Little Feat - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 7-19-1973, Early Show
I've already posted a couple of Little Feat albums, so I won't say much more about them here. But note that this was from relatively early in the band's history, before they became very famous. Near the start of 1973, they released their third album, "Dixie Chicken." It was their first album to go Gold in the U.S., which means sales of half a million. But I'm guessing most of those sales didn't happen until later, when the band's growing popularity caused some people to discover their earlier albums, because the album didn't make the charts at all.
Interestingly, you can hear by the emcee speaking at the end of this recording that the band was actually the opening act for Zephyr. (They probably were much less well know nationwide, but they were based in Denver and played there a lot, so they were local favorites.) Also, it seems only the late show sets of both Little Feat and Zephyr were actually broadcast on the radio. But somehow this recording survived too, probably due to Little Feat's later fame.
In fact, I'd say these early and late shows by Little Feat are some of the most popular of all the Ebbets Fields recordings. There are very few concert recordings of this sound quality from this early in the band's career. But the recordings, going under names like "American Cutie" and "Late Night Truck Stop," are grey market releases. That means they exploit a loophole in European copyright law allowing for their legal sale in Europe, but the musical act doesn't get any of the profits.
This album is 54 minutes long.
01 Hamburger Midnight
02 Got No Shadow
03 talk
04 On Your Way Down
05 talk
06 Walkin' All Night
07 talk
08 Two Trains
09 talk
10 Willin'
11 talk
12 Cold, Cold, Cold
13 Dixie Chicken
14 Tripe Face Boogie
15 talk
16 Fat Man in the Bathtub
17 talk
(all tracks Little Feat)
Have at it you groovy people!
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