Little Feat – Sailin’ Shoes [Stereo] (Mobile Fidelity GAIN 2 Series Half-Speed Mastered Edition)

(AAA) — Lacquers cut from the original analog master tapes at half speed by Shawn Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.

Little Feat Sailin' Shoes on Mobile Fidelity 180g 33RPM LP: Numbered-Edition Pressing Mines Warmth, Textures, and Soulfulness of California Rock Classic

1/4" / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe

So much for the sophomore slump. Faced with the frustration that comes with making a critically acclaimed debut that failed to win over mainstream audiences, Little Feat responded with Sailin' Shoes, a sterling studio effort that synthesizes all of the band's strengths. "Let your memory drift/And do nothing at all," George instructs on the infectious opener "Easy to Slip." It's the best advice we could offer.

This 1972 set plays like a jambalaya of American music styles. The equivalent to acknowledged period classics by The Band, Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones, Sailin' Shoes is at once familiar, clever, organic, wholesome, and humorous.

Mastered from the original analog master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g LP of Sailin' Shoes brings the music's vibrant colors, rich tones, round notes, and sky-bound harmonies to the forefront with stellar ntimacy and realism.

(Above description from MusicDirect.com)