• Artist: Mountain
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• Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock
• Track Picks: "For Yasgur's Farm," "Mississippi Queen," "Sittin' on a Rainbow"

Review

Mountain was the combined forces of Leslie West, a gigantic guitarist/vocalist who had played with New York garage-psych rockers the Vagrants, and Felix Pappalardi. Pappalardi had a slightly more impressive track record, coming from the modern East Coast folk-rock movement (the Youngbloods), before he applied his production skills to Cream. Through this, Felix never really stopped playing and eventually formed Mountain. Often billed as a junior-league version of Cream, Climbing!, Mountain's debut, had a lot of things going for it as well. Indeed, West was a changed man from the moment he saw Clapton play, and Pappalardi was able to help him achieve the exact same tone Clapton employed on Disraeli Gears. The hit off Climbing!, "Mississippi Queen" is a boogie classic, and it paved the way for countless imitators such as J. Geils Band, Foghat, and others. There are a lot of other great tracks here, such as "Never in My Life," which was an FM radio staple at the time. [The 2003 reissue on Columbia/Legacy adds a live version of "For Yasgur's Farm" as a bonus track.] ~ Matthew Greenwald, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Mississippi Queen		David Rea, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West	Mountain	(2:32)
Theme from an Imaginary Western		Jack Bruce, Pete Brown	Mountain	(5:07)
Never in My Life		Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West, Gail Collins	Mountain	(3:53)
Silver Paper		Corky Laing, Steve Knight, Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West, Gail Collins	Mountain	(3:18)
For Yasgur's Farm		David Rea, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins, C. Laing	Mountain	(3:23)
To My Friend		Leslie West	Mountain	(3:38)
The Laird		Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins	Mountain	(4:39)
Sittin' on a Rainbow		Corky Laing, Leslie West, Gail Collins	Mountain	(2:22)
Boys in the Band		Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins	Mountain	(3:43)
For Yasgur's Farm [Live][*]	...	David Rea, Corky Laing, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins	Mountain	(4:18)

Credits

Mountain (Main Performer), Corky Laing (Percussion), Corky Laing (Drums), Corky Laing (Liner Notes), Steven Berkowitz (A&R), Bob d'Orleans (Engineer), Steve Knight (Organ), Steve Knight (Handbells), Felix Pappalardi (Bass), Felix Pappalardi (Guitar), Felix Pappalardi (Piano), Felix Pappalardi (Guitar (Rhythm)), Felix Pappalardi (Vocals), Felix Pappalardi (Producer), Felix Pappalardi (Musical Director), Leslie West (Guitar), Leslie West (Vocals), Leslie West (Liner Notes), Leslie West (Tray Photo), Gail Collins (Photography), Gail Collins (Cover Art), Bud Prager (Executive Producer), Bob Irwin (Reissue Producer), Howard Fritzson (Art Direction), Vic Anesini (Mastering), Chuck Pulin (Photography), Beverly Weinstein (Art Direction), Jim Cummins (Photography)