Mountain is the legendary American rock band led by Leslie West. The band was formed in 1969 and played on of its early dates at the equally legendary Woodstock Festival in August 1969. In September 1969 Corky Laing joined Mountain replacing original drummer Norman Smart. Both Leslie and Corky still regularly tour the world as Mountain and continue to release albums. First Steps is an archive release featuring recordings from Leslie's pre Mountain band The Vagrants and Corky's pre Mountain band Energy. The material contained in this release is extremely rare with some of the recordings being previously unreleased. Of major interest to Mountain fans will be the inclusion of previously unavailable recordings of Mountain taken from the sessions for their debut album Climbing. The album will be a two CD release and contain extensive sleeve notes detailing the tracks and the background to the bands The Vagrants and Energy with contributions from the members of the bands featured.
01 Vagrants: respect 02 I can't make a friend 03 Beside the sea 04 I don't need your loving 05 Young blues 06 And when its over 07 A sunny summer rain 08 The final hour 09 My babe 10 I love love you (yes i do) 11 Oh these eyes 12 You're too young
13 Your hasty heart 14 Satisfaction 15 Mountain: untitled 16 Boys in the band 17 Never in my life 18 Theme from an imaginary western 19 Sittin' on a rainbow 20 For yasgur's farm
Disc 2
01 Felix bass solo 02 Champagne and wine 03 I shall be released 04 Rockin mahoney 05 We can talk 06 What tomorrow may bring 07 1st mississippi queen 08 1st yasgur's farm 09 Corrina