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SHE MOVED BETTER ON WINE
Climbing!
(also known as Mountain Climbing!)
is the debut
studio album
by American
Hard Rock Band
The album was
released on
March 7, 1970,
by Windfall Records.
It peaked at No. 17
on the
Billboard 200 chart,
and spent
39 weeks
on the chart.
The album included
the group's
best-known song,
"Mississippi Queen",
which became a hit,
and
"Never in My Life",
which was
regularly aired
on contemporary
FM radio.
Both were sung
by West,
while Pappalardi
supplied the vocal
on another
radio favorite,
"Theme for an Imaginary Western".
The album was recorded
at the Record Plant
in New York City.
Felix Pappalardi
produced the album,
while Bob d'Orleans
engineered it.
Background
In 1969,
Leslie West recorded
his debut solo album,
titled
Mountain,
with
Felix Pappalardi
on bass
and drummer
Norman Smart.
Smart was replaced
by
Corky Laing
on drums
and percussion,
and keyboardist
Steve Knight
was added to
form the classic
Mountain lineup,
with
Pappalardi
as producer
Release
Windfall Records
released
Climbing! on
March 7, 1970.
The album debuted at
No. 186
and peaked at
No. 17
on the Billboard
200 chart.
The album was
certified gold
by the Recording
Industry Association
of America
(RIAA)
on
August 28, 1970.
"Mississippi Queen"
was the band's
debut single,
released in
February 1970.
The single peaked at
No. 21
on the Billboard
Hot 100 chart.
"For Yasgur's Farm"
was released as
a single in
September 1970.
It peaked at
No. 107
on the
Billboard Bubbling
Under Hot 100 chart.
The album artwork
was painted by
Gail Collins
TRACKLIST
.jfif)
Mississippi Queen
Theme From An Imaginary Western
Never In My Life
Silver Paper
For Yasgur's Farm
To My Friend
The Laird
Sittin' On A Rainbow
Boys In The Band
Crossroader
For Yasgur's Farm
(Live)
Roll Over Beethoven
(Live)
Mississippi Queen
(Live)
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