ZZ Top - Original masters?

[foxwelljsly]

Old chestnut this one, but, as one that has already been stung on this, can anyone absolutely confirm if this 10CD set contains NONE of the truly, truly horrible mid 80's Bill Ham remasters of their first 5 albums ?

I've got nice UK pressings on vinyl, but would like decent lossless digital copies of the full set.

cheers

 

[kasperhauser]

If so, that's a heckuva bargain. (If not, it's a high price to pay for an ugly set of drink coasters.)

 

[formbypc]

Have you loooked here?

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/zz-top-on-cd-any-good-options.415150/

Someone says "That box set that I mentioned above (the one in the eBay listing) is the original mixes, without '80s studio wizardry. As such, they match the more natural sounds found on the old LPs."

 

[Yank]

If so, that's a heckuva bargain. (If not, it's a high price to pay for an ugly set of drink coasters.)

Does not ship to US. But US Amazon has it cheap too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQGU9GG/?tag=pinkfishmedia-20

I'm tempted, even though I have absolutely no interest in them beyond the first three albums.

 

[kasperhauser]

Does not ship to US. But US Amazon has it cheap too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQGU9GG/?tag=pinkfishmedia-20

I'm tempted, even though I have absolutely no interest in them beyond the first three albums.

Item purchased. My interest stops after the first six, but I've been living with crappy remasters (the "6 Pack" set), so the net effect is I've listened to no ZZ Top at all for several years.

 

[foxwelljsly]

Cheers all. I also love their first six albums. If anyone's interested, I've since discovered that this box set is also available over at HD Tracks in 192/24 - although at the slightly less competitive price of £304!