Artist: Mountain
Origin: Long Island, New York, USA
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Original line-up:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals
Steve Knight: Keyboards
N.D. Smart: Drums
Classic line-up:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals
Steve Knight: Keyboards
Corky Laing: Drums, Percussion
Mountain is an American Hard Rock Band from Long Island, New York, formed in 1969 by the producer of Cream, Felix Pappalardi (Bass,Vocals), Leslie West (Guitar, Vocals Ex The Vagrants), Steve Knight (Keyboards) and N.D. Smart (Drums). Their best known songs: "Mississippi Queen", "Them For An Imaginary Western", "For Yasgur's Farm". Mountain is one of many bands to be commonly credited as having influenced the development of Heavy Metal Music.
Title: Don't Look Around - The Recordings 1969-1974 (2026)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Esoteric Recordings
Rating: *****
Format: CD
Tracks:
Disc 1:
Artist: Leslie West
Title: Mountain (1969)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Windfall
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Blood Of The Sun (2:35)
2. Long Red (3:14)
3. Better Watch Out (2:47)
4. Blind Man (3:50)
5. Baby, I'm Down (3:58)
6. Dreams Of Milk And Honey (3:22)
7. Storyteller Man (3:04)
8. This Wheel's On Fire (3:18)
9. Look To The Wind (2:43)
10. Southbound Train (2:57)
11. Because You Are My Friend (3:10)
Personnel:
Leslie West: Guitars, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Keyboards
N.D. Smart: Drums
Mountain is the debut studio album by Leslie West, released on July 1969 by Windfall.
Disc 2:
Artist: Mountain
Title: Live At Woodstock Music & Arts Fair 1969 (1972)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Windfall Records
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Blood Of The Sun (3:00)
2. Stormy Monday (7:18)
3. Theme For An Imaginary Western (5:45)
4. Long Red (5:13)
5. Who Am I But You And The Sun (For Yasgur's Farm) (3:47)
6. Beside Th Sea (3:32)
7. Waiting To Take You Away (4:50)
8. Dreams Of Milk And Honey (16:11)
9. Sounthbound Train (6:16)
Personnel:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals
Steve Knight: Keyboards
Corky Laing: Drums, Percussion
Live At Woodstock Music & Arts Fair 1969 is a live album by Mountain, released on April 24, 1972 by Windfall.
Disc 3:
Artist: Mountain
Title: Climbing! (1970)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Windfall
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Mississippi Queen (2:31)
2. Theme For An Imaginary Western (5:06)
3. Never In My Life (3:51)
4. Silver Paper (3:19)
5. For Yasgur's Farm (3:23)
6. To My Friend (3:36)
7. The Laird (4:39)
8. Sittin' On A Rainbow (2:23)
9. Boys In The Band (3:33)
Bonus Tracks:
10. For Yasgur's Farm (Live) (4:21)
11. Stormy Monday (Live) (19:26)
Personnel:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass on All Tracks, except 6, 7, Piano on Tracks: 1, 2, 9, Rhythm Guitar on Track 7, Vocals
Steve Knight: Organ on Tracks: 2-5, Mellotron on Tracks: 2, 9, Handbells on Track 4
Corky Laing: Drums on All Tracks, except 6, 7, Percussion on Tracks: 7, 9
Climbing! is the debut studio album by Mountain, released on March 7, 1970 by Windfall.
Disc 4:
Artist: Mountain
Title: Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Windfall
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Don't Look Around (3:42)
2. Taunta (Sammy's Tune) (1:00)
3. Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) (5:49)
4. You Can't Get Away (3:23)
5. Tired Angels (In J.M.H) (4:39)
6. The Animal Trainer And The Toad (3:24)
7. My Lady (4:31)
8. Travellin' In The Dark (To E.M.P.) (4:21)
9. The Great Trai Robbery (5:43)
Bonus Track:
10. Travellin' In The Dark (To E.M.P.) (Live) (5:10)
Personnel:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals
Steve Knight: Keyboards
Corky Laing: Drums, Percussion
Nantucket Sleighride is the second studio album by Mountain, released on January 1971 by Windfall.
Disc 5:
Artist: Mountain
Title: Flowers Of Evil (1971)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Windfall
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Flowers Of Evil (4:53)
2. King's Chorale (1:04)
3. One Last Cold Kiss (3:45)
4. Crossroader (4:47)
5. Pride And Passion (7:05)
6. Dream Sequence (Medley) (24:27)
-Guitar Solo
-Roll Over Beethoven
-Dreams Of Milk And Honey
-Variations
-Swan Theme
7. Mississippi Queen (3:53)
Bonus Tracks:
8. Crossroader (Live) (6:49)
9. Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) (Live)(16:53)
Personnel:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals
Steve Knight: Keyboards
Corky Laing: Drums, Percussion
Flowers Of Evil is the third studio album by Mountain, released on November 1971 by Windfall.
Disc 6.
Artist: Mountain
Title: Twin Peaks (1974)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals
Bob Mann: Guitar, Keyboards
Allan Schwartzberg: Drums
Twin Peaks is the third live album by Mountain, released on February 1974 by Windfall.
Disc 7:
Artist: Mountain
Title: Avalanche (1974)
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label: Windfall
Rating: *****
Tracks:
1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On (5:05)
2. Sister Justice (3:58)
3. Alisan (4:41)
4. Swamp Boy (2:54)
5. (I Can't Get No) (Satisfaction (5:14)
6. Thumbsucker (3:20)
7. You Better Believe It (5:47)
8. I Love To See You Fly (3:46)
9. Back Where I Belong (2:56)
10. Last Of The Sunshine Days (3:47)
Personnel:
Leslie West: Guitar, Vocals
Felix Pappalardi: Bass, Vocals, Keyboards
David Perry: Rhythm Guitar
Corky Laing: Drums, Percussion
Avalanche is the fourth studio album by Mountain, released on July 1974 by Windfall.
Don't Look Around - The Recordings 1969-1974 is the collection Box Set by Mountain, released on February 27, 2026 by Esogteric Recordings. For Fans of Leslie West and Mountain, For Music Collectors.
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