World Wide Texas Tour (The Spirit of '76)

LPA

1. Waitin' For The Bus
2. Jesus Just Left Chicago
3. Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers
4. Blue Jean Blues
5. Tush
6. Backdoor Love Affair

LPB

1. Nasty Dogs And Funky Kings
2. Brown Sugar
3. Just Got Paid
4. Heard It On The X
5. Precious And Grace
6. La Grange

Originally a promotional release to support ZZ Top’s 1976 world tour, this serves as a perfect sampler of their first four albums and contains many of their biggest hits up to that point in their career. Available at retail for the first time. 1-LP, 140g black vinyl in a single pocket jacket.

Fifty years ago, as the nation marked its Bicentennial, a legendary soundtrack was hitting turntables across the country. Now, as America prepares to celebrate its Semiquincentennial, Rhino announces its Spirit of ’76 summer vinyl reissue campaign.

Launching July 17, the campaign will roll out in weekly waves available exclusively at Rhino and through select independent retailers. The 23-album lineup spans the 1976 musical landscape, bringing together everything from Bootsy Collins and Black Sabbath to ZZ Top and Linda Ronstadt.

The campaign touches on studio albums like Bad Company’s Run with the Pack and Chicago’s X, alongside essential hits collections from Jethro Tull and the Monkees. The list also highlights multiple concert recordings, including the Grateful Dead’s Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Edition), the double albums Live at the Roxy, 1976 by the Ramones and Blow Your Face Out by The J. Geils Band, as well as Yes’s 3LP Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ (6/17/76).

The Spirit of ’76 also features releases from the Rhino Reserve premium vinyl series, including Todd Rundgren’s Faithful, Gordon Lightfoot’s Summertime Dream, and Faces’ Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces. These versions are cut from the original analog masters by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing in Oxnard, California.

Spirit of ’76

Album Release Schedule

July 17

Al Stewart – Year of the Cat (Rhino Reserve)

Bad Company – Run with the Pack

Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy

Bootsy Collins – Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Rhino Reserve)

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – We’ve Got A Live One Here! (2LP)

Faces – Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces (Rhino Reserve)

Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action (50th Anniversary Edition) (2LP)

Ramones – Ramones

Yes – Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ (6/17/76) (3LP)

July 24

Chicago – X

Gordon Lightfoot – Summertime Dream (Rhino Reserve)

Grateful Dead – Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Edition)

Kingfish – Kingfish

Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down the Wind

Rod Stewart – A Night on the Town (Rhino Reserve)

The J. Geils Band – Blow Your Face Out (2LP)

The Monkees – Greatest Hits

Todd Rundgren – Faithful (Rhino Reserve)

July 31

Jethro Tull – M.U. – The Best Of Jethro Tull

John Prine – Prime Prine (Rhino Reserve)

Ramones – Live at the Roxy, 1976 (2LP)

War – Greatest Hits

ZZ Top – World Wide Texas Tour