Little Feat Waiting For Columbus: Deluxe Edition CD

Deluxe edition of Little Feat's classic 1978 live album plus 10 bonus tracks (7 of them previously unreleased). Disc 2 features the previously unissued outtakes 'One Love Stand', 'Rock And Roll Doctor', 'Skin It Back', 'On Your Way Down', 'Walkin All Night', 'Cold, Cold, Cold', 'Day At The Dog Races' & 3 outtakes first issued on Hoy Hoy! 'Skin It Back', 'Red Streamliner' & 'Teenage Nervous Breakdown'. Slipcase.

Little Feat: Lowell George, Kenny Gradney, Bill Payne, Sam Clayton, Richie Hayward and Paul Barrere.
Documents the live show of a true "concert band," Little Feat's reputation
rested on its live performances, which were particularly popular in the South. This was the most successful album for Little Feat, reaching number 18 on the album charts.
2 LPs on 1 CD, with 2 songs, "Don't Bogart That Joint" and "Apolitical Blues" omitted. These 2 songs can be found as extra tracks on the CD THE LAST RECORD ALBUM.
WAITING FOR COLUMBUS: DELUXE EDITION contains WAITING FOR COLUMBUS as well as ten tracks recorded during the same tour that were not included in the original album. It also contains previously unreleased outtakes.
Little Feat includes: Lowell George (vocals, guitar, maracas, cowbell);
Paul Barrere (vocals, guitar); Bill Payne (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer); Kenny Gradney (bass); Richie Hayward (drums, percussion, background vocals); Sam Clayton (congas, percussion, background vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Mick Taylor (guitar); Tower Of Power (horns); Michael McDonald, Patrick Simmons (background vocals).
Producers include: Lowell George, Bill Payne, George Massenburg, Paul Barrere.
Compilation producers: Gary Peterson, Bill Payne, Paul Barrere.
Engineers include: George Massenburg, Warren Dewey, Andy Bloch.
Recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, England; The Lisner Auditorium,
Washington, D.C. in August 1977. Includes liner notes by Bud Scoppa.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Lowell George (vocals, guitar, cowbells, maracas); Paul Barrére (vocals, guitar); Bill Payne (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer); Richard Hayward (vocals, drums, percussion); Sam Clayton (vocals, congas, percussion); Mick Taylor (guitar); Lenny Pickett (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Emilio Castillo (tenor saxophone); Stephen "Doc" Kupka (baritone saxophone); Mic Gillette (trumpet, trombone); Greg Adams (trumpet); Tower of Power Horn Section (horns); Michael McDonald , Patrick Simmons (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: George Massenburg; Warren Dewey; Bill Inglot; Brian Kehew.
Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Bud Scoppa.
Recording information: Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washin (08/01/1977-08/10/1977); The Rainbow Theatre, London, England (08/01/1977-08/10/1977).
Photographers: Richard D. Young; Robert Matheu.
Arranger: Lowell George.
Little Feat was one of the legendary live bands of the '70s, showered with praise by not only their small, fiercely dedicated cult of fans, but such fellow musicians as Bonnie Raitt, Robert Palmer, and Jimmy Page. Given all that acclaim, it only made sense for the group to cut a live album. Unfortunately, they waited until 1977, when the group had entered its decline, but as the double-album Waiting for Columbus proves, Little Feat in its decline was still pretty great. Certainly, the group is far more inspired on stage than they were in the studio after 1975 - just compare "All That You Dream," "Oh Atlanta," "Old Folks' Boogie," "Time Loves a Hero," and "Mercenary Territory" here to the cuts on The Last Record Album and Time Loves a Hero. The versions on Waiting are full-bodied and fully-realized, putting the studio cuts to shame. Early classics like "Fat Man in the Bathtub" and "Tripe Face Boogie" aren't as revelatory, but it's still a pleasure to hear a great band run through their best songs, stretching theMojo (Publisher) (6/02, p.126) - "...This is a corker..."