Little Feat "Sailin' Shoes" (2023) -Southern Rock / Blues Rock / Boogie Rock-

Label : Warner Records, Inc.

CD ONE: SAILIN’ SHOES 2023 REMASTER

01 - Easy To Slip (Lowell George & Martin Kibbee)

02 - Cold, Cold, Cold (Lowell George)

03 - Trouble (Lowell George)

04 - Tripe Face Boogie (Bill Payne & Richie Hayward)

05 - Willin' (Lowell George)

06 - A Apolitical Blues (Lowell George)

07 - Sailin' Shoes (Lowell George)

08 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Lowell George)

09 - Got No Shadow (Bill Payne)

10 - Cat Fever (Bill Payne)

11 - Texas Rose Cafe (Lowell George)

CD TWO: HOTCAKES, OUTTAKES & RARITIES

01 - Sailin' Shoes (Lowell George) (Demo)

02 - Easy To Fall (Easy To Slip) (Lowell George & Martin Kibbee) (Demo for The Doobie Brothers)

03 - Texas Rose Cafe (Lowell George) (Demo for The Doobie Brothers)

04 - Cold, Cold, Cold (Lowell George) (Alternate Version)

05 - Roto/Tone (Elliot Ingber)

06 - A Apolitical Blues (Lowell George) (Alternate Version)

07 - Boogie - Tripe Face Boogie (Bill Payne & Richie Hayward)

08 - Trouble (Lowell George) (Alternate Version)

09 - Doriville (Lowell George)

10 - Willin' (Lowell George) (Alternate Version)

11 - Easy To Slip (Lowell George & Martin Kibbee) (Mono Single Version)

THANK YOU! I’LL EAT IT HERE: LIVE AT THE PALLADIUM, LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 28, 1971

12 - Tripe Face Boogie (Bill Payne & Richie Hayward)

13 - Hamburger Midnight (Lowell George & Roy Estrada)

14 - Cat Fever (Bill Payne)

15 - Willin' (Lowell George)

16 - Strawberry Flats (Bill Payne & Lowell George)

17 - Got No Shadow (Bill Payne)

18 - Texas Rose Cafe (Lowell George)

19 - Snakes On Everything (Bill Payne)

20 - Hot Rod (Eldorado Slim) (Bill Payne, Lowell George, Richie Hayward & Roy Estrada)

21 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Lowell George)

CD TWO Tracks 01, 04, 06, 08, 10, 12-21 are Previously Unreleased

CD ONE Originally Released as Warner Bros 'BS-2600' (2/72)

Produced by Ted Templeman

Engineered & Mixed by Don Landee

"Sailin' Shoes" Engineered by Eddie Bracken

"Trouble" Engineered by Bobby Hata

Recorded & Mixed at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Amigo), North Hollywood, CA ; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA ; T.T.G/Sunset Highland Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA

CD TWO Track 01

Produced by Lowell George & Van Dyke Parks

Recorded & Mixed at United/Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA (3/71)

Lowell George : Guitar & Vocals

Van Dyke Parks : Piano

CD TWO Tracks 02 & 03

Produced by Ted Templeman

Engineered by Bobby Hata

Recorded & Mixed at United/Western Recorders, Hollywood, CA (2/5/71)

Originally appeared on 'Hotcakes & Outtakes', Rhino #79912 (9/00)

CD TWO Tracks 04, 06 & 10

Produced by Ted Templeman during the 'Sailin' Shoes' Sessions (4/7/71 - 4/14/71)

Engineered by Don Landee

"Trouble" Engineered by Bobby Hata

Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Amigo), North Hollywood, CA ; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA ; T.T.G/Sunset Highland Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA

Mixed by Brian Kehew at Timeless Recording, Los Angeles, CA, May 2022

CD TWO Track 08

Produced by Ted Templeman during the 'Sailin' Shoes' Sessions (4/7/71 - 4/14/71)

Engineered by Bobby Hata

Recorded at Warner Bros. Recording Studios (Amigo), North Hollywood, CA ; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA ; T.T.G/Sunset Highland Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA ; Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA

Mixed by Brian Kehew at Timeless Recording, Los Angeles, CA, May 2022

CD TWO Tracks 05, 07 & 09

Produced by Ted Templeman

Engineered by Don Landee

Recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (4/7/71 - 4/14/71)

Originally appeared on 'Hotcakes & Outtakes', Rhino #79912 (9/00)

CD TWO Track 11

Produced by Ted Templeman

Engineered by Don Landee

Recorded at Sunwest Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (4/7/71 - 4/14/71)

Originally appeared on 'Easy To Slip' Promotional Single WB #7553 (2/72)

CD TWO Tracks 12-21

Recorded at The Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, August 28, 1971

Mixed by Brian Kehew at Timeless Recording, Los Angeles, CA, May 2022

Lowell George : Vocals, Guitar

Bill Payne : Vocals, Piano

Roy Estrada : Bass, Vocals

Richie Hayward : Drums, Vocals

Reissue Credits 

This Reissue Produced for Release by Jason Jones

Mastered by Dan Hersch with Bill Inglot at D2 Mastering

Little Feat "Hoy-Hoy!" (1981) -Boogie Rock / Southern Rock-

 Label : Warner Bros. Records

 1

01 - Rocket In My Pocket (Lowell George)
02 - Rock And Roll Doctor (Lowell George & Fred Martin)
03 - Skin It Back (Paul Barrere)
04 - Easy To Slip (Lowell George)
05 - Red Streamliner (Bill Payne & Fran Tate)

2

01 - Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams & Jimmie H. Davies)
02 - Front Page News (Bill Payne)
03 - The Fan (Lowell George & Bill Payne)
04 - Forty-Four Blues (Chester Burnett)

3

01 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Lowell George)
02 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Live Version) (Lowell George)
03 - Framed (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)
04 - Strawberry Flats (Bill Payne & Lowell George)
05 - Gringo (Bill Payne)

4

01 - Over The Edge (Paul Barrere)
02 - Two Trains (Lowell George)
03 - China White (Lowell George)
04 - All That You Dream (Paul Barrere & Bill Payne)
05 - Feets Don't Fail Me Now (Lowell George, Fred Martin & Paul Barrere)


Produced by Bill Payne, George Massenburg & Paul Barrere
Mixed by George Massenburg at The George Massenburg Studios, West Of Los Angeles, December 1980 Through March 1981
Assistance by Bill Youdelman, Ken Fowler, Barbara Rooney & Ron Pendragon
Mastered by Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab
"Forty-Four Blues" & "Strawberry Flats" are From "LITTLE FEAT" (1971), Produced by Russ Titelman
"Easy To Slip" is From "SAILIN' SHOES" (1972), Produced by Ted Templeman


1

01 - Rocket In My Pocket

Lead vocal & Chief Engineer : Lowell George
Recorded at Saddie Peak Studios, 1978

02 - Rock And Roll Doctor

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Background & Horns Arranged by Allen Toussaint
Opposing Vocal : Paul Barrere & Sam Clayton
Recorded Live, 1974 through 1976, for WLIR. Re-Recorded at Blue Seas Baltimore, RCA, N.Y.C., Sea-Saint Studios New Orleans & Sound Factory, West L.A.

03 - Skin It Back

Lead vocal : Paul Barrere
Background vocals : Bill Payne & Sam Clayton
Live Horns by The Tower Of Power Horn Section
Recorded Live at Lisner, 1977

04 - Easy To Slip

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Percussion : Milt Holland
Recorded 1971 for "SAILIN' SHOES"

05 - Red Streamliner

Lead vocal : Bill Payne
Background vocals : Michael McDonald & Patrick Simmons
Recorded Live at Lisner, 1977

2

01 - Lonesome Whistle

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Background vocals : Lee Lawler, Richie Hayward & Lowell George
Recorded by Lowell George at Blue Seas in Late 1974

02 - Front Page News

Lead vocal : Bill Payne
Background vocals : Emmylou Harris, Fran Tate, Richie Hayward & Lowell George
Recorded during "FEATS DON'T FAIL ME NOW" at Blue Seas, 1974

03 - The Fan

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Background vocals : Bill Payne & Richie Hayward
Recorded Live for WLIR at Ultrasonic, 1974

04 - Forty-Four Blues

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Lead Guitars : Ry Cooder & Lowell George
Bass : Roy Estrada
Recorded for "LITTLE FEAT", 1970

3

01 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Guitar : Elliott Ingber
Bass : Roy Estrada
Recorded at TTG, 1969

02 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Recorded Live at Lisner, 1977

03 - Framed

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Guitar : Elliott Ingber
Bass : Roy Estrada
Background vocals : Bill Payne, Roy Estrada & Richie Hayward
Recorded at TTG, 1969

04 - Strawberry Flats

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Bass : Roy Estrada
Background vocals : Richie Hayward, Bill Payne & Persons Unknow
Recorded 1970 for "LITTLE FEAT"

05 - Gringo

Lead vocal : Bill Payne
Background vocals : Nicolette Larson, Fran Tate & Bobby LaKind
Sax : David Sanborn
Acoustic Guitar : Robben Ford
Additional Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa
Synclavier II Programming : Denny Yeager
Produced by Bill Payne & George Massenburg at GMS, 1981

4

01 - Over The Edge

Lead vocal : Paul Barrere
A Thousand & One Guitars Also by Paul Barrere
Background vocals : Bill Payne & Richie Hayward
Recorded at GMS, 1981

02 - Two Trains

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Recorded Live at Ultrasonic for WLIR, 1973

03 - China White

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Background vocals : Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Oren Waters, Luther Waters & Maxine Dixon
Lead Guitar : Lowell George
Piano : David Foster
Guitars : Dean Parks & Fred Tackett
Drums : Jim Keltner
Bass : Chuck Rainey
Organ : Gordon DeWitty
Horns : Jerry Jumonville & Lee Thornburg
Recorded at Sunset Sound, 1978

04 - All That You Dream

Lead vocal : Linda Ronstadt
Background vocals : Nicolette Larson, Rosemary Butler & Sam Clayton
Drums : Rick Shlosser
Percussion : Bobby LaKind & Ted Templeman
Recorded Live at The Forum for The Lowell George Tribute, 1979

05 - Feets Don't Fail Me Now

Lead vocal : Lowell George
Background vocals : The Group & The Entre City of Philadephia
Recorded Live at The Tower Theater, Philadelphia, 1976

Little Feat "Sailin' Shoes" (1972) -Southern Rock / Blues Rock / Boogie Rock-

 

 

 Label : Warner Bros. Records

 Side 1

01 - Easy To Slip (Lowell George & Martin Kirbee)
02 - Cold, Cold, Cold (Lowell George)
03 - Trouble (Lowell George)
04 - Tripe Face Boogie (Bill Payne & Richie Hayward)
05 - Willin' (Lowell George)
06 - A Apolitical Blues (Lowell George)

Side 2

01 - Sailin' Shoes (Lowell George)
02 - Teenage Nervous Breakdown (Lowell George)
03 - Got No Shadow (Bill Payne)
04 - Cat Fever (Bill Payne) (Arranged by Lowell George)
05 - Texas Rose Cafe (Lowell George)


Produced by Ted Templeman
Donn Landee, Recordist & Mixer

Eddie Bracken, Recordist on "Sailin' Shoes"
Bob Hata, Recordist on "Trouble"

Bill Payne : Keyboards, Accordion & Lead vocal on "Cat Fever"
Lowell George : Lead vocals, Guitars, Harmonica
Richie Hayward : Drums & Percussion, Background vocals
Roy Estrada : Bass, Background vocals

Executive Producer : Lenny Waronker
Production Reduction : Benita Brazier

Sneaky Pete Kleinow : Steel Guitar on "Willin'" & "Texas Rose Cafe"
Debbie Lindsey : Vocals on "Sailin' Shoes" & "Cold, Cold, Cold"
Milt Holland : Percussion on "Easy To Slip" & "Trouble"
Ron Elliott : Electric Guitar on "A Apolitical Blues"

Recorded at Amigo Studios, Sunset Sound & T.T.G.

Little Feat "Little Feat" (1971) -Roots Rock / Southern Rock / Country Rock-

 Label : Warner Bros. Records

 Side One

01 - Snakes On Everything (Bill Payne)
02 - Strawberry Flats (Bill Payne & Lowell George)
03 - Truck Stop Girl (Bill Payne & Lowell George)
04 - Brides Of Jesus (Bill Payne & Lowell George)
05 - Willin' (Lowell George)
06 - Hamburger Midnight (Lowell George & George Estrada)

Side Two

01 - Forty Flour Blues / How Many More Years  (Howin' Wolf)
02 - Crack In Your Door (Lowell George)
03 - I've Been The One (Lowell George)
04 - Takin' My Time (Bill Payne)

05 - Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie (Bill Payne & Lowell George)


Produced by Russ Titelman
Engineered by Bob Kovach & Rudy Hill
Re-mix : Bob Kovach

Lowell George : Guitar, Harmonica & Vocals
Bill Payne : Keyboards, Vocals
Richie Hayward : Drums, Vocals
Roy Estrada : Bass, Vocals

Orchestration Arranged & Conducted by Kirby Johnson

Ry Cooder : Bottleneck Guitar on "Willin'", Guitars on "Forty Four Blues / How Many More Years"
Sneaky Pete Kleinow : Pedal Steel on "I've Been The One"
Russ Titelman : Piano on "I've Been The One", Background vocals & Percussion