A Jambalaya of Musical Styles: Little Feat Sailin' Shoes Synthesizes the Band's Strengths

Mobile Fidelity's Numbered-Edition Gold CD Mines the Dynamics, Textures, and Soulfulness of the 1972 Classic: Includes 16-Page Booklet

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.

Remastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition Gold CD of Sailin' Shoes brings the music's vibrant colors, rich tones, round notes, and sky-bound harmonies to the forefront with deft realism. Issued in a gatefold mini-LP-style cardboard sleeve with 16-page color booklet.