Mountain (Leslie West album)

Mountain
Studio album by Leslie West
Released	July 1969
Genre	Blues-rock, hard rock
Label	Windfall
Producer	Felix Pappalardi
Leslie West chronology
Mountain (1969) The Great Fatsby (1975)

Mountain is the 1969 debut solo album from guitarist Leslie West.^[1] It is often cited as a Mountain album due to its title and the presence of bassist and vocalist Felix Pappalardi, but it was actually a solo album.

Track list

1. "Blood of the Sun" (Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins) – 2:35
2. "Long Red" (West, Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg) – 3:14
3. "Better Watch Out" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 2:47
4. "Blind Man" (Collins, Pappalardi, West, Ventura) – 3:50
5. "Baby, I'm Down" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 3:58
6. "Dreams of Milk and Honey" (West, Pappalardi, Ventura, Landsberg) – 3:22
7. "Storyteller Man" (West, Pappalardi, Ventura, Landsberg) – 3:04
8. "This Wheel's on Fire" (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko) – 3:18
9. "Look to the Wind" (West, Pappalardi, Ventura) – 2:43
10. "Southbound Train" (West, Ventura, Landsberg) – 2:57
11. "Because You Are My Friend" (West) – 3:10

Personnel

• Leslie West - guitars, vocals
• Felix Pappalardi - bass, keyboards, production
• N.D. Smart^[2] - drums
• Norman Landsberg - hammond organ (on 3 tracks)

Covers

"Baby I'm Down" was covered as "Immortal" on the Clutch album Pure Rock Fury. West guested on the track. "Blood of The Sun" was covered on the Japanese edition of the Spiritual Beggars album On Fire.

References