Chrome, Smoke & BBQ is a 4-CD box set by American rock band ZZ Top. Released in 2003, it is a compilation album of material from the band's tenures with London Records and Warner Bros. Records, recorded from 1967 to 1992.
This was a long overdue collection which purged all of the sins committed by the infamous "Six Pack" box set re-issue back in 1987. 4 discs of material, including some early tracks from the Billy Gibbons' pre-cursor group The Moving Sidewalks, paired with sizeable portions of the London Records catalog in its' original format! The only quibble I have is the second half of the last disc, which consists of assorted B-sides like go-nowhere 12" dance mixes of "Velcro Fly" and a Spanish-language version of "Francine" ("Francene"). I rather would have had more of the album stuff, but oh well. If you don't want to hunt down the records, then this is your next best deal.
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