THE MOVING SIDEWALKS
''TEXAS ROCKMUSIC HERITAGE: THE PRE-ZZ'S HOUSTON ROOTS''
1994
71:09
1 - 99th Floor (Alternate Version)/2:18
2 - Every Night A New Surprise/2:53
3 - Lucille (Unreleased)/2:15
4 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Rough Mix)/3:26
5 - Stay Away (Unreleased)/2:06
6 - You Don't Know The Life/3:53
7 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (2nd Final Mix)/3:21
8 - What Are You Going To Do/2:45
9 - Scoun Da Bee/5:10
10 - Flashback/4:45
11 - No Good To Cry/2:04
12 - Pluto-Sept. 31st/4:36
13 - Crimson Witch/3:04
14 - Joe Blues/7:35
15 - I Want To Hold Your Hand/3:06
16 - Eclipse/3:34
17 - Need Me/2:11
18 - You Make Me Shake/3:02
19 - Every Night A New Surprise (½ Track - Unreleased)/2:27
20 - Headin' Out (Unreleased)/4:00
21 - Reclipse/2:27
"This Houston band was most famous to be later evolved into the first ZZ Top line-up. Garage fans love them for their singles, most notably "99th Floor", their lone album "Flash" is highly praised by heavy-psych enthusiasts. This CD (Lone Star Records LSR 19629 / 1994) contains most of their singles (sadly they only took an unreleased take of "99th Floor" and omitted the official release) with alternate versions and the whole album (the tracks are not in the right order, though) plus three unreleased tracks of whom the moody "Stay Away" is the best. Furthermore you can read an interview with the band done in the '60s shortly before the release of 'Flash'". (Faintly Blowing)
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Before forming ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons was the lead guitarist of this Houston, TX, group, which released one album and a few singles in the late '60s. Their single "99th Floor" became one of the most famous vintage garage 45s after its inclusion on Pebbles, Vol. 2, but the Sidewalks actually leaned much more heavily toward psychedelic and blues-rock. In fact, the group supported Jimi Hendrix at one of his early U.S. gigs and Gibbons became one of Hendrix's first boosters on U.S. shores; strange as it may seem, Hendrix was quite impressed with Gibbons himself, even at this early juncture. The Moving Sidewalks never developed into anything more than a regional act, and are known primarily as a starting point for Gibbons.
''TEXAS ROCKMUSIC HERITAGE: THE PRE-ZZ'S HOUSTON ROOTS''
1994
71:09
1 - 99th Floor (Alternate Version)/2:18
2 - Every Night A New Surprise/2:53
3 - Lucille (Unreleased)/2:15
4 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (Rough Mix)/3:26
5 - Stay Away (Unreleased)/2:06
6 - You Don't Know The Life/3:53
7 - I Want To Hold Your Hand (2nd Final Mix)/3:21
8 - What Are You Going To Do/2:45
9 - Scoun Da Bee/5:10
10 - Flashback/4:45
11 - No Good To Cry/2:04
12 - Pluto-Sept. 31st/4:36
13 - Crimson Witch/3:04
14 - Joe Blues/7:35
15 - I Want To Hold Your Hand/3:06
16 - Eclipse/3:34
17 - Need Me/2:11
18 - You Make Me Shake/3:02
19 - Every Night A New Surprise (½ Track - Unreleased)/2:27
20 - Headin' Out (Unreleased)/4:00
21 - Reclipse/2:27
"This Houston band was most famous to be later evolved into the first ZZ Top line-up. Garage fans love them for their singles, most notably "99th Floor", their lone album "Flash" is highly praised by heavy-psych enthusiasts. This CD (Lone Star Records LSR 19629 / 1994) contains most of their singles (sadly they only took an unreleased take of "99th Floor" and omitted the official release) with alternate versions and the whole album (the tracks are not in the right order, though) plus three unreleased tracks of whom the moody "Stay Away" is the best. Furthermore you can read an interview with the band done in the '60s shortly before the release of 'Flash'". (Faintly Blowing)
BIOGRAPHY
by Richie Unterberger
Before forming ZZ Top, Billy Gibbons was the lead guitarist of this Houston, TX, group, which released one album and a few singles in the late '60s. Their single "99th Floor" became one of the most famous vintage garage 45s after its inclusion on Pebbles, Vol. 2, but the Sidewalks actually leaned much more heavily toward psychedelic and blues-rock. In fact, the group supported Jimi Hendrix at one of his early U.S. gigs and Gibbons became one of Hendrix's first boosters on U.S. shores; strange as it may seem, Hendrix was quite impressed with Gibbons himself, even at this early juncture. The Moving Sidewalks never developed into anything more than a regional act, and are known primarily as a starting point for Gibbons.
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