MFSL Gold Little Feat

I think part of the problem is that little feat's original recording quality wasn't that good. Can't make a silk purse out of sow's ears - no matter how inspired the material. MHO FWIW.

Knownothing,

I disagree - While I can't speak to the recent spate of reissues, I can tell you about the original LPs. I think many folks would hold Waiting For Columbus as one of the best live rock albums ever made, with sonics that range from very good to near spectacular and a performance that still enthralls after all these years. Feats Don't Fail Me Now, The Last Record Album, Hoy-Hoy, Down on The Farm, Time Loves a Hero and parts of Dixie Chicken all enjoy relatively fine sonic traits. Lowell George's solo LP, Thanks I'll Eat it Here has excellent sound as well (maybe the best of the bunch). George Massenburg knew what he was doing.

-Richard

Richard, I am a big Little Feat fan, and I might agree with you on their later records, but the first three are rough - even in the original vinyl product as I recall. And I think the original CD re-master of Dixie Chicken is downright awful, which is too bad because what wonderful material and performances.

Perhaps there was an intention on the part of Lowell George and the recording engineer for the sound to be a bit coarse and loose. Most people at the time these recordings came out weren't playing them on five to six figure systems, and if they were - they may not have had the capacity to tell the difference when "listening" in any case;-)

I have got new vinyl recently that is quite good, like the Warner release of Dire Straits S/T. The new Neil Young: Dreamin Man Live '92 is also impressive IMO.The point I am aiming to make is that it's a great time for vinyl fans.
It seems the general opinions on newer Music Direct MFSL vinyl has not been positive. I have steered clear of the newer ones, just because of this. I will have to pull out my Waiting for Columbus LP, and contribute an opinion here.

As someone mentioned above, the MSFL LP version of Waiting for Columbus is tremendous. I would heartedly recommend spending time here or on EBay to try and track down a copy.