- There Is a Mountain
Infobox Single
Name =There is a Mountain
Cover size =
Caption =
Artist =Donovan
from Album =
A-side =
B-side ="Sand and Foam "
Released =Aug 1967 (USA)
October 1967 (UK)
Format =7" single
Recorded = July 1967, CBS Studios, London
Genre =Pop music
Length =
Label = Epic 5-10212 (USA)Pye 7N17403 (UK)
Writer =Donovan Leitch
Producer =Mickie Most
Certification =
Chronology=Donovan (UK)
Last single = "Mellow Yellow "
(10/1966)
This single = "There is a Mountain"
(1967)
Next single = "Jennifer Juniper "
(2/1968)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist =Donovan (USA)
Type =singles
Last album ="Epistle to Dippy "
(2/1967)
This album ="There is a Mountain"
(1967)
Next album ="Wear Your Love Like Heaven "
(12/1967)There is a Mountain is a song and single by
Donovan , released in 1967. It charted in the USA (Billboard: #11) and UK (#8).Featured musicians are Donovan (vocals and acoustic guitar), Tony Carr on percussion , Harold McNair on flute and arrangement and Danny Thompson on bass.
Chart positions:
# 11 (USA Billboard),# 9 (USA Cashbox),# 11 (USA Record World),# 8 (UK)The Allman Brothers Band 's "Mountain Jam " (1972) is a long, improvised jam song based on this song.The Allman Brothers were inspired to improvise on "There is a Mountain" after hearing the Grateful Dead jam on the song's main riff. The Dead can be heard quoting a few bars of "There is a Mountain" in their song "Alligator," from the Dead's "Anthem of the Sun" album, released in 1968. An example of the Dead jamming live on the "There is a Mountain" riff can be heard at the 4:53 mark on the version of "Alligator" they performed at their Aug. 21, 1968 show at the Fillmore West. [http://www.archive.org/details/gd68-08-21.sbd.cotsman.17355.sbeok.shnf]
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