Record #0840: Cheap Sunglasses / Tube Snake Boogie – ZZ TOP

Warner Bros. 7-21969 (re-issue) USA, 1987
Words & Music by:  Side A – Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard; Side B – Gibbons, Hill, Beard
Musicians: Billy Gibbons (lead vocals, guitars), Dusty Hill (backing vocals, bass), Frank Beard (drums, percussion)
Recording sessions: Produced by Bill Ham at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN, Side A – early 1979; Side B - early 1981
Highest chart positions: The re-issue didn’t chart; original: Side A – US 89; Side B – US #103, US Mainstream #4

This is a re-issue of the A-sides of two earlier singles; “Cheap Sunglasses” / “Esther Be the One” (WBS 49220) from 1979 album “Degüello” and “Tube Snake Boogie” / “Heaven, Hell or Houston” (WBS 49865) from 1981 album “El Loco”.

Frank Lee Beard (11. June 1949 – 17. August 2026), Rest In Peace.

List price: Estimated market value is around €2-€4.