The Best of Mountain

Infobox Album |
Name = The Best Of Mountain
Type = compilation
Artist = Mountain


Released = 1973
Recorded = 1970-1971, The Record Plant, NYC
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 39:30 (original)53:27 (remaster)
Label = Columbia/Windfall
Sony
Producer = Felix PappalardiBob Irwin (reissue)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfyxqr5ldhe link]
Chronology = Mountain
Last album = (1972)
This album = "The Best Of Mountain"
(1973)
Next album = "Twin Peaks"
(1974)

"The Best Of Mountain" is the first compilation by American hard rock band Mountain. It consists of material recorded throughout 1970-1971, culled from their first three LPs. On April 15, 2003, the album was remastered and reissued in an expanded edition with new liner notes and four bonus tracks, two of which are taken from Leslie West's first solo album, 1969's Felix Pappalardi-produced "Mountain", the project which eventually lead to the formation of the band.

Track listing

#"Never in My Life" – 3:53
#"Taunta (Sammy's Tune)" - 1:00
#"Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)" - 5:55
#"Roll Over Beethoven" - 2:58
#"For Yasgur's Farm" – 3:23
#"The Animal Trainer And The Toad" - 3:29
#"Mississippi Queen" - 2:32
#"King's Chorale" - 1:04
#"The Boys in the Band" – 3:43
#"Don't Look Around" - 3:47
#"Theme from an Imaginary Western" - 5:07
#"Crossroader" - 4:53

2003 Reissue Bonus Tracks

#"Long Red" - 3:17
#"Dreams of Milk & Honey" - 3:36
#"Silver Paper" - 3:19
#"Travelin' in the Dark (To E.M.P.)" - 4:25

Personnel

*Leslie West - guitar, vocals
*Felix Pappalardi - bass, vocals
*Corky Laing - drums, percussion
*Steve Knight - organ