Mountain - Climbing (1970)

Mountain - Climbing (1970)

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Mountain - Climbing

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Side one

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

Side two

1. "For Yasgur's Farm"   3:23

2. "To My Friend"   3:38

3. "The Laird"   4:39

4. "Sittin' on a Rainbow"   2:23

5. "Boys in the Band"   3:33

Total length: 32:38

2003 North American CD bonus track

10. "For Yasgur's Farm" (live)   4:19

Mountain Band Members

Leslie West – guitars on all tracks; lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, and 8; co-lead vocals on tracks 4, 5 and 9

Felix Pappalardi – bass on all tracks except 6 and 7; piano on tracks 1, 2 and 9; rhythm guitar on track 7; lead vocals on tracks 2 and 7; co-lead vocals on tracks 4, 5 and 9; production

Steve Knight – organ on tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5; Mellotron on tracks 2 and 9; handbells on track 4

Corky Laing – drums on all tracks except 6 and 7; percussion on tracks 7 and 9

Climbing! (also known as Mountain Climbing!) is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Mountain, released on 7 March 1970 by Windfall Records.

The album featured the 'classic' Mountain lineup of Leslie West (guitar, vocals), Felix Pappalardi (bass, vocals, piano), Corky Laing (drums, percussion) and Steve Knight (keyboards) and followed the West solo album Mountain featuring Pappalardi and drummer Norman Smart, released in 1969 and often credited to the band. Produced by Pappalardi, the album reached number 17 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart and featured the band's best-known song, "Mississippi Queen". An early rendition of "For Yasgur's Farm" was actually performed at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969 as "Who Am I But You And The Sun". It was subsequently recorded and retitled for the album.

Mountain was an American hard rock band that formed on Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist and vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart (soon replaced by Corky Laing), the band broke up in 1972 and has reunited frequently since 1973. Best known for their cowbell-tinged song "Mississippi Queen", as well as the heavily sampled song "Long Red" and their performance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, Mountain is one of many bands to be commonly credited as having influenced the development of heavy metal music in the 1970s. The group's musical style primarily consisted of hard rock, blues rock and heavy metal.

Mountain Band Members

Leslie West – guitar, vocals (1969–1972, 1973–1974, 1981–1985, 1992–1998, 2001–2010; died 2020)

Felix Pappalardi – bass, vocals, keyboards (1969–1972, 1973–1974; died 1983)

Steve Knight – keyboards (1969–1972; died 2013)

Corky Laing – drums, percussion (1969–1972, 1973–1974, 1981–1985, 1992–1998, 2001–2010)

Mountain Discography Full - Studio albums

1970 Climbing!

1971 Nantucket Sleighride

1971 Flowers of Evil

1974 Avalanche

1985 Go for Your Life

1996 Man's World

2002  Mystic Fire

2007  Masters of War

Live albums

Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972)

Twin Peaks (1974)

Eruption (2000 & 2004)

The Man and the Mountain (2013, Leslie West & Mountain)

Live at Woodstock (2019)

Compilation albums

The Best of Mountain (1973)

Over the Top (1995)

Crossroader – An Anthology 70/74 (2010)