Recorded between 1971 and 2001. Includes liner notes by Paul Barrere.
The companion volume to Hot Tomato/RedEye's Raw Tomatos, Vol. 1, Ripe Tomatos, Vol. 1 contains a robust selection of live Little Feat rarities from throughout their career -- both with Lowell George and their years without him. Like its predecessor, it suffers from its all-inclusiveness; many Feat fans love it all, but there are a select group, just as passionate, that only love George. By treating both groups as the same, these discs suffer. They flow well, in and of themselves, but once the George material runs out halfway through the first disc, it's hard not to wish that each era was given its own volume. That said, the music here, like the music on its companion piece, is uniformly excellent, illustrating exactly why the band has always been considered live titans. But, as before, the transcendent material is with George -- not just because he was a genius songwriter and guitarist, but because the band was grittier, earthier, funkier back then. There's nothing here as revelatory as the demos on Raw Tomatos, but live versions of "Teenage Nervous Breakdown," "Cold Cold Cold," "Dixie Chicken," "Hamburger Midnight," and "Apolitical Blues" (featuring Lowell saying "Howlin' Wolf invented rock & roll"), are priceless. So, you take what you can get, when you can get it; even if you wish you were getting more, there's no way you'd part with what you have. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Roy Estrada, Kenny Gradney (bass, background vocals); Richie Hayward (drums, background vocals); Sam Clayton, Shaun Murphy (percussion, background vocals)..
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
2CD;Rare Outakes That Spans Their 30 Yr.Career
Compilation producers: Paul Barrere, Bill Payne.
Personnel: Fred Tackett (vocals, guitar, mandolin, trumpet); Craig Fuller (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Lowell George, Paul Barrére (vocals, guitar); Bill Payne (vocals, keyboards); Kenny Gradney, Roy Estrada (vocals, bass guitar); Richie Hayward (vocals, drums); Shaun Murphy (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Sam Clayton (vocals, percussion).
Recording information: Studio L'Boudiour.
Photographers: Linda Gibbon; Dave Nuttycombe; Paul Barrére.
Little Feat: Lowell George, Paul Barrere (vocals, guitar); Fred Tackett (guitar, mandolin, trumpet, background vocals); Craig Fuller (guitar, mandolin, background vocals); Bill Payne (keyboards, background vocals);
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Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)
Little Feat´s Live Recordings! This is a great double cd with live-recordings by different Little Feat members.
They all add nicely together but I like the first part best, when Lowell George was in the band..... Submitted by sea (Stockholm/Sweden) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Feats Failed Me Now Live recordings. The first album is very good from the Lowell George era. The offensive thing is just when Dixie Chicken gets to rocking on the instrumental, the song fades out. Extremely maddening. The second album is the later incantation of the band and is very boring. They should have put their two hits from that era, Let It Roll and Texas Twister, on it instead of some of the stinkers, many of which sound C & W on downers or bad Dr. John. Not Worth $15.55, 5/13/07 Submitted by abatar (Irving, TX) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 0 of 1 found this helpful.
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