Mountains (Steamhammer album)

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Mountains
Steamhammer-Mountains-cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1970
Recorded1970
Genre
Length41:27
Label B&C Records
Producer Fritz Fryer
Steamhammer chronology
Mk II
(1969)
Mountains
(1970)
Speech
(1972)
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Mountains is the third album by British rock band Steamhammer. Steamhammer recorded this album as a quartet, Kieran White (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Martin Pugh (guitar), Steve Davy (bass) and Mick Bradley (drums) in mid-1970.

Contents

"Riding on the L&N" and "Hold That Train" were recorded live at the Lyceum Theatre in London.

Track listing (original release)

All songs written by Kieran White, except where noted. [2]

  1. "I Wouldn't Have Thought (Gophers Song)" (White, Martin Pugh)
  2. "Levinia"
  3. "Henry Lane"
  4. "Walking Down the Road"
  5. "Mountains"
  6. "Leader of the Ring"
  7. "Riding on the L&N"* (Dan Burley, Lionel Hampton)
  8. "Hold That Train"* (White, Pugh, Mick Bradley, Steve Davy)

*Recorded live at the Lyceum Theatre, London.

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Additional personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 McFarlane, Dean. "Mountains - Steamhammer | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  2. "Discogs: Steamhammer - Mountains". discogs.com. 23 August 1970. Retrieved 24 February 2012.