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MOUNTAIN
Group members
LESLIE WEST (Forest Hills, NY, 22-10-1945): guitar, vocals [all albums]
FELIX PAPPALARDI (East Bronx, NY, 1939 / New York, 17-4-1983): bass, keyboards, vocals [up to Avalanche]
NORMAN DEW SMART II : drums [ plays on Woodstock, quits before 1st album was recorded ]
CORKY LAING (Montreal, Canada, 26-1-1948): drums, percussion [all albums]
STEVE KNIGHT : keyboards, rhythm guitar [up to The Road Goes Ever On]
BOB MANN : keyboards, rhythm guitar [on Twin Peaks only]
ALLAN SCHWARZBERG : drums [ on Twin Peaks only ]
DAVID PERRY : rhythm guitar [ on Avalanche only ]
MARK CLARKE : bass [ on Go For Your Life and Man's World ]
EDDIE BLACK : rhythm guitar [ on Man's World only ]
RITCHIE SCARLETT : bass [ on Mystic Fire only ]
U.S. Albums Discography
( and personal ratings - click on album titles for details )
CLIMBING! (1970) A
NANTUCKET SLEIGHRIDE (1971) A-
FLOWERS OF EVIL (1972) A-
LIVE: THE ROAD GOES EVER ON (1972) A-
TWIN PEAKS (1974) B+
AVALANCHE (1974) B+
GO FOR YOUR LIFE (1985) C
MAN'S WORLD (1996) C
MYSTIC FIRE (2002)
Compilations
THE BEST OF MOUNTAIN (Windfall, 1973)
ON TOP (Columbia, 1974)
OVER THE TOP (1997) 2CD only
SUPER HITS (Sony 65703, 1998) CD only
MILLENIUM COLLECTION (Digimode 30, 1999) 2CD only. Semi-legal issue of a bootleg recorded at the Fillmore East (two dates, one in 1970 and one in 1971).
GREATEST HITS LIVE (2000) B+ (CD only)
Solo discographies
LESLIE WEST
MOUNTAIN (1969) A-
THE GREAT FATSBY (1975) A-
THE LESLIE WEST BAND (1976) B
THEME (1988) B-
ALLIGATOR (1989) B+
DODGIN' THE DIRT (1993) B- (CD only)
LIVE (1993) B- (CD only)
BLOOD OF THE SUN: 1969-1975 (1995) (CD only compilation)
AS PHAT AS IT GETS (1999) B+ (CD only)
FELIX PAPPALARDI
FELIX PAPPALARDI & CREATION (1976) B-
DON'T WORRY, MA (1979) C+
CORKY LAING
MAKIN' IT ON THE STREETS (1977) C
Other projects
VAGRANTS
THE GREAT LOST ALBUM (1987, Arista 8459)
I CAN'T MAKE A FRIEND (1988)
{ these LPs include the 45s recorded by the group between 1967 and 1968 plus some previously unreleased tracks. For a detailed singles discography of the group click here }
WEST, BRUCE & LAING
WHY DONTCHA (1972) B+
WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON (1973) B
LIVE 'N' KICKIN' (Columbia KC32899, 1974) B+
Other releases
MOUNTAIN
They appear as a group in the following albums:
WOODSTOCK 2 [Cotillion, 2LP] 1970 Blood Of The Sun and Theme From An Imaginary Western, recorded live @ Woodstock, Aug. 1969
THE SECRET SESSIONS [Pet Rock 60042, CD] 1999 Semi-official sessions, recorded during the 70s, with Eric Clapton, Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter, Dickey Betts, John Sebastian, Todd Rundgren.
LESLIE WEST
Plays in and/or produces the following albums:
JOLLIWER ARKANSAW - HOME [Bell 6031] 1969
DAVID REA - MAVERICK CHILD [Capitol ST548] 1969
JEFF STURGES & THE UNIVERSE - same [Mamou MAM01] 1971
DAVID REA - BY THE GRACE OF GOD [Capitol ST826] 1971
BOBBY KEYS - same [Warner 46141] 1972
MYLON LEFEVRE - OVER THE INFLUENCE [Columbia 31472] 1972
FELIX CAVALIERE - DESTINY [Bearsville 6958] 1975
BO DIDDLEY - 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK'N'ROLL [RCA APL1-1229] 1976
(vv.aa.) - NIGHT OF THE GUITAR [I.R.S. 2400001, 2LP] 1990 Live: Never In My Life and Theme From An Imaginary Western.
SAM KINISON - LEADER OF THE BANNED [Warner 2-6073] 1990
BILLY JOEL - RIVER OF DREAMS [Columbia 53003, CD] 1993
(vv.aa.) - L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY Vol.4 [Blues Bureau, CD] 1993 Crosscut Saw
(vv.aa.) - HATS OFF TO STEVIE RAY [Blues Bureau, CD] 1993 Look At Little Sister
(vv.aa.) - L.A. BLUES AUTHORITY Vol.5 [Blues Bureau, CD] 1994 Crossroads
(vv.aa.) - MUSIC FOR THE BETTER BLUES BUREAU [Blues Bureau, CD] 1994 Crosscut Saw.
WHO - WHO'S NEXT (revised edition) [Polydor, CD] 1995 Among the bonus tracks, a great '71 version of Baby Don't You Do It produced by Felix with Leslie on lead guitar.
DION - THE BEST OF THE GOSPEL YEARS [Ace 644, CD] 1997 I've been told of this, don't know on which songs Leslie plays and when he recorded those songs.
JOE LYNN TURNER - UNDER COVER, Vol.2 [Shrapnel 1129] 1999
BONAMASSA - NEW DAY YESTERDAY [Sony 61088, CD] 2000 Also Gregg Allman plays here.
CLUTCH - PURE ROCK FURY [Atlantic 83433, CD] 2001
DON NIX - GOING DOWN [Evidence 26125] 2002
FELIX PAPPALARDI
Plays in and/or produces the following albums:
TOM RUSH - same [Elektra EKS7288] 1965
RICHARD & MIMI FARINA - REFLECTIONS IN A CRYSTAL MIND [Vanguard VSD79204] 1965
FRED NEIL - BLEEKER AND MAC DOUGAL [Elektra EKS7293] 1966
YOUNGBLOODS - same [RCA LSP3724] 1966
YOUNGBLOODS - EARTH MUSIC [RCA LSP3865] 1967
DEVIL'S ANVIL - HARD ROCK FROM THE MIDDLE EAST [Columbia CS9464] 1967
RICHIE HAVENS - MIXED BAG [Verve-Forecast FTS3006] 1967
CREAM - DISRAELI GEARS click for details
CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE click for details
CREAM - GOODBYE click for details
BO GRUMPUS - BEFORE THE WAR [Atco SD33-246] 1968
JOLLIWER ARKANSAW - HOME [Bell 6031] 1969
DAVE REA - MAVERICK CHILD [Capitol ST548] 1969
JACK BRUCE - SONGS FOR A TAILOR [Polydor 583 058] 1969 B+
BOBBY KEYS - same [Warner 46141] 1972
BACK DOOR - 8th STREET NITES [UK Warner K46265] 1973
NOTE - These are the STEREO versions' catalogue numbers.
CORKY LAING
DAVID REA - MAVERICK CHILD [Capitol ST548] 1969
DAVID REA - BY THE GRACE OF GOD [Capitol ST826] 1971
BOBBY KEYS - same [Warner 46141] 1972
BO DIDDLEY - 20th ANNIVERSARY OF ROCK'N'ROLL [RCA APL1-1229] 1976
CORK - SPEED OF THOUGHT [1999, CD]
Note - As usual, this discography can't be complete. For each addition, correction, suggestion... please send me an e-mail. First thing I need is their singles discography. Thanks in advance.
Last updated: 01.02.2003