Sailin' Shoes

Sailin' Shoes was the second studio album by the American rock band Little Feat, released in 1972. It is notable for several reasons.

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Little Feat - 1972

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First, it introduced the work of Neon Park to the group, with his design of a sailing shoe of a cake swinging on a tree swing that adorned the front cover. Second, it was a more refined album than predecessor, signaling a shift from that album into the next. Third, it marked the last album original bassist Roy Estrada appeared on.

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Neon Park - Predecessor - The next - Roy Estrada

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Highlighted by a reworked group version of "Willin'", the track that had led Frank Zappa to sack guitarist and vocalist Lowell George from The Mothers of Invention, it also featured such enduring tracks as "A Apolitical Blues", "Easy To Slip" and the title track, all by guitarist and lead vocalist Lowell George (the second co-written with Martin Kibbee, a former bandmate, and the first appearance of the "George/Martin" credit on a Little Feat record.)

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Frank Zappa - Lowell George - The Mothers of Invention

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It was the last full Little Feat record to be produced by an outsider until 1977's Time Loves A Hero, the three albums in the interim produced nearly in their entireties by Lowell George.

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