Sailin' Shoes (Remastered Deluxe Edition) Little Feat

• 1Easy to Slip (2023 Remaster)03:22
• 2Cold, Cold, Cold (2023 Remaster)04:00
• 3Trouble (2023 Remaster)02:18
• 4Trip Face Boogie (2023 Remaster)03:14
• 5Willin' (2023 Remaster)02:56
• 6A Apolitical Blues (2023 Remaster)03:28
• 7Sailin' Shoes (2023 Remaster)02:52
• 8Teenage Nervous Breakdown (2023 Remaster)02:13
• 9Got No Shadow (2023 Remaster)05:07
• 10Cat Fever (2023 Remaster)04:35
• 11Texas Rose Cafe (2023 Remaster)03:42
• 12Sailin' Shoes (Demo)02:51
• 13Easy to Fall (Easy to Slip) [Demo for Doobie Bros.]02:40
• 14Texas Rose Cafe (Demo for Doobie Bros.)03:23
• 15Cold, Cold, Cold (Alternate Version)04:13
• 16Roto/Tone04:06
• 17A Apolitical Blues (Alternate Version)03:28
• 18Boogie - Tripe Face Boogie03:45
• 19Trouble (Alternative Version)02:22
• 20Doriville02:44
• 21Willin' (Alternate Version)03:02
• 22Easy to Slip (Mono Single Version)03:23
• 23Tripe Face Boogie (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)04:30
• 24Hamburger Midnight (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)03:41
• 25Cat Fever (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)05:19
• 26Willin' (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)04:06
• 27Strawberry Flats (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)03:10
• 28Got No Shadow (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)05:08
• 29Texas Rose Cafe (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)04:04
• 30Snakes on Everything (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)04:18
• 31Hot Rod (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)05:08
• 32Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Live at the Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28/71)03:01
• Total Runtime01:56:09

Info for Sailin' Shoes (Remastered Deluxe Edition)

Little Feat is the quintessential “cult” band. The 1972 album Sailin' Shoes, founded by Lowell George, shows these musical rebels at one of their early peaks. The songs on Sailin' Shoes are a masterful collage of imaginative narratives, bursting with counter-cultural irony and romance. Featuring the classics "Willin'" (covered by Linda Rondstadt and many others), "Easy to Slip" (originally written for the Doobie Brothers) and the title track, it is an album whose status has grown immeasurably, making it one of the most acclaimed releases of its era.

"Sailin' Shoes (Deluxe Edition)" opens with a newly remastered version of the original album, which introduced signature tunes like "Easy To Slip," the title track, and an updated version of "Willin'" a song that also appeared in 1971 on the band's eponymous debut. Several outtakes from the album's recording sessions make their debut on the Deluxe Edition, including alternate versions of "Cold, Cold, Cold," "A Apolitical Blues," and "Willin'." - These deluxe editions include the original albums remastered and recut from the original tapes, alongside previously unreleased studio outtakes and demos, and complete unreleased live shows. It's a treasure trove of material for their feverish fan base, and the first ever deep dive into one of the most influential bands from the 70's Warner catalog.

Lowell George, guitar, lead (all but "Cat Fever") and backing vocals, harmonica, baritone saxophone, drum machine
Bill Payne, Hammond organ, backing and lead vocals ("Cat Fever"), Wurlitzer electric piano, piano, accordion
Roy Estrada, bass, backing vocals
Richie Hayward, drums, backing vocals, percussion
Additional musicians:
Milt Holland, percussion on "Easy to Slip" and "Trouble"
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, pedal steel guitar on "Willin'" and "Texas Rose Café"
Debbie Lindsey, backing vocals on "Cold Cold Cold" and "Sailin' Shoes"
Ron Elliott, rhythm guitar on "A Apolitical Blues"

Digitally remastered

Little Feat
The long-running funky Southern boogie act Little Feat have been making slick, genre-defying music since their debut out of Southern California in 1969. Melding rock, blues, R&B, and country, Little Feat drew inspiration from Southern-fried blues rock -- and yet they originated from Los Angeles with songwriter and guitarist Lowell George at the helm.

Naming themselves "Feat" in tribute to the Beatles, Little Feat at first consisted of Lowell George and Bill Payne, who played in Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention. They teamed up with former Mothers of Invention bassist Roy Estrada and drummer Richie Hayward (The Factory, Fraternity Of Man). Zappa famously helped Little Feat get signed to Warner Bros. Records, and the band released their self-titled debut album in 1971. A sophomore album, Sailin' Shoes, followed in 1972.

That same year, Little Feat brought in a new bassist, Kenny Gradney. The band also added a second guitarist, Paul Barrere, and drummer Sam Clayton. Adopting a New Orleans funk sound, Little Feat released Dixie Chicken in 1973 and Feats Don't Fail Me Now (a tribute to the Fats Waller song) in 1974.

Little Feat went on to release 1975's jazz-fusion album The Last Record Album and 1977's Time Loves A Hero. In 1978, they released the double-live album Waiting For Columbus, followed by 1979's Down On The Farm. Around this time, George embarked on a short-lived solo career, releasing the album Thanks, I'll Eat It Here. George died of a heart attack in 1979, and Little Feat would disband until 1988 when Payne, Barrere, Hayward, Gradney, and Clayton re-formed the group, adding vocalist/guitarist Craig Fuller and guitarist Fred Tackett.

Back together again, the newly re-formed Little Feat released Let It Roll in 1988 -- the album eventually went gold. Three more reunion albums followed: Representing The Mambo (1989), Shake Me Up (1991), and Ain't Had Enough Fun (1995). Ain't Had Enough Fun featured singer Shaun Murphy, who stayed on for 1998's Under The Radar and 2000's Chinese Work Songs.

Little Feat released a handful of compilations and live recordings over the next few years, including 2002's Ripe Tomatos Volume One, 2006's The Best of Little Feat, and 2011's 40 Feat: The Hot Tomato Anthology 1971-2011. In 2003, Little Feat released Kickin' It At The Barn, their first album for their own indie label, Hot Tomato Records. Rocky Mountain Jam arrived in 2007, and Join The Band followed in 2008 on Proper Records.

In 2010, Little Feat founding member Richie Hayward passed away. Little Feat continued touring with Gabe Ford on percussion. Little Feat released a new album in 2012. In October 2019, a few years after a liver cancer diagnosis, Barrere passed away. He'd written some of the band's best-known songs, including "All That You Dream," "Time Loves a Hero" and "Old Folks Boogie."

Scott Sharrard, who had filled in for Barrere during Little Feat's 50th Anniversary tour, was brought on as a full-time band member.

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