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Music CD ZZ Top - Chrome, Smoke and BBQ Box Set (CD) Audio CD – Original recording remastered, October 14, 2003

by Zz Top (Artist)
4.8 out of 5 stars 90
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A career-spanning set from Texas' favorite rock and roll sons. All the ZZ Top you'll ever need! This collection focuses on ZZ Top's 20's years with Warner Brothers, along with such rarities as 3 tracks from Billy Gibbons' first band, The Moving Sidewalks. From the raw, smokey blues of the early days to the signature hits of the '80s and '90s, this set has it all. Also included is a book containing early shots of Billy Gibbons (without the beard!), a history of the band by Tom Vickers, and track-by-track notes by Gibbons, Hill, and Beard, as told to Bob Merlis.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006OYL5
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Music CD (October 14, 2003)
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.23 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.1 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 out of 5 stars 90

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2024
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Delivered in perfect condition! Thanks!
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Randy's Rodeo
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost perfect selection, plus restored original mixes
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2008
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I'll let all y'all fans gush - suffice to say that ZZ Top is an essential Texas band. I mainly want to refute some other comments concerning these mixes. In the 80's, the band heavily remixed their first six albums for the "Six Pack" reissue, adding massive amounts of reverb. For years, those were the standard mixes on CD reissues.

These mixes are the originals - they sound clean and dynamic, with a little tape hiss audible in only the quietest parts. I owned the old CDs, so I could 'A-B' them. Check out "La Grange." When the drums kick in, it's easy to hear the absence of echo. Buy with confidence!

As for the track selection, I only found one cut - "Balinese" - that will be sorely missed, and a few more - like "Apologies To Pearly," "Low Down In The Street," and "(Somebody Else Been) Shaking Your Tree" - that would have been nice. But, nothing's perfect, and those cuts are available for  download .

Altogether, "Chrome, Smoke & BBQ" is the one to get. Haw, haw, haw...
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AMP71
5.0 out of 5 stars That Little Band from Texas
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2010
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Chrome Smoke and BBQ features all of the best of ZZ Tops music. From the old bluesy standards of the 70's, to the the hard rockin' recent stuff of today; CS&BBQ has them all. A neat bonus is the collectible case and ZZ Top flip book with photos of the bands history. If you're a ZZ top fan, musician, blues enthusiast, or enjoy getting down in some Rio Grande mud, this box set is for you.
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Donald E. Gilliland
4.0 out of 5 stars almost heaven
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2012
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I love the "old" ZZ Top sound of the 70s and up to the early 80s. Then, of course, they put on those Cheap Sunglasses, got some Legs, and became megastars of MTV and radio. Well, good for them. They deserve all the gold records and wealth that comes with being so succesful. But I still love their older albums the best, the raw and raunchy stuff. This 4-CD does a fairly job of showcasing the band's best material over the years. Of course, longtime fans like me are going to nitpick about certain favorite songs being left off this set, or the lack of more rarities. One thing I could have done without are all those tedious remixes on the fourth disc. I realize that there are completists out there, but all those dance mixes are not necessary. Without that dross, most of the rest of this boxed set offers solid proof of why those "Tres Hombres" were a great band.
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kimsim
5.0 out of 5 stars WOW Amazing Collection
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2010
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This is an amazing collection of ZZ Top from the begining to present. Every popular song I could think of is in there. I received the box set in about a week and it was packaged so that it was in perfect condition. I don't think I could ask for better product and service. Chrome Smoke & BBQ: The ZZ Top Box
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D. Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars ZZ TOP old and new! Great collection
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2011
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Exactly what I was looking for. Old blusey stuff and a few of the 80's synth songs that I didn't mind.
I primarily wanted the old blues stuff without effects-based "remastering."
This seemed to fit the bill and I am very glad I got it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It is very good boxs set
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016
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Chrome smoke & BBQ boxs set it is worth get it.. It is very good boxs set...
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WILLIAM WALDEN
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like ZZ
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2013
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If you want to hear ZZ at the most bluesy, and Rock'in as always this is the best all around set of CD's you can GET!!
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Martin S. aus B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wertige Box für Fans, mit Raritäten
Reviewed in Germany on February 6, 2020
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4CDs in einer sehr gut verarbeiteten Box. Mir gefällt besonders das Booklet mit kurzen Anmerkungen dee tres hombres zu jedem Song. Als Fan wollte ich die Box insbesondere wegen "Miller's Farm" und "Salt Licks" haben.
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Martin S. aus B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wertige Box für Fans, mit Raritäten
Reviewed in Germany on February 6, 2020
4CDs in einer sehr gut verarbeiteten Box. Mir gefällt besonders das Booklet mit kurzen Anmerkungen dee tres hombres zu jedem Song. Als Fan wollte ich die Box insbesondere wegen "Miller's Farm" und "Salt Licks" haben.
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rahabie
5.0 out of 5 stars ZZTOP三昧！
Reviewed in Japan on May 26, 2008
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やっと出たZZTOPの４枚組みボックスセット。
ZZTOP以前のバンドから、レアな１２インチシングルまで網羅したファン狂喜のアイテム。
なぜか紙製の組み立て人形のバーベキューセットとパラパラ漫画がついてる。（いらねえ！）
彼らの名作をほとんどすべて網羅しているので、これもってたら一日中ZZTOPで遊べます。
彼らはギター・ベース・ドラムの３人の３ピースバンドで基本はテキサス仕込みのブギである。
長い髭を自慢しているのも特徴です。
８０年代に「イリミネイター」やシンセを導入したアルバム「アフターバーナー」がヒットしてバック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャ−３の主題歌にも曲を書いたり、日本のスクーターのCMにも出たりしたりもしてました。
とにかく彼らはロックじじいって感じでかっこいいです。
特にビリー・ギボンズのギターがかっこいい。
泥臭く、ブルージーなその音はあちらでは長距離トラックドライバー達に演歌のように愛されているようです。
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MARILLION
5.0 out of 5 stars "ULTIMATIVE BOX DER BLUES-LEGENDEN"
Reviewed in Germany on June 4, 2011
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Ultimative 4 CD-Box der Texas-Blues-Legenden mit einigen Geheimtips und vielen Raritäten. Dazu gehören 3 großartige Blues-Songs von Billy Gibbsons damaliger Band "Moving Sidewalks", eingespielt in 1968 und ZZ Top's allererste Single "Salt lick" von 1970 mit der Rückseite "Miller's farm", eine absolute Rarität. Neben etlichen raren B-Seiten beinhaltet die Box weiters Remixes der Hits "Legs", "Viva las vegas", "Velcro fly" und "Give it up" in der Long-Version. Absolut rar auch die französische Version von "Francene". Eine Wansinnsbox die in jeder Sammlung einen Ehrenplatz haben sollte.
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zetton
5.0 out of 5 stars こんなの初めて！
Reviewed in Japan on September 29, 2003
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活動暦34年目にしてやっと発売された4枚組みセット。収録曲は、前身バンドのアルバムから3曲。ファースト・シングルから2曲(当時のA/B面)。アルバム「Rio Grande Mud」からのシングル曲"Francene"のスペイン語バージョン。80年代リミックスバージョン4曲。ライブバージョン等々、今では入手困難なレアもの多数。
その他全ての曲は、ZZ TOPとは30年近い付き合いのマスタリング・エンジニア ボブ・ラドウィグが、オリジナルテープからリマスターしたもの。特に初期の曲は顕著に音がクリアです。そして、プロデューサーには、4人目のZZ TOPと呼ばれる「ビル・ハム」！
15,000プレス限定のリミテッド・エディションは、特性ケース及び、秘蔵フォトや解説が満載の80ページにもおよぶブックレットなど特典付き。ただ、余分なオマケが不要な方には、ノーマルバージョンをお勧めします。同じ解説は付いています。
ベスト盤的に聴けるので、ファンはもちろん、代表曲しか知らない方にもお勧めします。
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Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Produkt gefällt sehr
Reviewed in Germany on January 12, 2020
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