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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelIMT, Sony
UPC0888751057821
eBay Product ID (ePID)13046066035
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2016
GenreRock
ArtistMountain
Release TitleOriginal Album Classics
Dimensions
Item Height0.48 in
Item Weight0.27 lb
Item Length5.05 in
Item Width4.99 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks46
Number of Discs1
Tracks1.1 Mississippi Queen 1.2 Theme for An Imaginary Western 1.3 Never in My Life 1.4 Silver Paper 1.5 For Yasgur's Farm 1.6 To My Friend 1.7 The Laird 1.8 Sittin' on a Rainbow 1.9 Boys in the Band 1.10 For Yasgur's Farm 2.1 Don't Look Around 2.2 Taunta (Sammy's Tune) 2.3 Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) 2.4 You Can't Get Away! 2.5 Tired Angels (To J.M.H.) 2.6 The Animal Trainer and the Toad 2.7 My Lady 2.8 Travellin' in the Dark (To E.M.P.) 2.9 The Great Train Robbery 2.10 Travellin' in the Dark (To E.M.P.) 3.1 Flowers of Evil 3.2 King's Chorale 3.3 One Last Cold Kiss 3.4 Crossroader 3.5 Pride and Passion 3.6 Dream Sequence 3.7 Mississippi Queen 4.1 Never in My Life 4.2 Theme for An Imaginary Western 4.3 Blood of the Sun 4.4 Guitar Solo 4.5 Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) 4.6 Crossroader 4.7 Mississippi Queen 4.8 Silver Paper 4.9 Roll Over Beethoven 5.1 Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on 5.2 Sister Justice 5.3 Alisan 5.4 Swamp Boy 5.5 Satisfaction 5.6 Thumbsucker 5.7 You Better Believe It 5.8 I Love to See You Fly 5.9 Back Where I Belong 5.10 Last of the Sunshine Days
This collection makes it clear that Mountain’s first album release, despite its technical and production shortcomings (excessive compression, smeared cymbals and heavy-handed “everything-loud-and-in-your-face-all-the-time” 1970’s sturm-und-drung production mentality) was probably the best representation of the group’s talents. The subsequent albums were unsuccessful attempts to cash in on the group’s hit “Mississippi Queen” by regurgitating the same song, or variations, on nearly every recording. The song and the first album were the high point of Mountain’s career and, as confirmed by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th albums, something of a fluke. What followed it couldn’t resurrect the initial album’s one-time shot at fame. Rated “A” for first-time effort, “D” for engineering/production, and “F” for follow through.