Mountain
Eruption


Tracks:

Disc: 1

1. Hard Times
2. Never In My Life
3. Spark
4. Theme For An Imaginary Western
5. Nantucket Sleighride
6. Mississippi Queen
7. Rocky Mountain Way
8. Extra Blues Track

Disc: 2

1. Why Dontcha
2. For Yasgur's Farm
3. Crossroads
4. The Sea
5. Nantucket Sleighride
6. House Of The Rising Sun
7. Dreams Of Milk And Honey
8. Blues Jam

Line up:

Leslie West - Guitar, Vocals
Corky Laing - Drums, Vocals
Mark Clarke - Bass, Vocals (disc 1)
Richie Scarlet - Bass, Vocals (disc 2)

Record Label / Year of Release:

Fuel 2000 Records 2004

Notes:

Mountain is an American hard rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist Felix Pappalardi and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 before reuniting in 1974 and remaining active until today.

Arguably best known for the song "Mississippi Queen", Mountain is one of many bands to be commonly credited as having influenced the development of heavy metal music in the 1970s.

After pursuing separate musical paths for almost a decade, West and Laing reunited Mountain, recruiting Mark Clarke to play bass and recorded "Go For Your Life" in 1985. (The album was dedicated to Pappalardi's memory.) The same line-up recorded a follow-up, "Man's World", over a decade later.

Eruption, a double-CD live album, spotlights two post-Pappalardi versions of Mountain. The first unites West and Laing with bassist Mark Clarke (of Uriah Heap fame), and that lineup is heard on some New York club performances from 1985; the second lineup (West, Laing and bassist Richie Scarlet) is heard during a European tour of 2003.