Climbing!

by Mountain

Overview

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. ~ Matthew Greenwald

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2024
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262034686
Rank:	37740

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Mountain   Primary Artist
Leslie West   Guitar,Vocals
Steve Knight   Bells,Organ,Mellotron
Felix Pappalardi   Director,Vocals,Piano,Bass,Guitar (Rhythm)
Corky Laing   Percussion,Drums

Technical Credits

P. Sandor Gardos, Ph.D.   Composer
Jack Bruce   Composer
Gail Collins   Composer,Photography,Cover Design
Leslie West   Composer
Pete Brown   Composer
David Rea   Composer
Bud Prager   Executive Producer
Steve Knight   Composer
Llyllianne Duma   Assistant Engineer
C. Laing   Composer
Beverly Weinstein   Art Direction
Gary Ship   Composer
Felix Pappalardi   Producer,Composer
Corky Laing   Composer
Bob d'Orleans   Engineer