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Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On

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Released
  
April 1972

Artist
  
Mountain

Producer
  
Felix Pappalardi

Genre
  
Hard rock

Length
  
34:28

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Legacy Recordings

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Recorded
  
Tracks 1-2 recorded at Woodstock Festival, Bethel, New York, August 16, 1969 Tracks 3-4 recorded January - February 1972

Mountain Live The Road Goes Ever On (1972)
  
The Best Of Mountain (1973)

Similar
  
Mountain albums, Hard rock albums

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Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On is the fourth album by hard rock band Mountain. Released following the band's first breakup in 1972, Windfall Records compiled the album using old live material. Mountain would later reform in 1974. The title comes from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit.

Contents

The opening drum break on "Long Red" has been sampled by hip hop artists.

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Track listing

  1. "Long Red" (West, Pappalardi, Ventura, Landsberg) – 5:44
  2. "Waiting to Take You Away" (West) – 4:40
  3. "Crossroader" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 6:22
  4. "Nantucket Sleighride" (Pappalardi, Collins) – 17:33
Notes
  • "Long Red" originally appears on Mountain (1969).
  • The track "Waiting to Take You Away" is not available in a studio version and appears only on this album.
  • "Crossroader" originally appears on Flowers of Evil (1971).
  • "Nantucket Sleighride" originally appears on Nantucket Sleighride (1971).

    • Personnel

  • Leslie West – guitar, vocals (all tracks)
  • Felix Pappalardi – bass, vocals (all tracks)
  • Steve Knight – organ (all tracks)
  • N.D. Smart – drums (1, 2)
  • Corky Laing – drums (3, 4)
    • Additional personnel
  • Gail Collins – cover artwork, photography

    • Songs

    1Long Red (Live)5:44
    2Waiting To Take You Away (Live Version)4:40
    3Crossroader (Live Version)6:18

    References

    Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On Wikipedia
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