Mission Mountain Wood Band In Without Knocking ALL Original Members Signed RARE

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Mission Mountain Wood Band

"In Without Knocking"

Signed By All The Original Members!!

Condition: Cover: Excellent! Vinyl: Mint! Plays 100%, sounds AMAZING!!

Label: M?WB Records~OU812

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US

Released: 1977

Genre: Rock

Style: Country Rock, Pop Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Take A Whiff On Me           3:01

A2 Morning Red                         3:30

A3 In The Country                         2:50

A4 Just Bidin' My Time         2:52

A5 Showboat                                 3:11

B1 Sweet Maria                         3:57

B2 Big Sky Country Sun         2:53

B3 Dancin' Is Dancin'               2:35

B4 Mountain Standard Time  3:28

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p)~ M?WB Records

Recorded At~Chelsea Sound

Copyright (c)~Mission Mountain Music, Inc.

Credits:

Arranged By [Additional Arrangements], Producer~John Wonderling

Art Direction, Design~Hal Wilson

Cover [Cover Painting] Charles M. Russell

Engineer~Jeff (The-Long-Suffering) Ader

Engineer [Assistant]~Randy Ortiz

Performer~Christian Johnson, Greg Reichenberg, Rob Quist, Steve Riddle, Terry Robinson

Photography By {Back Cover]John Hennessey 

Supervised By [Production Supervisor]~Dick Riddle

Notes:

Chelsea Sound Studio, New York, N.Y.

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched): OU812-A F/W CS JA

Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): OU812-B F/W "The Long Suffering"

I am happy to answer any questions you might have.

Return Policy: This item is non~return, non~refundable.

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Aloha

FYI

In 1977 the band released their first album In Without Knocking, and their cover of "Take a Whiff on Me" was the most popular song on the album at the time and became something of a party anthem.Their own composition, "Mountain Standard Time" is now better known, and "Sweet Maria" has proved to be the nostalgic favorite of the band members themselves. All three remain staples of their set list. Billboard Magazine reviewed the album, commenting that some songs were "a trifle old-fashioned, but that's part of the charm".  Other reviews were generally favorable, but commented that the album failed to capture the charisma of the band's live performances. As an inside joke, the band assigned the album a fake catalogue number of "OU812," and put the number on their tour bus, doing so a decade before Van Halen released an album with that name The Mission Mountain Wood Band, abbreviated M2WB, is an American bluegrass and country rock band formed in Missoula, Montana, US in 1971. They were noted for their vocal harmonies, multi-instrumental talent, and charismatic stage presence, particularly at Woodstock style regional concerts of the era such as the University of Montana's Aber Day Kegger. They spent time in New York City to further build their career, appeared on national television and toured 47 of the lower 48 states in a unique 1955 Greyhound Scenicruiser, performing up to 320 times a year both solo and as an opening act for other bands. The original five members were Rob Quist, Steve Riddle, Christian Johnson, Greg Reichenberg, and the late Terry Robinson, all of whom were UM students and born in Montana. Johnson was replaced with Kurt Bergeron by the time the band released their first album, In Without Knocking, in 1977. The band recorded two studio albums in their heyday, a third album after the band revamped as ‘’Montana’’, released a compilation of their older work in 2005, and put out two albums with new content in 2011 and 2014.

Personnel changes resulting from the departure of several original band members resulted in Quist, Robinson and Bergeron reforming the group as The Montana Band in 1981. They had some national success and, described as "well-adapted to today's modern country sound," were being favorably compared to major groups of the time such as Alabama and the Oak Ridge Boys. After the departure of Quist, Terry Robinson was the only remaining original band member when a plane crash killed all then-members of the Montana band in 1987.

The surviving M2WB members reunited in 1992 and began to play periodic reunion concerts from that time forward, released a compilation of their work in 2005, and after adding new members to the band, produced two additional albums in 2011 and 2014. Their fan base and concert experience was compared favorably to that of the Grateful Dead. The band was the subject of a 2009 PBS documentary, Never Long Gone: The Mission Mountain Wood Band Story.

Original members on album In without knockin' in 1977:

Kurt Bergeron, Terry Robinson, Rob Quist, Greg Reichenberg, Steve Riddle

Members in 1987:

Terry Robinson and Kurt Bergeron, along with band manager Tom Sawan, sound manager Dale Anderson, and then-current band members Cliff Tipton, Alan Larson, and Grady Whitfield, died in a plane crash. 

L-R: Kurt Bergeron, Terry Robinson, Rob Quist, Greg Reichenberg, Steve Riddle.

In Without Knocking - Front Cover.

 Painted by: Charles Marion Russell.