MINT 1969 1st MOUNTAIN Hard Heavy Garage Psych CREAM SOUND POWER GUITAR a+
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1969 ORIG ~ HARD FUZZ ROCK GEM ! Still In Factory Cellophane
=TOP COPY=
.. Leslie West
~ M O U N T A I N ~
USA - Windfall Records - 4500
TOP CLEAN... Original 1969 first pressing from 47 years ago....
STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY CELLOPHANE
...the first Mountain, one of their two best...
Fresh from the split-up of Cream, whom Felix Pappalardi produced (and for whom he did co-write two songs, "Strange Brew" and "World of Pain")...so, Felix Pappalardi spotted Leslie West fronting a semi-legendary garage band (the Vagrants, who actually charted with an absolutely glorious, grungy version of "Respect") and thought to cut a solo album on him. With Pappalardi joining in the fun on bass and keyboards, this was the result. And a damn good one.
As a guitarist, West's calling card was chunky power chords, smooth distorted riffing, and precise, lyrical solos (he was never a speed merchant but he didn't have to be); as a singer, his rasping yelp was immediately recognizable and - as "Blind Man" and (especially) "Southbound Train" revealed - he was a passable blues singer as well. The heavy riff style and Pappalardi's presence (never mind his bass style) got only too obvious a round of comparisons to Cream, but West's first solo album stood up in its own right - maybe not a genre giant, but not exactly a pretender, either.
He unfurled about the best cover of "This Wheel's On Fire" outside the Dylan/Band axis of them all; "Blood of the Sun" and "Dreams of Milk and Honey" still acquit themselves very well as riff-and-rollers. Of course, in early 1969, who knew he had anything as transcendent as "Mississippi Queen" in his immediate future? For its own time and place, this was a surprising - and pleasing - solo debut, thee are no weak cuts! West, Pappalardi, and drummer N.D. Smart added organist Steve Knight, dubbed the band the same name as the album, went to Woodstock, and became stars...
SIDE ONE
BLOOD OF THE SUN
LONG RED BETTER
WATCH OUT
BLIND MAN BABY
I'M DOWN SIDE
TWO
DREAMS OF MILK & HONEY
STORYTELLER MAN
THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE
LOOK TO THE WIND
SOUTHBOUND TRAIN
BECAUSE YOU ARE MY FRIEND
CONDITION: The cover: rated: Stiff solid and...MINT in factory cellophane usually found with shelf wear due to the dark cover - here a survivor = all TOP LEVEL CLEAN...no split seams, no bends, no writing and has a delete drill at top right which most copies have ... the lp went criminally unnoticed to collectors in '69, so most copies were deleted. Overall looks great. and has original store price sticker on outer cellophane
The vinyl: Rated: smooth and clear over both sides, M- and plays all clean ...beautiful ... has clean Windfall labels too...
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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