Mountain - New Year Concert, 1971 [2CD]

GONZO (NOVA)

£13.66

Cat. no: HST614CD
Format: CD 2
Barcode: 5056083213719
Release Date: 13 Sep 2024
Genre: Rock

Recorded at the end of a year in which Mountain had released two heavy-hitting albums, Nantucket Sleighride and Flowers of Evil, New Year Concert, 1971 is evidence of the pure, unfettered New York rockers letting it all out on stage

Full of winding improvisations around established classics (look out for a 23-minute re-working of 'Silver Paper', originally taking up a mere three minutes on the group's debut album, Climbing!) and bludgeoning takes on 'Blood of the Sun' (from guitarist Leslie West's debut album, Mountain) and Nantucket Sleighride's 'Don't Look Around', the set-list even makes room for a face-melting 'Auld Lang Syne', doing for the New Year's anthem what Hendrix did for The Star-Spangled Banner. The shouts at the end? Could be cheers from the crowd; could be an audience running for cover from some of the heaviest rock every to blast though a PA system...

Tracks: Intro / Never in My Life / Don't Look Around / Mississippi Queen / Baby I'm Down / Long Red / Silver Paper / Guitar Solo / The Animal Trainer and the Toad / Nantucket Sleigh-ride / Theme for an Imaginary Western / Travelling in the Dark / Blood of the Sun / Dreams of Milk and Honey / Auld Lang Syne