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Not a bad recording at all for 1981. Recorded TAO (Track At Once) so it has 2 second gaps between songs. Excellent show! I am looking for a DAO (Disk At Once) gapless version.JULY 21st, 1981 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA AT THE SPECTRUM
(El Loco Tour) B+ Quality
(1) CD
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) Waitin For The Bus
3) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Philadelphia P - A Mention)
4) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
5) Don't Tease Me
6) I Want To Drive You Home
7) Ten Foot Pole (Billy calls it their "brand new love song.")
8) Manic Mechanic
9) Heard It On The X
("Blues Time in Philadelphia")
10) Fool For Your Stockings
("Reverand Willie G." Crosses Sermon)
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind (Extended with 2 minute instrumental)
14) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
15) Party On The Patio
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) Jailhouse Rock
18) La Grange
19) Tush
OCTOBER 2nd, 1981 - ZZ TOP LIVE IN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN AT THE GOTA LEJON (EL LOCO TOUR)
(2) CD SET
Set / Track List:
1) Groovie Little Hippy Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Stockholm)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Billy announces a new one off their "brand new record called El Loco"
6) I Wanna Drive You Home (Excellent!)
7) Ten Foot Pole
8) Manic Mechanic
9) Heard It On The X
10) I Loved A Woman
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind
14) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
15) Party On The Patio
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) Jailhouse Rock
18) La Grange
19) Tush
20) Unknown pre-recorded song as crowd chants non-stop "ZZ TOP! ZZ TOP!"
(Note: I have listened to over 175 ZZ shows that were captured by the audience and I have never heard this song played before during a pre-encore break). This is some sort of a European techno song and it is my guess that it was supposed to end the concert, as ZZ Top routinely plays techno songs as the crowd exits, but in this case, the crowd would not leave nor let up on an Encore demand. And they got it.
Encore:
21) Dust My Broom
22) Just Got Paid
Unknown song played as crowd leaves ("Where Are You")
OCTOBER 6th, 1981 - ZZ TOP LIVE IN NURNBERG GERMANY AT THE HEMMERLEINHALLE
(1) CD
Set / Track List:
1) Groovie Little Hippy Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Nurnberg Germany)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Crowd starts to chant ZZ TOP super loud and Billy thanks them
6) I Wanna Drive You Home
7) Ten Foot Pole
8) Manic Mechanic
9) Heard It On The X
10) I Loved A Woman
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind
14) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
15) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
OCTOBER 11th, 1981 - ZZ TOP LIVE IN MUNCHEN (MUNICH) GERMANY AT THE NEUE WELT
(1) CD
Set / Track List:
1) Groovie Little Hippy Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Munich Germany)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) I Loved A Woman (Very nice!)
10) Dust My Broom
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It Quit It Medley
14) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
15) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) Jailhouse Rock
18) La Grange
19) Tush
OCTOBER 14th, 1981 - ZZ TOP LIVE IN MUNCHEN (MUNICH) GERMANY AT ALABAMAHALLE
(1) CD
Set / Track List:
1) Groovie Little Hippy Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Munich Germany)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) I Loved A Woman
10) Dust My Broom
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It Quit It Medley
14) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
15) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) Jailhouse Rock
18) La Grange
19) Tush
This was a very loud fast show. Someone in the audience did a great job of recording it. It starts a little unusual where "I Thank You", "Waitin' For The Bus" & "Jesus Just Left Chicago" are a medley. Overall it's a great performance, and a very nice recording. One of the best audience saves of 1981. Also the second to the last show of the El Loco Tour, with the following night in Great Britain being the last show of 1981/El Loco (see below).OCTOBER 25th 1981 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN PARIS FRANCE AT THE PAVILLION BALTARD
(El Loco Tour) A Quality
(1) CD
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You/Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago (Paris France) Medley
3) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
4) Ten Foot Pole
5) Manic Mechanic
6) Heard It On The X
7) I Loved A Woman ("How about a little blues in Paris")
8) Dust My Broom
9) Pearl Necklace
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
12) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
13) Party On The Patio
Encore:
14) Tube Steak Boogie
15) Jailhouse Rock
16) La Grange
17) Tush
Dusty says "Merci!"
Not a bad recording at all for 1981. This was ZZ Top's 1st time playing live in London. Thanks to David in the UK for setting me straight on all the early UK shows! Billy said "We've been workin' all month long and now this is the last night we've got over here, so it's time to tear this place down!" So this is likely the last Euro show of 1981. The major highlight of this show is the 2nd Encore with Mexican Blackbird and two other songs "I'm Going Down Down Down" and "Let's Go Get Stoned" which are likely the only live performances ever. OCTOBER 26th 1981 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN LONDON AT THE HAMMERSMITH-ODEON
(El Loco Tour) B+ Quality
(2) CD SET
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (London England)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) I Loved A Woman
10) Dust My Broom
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind
14) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
15) Tube Steak Boogie
16) Jailhouse Rock
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SECOND ENCORE:
19) Mexican Blackbird
20) I'm Going Down Down Down
Note: This is not the same song as "Deal Goin' Down" by Z Z Top, although it has some (few) of the same lyrics.
21) Let's Go Get Stoned!
Note: Possibly the only live performance ever of "Let's Go Get Stoned!"
MARCH 21st, 1982 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA AT THE COW PALACE
(El Loco Tour) A- QualityThis is a great recording for 1982. An awesome 21 year old show! ZZ sounds excellent at this show. Crowd sounds huge and loves the concert! The version of "Fool For Your Stockings" is a totally awesome extended version with different lyrics and the crosses sermon!
(1) CD
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (San Francisco & Two California Mentions)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
("Blues Time In San Francisco")
9) Fool For Your Stockings
(Variation ~ "Bring your girlfriend cause that sweet bitch can only get sweeter baby!")
("Reverand Willie G." Crosses Sermon)
10) Pearl Necklace
11) Cheap Sunglasses
12) Arrested For Driving While Blind
13) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
14) Party On The Patio
15) Tube Steak Boogie
16) Dust My Broom
17) La Grange
18) Tush
Incomplete - Possibly from a video of the show.MAY 28th, 1982 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE AT DORTMOND GERMANY ~ Westfalenhalle
(El Loco Tour) B- Quality
(1) CD
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Duetchland Mention)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) I Loved A Woman
8) Dust My Broom
9) La Grange
10) Tush
Notes: The crowd loves it and enjoyed this concert. Crowd claps along and chants ZZ Top in their Euro accents. Not a bad recording for 1982. It sure could use some bass, but it gives a good idea of what ZZ sounded like in the early 80's. Not many El Loco concerts can be found today.
Somewhat muted but at least someone was able to save this show from the audience. It's got that old ZZ sound. Whoever recorded this either moved out from behind some people or adjusted their recorders settings as once it gets to "I'm Bad I'm Nationwide" the quality of the recording improves considerably, with some awesome bass. It seems like about halfway through the show, the band really started to get into and proceeded to kick some very serious ass!!! Cool older show to listen to!MAY 29th, 1982 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN WURZBURG GERMANY
(El Loco Tour) B+/A- Quality
(1) CD
Announcer introduces "The best rock band in the world, from Houston Texas it's Z Z Top!"
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Germany)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
Crowd chants ZZ TOP! ZZ TOP!
6) Ten Foot Pole (Killer version!)
7) Heard It On The X (Awesome!)
8) I Loved A Woman (Beautiful! Dusty sounds like Elvis.)
9) Pearl Necklace
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested For Drivin' While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley (9 minutes long)
Crowd chants ZZ TOP! ZZ TOP!
12) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
13) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
Crowd chants "WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE!"
14) Tube Steak Boogie
15) Dust My Broom
16) La Grange
17) Tush
After Tush ends someone in the crowd yells in a strong German accent "Ohhhh, that's some rock!!!" The crowd loved this show and it sounds like it was an awesome one no doubt!
And the following night after a wonderful performance in Wurzburg, another great performance in Munich Germany. Another great show to listen to. German crowd is very vocal and loves this show! MAY 30th, 1982 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN MUNICH GERMANY
(El Loco Tour) B+ Quality
(1) CD
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Germany)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Heard It On The X
8) I Loved A Woman
9) Pearl Necklace
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested For Drivin' While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
12) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
13) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
14) Tube Steak Boogie
15) Dust My Broom
16) La Grange
17) Tush
Not a great recording but at least someone saved it. Sounds like it was a huge crowd and ZZ put on a fine show. A highlight of this show is when ZZ plays "Auld Lang Syne" as the year changes from 1982 to 1983. DECEMBER 31st, 1982 and JANUARY 1st 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA
(El Loco Tour) B- Quality
(1) CD
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Phoenix Arizona)
5) Francine
6) Just Got Paid
7) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) Manic Mechanic
10) Heard It On The X
11) Fool For Your Stockings (Crosses Sermon)
12) Pearl Necklace
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind
Billy counts down the new year from 10 seconds. Fans are setting off fireworks in the crowd and Dusty Yells "Happy New Year Everybody! ZZ Top then plays you guessed it.....
14) Auld Lang Syne
Show ends with a prerecorded song which is semi-electronic and has never been heard before at the end of any audience recorded event.
Not a bad recording for 1983. ZZ Top sure seems to like Baton Rouge with multiple mentions in songs, and comments about Baton Rouge in between songs. This is a very enjoyable show to listen to!
1) Groovie Little Hippie Pad
1) Got Me Under Pressure
4) Waitin' For The Bus
12) Fool For Your Stockin's (Reverand Willie G. Crosses Sermon) (Outstanding, crowd loves it!)
15) Arrested For Driving While Blind (California mention)
16) Hit It Quit It (Crowd chants "ZZ Top" between verses)
Thanks to my pal Tama in Japan for finding this old classic show and sharing it.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
18) Gimme All Your Lovin'
DVD Contents :
Incomplete show, yet nice rare footage;
01. Gimme All Your Lovin'
This sounds like a small venue. Not a terribly bad recording for something done by a fan in the audience in 1983. For an early 80's recording this is very nice. Billy talks to the crowd quite a bit. This is a great show!
1) Thunderbird
7) Sharp Dressed Man
Encore
14) Tube Snake Boogie
1) Got Me Under Pressure
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
After the band leaves the stage "Exercise Is Good For You" by "Trelix" is played yet the CD skips. This is a very clear recording of most of the song with clear lyrics. It's the longest recording of this post show song that I have heard. Too bad it skips so much. One of these days a full good recording of this song has to turn up... It's a long song.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
Recording is a little on the poor side, but it's not bad for 1983 from the audience. I'd say it's B+ or A--
1) Got Me Under Pressure
16) Tube Snake Boogie
1) Got Me Under Pressure
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
16) Tube Steak Boogie
1) Got Me Under Pressure
15) Tube Steak Boogie
1) Got Me Under Pressure
A little muted yet an enjoyable show.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
A little muted and rough at times, not the best recording yet still an interesting enjoyable show.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
Slightly distant audience recording but an enjoyable show no doubt. Quite rare. The crowd loves this show and sings along more than any average show! This is really cool. Too bad the recording was not better, but hey, 1983? This is the only audience recording of ZZ Top in Scotland that is known to exist.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
At the end of this show, after the band exits a pre-recorded song comes on which is Exercise Is Good For You by Trelix. They started playing this same song at the end of concerts again 20 years later in 2003. To my knowledge, no one has ever captured a complete recording of it.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
At the end of this show, after the band exits a pre-recorded song comes on which is Exercise Is Good For You by Trelix. They started playing this same song at the end of concerts again 20 years later in 2003. To my knowledge, no one has ever captured a complete recording of it.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
17) Tube Steak Boogie
1) Got Me Under Pressure
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
14) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
1) Got Me Under Pressure
(Bizarre techno intro with gong was used at this show as a lead into "Planet Of Women". This intro was later used in the Feb 19th, 1987 Osaka Japan show and a few US locations as a lead into "Sharp Dressed Man" with the addition of a 10 second countdown.)
14) Planet Of Women
19) Velcro Fly
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
3) Waitin for the Bus
9) Rough Boy
1) Got Me Under Pressure
16) La Grange
About this show: Well, to begin with the Jumping Frog Jubilee was an annual Bullfrog jumping/race event in Calaveras County which ended up combining with the Merced Airshow in 1985 and in 1986 over 100,000 people turned out to fill an entire open air concert which spread over an entire valley in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Newspapers and radio stations reported anything from "incalculable numbers" to up to 300,000 people. During the 2nd day crowds had torn down all of the ticket gates and fences and just flowed in freely. There were stages set up from one end of the valley to the other and bands played at different locations for 2 days as stunt planes flew overhead skywriting their names. It took over an hour just to walk from one end of the valley to the other. Other bands that played were Van Halen, AC/DC, Twisted Sister, The Cars, Metallica (who was then a garage band telling people to tape their shows and share the tapes with friends), The Scorpions, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Rod Stewart, Cindi Laupher, Huey Lewis & The News, Herby Hancock, The Tubes, REO Speedwagon, Whitesnake, Soft White Underbelly and about half a dozen other bands including ZZ Top. Pablo Star had opened on the ZZ Top stage. It had been advertised on radio stations for over a year before as "Mountainaire '86 Rockin' The State of California!". There was a huge turnout by the Hell's Angels bikers and a coastal nudist colony of thousands of nude people demonstrating their rights. While there were only a few thousand nudists on the 1st day, there were at least over 20 or 30 thousand nude people by the second day, as the Hell's Angels were giving out free beer and crystal meth (crank) to any women in trade for all of their cloths and they were burning the cloths in barrels. At least 1-2 or more of 10 people ended up nude by the 2nd day. There was a newscaster from Sacramento who was fired after nude photos of her surfaced which caused a public outrage. The Hell's Angels ended up riding their bikes all over the valley running over campgrounds, blankets and tents and even people some of the time, if they did not get out of the way fast enough. While police had warned that there would be arrests for public nudity the show ended with no reported arrests for anything. There was a huge amount of beer drinking and pot smoking going on with people handing out Humbolt county skunk weed by the handful out of paper grocery sacks, free, as well as LSD and mushroom vendors with tents and signs. By the second day there were rumors that the police had been ordered not to arrest anyone, due to the fact that there were not enough police and considering that if they started arresting people that it would remove all police from duty within hours to perform all the arrests. By the second day people were taunting the police by smoking weed in front of them and offering them drugs and beer and chanting "F*ck the pigs!" The show was cancelled for 1987 and newspapers reported the cancellation due to the '86 event spurning unprecedented elicit drug use, intoxication, public nudity, destruction of state and county property and four deaths. There was a car accident following the end of the show where 4 teenagers were killed leaving. That was blamed on an intoxicated driver.
Aside from the kids that got killed, this was an absolutely bitchin' event. I came home severely sunburned and remember sleeping for a few days. It had taken about 5 hours just to find our car as we had forgotten where we left it the day before. I thought my tapes of it had been stolen by a roommate in 1988 and it was really cool to finally find out that I still have them. If you listen carefully you can hear the planes flying over ZZ Top as they wrote " Z Z " in smoke across the valley sky. ZZ Top performed the 1st night just before sunset. There was some sort of canvas or cloth canopy over the ZZ stage and there were mini-riots going on where other stages were being torn down by insane mod mentality. Huey Lewis & The News was reportedly ran off stage as the crowd tore down the stage.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
Legs sounds really great outside and it was complimented by all the nude women walking around and dancing. :)
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
And then the following night in Sweden;
1) Got Me Under Pressure
And then the following night in Sweden;
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
NOTE: This setlist has been updated 8-03-2003. This show includes a very rare live performance of "Delirious" which is the only one I have ever heard of this song. Thanks to Peter @ www.lowpft.com for pointing it out!
Afterburner Intro
1) Got Me Under Pressure
16) Velcro Fly
After the band leaves the stage "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trelix is played.
And the following night;
Afterburner Intro
1) Got Me Under Pressure
16) Velcro Fly
After the band leaves the stage "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trelix is played.
Well done recording from Paris. Very nice quality! Excellent show! This is a top notch digital recording from 1986? I didn't know they had digital decks back then that someone could carry into a show. This could be a soundboard patch. This is likely the best audience recording of 1986, truely amazing!
1) Got Me Under Pressure
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno intro with gong & electronic blips ~ 10 second blast off) AAA+++!!!
15) Velcro Fly
After the band leaves the stage, "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trelix is played
Very nice audience recording. Crisp & clear and a wonderful performance also. A very enjoyable show to listen to! This is a very fine example of what ZZ Top sounded like live during the Afterburner tour. This is a very powerful energy charged show which sounds like it was recorded from mics up in the air as there is no local crowd noise. You can hear the crowd just enough as to where it's a very nice balance and the crowd sounds like they are going pretty crazy. What a show. Must have been an incredible one to be at. Thank goodness someone saved it!
1) Got Me Under Pressure
15) Velcro Fly
Excellent recording for 1986! (some hiss, could be remastered!) This sounds like it was a killer concert to be at. The stadium sets off foghorns through the show to enhance the crowd excitement, and this crowd was SUPER excited! This is a really fun one to listen to and it sure makes you wish you had been there.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
12) Legs
Very unusual Dutch chant, that sounds like "Ole' Ole' Ole'Ole' and more Foghorns from the stadium! Awesome!
Crowd starts to chant "Z Z Top!" This is really fun to listen to! This crowd is going CrAzY!
15) Velcro Fly (Crowd sings along) (Foghorns in stadium)
"Exercise is good for you" by Trelix is played as the crowd exits
1) Got Me Under Pressure
1) Got Me Under Pressure
This sounds like a soundboard recording. Quality of recording and performance are both excellent. This is recorded in TAO (Track At Once) mode with gaps between songs. I am looking for a gapless version. This was released on a bootleg CD titled "Top Guns" on a fake label called "Three Cool Cats". This sounds very, very nice!
Do note, this is a short show, about an hour and it is complete. Yes, they did skip "Waitin' For The Bus" and "Jesus Just Left Chicago" as they played at almost every other show in 1986. Billy says very little in between songs and they seem to be in a hurry to stay on schedule for a shorter than normal performance. The pace of the songs are quicker than average. It would be easy to assume that there may be something missing from this archived recording, but when listening to the transitions between songs they are obviously seamless. There's nothing missing. This was a shorter than normal show as if it were on a strict time limit. ZZ may have been performing at a larger concert with multiple bands thus the shortened set list.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
01) Got Me Under Pressure
01) Got Me Under Pressure
B Recording. At least someone in the audience in Australia saved this one. Shame it was not recorded better. It's still quite listenable. Not many shows from Australia have been saved (Zz Top has not played that many times in Australia), and not many audience recorded shows from 1987 exist. The only other 1987 (audience preserved) shows that I am aware of were from Japan. Sounds like it was a great performance down under! Powerful and consistent with what they did in Japan the same year, just prior.
1) Got Me Under Pressure
15) Velcro Fly
15) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
16) Party On The Patio
17) Cheap Sunglasses
18) Tube Steak Boogie
19) La Grange
20) TushJANUARY 8th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA AT THE CENTROPLEX
A- Quality
(1) CD
2) I Thank You
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Baton Rouge Louisiana {2 opening verses} and unique New Orleans Mentions)
5) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) A Fool For Your Stockings (Blues time in Baton Rouge) ~ (Crosses Sermon)
10) Pearl Necklace
11) Cheap Sunglasses
12) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
13) Party On The Patio (Dusty says "Thank You Baton Rouge!")
14) Tube STEAK Boogie
15) Dust My Broom
16) La Grange
17) TushJUNE 25TH, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN IRVINE CALIFORNIA AT THE IRVINE AMPHITHEATER
A- Quality
Very nice rare California performance. This crowd goes crazy and a major highlight of this show is the final Tube Steak Boogie (1.2.3.4)/La Grange/Tush (extended with extra verses) Medley!
(1) CD
2) I've Got The Six
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
Billy says "We gonna have some fun in here tonight lemme tell ya!"
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Then he got wise and came to California & Right here in California)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man (Unique and interesting varations)
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Really cool version)
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
Billy says "It's blues time in California right now!"
13) Pearl Necklace (Totally bizarre extended version! This rocks!)
14) Cheap Sunglasses (really loud electronic sounds)
Billy says "There's no place I would rather be than right here right now. I notice some of ya'll have been drinkin' some beer in here tonight. And smokin' that stuff too! Just be careful when you're going home. Don't get arrested for drivin' while blind!"
Billy says "I sure hope ya'll can get down with it tonight because I wanna tear this guitar up!"
17) Party On The Patio
18) Tube Steak Boogie (1.2.3.4)/La Grange/Tush (extended with extra verses) Medley (killer!)
Right as the band exits the stage the pre-recorded "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trellix is played. AUGUST 20th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DERBYSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE CASTLE DONNINGTON PARK (MONSTERS OF ROCK FESTIVAL ~ Eliminator Tour)
B Quality, a little muted but certainly not bad for 1983. A very interesting show to listen to, with that old ZZ sound. La Grange is awesome here. This show should not be confused with the August 17th, 1985 audience recording here at the same venue, Castle Donnington Park. They are two different shows, two summers apart.
(2) CD SET
2) I've Got The Six
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Castle Donnington)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) Manic Mechanic
10) Heard It On The X
11) Pearl Necklace
12) Cheap Sunglasses
13) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It Quit It Medley
14) Party On The Patio
15) Tube Steak Boogie
16) La Grange
17) Tush
This concert was also partially broadcast live on FM radio in Derbyshire United Kingdom. Tracks 1-17 above are the entire concert as recorded from the audience. The following tracks are also included on disk #2 which is an excellent quality recording of the live FM radio broadcast!!!! This is a fantastic way to compare how ZZ Top sounded live from the audience as compared to a soundboard feed to FM radio (which is totally superb here!)
19) Waitin' For The Bus
20) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Castle Donnington)
21) Sharp Dressed Man
22) Party On The Patio
23) Tube Steak Boogie
OCTOBER 9TH 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN HOUSTON TEXAS AT THE SUMMIT
(1) DVD
02. La Grange
03. TushOCTOBER 16th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN LONDON AT THE MARQUEE THEATRE
(Eliminator Tour) B- / B+ Quality
(1) CD
2) Got Me Under Pressure
3) I've Got The Six
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (South Hampton & "Londontown" Mentions)
6) Francine 1st half English / 2nd half Spanish
(Billy said that they had not done it since around '78)
Billy also says "That's Spanish Son!".
8) Heard It On The X
9) I Loved A Woman
10) Pearl Necklace
11) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
12) Arrested For Drivin' While Blind
13) Party On The Patio
15) Jailhouse Rock
16) La Grange
17) Tush
OCTOBER 19th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN GOTHENBURG SWEDEN AT THE SCANDINAVIUM
A- Quality ~ Crowd chants ZZ Top at several points. Sounds like a nice show, the crowd loved it and the band sounded great!
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Gothenburg)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Billy says "Here's a brand new one thats gonna make you sick!")
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Party On The Patio
FIRST ENCORE:
SECOND ENCORE:
18) TushOCTOBER 25th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE AT THE BERLIN GERMANY EISSPORTHALLE (Eliminator Tour AKA Top For Texas) B- / B+ Quality
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Berlin Mention)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man (Billy announces it as their brand new one)
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Party On The Patio
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
Notes: This sounds like it would have been an awesome concert to be at. The crowd loves it and goes crazy.
OCTOBER 27th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN RUSSELSHEIM / FRANKFURT GERMANY AT THE WALTER KOBELHALLE
(1) CD
2) I Got The Six
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Frankfurt Mention)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Party On The Patio
ENCORE:
17) La Grange
18) Tush
As the crowd exits, "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trelix is played.
NOVEMBER 3rd, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN PARIS FRANCE (Eliminator Tour) B Quality
Very nice performance. Audience recording has a few flaws here and there that are not really that big of a deal but should be noted for historical perfectionists. Someone keeps bumping the mics as if the person recording this had the mics in their clothing or they may have been dancing and hitting other people. The show is still listenable aside from that. Decent recording. Would be an A- but I give it a B due to the bumps. They are only in a few songs. The show recording the following night (see below) does not have the bumps.
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Paris France)
The crowd starts to literally scream "ZZ Top" at a deafeningly loud level!
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Billy says "I've got a brand new one that's going to make you sick, TV Dinners")
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Party On The Patio
Encore:
17) La Grange
18) Tush
After the band leaves the stage "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trelix is played
And then the following night;
NOVEMBER 4th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN CLERMONT-FERRAND FRANCE (Eliminator Tour) A Quality
Divertissement Merveilleux!
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man (Very quick tempo!)
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Billy says "Got a brand new one. It's gonna to make you sick, TV Dinners")
10) Manic Mechanic
11) I Loved A Woman
12) Pearl Necklace
13) Cheap Sunglasses
14) Party On The Patio
Encore:
16) Jailhouse Rock
17) La Grange
18) Tush
After the band leaves the stage "Exercise Is Good For You" by Trelix is played
NOVEMBER 13th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DIJON FRANCE (Eliminator Tour) A Quality
Another excellent quality recording from 1983 in France. Very pumped up powerful show with a blazing tempo. This is amazing. His a little bit of a hiss due to whatever it was recorded with, but's it's great to listen to. A modern remaster job could remove the hiss. Sounds like it was a nice tight sound venue for music. It's hard to believe how fast they are playing. What's interesting about this show is how different Billy's vocals sounded 20 years ago. It's not that old ZZ sound that seemed to go away around 1981, nor is it like he sounds today. It's almost as if he is singing in his real actual voice instead of lowering it intentionally. It's very interesting in that respect. This is the only show I have heard where Billy sounds like this. Even though all bandmembers were 32 or 33 they sound like teenagers.
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin' (Billy annouces the song in French "gimme tout votrousen" but he should have said "gimme tout votre aimer")
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Billy says"c'est quelque chose outre de notre nouvel album" which is French for "This is something off our new album") Sounds excellent!
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman (Dusty says "Merci")
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley
16) Party On The Patio
17) Tube Steak Boogie
18) Jailhouse Rock
19) La Grange
20) Tush
This is a must have show for the serious ZZ collector.
NOVEMBER 22nd, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN MANCHESTER UNITED KINGDOM AT THE APOLLO THEATRE (Eliminator Tour) B- / B+ Quality
(2) CD SET
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Manchester)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) I Loved A Woman
12) Pearl Necklace
13) Cheap Sunglasses
14) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It - Quit It Medley
15) Party On The Patio
15) Tube Steak Boogie
16) Jailhouse Rock
17) La Grange
18) Tush
(As the crowd exits "Exercise Is Good For You" by "Trelix" is played)
NOVEMBER 23nd, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN NEWCASTLE UNITED KINGDOM AT CITY HALL (Eliminator Tour) B- / B+ Quality
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) I Loved A Woman
12) Pearl Necklace
13) Cheap Sunglasses
14) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It - Quit It Medley
15) Party On The Patio
15) Tube Steak Boogie
16) Jailhouse Rock
17) La Grange
18) Tush
NOVEMBER 24th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN GLASGOW SCOTLAND AT THE APOLLO THEATRE (Eliminator Tour) B- / B+ Quality
(2) CD SET
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Scotland)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It - Quit It Medley (Crowd chants along, they know it!)
16) Party On The Patio
17) Jailhouse Rock (crowd sings along)
18) La Grange (crowd sings along)
19) Tush (crowd sings along)
NOVEMBER 27th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN LONDON ENGLAND AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON-LONDON
(Eliminator Tour)
B- / B Quality - This was ZZ Top's second time playing live in London at the Hammersmith. Back then it was called the Hammersmith Odeon-London. Today it is called the Apollo Hammersmith. ZZ also played the following night (11/28/1983) in this same venue yet they replaced the song "Arrested For Driving While Blind" with "Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers". That (11/28/1983) show was recorded from the audience as well, and I have finally located it as well (see below). Unfortunately this (11/27/1983) recording is on the poor side, but it is listenable. ZZ cranked out a blazing fine performance over there!
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Londontown Mention)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
16) Party On The Patio
17) Tube Snake Boogie
18) Jailhouse Rock
19) La Grange
20) TushNOVEMBER 28th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN LONDON ENGLAND AT THE HAMMERSMITH ODEON-LONDON
(Eliminator Tour)
A Quality. The 2nd night in a row at the Hammersmith Odeon. Sounds great!
(1) CD
2) I Got The 6
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (London Town)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) I Loved A Woman
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
16) Party On The Patio
17) Tube Snake Boogie
18) Jailhouse Rock
19) La Grange
20) TushNOVEMBER 30th, 1983 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN THE UK AT THE WEMBLEY ARENA (Eliminator Tour )
A- quality, not bad for 1983.
(2) CD SET
2) I Got The Six
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (England Mention)
6) Francine (Half English / Half Spanish)
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Billy says "This one right here's gonna make you sick!")
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Fool For Your Stockings
12) Dust My Broom
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
16) Just Got Paid
17) Arrested For Driving While Blind
18) Party On The Patio
19) Tube Steak Boogie
20) Jailhouse Rock
21) La Grange
22) Tush JANUARY 13th, 1984 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN LAS CRUCES NEW MEXICO
B- quality.
(1) CD
2) I Got The Six
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Waitin' For The Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Las Cruces)
6) I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
7) Sharp Dressed Man
8) Ten Foot Pole
9) TV Dinners (Billy says "This one here, well it's, it ain't about Mexican food I'll tell ya that!")
10) Manic Mechanic
11) Heard It On The X
12) Fool For Your Stockin's
13) Pearl Necklace
14) Cheap Sunglasses
15) Arrested For Driving While Blind / Hit It Quit It Medley
16) Party On The Patio
Encore :
18) La Grange
19) Tush AUGUST 17th, 1985 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DERBYSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE DONNINGTON CASTLE PARK FESTIVAL
A+ Quality ~ A very, very nice quality recording! Awesome show. This is one of the best audience recorded concerts ever. Keyboard is used during TV dinners and Legs.
(2) CD SET
2) I Got The Six
(This is an outside show. Billy says "We gonna have a good time out here tonight" as opposed to "in here" which is what he says at indoor venues)
4) Waitin for the Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Donnington)
6) Sharp Dressed Man
7) Ten Foot Pole
8) TV Dinners (Best Live Performance!)
9) Manic Mechanic
10) Heard It On The X
11) I Need You Tonight
12) Pearl Necklace
13) Cheap Sunglasses
Billy says "It's good to be back home in England. Had a good dinner at my Aunt's house last night just down the street here. Gonna have another one tonight."
15) Party On The Patio
16) Legs
17) Tube Snake Boogie
18) Can't Stop Rockin'
19) Jailhouse Rock
20) La Grange
21) Tush
DECEMBER 1st, 1985 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN MONTREAL QUEBEC CANADA
B+ Quality ~ This was taped from the audience with a handheld VHS Camera. The audio is as well as can be expected for a mid 80's era handheld video camera. It's not bad. Video is good and shows perhaps 2-3 generations of VHS copies. Conversion to digital DVD for long term preservation was done by using a Dazzle 150 USB 2.0 Digital Video Encoder (DVE) with real DVD encoding chip, and an external USB 2.0 TDK DVD-R+R using Moviestar V5.0 & Roxio DVD Builder. Cool show! Arena wide synchronized laser lighting was used during "Manic Mechanic", "Cheap Sunglasses" & "Party On The Patio" which is/was very cool looking!
(2) AUDIO CD SET
Also on VHS & DVD (Audience Filmed)
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Montreal)
5) Gimme All Your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
12) Party On The Patio
13) Legs
Encore:
15) Sharp Dressed Man
16) Stages
17) Can't Stop Rockin'
18) Delirious
Second Encore:
20) Tube Steak Boogie
21) Jailhouse Rock
22) La Grange/Tush Medley
DECEMBER 9th, 1985 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN WINNIPEG CANADA
A Quality ~ A very, nice quality recording! Awesome show.
(2) CD SET
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Winnipeg)
5) Gimme All Your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
12) Party On The Patio
13) Legs
14) Planet Of Women (Techno Intro - normally used for Sharp Dressed Man - Very unusual)
15) Sharp Dressed Man
16) Stages
17) Can't Stop Rockin'
18) Delirious
19) Velcro Fly
20) Tube Steak Boogie
21) La Grange
22) TushFEBRUARY 7th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN SAINT PAUL MINNESOTA AT THE MINNESOTA CIVIC CENTER (Afterburner Tour)
A- Quality ~ A few small recording flaws but this is a fun show to listen to. It still has the venue announcer at the start giving all the rules to the crowd such as staying in your own seats, not standing on the seats and no smoking. The crowd was not happy about the "no smoking". It's pretty funny. ZZ's performance at this show is quite nice.
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Minnesota Mention)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno intro)
14) Can't Stop Rockin
15) Party On The Patio
16) Velcro Fly
17) Tube Steak Boogie
18) La Grange
19) Tush
FEBRUARY 14th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN AMES IOWA (Afterburner Tour)
A- Quality ~ Slightly distant recording, could be re-mastered but it's pretty good as is. Somewhat rare as it just surfaced from the original in Feb of 2004. Only one earlier audience recording from 1986 is known to exist, that being 2/7/1986 in St Paul MN. It's a pretty good recording. Thanks Dave!
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag (Extended version)
Billy says "Let's stay here all night long now!"
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Iowa)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
Billy says "It's Valentines Day!" Dusty Yells "Ho!" Billy say's "Ya'll are gonna love this one now. Something a little bluesy for ya!"
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind / Hit It Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno intro)
14) Can't Stop Rockin
15) Party On The Patio
16) Velcro Fly
17) Tube Steak Boogie
18) La Grange
19) Tush
MARCH 30th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA
A Quality ~ Extremely rare show that just surfaced (in 2004) from the original fan who taped it. This is a very nice quality audience recording for 1986. Crisp & Clear!
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Iowa)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno intro)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Stages
ENCORE:
17) Tush
JULY 20th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN ANGELS CAMP / CALAVERAS COUNTY CALIFORNIA AT THE MOUNTAINAIRE '86 JUMPING FROG JUBILEE, COUNTY FAIR, AIRSHOW & ROCK CONCERT
A- Quality ~ This is the Holy Grail of my own personal ZZ Top collection as it's my 1st time seeing ZZ Top Live and my 1st recording of them. It was lost from 1986-88 until August 2003. This was recorded on a Panasonic tape cassette deck and some studio quality microphones that I "borrowed" from my Dad's collection of radio electronic stuff that he used as a DJ. The unlabeled tapes were remarkably well stored in plastic cases for 17 years in the bottom of a box of books and video tapes. There's a gap during "Arrested For Driving While Blind" as my tape ran out and I had to change it. I had also recorded The Cars the same day. I had just graduated from High School weeks before this show and this was the post graduation party for a lot of us youngsters in the state at the time.
(2) CD SET
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Calaveras California)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Hit It / Quit It
13) Legs
14) Sharp Dressed Man
15) Can't Stop Rockin
16) Party On The Patio
17) Velcro Fly
18) Tube Snake Boogie
19) La Grange
20) Tush
AUGUST 30th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DALLAS TEXAS AT THE REUNION ARENA
A Quality ~ First of 4 nights in a row. Great show!
(2) CD SET
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Dallas Texas)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno Blast Off!)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
AUGUST 31st, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DALLAS TEXAS AT THE REUNION ARENA
A Quality ~ Second of 4 nights in a row. Great show!
(2) CD SET
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Dallas Texas)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno Blast Off!)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SEPTEMBER 1st, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DALLAS TEXAS AT THE REUNION ARENA
A Quality ~ Third of 4 nights in a row. Great show!
(2) CD SET
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Dallas Texas)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno Blast Off!)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN DALLAS TEXAS AT THE REUNION ARENA
A Quality ~ Last of 4 nights in a row. Great show!
(2) CD SET
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Dallas Texas)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno Blast Off!)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SEPTEMBER 12th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN (Afterburner Tour)
A+ Quality ~ A beautiful recording from the audience! And a truly fine performance. The drums are remarkably well preserved . This recording is not a soundboard, but it's of the same quality. Makes one wonder what one used to record this. Back in 1986 we did not have the small recorders and mics as of today, so someone had to have quite a setup in this show to do this. This is some essential Zz to the complete collection. The crowd sings and claps and chants along and chants "ZZ Top" at many points. This was a potent show for those who were there. This will give ya those "good music goosebumps"! This is just absolutely incredible.
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' for the Bus (Party Time)
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Stockholm)
5) Gimme all your Lovin' (Superb!)
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic (Just crazy!)
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy (Special treatment, extended, certainly noteable and quite pretty)
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley (Billy says "This sure does feel just so good sometime")
12) Legs (excellent)
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno Blast Off!) (Extra verse with extra lyrics ~ very unusual ~ extended)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SEPTEMBER 13th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN (Afterburner Tour)
A+ Quality ~ The second night. Thanks Will! This is just plain nice! This is a different venue than the previous night, as this sounds like a sports arena with echo unlike the night before. 9/12/1986 is the #1 best recording of 1986! This is comparable but the performance the day before way outdoes this one. This one is great. The 12th was masterful. But this crowd here was unique and very strong with chants. Really cool.
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Stockholm)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic (No car sounds)
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy (Special treatment, second night, extended, quite pretty)
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind/Hit It/Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno Blast Off!)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SEPTEMBER 14th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN GOTHENBURG SWEDEN AT THE SCANDINAVIUM (Afterburner Tour)
B Quality ~ A tad muted but listenable.
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Gothenburg Mention)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man
14) Can't Stop Rockin
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
SEPTEMBER 23rd, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN FRANKFURT GERMANY (Afterburner Tour)
A Quality ~ Enjoyable show! The Germans get pretty crazy at this show, chanting and singing along. It's really cool.
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Has the same rare techno blast-off intro with electronic blips and gong later used in Berlin on October 25th 1986 and Osaka Japan on 02-19-1987 ~ 10 second vocal space like countdown)
14) Can't Stop Rockin
15) Delirious (Only known live performance ever!!!)
16) Velcro Fly
17) Tube Snake Boogie
18) La Grange
19) Tush
SEPTEMBER 29th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN PARIS FRANCE (Afterburner Tour)
A Quality ~ Another great one from France. See below for the following night as well. They are using synthesizers or synthesized backup no doubt. It is a nice performance, crowd enjoys it and they sound great. It seems to be a somewhat relaxed tempo compared to that of the early 80's. All songs are strongly enhanced by the synth backup. Very cool. This is some really good listening right hea'!
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Paris France)
5) Gimme all your Lovin' (Very unusual version with cling clang synth sounds ~ Really unique!)
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic (Billy says "laisse obtenir fou with it" French for "Let's get crazy with it") the crowd really reacts)
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses (Billy says "il est temps de les mettre dessus cheap sunglasses" French for "It's Time To Put Them On, Cheap Sunglasses")
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Hit It Quit It (NOT a medley with Arrested ~ Stand alone song, crowd chants "Hey! Hey!")
13) Legs (Truly wonderful and unique with super synth!)
14) Sharp Dressed Man (Count Down & Blast Off)
15) Can't Stop Rockin
Encore:
17) Tube Steak Boogie
18) La Grange
19) Tush
SEPTEMBER 30th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN PARIS FRANCE (Afterburner Tour)
A Quality ~ This is a just slightly better quality audience recording than the previous night (see above) in France. Again, rich in synth sounds. Beautiful show, top notch performance, crowd loves it.
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for YOUR Bus (Different lyrics, waiting for "Your" bus)
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Paris) (Billy said "Paris France" the previous night)
5) Gimme all your Lovin' (gots those cling clang synth sounds!)
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic (Billy says "devenez fou right now" French for "get crazy right now")
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses (Odd fast version)
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Hit It Quit It (NOT a medley with Arrested ~ Stand alone song)
13) Legs (French Intro)
14) Sharp Dressed Man (Fantastic Count Down & Blast Off) (Frank starts drumming early in this version, sounds intentional)
15) Can't Stop Rockin'
Encore:
17) Tube Steak Boogie
18) La Grange
19) Tush
OCTOBER 1st, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN BERCY-PARIS FRANCE
A Quality
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Paris in French)
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses (Billy says "time to put them on" in French)
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind / Hit It / Quit It Medley
12) Legs (Fuzzy guitars ~ This is 100% bitchin'!)
ENCORE:
14) Can't Stop Rockin' (Beautiful!)
SECOND ENCORE:
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush (ends with an explosion)
OCTOBER 8th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN CLERMONT-FERRAND FRANCE
A Quality
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus (It's Party Time!)
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs (fantastic!)
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno intro with gong & electronic blips ~ 10 second blast off)
14) Can't Stop Rockin
Encore:
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush (Ends with an explosion)
OCTOBER 13th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN ARNHEM HOLLAND AT THE RIJNHAL
A- Quality
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag (Foghorns in stadium)
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago
5) Gimme all your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X (Foghorns in stadium)
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind (Foghorns in stadium) Hit It Quit It Medley
ENCORE: Stadium Foghorns go off yet again and crowd yells "We Want More! We Want More!"
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Techno intro with countdown)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'! (Foghorns in stadium)
SECOND ENCORE:
16) Tube Steak Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush (End with explosion)OCTOBER 18th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE AT THE BINGLEY HALL UNITED KINGDOM(Afterburner Tour)
B Quality
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago
5) Gimme all your Lovin
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Bizarre Techno Intro)
14) Can't Stop Rockin
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush (Ends with an explosion - May have been stage pyrotechnics)
OCTOBER 20th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE AT THE LONDON WEMBLEY ARENA (Afterburner Tour)
B Quality
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin for the Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago
5) Gimme all your Lovin
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard it on the X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested for Driving While Blind
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Bizarre Techno Intro)
14) Can't Stop Rockin
15) Velcro Fly
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush (Ends with an explosion - May have been stage pyrotechnics)
OCTOBER 25th, 1986 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN BERLIN GERMANY AT THE DEUTSCHLANDHALLE (Afterburner Tour)
Quality A+
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Gimme All Your Lovin'
4) Manic Mechanic ("For all you Porsche fans!")
5) Rough Boy
6) Cheap Sunglasses
7) Legs (Just Plain Fantastic!)
8) Sharp Dressed Man
(Has the same very rare techno blast-off intro with monks and angels, electronic blips and gong later used in Osaka Japan on 02-19-1987 ~ 10 second vocal space like countdown (It's not Billy or Dusty and may actually be Frank Beard) - sounds killer! )
9) Can't Stop Rockin' (This is amazing - The crowd gets wild and sings along - Totally excellent!)
10) Velcro Fly (Extended Techno Version)
11) La Grange
12) TushFEBRUARY 1st, 1987 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE AT THE BUDOKAN - TOKYO JAPAN
(1) CD
02) Sleeping Bag
03) Waitin' For The Bus
04) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Tokyo Mention)
05) Gimme All Your Lovin
06) Ten Foot Pole
07) Manic Mechanic
08) Heard It On The X
09) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Legs
12) Sharp Dressed Man
13) Can't Stop Rockin'
14) Velcro Fly
15) Tube Snake Boogie
16) La Grange
17) Tush
Notes : This is B- B+ Quality. Sounds like a huge crowd and they love the concert. This is a fun one to listen to. FEBRUARY 19th, 1987 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE AT JO HALL - OSAKA JAPAN
(1) CD
02) Sleeping Bag (Excellent Variation)
03) Waitin' For The Bus
04) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Osaka Mention)
05) Gimme All Your Lovin
06) Ten Foot Pole
07) Manic Mechanic
08) Heard It On The X
09) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Legs
12) Sharp Dressed Man (Super Bizarre -RARE- Techno Intro with Gong and countdown first used in Berlin in Oct 1986)
13) Can't Stop Rockin'
14) Velcro Fly
15) Tube Snake Boogie
16) La Grange
17) Tush
Notes : This is A++ Quality. Soundboard recording. One of the finest ZZ Boots. This was digitally remastered and released under a false label in Germany titled "Una Hermosa Noche" or live in the USA, but it's actually a very nice tight near perfect concert from 02/19/1987 in Osaka Japan. FEBRUARY 25th, 1987 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA AT THE OLYMPIC PARK
(1) CD
2) Sleeping Bag
3) Waitin' For The Bus
4) Jesus Just Left Chicago (Australia Mention)
5) Gimme All Your Lovin'
6) Ten Foot Pole
7) Manic Mechanic
8) Heard It On The X
9) Rough Boy
10) Cheap Sunglasses
11) Arrested For Driving While Blind/Hit It Quit It Medley
12) Legs
13) Sharp Dressed Man (Bizarre Techno Intro with countdown and gong)
14) Can't Stop Rockin'
ENCORE:
16) Tube Snake Boogie
17) La Grange
18) Tush
