Little Feat – Waiting for Columbus [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.

1977 Concert Set Ranks Among the Best Live Albums Ever Recorded: Waiting for Columbus Is Little Feat's Magnum Opus

Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition 180g 33RPM 2LP Set Features Stunning Sound That Will Boogie Your Speakers Away

1/4" / 30 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe

When you think about great live albums, several immediately come to mind. The Who's Live at Leeds. James Brown's Live at the Apollo. The Allman Brothers Band's Live at Fillmore East. Kiss' Alive! Nirvana's Unplugged. And, while it is sometimes unjustifiably forgotten, Little Feat's Waiting for Columbus. The last essential album the rootsy California band made, it stands as the group's peak accomplishment - a staggering confluence of energetic performances, skilled improvisations, and thematic expansion.

Joined onstage by the Tower of Power horn section, Little Feat accentuates and remakes familiar arrangements, using the stage as a laboratory for unbridled creativity, New Orleans-spiced fun, and spontaneous interaction. Bursting with enthusiasm and excitement, Waiting for Columbus is truly a live album for the ages and one of a certain distinctive era.

Amazingly, the set came together under less-than-ideal conditions. In the months leading up to the seven 1977 Washington D.C. and London concerts that were taped for the record, leader Lowell George had removed himself from the band's affairs. The chemistry was fractured, but the shows functioned as a molding agent. And did Little Feat ever respond. With every member of the sextet playing like their life depended on it, and a guest appearance by ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, this is a must-have set.

Mobile Fidelity is proud to present Waiting for Columbus on audiophile vinyl in the finest possible sound so that you can get a clear sense of the virtuosic musical interplay. Out of print!

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