I added the correct date for this show using the ZZ top fandom.com site. I also corrected the dates on some of the files so I had to create a new MD5 file.

Speed corrected by floydrocks.

This tape was running way too fast, so I brought it down to a reasonable level. It's alot easier to listen to now. Nothing else was done to the original FLAC's uploaded by Jeff James (royglzep) except I renamed them and corrected the setlist. This has been up before on Dime but it isn't on the tracker at the moment.

Thanks to Jeff for providing these originally!

ZZ Top Live at the Schaefer Music Festival, NYC, August 7, 1974

Lineage: AUD(?)> CDR> (wav) EAC (secure mode)> FLAC frontend 1.7.1 (level 6; align on sector boundaries)>WAV>SoundForge (speed correction)>FLAC level 8


01.Thunderbird
02.Chevrolet
03.Precious And Grace
04.Waitin' For The Bus>
05.Jesus Just Left Chicago
06.Rain At Home
07.Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers
08.Rattlesnake Shake
09.La Grange
10.Tush
11.Jailhouse Rock
12.Backdoor Love Affair>
Mellow Down Easy
13.I'm Goin' Down
14.Oh Carol
15.Goin' Down To Mexico
16.Just Got Paid

Here is some info from www.zzlive.com (this is the so called "remastered" version I'm assuming as it's split, and correct date is August 7th, 1974):

JULY 8th, 1974 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN NEW YORK AT THE SCHAEFER MUSIC FESTIVAL
Quality on this one is C. It has a constant hiss due to the machine it was recorded on, which may have been a reel to reel. However the musical performance of ZZ is fairly clear and easy to enjoy. It gives a really great insight as to what ZZ sounded like way back then. Someone should remaster this one and remove the hiss. Billy talks to the crowd a good bit and he goes into more detail about the song Precious and Grace and why it was written. Billy also goes into detail about who Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers was written about, which also just so happens to be about two women in Texas. Billy says that they used to party together and one went on to become a model for Vogue magazine and the other a photographer who photographed women.

Note : This CD is one long track and needs to be split up.


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Announcer opens with a simple " Z Z TOP "

1) Thunderbird
2) Chevrolet
3) Precious and Grace
4) Waitin for the Bus
5) Jesus Just Left Chicago
6) UNKNOWN (Sung By Dusty) "Leavin' Ain't Gonna Help Me None"
7) Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
8) Rattlesnake Shake
9) La Grange
10) Sloppy Drunk

Band Takes A Break (The Following Is Not An Encore)

11) Tush
10) Jailhouse Rock
11) Backdoor Love Affair
12) Mellow Down Easy
13) Long Distance Boogie
14) I'm Goin' Down
15) Carol
16) Goin' Down To Mexico
17) Just Got Paid Today (With additional lyrical intro)

JULY 8th, 1974 ~ ZZ TOP LIVE IN NEW YORK AT THE SCHAEFER MUSIC FESTIVAL
*** REMASTERED ***

This is the same concert as above yet this has been remastered. It is now split into tracks as opposed to being one long track. The hiss has been removed and it's now at least B- or B quality.


(1) CD

Set/Track List Same As Above

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