texas” on stage… around the world. Cinco begins with the band’s 1971 debut, ZZ Top’s First Album, establishing the group’s signature blues-rock sound with tracks like (Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree, and Brown Sugar. The group return to Tyler to record its follow-up, Rio Grande Mud, which was released in April 1972. Some fan favourites included here are Just Got Paid and Bar-B-Q as well as the lead single Francine. ZZ Top’s third album, Tres Hombres was the band’s commercial breakthrough. Released in the summer of 1973, it was the trio’s first Top 10 record and earned gold status thanks to hit La Grange. Released in 1975, Fandango! was the band’s second consecutive gold album and featured its first Top 40 single Tush. The album is a combination of the live tracks that comprise Side1, recorded at The Warehouse in New Orleans, and studio recordings on Side 2. The final album included in Cinco is Tejas, which became ZZ Top’s third gold album when it was released in 1976. It hit the Top 20 on the album chart on the strength of tracks like It’s Only Love and Arrested For Driving While Blind.
