Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus (2 CD) (1978/2010)

Genre: Southern Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock
Country of disc production: USA
Year of disc release: 2010
Publisher (label): Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Catalog number: UCDC2786
Country: USA
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip type: tracks+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 01:21:43

Tracklist:
CD1 (00:40:08)
01. Join The Band 01:52
02. Fat Man in the Bathtub 04:54
03. All That You Dream 04:29
04. Oh Atlanta 04:18
05. Old Folks' Boogie 04:37
06. Time Loves a Hero 04:17
07. Day or Night 05:28
08. Mercenary Territory 04:34
09. Spanish Moon 05:34

CD2 (00:41:35)
01. Dixie Chicken 08:57
02. Tripe Face Boogie 07:07
03. Rocket in my Pocket 03:51
04. Willin? 04:51
05. Don't Bogart That Joint 01:01
06. A Apolitical Blues 03:50
07. Sailin' Shoes 06:21
08. Feats Don't Fail Me Now 05:33

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 them out and finding new quirks within them. If there are any flaws with Waiting for Columbus, it's that the Feat do a little bit too much stretching, veering toward excessive jamming on occasion - and that mildly fuzzy focus is really the only way you'd be able to tell that this is a great live band recorded slightly after their prime. Even so, there's much to savor on Waiting for Columbus, one of the great live albums of its era, thanks to rich performances that prove Little Feat were one of the great live bands of their time