Mountain - First Steps - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Mountain - The Best Of Mountain [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/15/2003

Mountain was the legendary American rock band led by Leslie West. The band was formed by West and Felix Pappalardi in 1969 playing one of it's early dates at the equally legendary Woodstock Festival in August 1969. In September 1969 Corky Laing joined Mountain replacing original drummer Norman Smart. They became a major live draw, following hard on the heels of Cream and Jimi Hendrix and the band's improvisational approach really took off in a concert setting. The combination of Leslie West's peerless guitar pyrotechnics, the crunch and drive of the Felix Pappalardi/ Corky Laing rhythm section, and the melodic frosting of Steve Knight's keyboards made for a memorable live experience. This 2CD set is a comprehensive Mountain compilation, with all the classics and many of the underrated gems in their catalogue. These include InchBlood Of The SunInch, InchDreams Of Milk And Honey, and InchOne Last Cold KissInch. The classics are InchMississippi QueenInch, InchTheme From An Imaginary WesternInch, and InchNantucket SleighrideInch among others. If you don't own any Mountain, this would be a good place to start. Album Tracks 1. Blood of the Sun 2. Long Red 3. Blind Man 4. Dreams of Milk and Honey 5. Southbound Train 6. Because You Are My Friend 7. Mississippi Queen 8. Theme from An Imaginary Western 9. Never in My Life 10. Silver Paper 11. For Yasgur's Farm 12. To My Friend 13. Sittin on a Rainbow 14. Stormy Monday (Live) 15. Waiting to Take You Away (Live) (Single Version) 16. Guitar Solo (Live) 1. Don't Look Around 2. Taunta (Sammy's Tune) 3. Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) 4. You Can't Get Away! 5. The Animal Trainer and the Toad 6. My Lady 7. Travelin' in the Dark (To Emp) 8. The Great Train Robbery 9. Flowers of Evil 10. One Last Cold Kiss 11. Crossroader 12. Roll Over Beethoven (Live Edit from Dream Sequ

Take early steps back to 1960s London with Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan to the Faces' first and previously unheard recording session at Olympic Studios in Barnes. Walk by the River Thames to Bermondsey to hear rehearsals in The Rolling Stones' warehouse, the earliest recordings of the Faces captured in all their raucous glory on the band's own cassette tapes. Hear the Faces before they took the First Step! Album Tracks 1. Shake, Shudder, Shiver (Take 1 Rough Mix, Olympic Studios, Autumn 1969) 2. Devotion (Take 1 Rough Mix, Olympic Studios, Autumn 1969) 3. Train (Take 4 Rough Mix, Olympic Studios, Autumn 1969) 4. Flying (Take 1 Rough Mix, Olympic Studios, Autumn 1969) 5. I Feel So Good (Rehearsal, Rolling Stones Rehearsal Space, Summer 1969) 6. Evil (Rehearsal, Rolling Stones Rehearsal Space, Summer 1969) 7. Shake, Shudder, Shiver (Rehearsal, Rolling Stones Rehearsal Space, Summer 1969) 8. Pineapple and the Monkey (Rehearsal, Rolling Stones Rehearsal Space, Summer 1969)