ZZ Top/London,UK 2002

In 2002, ZZ TOP toured the world with Billy Gibbons’ self-produced ambitious work “XXX”. A super original recording that conveys the scene is now available. This work includes “London performance on November 1, 2002”. It is a transcendental audience recording. “XXX TOUR” lasted for more than four years from 1999 to 2002, but it was not always full of tours. In order to understand the situation, let’s look back at the schedule at that time and check the show’s position. 1999, September 12-26: North America #1a (10 performances)《XXX released on September 28》September 28-December 31: North America #1b (55 performances) 2000, 1 April 14th – March 5th: North America #2 (33 performances) April 17th – May 1st: Oceania (9 performances) May 4th – 12th, 2002: North America #3 (5 performances)・October 1st – November 1st: Europe (22 performances) ←★Here★ This is the whole picture of “XXX TOUR”. The tour continued for about 7 and a half months starting just before the release of “XXX”, and then it was temporarily halted. They restarted two years later in May 2002, and the main event was the autumn “Europe” tour. The London performance of this work was also the final stage of such a world tour. This work recorded at such a show is exactly the best audience with “super”. Anyway, the core is extremely thick with zero sense of distance, and the details are extremely clear. This work is made by the famous taper that we are familiar with as a “British master” in our store, and even in that collection it is clear and direct. Normally, the individuality is the combination of a natural atmosphere and clarity, but in this work, it is as if it is a sound board, and the natural balance is the result of a precisely mixed FM broadcast. It seems so. If it wasn’t given directly to you by the person who recorded it, it’s such a transcendent sound that you’d wonder, “Which radio station is the original broadcast from?” The ultra-direct sound depicts a heavy and dynamic full show that eliminates any keyboard sounds. Speaking of shows in the 2000s, the official live work “LIVE FROM TEXAS” is the standard, so let’s organize the sets while comparing them. 70’s/80’s (16 songs) Rio Grande Mad: Just Got Paid Tres Hombres: Waitin’ for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago / Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers (★) / La Grange Fandango! : Mexican Blackbird (★) / Tush ・Elegy for Massacre: I Thank You (★) / I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide / Cheap Sunglasses ・El Loco: Tube Snake Boogie ・Iliminator: Got Me Under Pressure / Gimme All Your Lovin’/Sharp Dressed Man/Legs・Afterburner: Rough Boy Others (4 songs)・Antenna: Pincushion・Rhythmian: Bang Bang (★)・Others: Future Blues (★: Willie Brown)/I Loved the Woman (★ :Freddie King) *Note: Songs marked with “★” cannot be heard on “LIVE FROM TEXAS”. …and it looks like this. It ranges from the 70’s to the 80’s pop hit period and even the 90’s. However, what is surprising is that there are no selections from the latest work (at that time) “XXX”, but even the previous work “RHYTHMEEN”. Perhaps he was already working on his next work “MESCALERO”, and even though the name is “XXX TOUR”, it is a greatest hits without worrying about it. In any case, it is an original recording with a transcendental sound. Once every few years, I come across a sound that makes me wonder, “Is this kind of sound possible for the audience?”, and this work is a perfect example of that. This 2-disc set allows you to experience a tough ZZ TOP full show on-site. Live at Carling Apollo Hammersmith, London, UK 1st November 2002 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1(48:47) 1. Intro. 2. Tube Snake Boogie 3. I Thank You 4. Pincushion 5. Got Me Under Pressure 6 . Waitin’ for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago 7. Future Blues 8. I’m Nationwide 9. Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers 10. Rough Boy 11. Mexican Blackbird Disc 2(47:43) 1. Cheap Sunglasses 2. Just Got Paid 3. I Loved a Woman 4. Bang Bang 5. Gimme All Your Lovin 6. Sharp Dressed Man 7. Legs 8. La Grange 9. Tush Billy Gibbons – guitar, vocals Dusty Hill – bass, backing vocals Frank Beard – drums , percussion