Mountain

I borrowed that headline from a Rolling Stone magazine rock critic. It applies here in spades. Leslies rhythm guitar and lead fills and Felix's fuzz bass are everywhere. Sleeper album that is not even considered a MOUNTAIN album but a Leslie West album entitled Mountain instead. Sounds just like Mountain the band. Some great tracks here that show up again on Mountain records. Wheel on Fire is a little disappointing. Lots of folks cover that song and just when it starts to jam, slow fade out. WHY??? Glad I got this disc. Had almost forgot about it. Have all the Mountain stuff. Just bought the album sleeve box set sold here. It's great and takes up less space than the individual jewel cases. Starting to buy all the Leslie West "solo" releases as well. They are all worth owning. Still looking for his recording in drag as the band Meryl Streep and Judy Garland.

Come on - it's Leslie West at his early days. Felix Pappalardi on bass and you have two great musicians making a great album. The drummer isn't bad but he doesn't have the chops of Corky Laing who would go on to replace him.

I'd been a fan of Mountain for a few years and didn't consider this album within the Mountain canon. I'd heard about what tunes the band played at Woodstock and I was kind of perplexed as to why a good portion of those songs weren't on the "Climbing" album. Then after digging a little bit deeper I found out that those tracks were on this album, which was in actuality a Leslie West solo record, but with bassist/vocalist/producer Felix Pappalardi helping make the thing happen. So, when you really get down to it, it IS kind of the first Mountain album. Hell, it's even there in the damn name! So that aside, it's a decent debut. Containing tracks such as the rolling "Blood of the Sun" and the classic "Long Red" (often covered by Mott The Hoople among others) and a killer interpretation of "This Wheel's On Fire", it's a solid collection of tunes with a heavy blues-rock feel. While not as strong as the other albums under the Mountain moniker, this is the real beginning of the story. West's guitar playing is a downright force of nature. It's too bad that he's not spoken in the same breath as icons like Beck, Van Halen and Clapton. While maybe not as flashy, he's had a major impact on music as a whole. How many people do you know who are cited as an influence from virtuoso's such as Michael Schenker on one side and Punk icons like Johnny Ramone on the other? None, except this man. So, if you aren't hip to it now then you damn well should be.

I gotta tell ya': 'summer of 1970 or '71 (it's kind of a blur at this point), this was one of 5 or 6 albums that got slammed into the 8-track in my '63 Fairlane station wagon, and would stay in there for DAYS. However, it may have been that long ago that I've heard this album in its entirety. OK, so it comes in the mail, I open it up, and stuff it in my ditty bag, fully intending to give 'er a couple-three listenings at work, but did not get to play it, so I shoved 'er in the CD player going out the gate, and that's where things started getting wierd................. My 2007 Mercury began to smell exactly like that old wagon, to include the rank exhaust smell 'cause of the bad fuel pump & other things. The sunshine began to look more 1970, and I arrived home with my ears bleeding, one eye about to flee its socket, and seeing trails (That CD player can go MUCH LOUDER than the 8-track!). Leslie! Please live forever, and keep rockin'!

One of the most influential guitar players of all time. The list of musicians influenced by Mr. West's guitar playing is varied. Everyone from Randy Rhodes, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Bonamassa, and many, many more, list Leslie West as a role model for Blues based, Rock guitar. Fresh, and relevant today and still going.

This was the 2nd Album I ever bought (Led Zepp 2 was first). I've heard arguements against Mountain being a Metal Band. It was the Metal of its day. "Dreams of Milk and Honey" was a favorite of my small circle of High School Metal Rockers around 1970. Leslie West's signature guitar work and use of harmonics created a unique sound that remains his alone. If you're looking for where all the Metal Mayhem started, give this CD a spin. I still love it!

Long red

Really like Mountain and the musicians. This was not what I expected

Im Jahr 1969 veröffentlichte ein ziemlich übergewichtiger Typ namens Leslie West (Gitarre / Gesang) eine Solo-LP mit dem Titel "Mountain". Als Bassist und Produzent fungierte ein gewisser Felix Pappalardi, der vorher bereits einige Sachen von "Cream" produziert hatte. Dass West und Pappalardi dann noch im gleichen Jahr die Band "Mountain" aus der Taufe hoben und auf dem Woodstock-Festival spielten, dürfte jedem Hard-Rocker der ersten Stunde bestens bekannt sein. Diese Solo-LP von Leslie West beinhaltet bereits sämtliche Trademarks, die dann später auch bei der Gruppe Mountain zum Tragen kamen. Ausgezeichnete Gitarren-Arbeit, rauher Gesang (von West), eine entsprechende Härte und Power in den Songs sowie auch sehr gute akustische Parts und Balladen. Diese LP könnte ohne Weiteres auch als Debut-Album der Band Mountain durchgehen (was sie für mich eigentlich auch war). Songs von dieser LP wie "Blood Of The Sun", "Long Red", "Dreams Of Milk & Honey" und "Baby, I'm Down" waren später auch fester Bestandteil der Set-List von Mountain-Konzerten. Leslie West präsentierte auf dieser LP Hard Rock vom Feinsten und das zu einem Zeitpunkt, wo Black Sabbath noch nicht einmal ein Album auf dem Markt hatten. West gehört somit zu den "Urvätern der harten Rockmusik". Diese Tatsache wird aber leider viel zu wenig gewürdigt. Diese Platte ist ein "Must Have" für jeden Rocker und Fan der harten Mucke. Die LP enthält alles, was man von einer richtig guten Hard-Rock Scheibe erwarten kann. Also: Kaufen - Kaufen - Kaufen ! Wertung: Volle Punktzahl = 5 Sterne

Per gli amanti di quel rock Americano, alla vecchia, che ha influenzato nei decenni successivi centinaia di chitarristi (Zakk Wylde??) É un disco da avere. Rock suonato con il cuore

Buen materia de leslie, mountain!! Dreams of milk y honey!! La mejor del disco

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bjr, tres bon album de leslie West avant "mountain" de l'année 1969, de blues rock avec une reprise d'un titre de bob Dylan this (wheel's on fire) et de composition du guitariste. je le recommande pour tous ceux qui aime ce genre de music.