LIVE:ROAD GOES EVER ON

Mountain | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: PHANTOM SOUND & VISION
• ASIN: B000009EQW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

Track Listings

1. Long Red

2. Waiting To Take You Away

3. Crossroader

4. Nantucket Sleighride

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered from the original master tapes withextensive sleeve notes, a totally revamped booklet andfaithfully restored artwork, this is a reissue of the 1972Sony release. Features four tracks: 'Nantucket Sleighride','Long Red', 'Waiting To Take You Away' and 'Crossroader'.1997 BGO release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why You Need to Buy This CD, January 14, 2000

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T Beezy (Thousand Oaks, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LIVE:ROAD GOES EVER ON (Audio CD)

If you are any sort of Mountain fan (Like I Am) You Need to Buy This CD. I Put off getting it for a while because, frankly it is kind of expensive & it only has four songs on it. But trust me, YOU WANT TO BUY THIS. The CD Starts off with a kickin' version of "Long Red", if you've ever heard the album version you probably think of this song as a pretty litte piece of ear candy, but not here, it thumps harder than the studio recording of "Mississippi Queen". Next is "Waiting to Take You Away", a pretty ballady thing that turns into a heavy guitar fest at the end (I like the mix on the version of this song that appears on "Over The Top" a little better though). Next is a ripping version of "Crossroader", i always thought the studio version of this could have been harder and I was right. They tear that baby up. Last is the 17:00 version of "Nantucket Sleighride". It is somewhat similar to the version on "Twin Peaks" but is a lot better in every respect. Steve Knights' keyboard solo is really cool (it sounds like he has a wah pedal hooked up to his keyboard) especially since he is the one member of the band who usually does not have a strong musical presence, here his playing is simply beautiful. To summarize, this album kicks mad a**, it's much better than their other live CD's (cause let's face it "Twin Peaks" is not really Mountain [it's Leslie & Felix with two session guys]& that new import live thing is just a really bad show) if you like Mountain, you'll love this CD. If you're a fan of real music, you'll like this CD.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Their Best All-Live Album, September 6, 2000

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BluesDuke "A sacred cow is worth but one thin... (Las Vegas, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LIVE:ROAD GOES EVER ON (Audio CD)

If you want a full album's worth of Mountain in concert, this is the one to have. (See my review of "Twin Peaks".) It showcases the best of what it was that made Mountain as strong a concert attraction as a studio one in the original quartet's brief but memorable existence. "Long Red" (a track from Leslie West's solo exercise, "Mountain," of early 1969) leads off genially, but then the band gets down to serious business. West's "Waiting To Take You Away" pries open a hole for what would become in due course the power ballad and rounds it off with some pretty, spiky guitar playing. "Crossroader," as derivative a blues as can be found, gets a roaring take thanks to West's howling slide guitar and Felix Pappalardi's rumbling bass. The real treat, though, is an extended performance of "Nantucket Sleighride" which surges, ebbs, and pulls firmly into port with some of the band's loveliest and most ethereal playing. This was the last of four albums from the original working quartet; the ultimate verdict has to be that, though they made some lovely music and at their best fired a rare lyricism into what became heavy metal music, Mountain never quite lived up to their promise in the end. They did go on, of course, in a slightly new configuration a couple of years after the original band broke up, but it was far from the same.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's all about the JAMS, February 12, 2004

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Christopher Cerulo "dbsplhz" (Rockaway, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On (Audio CD)

the 33 minute of Nantucket is a must have. The cd only has 4 songs on the album, but the live version of Crossroader is also a must have. Leslie's guitar playing is awesome, and corky and felix keep it going throughout the whole album. A must have for fellow mountain fans!