Nantucket Sleighride [Bonus Track] [Remaster]

Performer: Mountain
Engineer: Bob D'Orleans
Producer: Bud Prager; Felix Pappalardi; Bob Irwin (Reissue)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Mountain: Leslie West (vocals, guitar); Steve Knight (keyboards); Felix Pappalardi (bass, background vocals); Corky Laing (drums). Recorded at the Record Plant, New York, New York in 1971. Originally released on Windfall (5500). Includes liner notes by Corey Laing. Personnel: Leslie West (vocals, guitar); Felix Pappalardi (vocals); Steve Knight (keyboards); Corky Laing (drums). Liner Note Authors: Corky Laing; Leslie West. Recording information: The Record Plant, N.Y.C. Photographers: Gail Collins; Jill Furmanovsky; Jim Cummins. Following the success of Climbing! and appearances at Woodstock and other outdoor festivals of the day, Mountain recorded more of the same for Nantucket Sleighride. The title track is a nice mixture of classical-leaning intertwined with moderate rock; both "Don't Look Around" and "The Animal Trainer and the Toad" continue on the hard rock path so well-worn by this band. Not groundbreaking, but it is well worth listening to. ~ James Chrispell Following the success of Climbing! and appearances at Woodstock and other outdoor festivals of the day, Mountain recorded more of the same for Nantucket Sleighride. The title track is a nice mixture of classical-leaning intertwined with moderate rock; both "Don't Look Around" and "The Animal Trainer and the Toad" continue on the hard rock path so well-worn by this band. Not groundbreaking, but it is well worth listening to. [The 2003 reissue on Columbia/Legacy adds a live version of "Travellin' in the Dark (To E.M.P.)" as a bonus track.] ~ James Chrispell

Led by power-riffing guitarist Leslie West and bassist/songwriter/producer Felix Pappalardi, Mountain formed in New York City in 1969. With songs like "Mississippi Queen" and "Boys in the Band," the Woodstock alums have come to represent the fierce technique and utter heaviness (and often the unfortunate excess) of the best 1970s blues-inspired hard-rock bands. Pappalardi was tragically murdered by his wife in 1983; however, West and drummer Corky Laing continued to tour and record under the Mountain name into the 2000s.

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