Product Details

• Actors: Leslie West, Mountain, Richard Scarlett, Corky Laing
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Import, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Voiceprint UK
• DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ALZI4C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #307,053 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Captured during the band’s world tour in early 2005 and more than 35 years into their career, Mountain show no sign of slowing down. The core duo of Leslie West and Corky Laing are joined on this occasion by bassist Ritchie Scarlet and spans the band’s career including material from most of the key stages in this band’s development. The obvious Mountain calling cards are all in attendance including Theme For An Imaginary Western, Mississippi Queen and Never In My Life. There is also a tribute to Cream with the song Politician that was a highlight of West, Bruce and Laing’s live concerts. Leslie West also pays tribute to Bob Dylan with an acoustic rendition of Blowing In The Wind. The concert is brought to a close with perhaps the most famous Mountain song, Nantucket Sleighride. For long time Mountain fans this DVD will be a welcome addition to their collections. For the newer fan this DVD will work as a fine introduction to this legendary American rock band.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute Rubbish, February 1, 2006

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Dominic P. Settemio Jr. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain: Live in Texas 2005 (DVD)

Being a Mountain fan for many years i am so disappointed in this very poorly produced DVD. The picture quality looks like it was shot with a vhs camera from 1986! The sound is even worse. It is THE most disgraceful music dvd i have ever seen. And i am quite sure the band itself had nothing to do with this because i don't think they would want this

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not even a Hill, February 8, 2006

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Timothy Barrow (Auburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mountain: Live in Texas 2005 (DVD)

I'm a major fan of the band and go all the way back to their begining. I saw the original band with Felix several times in the 70's. When I got "Sea of Fire", Mountain's other DVD, I was absolutely thrilled with it. It became and still is one of my top ten concert DVD's in a very large collection. I was anxious to have this one as soon as I learned of it. I got it, listened last night, and WHOA, what happened between "Sea of Fire" and this? Its a 2005 concert with only a stereo option? What's up with that? That would not be so bad if the stereo mix was good, but it's not. It is inconsistent in volume (up and down) and just does not engage you. The video is awful. Bad shots from bad angles, shaky cameras, and it's dark. The band's performance is pretty good, but its too short and does not get you excited anyway. I did not care when it ended. "Sea of Fire" was shot in a small venue, but it captured the excitement of Mountain's performance with a bunch of us old geysers in attendance that were there "in the day", but this one looks like its shot in a high school gym with a cover band. I have to question if this is an authorized, official release. Mountain has no mention of it on their web site. It has all the earmarks of a bad bootleg and I would be surprised if the band did authorize this shoddy release. They are however still a good band, and in "Sea of Fire" they show it. Get "Sea of Fire", avoid this one unless you want to see for yourself how badly this was produced.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Sleighride Overturned..., February 17, 2006

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Jack Briggs - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mountain: Live in Texas 2005 (DVD)

Well, where do I start. I have genuinly never been so dissapointed with a product in my life. Basically this is a hell of a band, doing a good performance, with possibly the worst production team of all time. The sound is up and down, the camera angles are lame, it fades into tracks 30 seconds into them. In Politician, the volume level goes from about 1db to about 120db and then back down about 40 times within 5 minutes, absolutely shocking. I have Mountain bootlegs on DVD from 1978 which are better quality than this! Compared to Sea of Fire from a few years back, this is a complete and total let down. Avoid this at all costs, a complete and utter letdown.