Little Feat - S&D, C/D

I seem to recall somewhere that the original concept behind the group was Rolling Stones + The Band, which is most obvious on the debut.

https://i.imgur.com/7OQlk6N.png

“Closest thing to Dylan” ?

this amazing bootleg is finally coming out officially for record store day:
https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/14416

Sweet!

That looks fantastic and I really hope it gets a wider release later because those 5000 copies aren't going to go far.

Yeah, but it's gonna list for $75 or something...

Probably true. In a perfect world it'd also get an affordable CD release in a few months time.

I heard you the biggest HOO
The biggest truck in town

Is every song on the first Little Feat album about long-haul truckers?

"Brides of Jesus" = Jesus Was A Truck-Drivin' Messiah

Companion Piece:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b3/Commander_Cody_Hot_Licks.jpg

They would later cover "Willin'"

In other news, the current lineup of Little Feat will be doing a 45th Anniversary tour doing Waiting For Columbus front-to-back next year.

They would later cover "Willin'" Yeah, but I think Ronstadt's version is better. They certainly had their moments though. They should: they spent the 60s entertaining Ann Arbor, then, having run out of financial opportunities for professional students etc., they jumped to Berkeley, became student bar faves there, and then opening act for the Dead---especially popular because they didn't jam, I've read---and maybe encourage the Dead to play more country etc. They mixed that with rockabilly, western swing, other compatibles (incl. originals, like the one about being down to seeds and stems again. Also known for attracting a mix of hippies, old trad country fans, younger suits (so also suitable for that era of Austin, Armadillo World Headquarters and so on).
I tend to prefer some of the covers, like their Greatest Hit, "Hot Rod Lincoln," also "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette." Liked most of the first two LPs, 1971's Lost In The Ozone and the next year's Hot Licks, Cold Steel and Trucker's Favorites, also some of the live album. Not so muchthe '75 s/t, which was supposed to be their major move, the punchline of an amazing book, Star-Making Machinery: Inside the Business of Rock and Roll, by the late great Geoffrey Stokes, from a lost world of music, money, dreams, and delusions---familiar elements, but mixing a strange brew, man.

https://i.imgur.com/OFOxCUX.jpg

Yeahhh…now I have this one and Columbus 😎

Analog willin

In a perfect world it'd also get an affordable CD release in a few months time.

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, September 30, 2021 5:32 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink

Since this world is far from perfect, there's going to be a more limited edition CD version of the RSD Electrif Lycanthrope.

https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/14415

https://www.discogs.com/release/9864342-Little-Feat-Little-Feat

Roll right through the night

I said roll

That RSD CD is already going for sick $$$ on eBay.

Let’s crowd source that shit

there's one on discogs for a somewhat reasonable price.

Lucked out and was able to grab an Electrif Lycanthrope CD for list (plus shipping + tax) on eBay right before Xmas. Just digging in now and HOLY SHIT what a good job Rhino did on this. Sounds like you're right there in the audience. Sucks that if this were 5-10 years ago it would have been a regular release instead of this RSD bullshit.

Very nice !

The Electrif Lycanthrope remaster is now up on streaming services.

Yasss

hello i just discovered Little Feat :D

seriously had never heard them before! they are great & right in my countryfied classic dadrock wheelhouse

Welcome to the fold veg

I was trying to find out about the Electrif Lycanthrope bootleg just recently, the title has always bothered me and I found this on a 100 Greatest Bootlegs Blog.

"Yesterday I received this e-mail from someone who wishes to remain anonymous. They used a temporary email address to protect their privacy but had difficulty posting it in the comments section. I reproduce it below:

Greetings thebasement67 and all:

To begin with, it is very, very kind of you to list 'Electrif Lycanthrope' as one of The 100 Greatest Bootlegs. This is especially delightful considering it began its Fifth Decade Of Providing Listening Joy a few years ago.
And anyone who has not followed your suggestion to get the broadcast is missing an extraordinary opportunity to get a pristine transfer of this performance.

At the time of 'Electrif Lycanthrope''s release, LITTLE FEAT were the definition of A Cult Band. Radio, even FM Radio, rarely played them. Probably more people saw them performing live during those years than ever had ever purchased 'Salin' Shoes' or 'Dixie Chicken". This would, happily, change over the next few years with the next few releases but when 'Electrif Lycanthrope' was originated and released they were far closer to A Well Treasured Secret than Indispensable To Any Record Collection.
Over the years, I have read many interpretations about the packaging. Especially the title. As you have been so very kind in your words about this work, I thought, if you do not mind, I would use this ability to comment here to answer some questions about it.

'Electrif Lycanthrope' contains no misspelled words. It appears exactly as intended. The title was inspired by a motion picture that was been broadcast as the cover was being assembled. Way back when, the US television network ABC ran movies and other odd programming late at night. This night there was a movie about a teenage werewolf that was created by Dick Clark Productions. It was a silly movie but the word "lycanthropy" was repeatedly used throughout it. I liked the overall sound of that word very much. For the cover it was changed to be a singular noun. It was used to represent the transformation we hoped would soon take place to change those who never listened to LITTLE FEAT into those who always listened to LITTLE FEAT. The word 'Electrif' was a portmanteau of two words: 'Electric", for the guitars being played, and 'Terrific', for the way LITTLE FEAT music made us all feel.

The subtitle '(Be-Bop Deluxe)' was not an error and was not listed as a reference to the English band of the same name. It was included as a reference to a genre of music, bebop, with a superlative added and was a phrase used by someone at the Anytown Office to reference any music she thought was "irresistibly cool". Its inclusion as a subtitle was the first of three clues to appear on three different LITTLE FEAT titles on Kornyfone.

The artwork on the cover of 'Electrif Lycanthrope' was from a calendar made, printed and given away by A Local Record Store. It was used because, first and foremost, it was by Neon Park and, just as importantly, the original calendar could be trimmed so that the art would fit the available space on the cover. That the art contained a Rin Tin Tin with antlers and an El Camino Real bell with a quizzical face, both entities seemingly also having transformed, just made it all the better.
It took about two hours to assemble the cover and get it camera ready. Letraset for the titles. A bottle of ink and a drafting pen, as always, for the handwritten text. The final printed piece does not have the Neon Park art in its intended position as the printer changed it after the final camera ready art was delivered. But other than that, it was printed as intended.

By the way, the seemingly nonsensical notes under the song titles, written in and around The Amazing Kornyfone Record Label ongoing mythology, do reference real places and real people. And do tell a little more about the album's creation. For example, the source for "Willin'" was supplied by someone who was, at the time, a Railroad Engineer. And the reference to Second Street was a reference to an actual Second Street and to actual people who gathered in various establishments along it to listen and, particularly, to dance to LITTLE FEAT. Girls dancing are, by definition, A Natural Wonder. And Girls dancing to LITTLE FEAT are far, far closer to Answered Prayers.

I hope this brings a little enlightenment about a few things. And, if nothing else, will answer the questions about the origin of the title once and for all. Thanks again for all of your kind words.

If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old.

Cheers,
THF"

'waiting for columbus' reissue w/three complete live shows...

https://store.rhino.com/waiting-for-columbus-8cd-7.html

How much coke can you buy for $109.98

Little Feat looks like the cast of a dramedy about the teachers at a boys school for the arts that aired for six episodes on CBS in 1987. pic.twitter.com/fGwp96uJPY

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"Catch 'Hangin' On To The Good Times'...Friday Nights Before 'Dallas'!"

lol

special guest star this week: Meredith Baxter-Bierney

It looks like Rhino's official release of Electrif Lycanthrope is getting legitimately rolled out on a standard CD release. (It's available in Europe...I'm guessing in the U.S. soon.) Don't pay too much for it!

To be fair, the photo above looks like it was taken in 1987 too. Here's what they look like now:
https://www.ajc.com/resizer/95ji6KMOR1uiC4vbleyD8PM_oLA=/814x458/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/ajc/G3IOXKTBVNF53JXPRJFMF3637U.jpg

pic.twitter.com/FYZxLbCuLn

— SNL Hosts Introducing the Musical Guest (@snlhostsintro) August 9, 2022

This might be one for the ThingsYouCan'tFindOnTheInternet thread, but...
There used to be a show on NHK radio called Weekend Sunshine, and for a while the DJ, Peter Barakan was using this ridiculously funky instrumental as the opening theme...
Somehow I learned that it was by a band that was a sideproject of the LittleFeat horn section? Maybe just a single album?
I can't remember any names (this was about twenty years ago), but the tune was brass-heavy and at least part of it was in 5/4 or 7/8 or something...

The Little Feat horn guys were actually the Tower of Power horn action, if that helps.

I mean, have you tried messaging the DJ? He's on twitter and instagram and his website even has an email address listed as well ( p✧@peterbara✧✧✧.n✧✧ )

Ha!
Thanks JDHH, I did do a safety google before posting in case the info was somehow online since I last checked (it's been years...), but I didn't think to just go straight to the source... I will try email and report back....

Any chance it's something from this?
https://www.discogs.com/master/453484-%E7%9F%A2%E9%87%8E%E9%A1%95%E5%AD%90-Japanese-Girl-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3

Little Feat was the backing band on one side

Barakan is a lovely guy, I'm sure he'll message you back.

....aaand Mr Barakan has already replied... what a mensch...

Turns out the theme was and still is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeH3OdgGHso

"Sunshine Day" by Osibisa...

Not at all related to Little Feat (or in 5/4, or an instrumental!), but a stone groove all the same...

New willin'/bogart columbus promo video from rhino this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyFKiEDTDJg
It's a bit too literal and clip-arty for my taste, but cool to see the routes from Tuscon to Tucumcari and Tehachapi to Tonopah mapped out.

Holy windows movie maker Batman! Sort of expected Clippy to make a cameo

LOL, would love to see Clippy make an appearance in an IT gig worker parody of Willin' - if'n you give me a PC, coffee and a login ID, and you show me a spreadsheet, I'll be willin' to be computin'...

And I’ve been from SUMIF to ODBC, auto-fill to bring to front

"Sunshine Day" by Osibisa...

Not at all related to Little Feat (or in 5/4, or an instrumental!), but a stone groove all the same...

― m0stly clean (Slowsquatch), Wednesday, August 10, 2022 9:11 PM (two days ago)

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