MOUNTAIN - CLIMBING - UK LP BELL SBLL 133 - 1ST PRESSING 1970

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MOUNTAIN

- CLIMBING! -

1970 UK LP BELL RECORDS SBLL 133

 1ST PRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM

      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.

NICE COPY OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM.

THE SLEEVE  HAS ONLY MINOR SIGNS OF STORAGE AND HANDLING WITH A LITTLE RINGWEAR - VERY GOOD.

THE VINYL HAS A PLEASING LUSTRE INDICATING LITTLE TIME ON THE TURNTABLE. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO SURFACE NOISE ON PLAYBACK AND ABSOLUTELY NO DISTORTION WHEN PLAYED LOUD - EXCELLENT. A1/B1 MATRIX.

THE  LABELS ARE CLEAN AND HAVE NO WRITING OR ANNOTATIONS.

TRACKLISTING

Mississippi Queen   2:30

      Theme For An Imaginary Western 5:10      

      Never In My Life   4:50

      Silver Paper       3:17  

      For Yasgur's Farm       3:20

      To My Friend      3:38

      The Laird   4:35

      Sittin' On A Rainbow    2:20

      Boys In The Band 3:35

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