Little Feat
Sam Houston Coliseum
Houston, Texas
May 25, 1977
Soundboard Recording

"The Legend Comes Alive!"

Recording On CD Provided by Guy Vickers
Thanks to Little Feat and Guy For Sharing 
Original FLACs by Featseeker, newly FLACed, post-repairs for this remaster, by goody


Tracks

1.  Skin It Back
2.  Fat Man In The Bathtub
3.  Red Streamliner
4.  Oh Atlanta
5.  Day At The Dog Races
6.  All That You Dream
7.  A Apolitical Blues
8.  One Love Stand
9.  Rock And Roll Doctor
10. Old Folks' Boogie
11. Dixie Chicken
12. Tripe Face Boogie


Comments:

FRANK doesn't begin to understand the magic that Professor Goody does.  FRANK is just happy to have the results of the Professor's efforts.  But maybe some of the other people benefiting from the fruits of the Professor's goodness would appreciate a few of the comments Professor Goody has shared with FRANK.  

"Do some comparisons with your original Houston 77 files to hear the more balanced levels and the better groovin' at the correct speed.  Check the beginnings of each track to see how different the tracking is now, when compared with the originals.  I was originally going to leave all that alone.  I just had to take the reins and do it how I like it.  And each song is now properly on its own track.  I like that too..."

After the Professor was finished with the files, he sent the above comment to FRANK.  FRANK is particularly taken with the comment "...and do it how I like it" because, when all is said and done, there are two issues we should all take into consideration when listening to all the music we hear.  First, there is the objective issue as to whether the sound is in pitch, which means if it is in conformity to the accepted standard of 440 cycles/second.  Second, there is the issue of how the music should be presented.

We know Lowell went back into the studio to polish some of the live radio broadcast tapes.  Lowell had this sound in his head, this cracked mosaic.  FRANK doesn't know what tapes Lowell worked with, and doesn't want to get into a discussion of whether Lowell worked with this set or another.  The point is that Lowell had a musical vision in his head of how Feat should sound.  Whether we are aware of it or not, we all have such musical visions of our favorites, and the Professor lightly touches on the fact that this personal individual vision affects us all.

FRANK doesn't mess with the tapes, unless given explicit instructions by someone more knowledgeable than FRANK.  But FRANK knows that every torrent FRANK uploads is done how FRANK likes it, with the NOT LOSSY jpg and some samples.  FRANK tries to be as inobtrusive as possible to the music, but FRANK readily accepts the fact that when he puts up a torrent, he takes the reins and presents the torrent the way FRANK likes to see torrents presented.



Professor Goody made the following statements regarding his efforts on this torrent:

I did some level balancing on this one, in addition to the usual pitch corrections.

Balancing the levels (mainly just bringing the level of the L Channel up by different amounts where it was so in need) really brought out some of the detail, surprisingly.  Now you can hear Bill comping behind a Lowell solo with more detail, without being overwhelmed by it, and not overwhelming the other cats, too.  Raising the L Channel level also contributed to a lot more of Lowell being better defined.

Nothing done about the hiss, but I think the extra level, even though it means raising some of the noise level as well, still brought more music into the picture, countering some of that noise.  Whether simply psychological or real, it's obviously much fuller-sounding.

Each song is now tracked on its own. 
