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Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat

Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat Tracks
1. Strawberry Flats
2. Hamburger Midnight
3. Easy To Slip
4. Cold, Cold, Cold
5. Trouble
6. Tripe Face Boogie
7. Willin'
8. Cat Fever
9. Sailin' Shoes
10. Dixie Chicken
11. Two Trains
12. Roll Um Easy
13. Fat Man In The Bathtub
14. Fool Yourself
15. Spanish Moon
16. Rock And Roll Doctor
17. Oh Atlanta
18. Skin It Back
19. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
20. Mercenary Territory
21. All That You Dream
22. Long Distance Love
23. Day Or Night
24. Hi Roller
25. Time Loves A Hero
26. Rocket In My Pocket
27. Old Folks Boogie
28. Day At The Dog Races
29. Fat Man In The Bathtub - (live)
30. All That You Dream - (live)
31. Mercenary Territory - (live)
32. Spanish Moon - (live)
33. 20 Million Things
34. Down On The Farm
35. Six Feet Of Snow
36. Gringo
37. Lonesome Whistle
38. Front Page News
39. Fan, The - (live)
40. Red Streamliner - (live)
41. Teenage Nervous Breakdown - (live)
42. Hate To Lose Your Lovin'
43. Let It Roll
44. Hangin' On To The Good Times
45. Rad Gumbo
46. Texas Twister
47. Representing The Mambo
48. Ingenue, The
49. Shake Me Up
50. Things Happen
51. Borderline Blues
52. Cadillac Hotel
53. Ain't Had Enough Fun
54. Can't Be Satisfied - (live) / They're Red Hot (Hot Tamales) - (live)
55. Home Ground
56. Blues Don't Tell It All, The
57. Eden's Wall
58. Lightning-Rod Man
59. Crack In Your Door
60. Teenage Nervous Breakdown
61. Juliet
62. Jazz Thing In 10
63. Rat Faced Dog
64. Doglines
65. Wait Till The Shit Hits The Fan
66. Easy To Fall (Easy To Slip) - (demo)
67. Texas Rose Cafe - (demo)
68. Doriville
69. Boogie
70. Two Trains - (demo)
71. Roto/Tone
72. Ace In The Hole (Hi Roller)
73. Eldorado Slim
74. Feats Don't Fail Me Now
75. Brickyard Blues
76. All That You Dream
77. Down Below The Borderline - (demo)
78. Rockin' Shoes I & II
79. Front Page News
80. High Roller
81. Roll 'Em Easy
82. Boogie Wigwam
83. Buck
Little Feat - Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat
Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat Review
These 83 songs go a long way toward demonstrating how Little Feat evolved their hard-to-define but infectious swamp-rock, blues, and boogie sound. The final disc in the four-disc Hotcakes & Outtakes, dubbed "Studio Outtakes," offers up the very first demo tapes made by Lowell George, the mastermind of the group. Backed by keyboardist Billy Payne, drummer Richie Hayward, and bassist Roy Estrada (the first player to leave the band), George's down-and-dirty slide guitar and plaintive voice blend grit, intelligence, and humor. Combining an off-center Southern California rock sensibility (George and Estrada had both been members of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention) with a love of New Orleans rhythms, Little Feat became a quintessentially American band. Songs from their classic albums are gathered here, as well as live recordings and tracks from the post-George era. After George died, the group took a hiatus in the 1980s before reforming; the third disc chronicles 1988 to '98 and shows that Little Feat are as distinctive as ever. The box includes notes by Bud Scoppa, interviews with the group's founding members, and a previously unseen painting by Neon Park, whose cover art graced a number of Little Feat albums. The definitive Feat overview, this is ideal for old fans and newcomers alike. --Wally Shoup


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Attention
5
This collection of Little Feat has to be one of the highlights of the year. A group, who like Creedence was from California, but had a sound born of the swamp, is finally getting the treatment they have always deserved. Always known as a musicians band, Little Feat was hard to pigeonhole, thus they never got the radioplay they deserved. But a listen to the songs here will attest to the fact that this was a band who could cover many styles but always keep their sound. From the early tracks and outtakes of disc 4 to the live tracks from Waiting for Columbus, the Feat takes the listener on a musical journey. With Lowell Georges tasty slide to Bill Paynes keyboard work, to Richie Haywards controlled yet frantic drumming, you hear ragtime with Dixie Chicken, country with Willin`, and Southern Rock with Two Trains. Rhino should again be commended for another incredible set, so buy this and learn what Linda Ronstadt, The Doobie Brothers, and Bonnie Raitt have always knew. This band is the best, and with this set there is now no excuse.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2000-10-16
Awesome Box
5
First of all, the packaging is better than any boxed set I've ever owned or seen. Rhino deserves a lot of credit for making a package that any consumer would appreciate (wake up other record companies, this is how you add value to prereleased "product"). The writeup, graphics, photographs and sound quality are superb! Now for the songs: I like the emphasis on Lowell for Discs 1,2 and 4 - which I think is a good move. Some of the non Lowell penned songs are great as well (I was knocked out by "Day at the Dog Races" and "All that You Dream"). I must admit some of the others may never grow on me ("Gringo") - but this is also true of some of the later Lowell stuff "Jazz Stuff in 10"). Disc four is great, its interesting to hear how some of the songs developed, and there are some great tracks I've never heard before. Disc three has the slickest studio sound (Richie Hayward's drums sound superb) and may take the longest to grow on me. Although I think they should have taken more cuts from "Let it Roll" (a superb album proving that the band can still make great music), the tracks are quite nice (ie. "Borderline Blues"). I have no problem with the rotating lead singers (this was always a hallmark of the band), but I fear the other discs may make a case that the songwriting peak of the band may have passed. However, I don't think these musicians have passed their peak in terms of performers. My biggest criticism of disc three is that Paul Barrere sings most of the songs, and although he's good, I think Craig and Shaun brought something to the table that he doesn't. I saw Little Feat support the "Let it Roll" album, which remains the best concert I've ever seen and I'm glad they're still making music. If I could've changed anything in this box, I would've substituted some tracks with those from "Let It Roll" and "Waiting for Columbus". Other than that, this is one heck of a collection.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2001-01-16
Excellant overview
4
This is one of the better box sets I have seen; it doubles not only as a best-of, but includes some interesting studio nuggets as well. My only problem is that the original version "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" was left off in favor of a live version, which is not as good. Other than that, this set works both as an introduction to new fans and as must for old timers. Long live Little Feat!
Posted by Anonymous, on 2001-06-19