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Mountain - Climbing! 1970 Debut AMPEX WINDFALL T12 8-TRACK TAPE Only 1 available Climbing!, also known as Mountain Climbing!, is the official debut studio album by American blues-rock band Mountain. Released on March 7, 1970, the album featured the 'classic' Mountain lineup of Leslie West (guitar, vocals), Felix Pappalardi (bass, piano) and Corky Laing (drums, percussion), and followed the West solo album Mountain featuring Pappalardi and drummer Norman Smart, released in 1969 and often credited to the band. Produced by Pappalardi, the album reached number 17 on the American Billboard 200 albums chart and featured the band's best-known song "Mississippi Queen". Mountain is an American rock band that formed in Long Island, New York in 1969.[1] Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist/vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 and has reunited frequently since 1973, remaining active today.[2] Best known for the song "Mississippi Queen", as well as for their performance at the famous Woodstock Festival in 1969, Mountain is one of many bands to be commonly credited as having influenced the development of heavy metal music in the 1970s.
The Dec. 30 edition of The Boris Rock Show featured a tribute to Leslie West who passed away on Dec. 23 at the age of 75. The Dec. 26 edition of Greasy Tracks also honored West. Click here to check out an archive of the program, while a playlist is here. Best known for his work with the band Mountain, West, born Leslie Weinstein, began his recording career in 1964 with The Vagrants, a Long Island-based band that also included his brother, Larry, on bass and vocals. The group, which blended blue-eyed soul with rock, recorded a handful of singles and played the metro-New York City club circuit before breaking up in 1968.
jail over dumb [ bleep ]. you know what i mean? so definitely not getting rid of these, you know what i mean? who knows, might be good to wait for the next batch. you never know. i've got to change. can't keep doing this. 37 years old. keep going in and out of jail. i'm definitely going to change my life. coming up -- >> they checked the paperwork, said no, he's not court-ordered. >> garrett billiter gets caught in a lie. and -- >> i think that somebody like him is most definitely a predator. >> a cousin of norman smart's victim speaks her mind.
succeed. if you fail, you fail because of you, not because of me. i dealt with mr. billiter i think for about four or five years. garrett played the same game. you have to let garrett think he win every once in a while. >> i know how to get in trouble but i know how to make people feel bad a little bit. like, come on, man, i'm just been playing around with you, that's all. i really didn't mean it. and they'll be like, well, dammit, billiter, you're always doing stuff but i'll let you get away with it. i appreciate it. it always works. works out for the better. >> while billiter feels he was able to influence sergeant hooper's decision, norman smart's fate was recently decided by a jury when he was convicted on all charges for beating his wife to death. he awaits transfer to prison to begin the sentence of life without parole. smart continues to proclaim his innocence and disputes evidence
in savannah, georgia, norman smart awaits transfer to prison to serve life without parole after being found guilty of beating his wife to death. smart spends 23 hours a day locked down in the same cell where he's been housed for the past six months. the maximum security area of administrative segregation known as the bubble. jail officials say they are keeping smart on lockdown because of the high-profile nature of his case and his reputation as a trained fighter. >> he's a licensed fighter. i looked him up myself. he does have a record. so they feel for the safety of the facility, it's best if he's kept in the bubble here. >> the jail allowed our crew to give smart a handheld camera so he could record his thoughts and experiences living in the bubble. >> without warning they come in the rooms and shake us down. they make you put your hands through that slot there and they put handcuffs on you. and they make you stand up against that wall. each time make scratches from the handcuffs.
who knows, might be good to wait for the next batch. never know. i've got to change. can't keep doing this. 37 years old. keep going in and out of jail. definitely going to change my life. coming up -- >> they checked the paperwork, said no he's not court recorded. >> garrett gets caught in a lie. and -- >> i think that somebody like him is most definitely a predator. >> a cousin of norman smart's victim speaks her mind.