Béla Fleck & The Flecktones – Little Worlds (3-CD, 2003, Columbia C3K 86353, Digipak)

Why This CD Matters
Little Worlds is an expansive three-disc Béla Fleck & The Flecktones album that combines contemporary jazz with bluegrass, rock, and world-music elements across nearly 30 pieces. The core lineup features Béla Fleck on multiple forms of banjo, Victor Wooten on an extensive range of bass instruments, Future Man on acoustic and electronic percussion, and Jeff Coffin on saxophones, clarinets, flutes, and other instruments. Fleck produced the album, whose program ranges from “Ballad Of Jed Clampett” and “Mudslingers Of The Milky Way” to the 12-minute “Sleeper.”

Collector Note
This 2003 U.S. Columbia three-CD digipak carries catalog number C3K 86353 and barcode 696998635326. The three discs were glass-mastered at Sony Music Pitman under the identifiers CPTP-111218, CTDP-111219, and CTDP-111220, with mastering by Doug Sax and Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab. Disc one is a CD Extra, while “Follow The Line” and “End” are hidden tracks not listed as standard tracks on the original package.

Availability
Single copy available—once it's gone, it's gone.

Condition & Details
CD: VG+
Case: VG+
Booklet: VG+

Technical Details
Format: 3 x CD, Album, Digipak
Label: Columbia
Country: US
Released: August 12, 2003
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Contemporary Jazz

Matrix / Runout
Not specified

Tracklist
Bil Mon – 8:45
Ballad Of Jed Clampett – 4:07
Puffy – 6:45
New Math – 7:00
Longitude – 3:04
Latitude – 5:04
Centrifuge – 2:06
Off The Top (The Gravity Wheel) – 4:54
Off The Top (Line Dance) – 4:50
Follow The Line (Hidden Track) – 0:49
The Fjords Of Oslo – 0:41
Sherpa – 5:21
What It Is – 3:42
The Leaning Tower – 6:06
Mudslingers Of The Milky Way – 6:15
Captive Delusions – 3:55
Costa Brava – 8:23
Poindexter – 5:38
Prequel – 3:14
Return Of The Mudslingers – 2:51
The Cave – 1:35
Next – 5:57
Pineapple Heart – 5:06
Snatchin' – 4:47
Reminiscence – 5:34
Sleeper – 12:16
Flunky – 0:40
The Last Jam – 4:26
End (Hidden Track) – 1:11

Shipping & Handling
Cleaned with alcohol swabs.
Shipped in protective CD bags.
Cracked cases replaced before shipping.
Packed securely for safe delivery.

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