• Artist: Mountain
• Styles: Album Rock, Hard Rock, Pop/Rock
• Track Picks: "Mississippi Queen," "Never in My Life," "Theme for an Imaginary Western"

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 2007 Repertoire edition includes four bonus tracks.] ~ Matthew Greenwald, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Mississippi Queen			Mountain	(2:32)
Theme for an Imaginary Western			Mountain	(5:07)
Never in My Life			Mountain	(3:53)
Silver Paper		P. Sandor Gardos, Ph.D.	Mountain	(3:17)
For Yasgur's Farm		P. Sandor Gardos, Ph.D.	Mountain	(3:23)
To My Friend			Mountain	(3:38)
The Laird			Mountain	(4:39)
Sittin' on a Rainbow			Mountain	(2:23)
Boys in the Band			Mountain	(3:40)
Mississippi [Single Version][*]	...		Mountain	(2:32)
The Laird [Single Version][*]	...		Mountain	(4:39)
Sittin' on a Rainbow [Single Version][*]	...		Mountain	(2:23)
To My Friend [Single Version][*]	...		Mountain	(3:38)

Credits

Corky Laing (Percussion), Corky Laing (Drums), Bob d'Orleans (Engineer), Steve Knight (Organ), Steve Knight (Mellotron), 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 Direction), Leslie West (Guitar), Leslie West (Vocals), Gail Collins (Photography), Gail Collins (Cover Art), Bud Prager (Executive Producer), Beverly Weinstein (Art Direction), Mick Brigden (Equipment Technician)