old zz top recordings


I think i tell of on my age when I say that we use to listen to the very first zz as albums and 8 track. Rio grand mud, fandango, first album are some of the best music out there if you youngsters never heard ( but dont call me an old fart I can hang with the best of ya, and I like alternative and female rr)

BUT is there any cd's of zz that are not remastered that sound like there in a coffee can? The old ones really kicked and if you ever heard the old you hate the new ones. The only recording Ive heard is off the armagedion sound track and it sounds correct.
Am I the lone ranger.
kelton2e09
Tried a turntable once. All it did was make horrendous noises and scratch the CDs. Not a good solution at all... >;-)>
You are right about the remasters. There are two ZZ Top Six Pack sets on auction at ebay right now. Heartland America sells a CD polisher that does work on those party CD disasters.
The "greatest hits" album has some great sounding cuts, this is 1992 release 18 tracks, most sound quite good.
There are a couple of glaring exceptions that really sound bad like "tush" sounds like cheap mono track.

Other classic tracks like "legs" "cheap sunglasses" sound
remarkably good for main stream rock material.

Have not heard "six pack" set or individual remasters.
Thanks for the suggestions, unfortunately, it is not the acrylic that is scratched on the first disk, it is the aluminum layer and it's spent.

No to vinyl. I went through my last vinyl collection one Texas afternoon after I ran out of clay pigeons, that was and is the end of that.
I have some old ZZ Top LP's that sound awesome! I havent heard a ZZ Top CD that comes close.I still cant figure out why people continue to agonize over being unable to get great (analog) sound.Look at the less than happy arrival of SACD. It was supposed to sound like good analog.I will keep my analog front end and continue to buy used LP's for next to nothing while the anti-vinyl continue their quest for good sound.