VA - The People's Record (1976)

The sole oddity to be found on The People’s Record is one whose history I’m not familiar with. According to the liner notes (again by Dr. Demento), a track from Little Feat – a re-recording of their “All That You Dream,” originally found on their 1975 LP, The Last Record Album – and released only as a 45… until appearing here. Why the band wanted a make-over is beyond me, as is whether this version would eventually surface elsewhere or not. The rest of the tracks come from Warners’ catalog of recently released albums, and leans back to the folkier roots of the series, with contributions from James Taylor, Arlo Guthrie, Gordon Lightfoot, Leon Redbone and other like-minded types, though… there’s also a fair share of rockers, jazzers and left-fielders, too, lending this set the diversity we’ve come to expect from the label, in general, and the Loss Leaders series, in particular. Mike Finnigan, who you can hear below, is the keyboard player whose name appears in many an album credits, from Hendrix to David Crosby to Buddy Guy. As usual, there are some interesting names and unions to be discovered in the liner notes.