well you might be in the minority but you are definitely entitled to opinions and more importantly to spin whatever you like

if you like it better than Exile than it is better, for you, at this moment anyway .....

but nobody else in the known or unknown universe thinks Little Feat is better on any level than Exile ......

compare the Stones' Slim Harpo and Robert Johnson covers to Feat's Wolf covers for an illustration: the Stones are transcendent and blow doors, get wild, knock themselves out, and weren't only heading for an overload, they did in fact overload ....

whereas Feat paid homage tastefully but never lost control, which is the essence of rock and why Exile will always rule in spite of its flaws, because it's so dangerously out of control and wound up tight yet sloppily loose ..... by comparison Feat sounds talented but polite, genteel, mannered .....

on Sailin' Shoes' Teenage Nervous Breakdown they kicked their ass into gear but their deal was always a measured syncopated shuffle, not a coked-up adrenal rush

but still, respect to you for even knowing about Little Feat's first record, which was neglected for a long time .....

but Rocks Off alone is worth more than all Little Feat's stuff put together and I always loved the real Little Feat with Lowell of course and in fact have some good tales involving them and I caught 'em in '78 when I was a mere 17 ......... one of the best shows I've ever seen, much better than any live Stones I personally saw

Well...I like little feat, the drumming being the favourite bit, but cant really see the comparison in an objective sense.

Anyway,

Here is SS with a wonky inside out groove....

https://youtu.be/5b3ara0qMqM

I do have the vinyl in storage...so hopefully that qualifies

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Last edited by Chipper (2016-09-21 14:10:49)

You can say that you still love me. For starters.

heh heh Yeah, well, deal with it.

/\  have to say I was thinking about this earlier tonight and now I'm not sure about the Red Wings that night at Toad's Place, maybe I was the one wearing them ...

either way someone's floppy boot stomped down into the ground ... I've still got mine ......

of course Captain Beefheart does specifically intone the words "Red Wings" in the gritty song poem The Dust Blows Forward 'N' The Dust Blows Back from Trout Mask Replica:

It’s night now and the moon looks like uh dandelion
It’s black now ‘n the blackbird’s feedin’ on rice
‘n his red wings look diamonds ‘n lice
I can hear the mice toes scamperin’
Gophers rumblin’ in pile crater rock hole
One red bean stuck in the bottom of uh tin bowl
Hot coffee from uh krimpt up can
Me ‘n my girl named Bimbo Limbo Spam

this is what happens when you're taught "close reading"

Harvey Mandel 'Baby Bater', I like HM first two albums but I think this is my fav track

https://youtu.be/S1omdZZPir0

Guess how heavy LPs are? Really heavy. I'm reminded of this every time I move. 12 boxes this time. Good exercise for building up the guns.

Last edited by Chipper (2016-09-22 11:31:07)

Only got a spotify on this one... off Smokeys first album, SMOKEY..

Just My Soul Responding..

There is a great soul train recording...but this version has the native american sounding strings which I always loved.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3nW2NVmoHsfUVSBMA3QaZr