Little Feat Announce 8CD ‘Waiting For Columbus’ Anniversary Set
Little Feat will celebrate the 45th anniversary of one of the greatest live albums of all time, Waiting For Columbus, with an expanded 8CD Super Deluxe Edition, out 29 July and available to pre-order here.
The expanded set will include a newly remastered version of the original double album, plus three previously unreleased concerts from the run of shows in the summer of 1977 that gave us the original Waiting For Columbus. The shows from Manchester City Hall (29/7/77), The Rainbow, London (2/8/77), and the Lisner Auditorium, Washington DC (10/8/77) show a band in dynamic, genre-hopping form and add up to a definitive statement of Little Feat as a live band.
Dig! is offering bundles of the new collection, which will be released on the same day, including the Super Deluxe Edition bundled with a 2LP version, and a reissue of the Japanese 7” single of Oh Atlanta b/w Willin’.
PRE-ORDER WAITING FOR COLUMBUS SUPER DELUXE EDTION HERE
Little Feat originally released Waiting For Columbus on 10 February 10 1978. The platinum-certified double album cemented the band’s reputation as one of the premier live bands of the 70s. When it was recorded, the group included: Lowell George (vocals, guitar), Paul Barrere (guitar, vocals), Bill Payne (keyboard, vocals), Richie Hayward (drums, vocals), Sam Clayton (percussion, vocals), and Kenny Gradney (bass).
Waiting For Columbus includes songs originally on all six of the studio albums Little Feat released between 1971 and 1977. The dynamic performances showcase the sextet’s inimitable fusion of blues, country, jazz, and New Orleans R&B on signature tracks like Fat Man In The Bathtub, Oh Atlanta, and Sailin’ Shoes.
The super deluxe edition includes storming unreleased live versions of songs that appeared on the original (Rocket In My Pocket and Spanish Moon), along with several classics that didn’t, like Cold, Cold, Cold, Rock And Roll Doctor, Skin It Back and their cover of Allen Toussaint’s On Your Way Down.
WAITING FOR COLUMBUS: SUPER DELUXE EDITION
CD/LP Track Listing:
CD/LP One: Original Album
1. “Join The Band”
2. “Fat Man In The Bathtub”
3. “All That You Dream”
4. “Oh Atlanta”
5. “Old Folks Boogie”
6. “Time Loves A Hero”
7. “Day Or Night”
8. “Mercenary Territory”
9. “Spanish Moon”
CD/LP Two: Original Album
1. “Dixie Chicken”
2. “Tripe Face Boogie”
3. “Rocket In My Pocket”
4. “Willin’”
5. “Don’t Bogart That Joint”
6. “A Apolitical Blues”
7. “Sailin’ Shoes”
8. “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”
CD Three: Live at Manchester City Hall (7/29/77)
1. “Walkin’ All Night” *
2. “Skin It Back” *
3. “Fat Man In The Bathtub” *
4. “Red Streamliner” *
5. “Oh Atlanta” *
6. “Day At The Dog Races” *
7. “All That You Dream” *
8. “On Your Way Down” *
9. “Time Loves A Hero” *
10. “Day Or Night” *
CD Four: Live at Manchester City Hall (7/29/77)
1. “Rock And Roll Doctor” *
2. “Old Folks Boogie” *
3. “Dixie Chicken” *
4. “Tripe Face Boogie” *
5. “Willin’/Don’t Bogart That Joint” *
6. “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now” *
7. “Rocket In My Pocket” *
8. “Sailin’ Shoes” *
9. “Teenage Nervous Breakdown” *
CD Five: Live at The Rainbow, London, (8/2/77)
1. “Walkin’ All Night” *
2. “Fat Man In The Bathtub” *
3. “Red Streamliner” *
4. “Oh Atlanta” *
5. “Day At The Dog Races” *
6. “All That You Dream” *
7. “Mercenary Territory”
8. “On Your Way Down” *
9. “Skin It Back”
10. “Old Folks Boogie” *
CD Six: Live at The Rainbow, London, (8/2/77)
1. “Rock And Roll Doctor” *
2. “Cold Cold Cold” *
3. “Dixie Chicken” *
4. “Tripe Face Boogie” *
5. “Willin’/Don’t Bogart That Joint” *
6. “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now” *
7. “Rocket In My Pocket”
8. “Spanish Moon” *
9. “A Apolitical Blues” *
10. “Teenage Nervous Breakdown” *
CD Seven: Live at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (8/10/77)
1. “Walkin’ All Night” *
2. “Red Streamliner” *
3. “Fat Man In The Bathtub” *
4. “Day At The Dog Races” *
5. “All That You Dream” *
6. “On Your Way Down”
7. “Time Loves A Hero” *
8. “Day Or Night” *
9. “Skin It Back” *
CD Eight: Live at Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (8/10/77)
1. “Oh Atlanta” *
2. “Old Folks Boogie” *
3. “Dixie Chicken” *
4. “Tripe Face Boogie” *
5. “Feats Don’t Fail Me Now”
6. “Rocket In My Pocket” *
7. “Sailin’ Shoes” *
8. “Teenage Nervous Breakdown” *
* Previously Unreleased