Paper Money

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Paper Money
Studio album by Montrose
Released	October 11, 1974
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	34:50
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Ted Templeman, Ronnie Montrose
Montrose chronology
Montrose (1973) Paper Money (1974) Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! (1975)
Sammy Hagar chronology
Montrose (1973) Paper Money (1974) Nine on a Ten Scale (1976)

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Underground" (Lauren Wood cover)	Ilene Rappaport	3:33
2.	"Connection" (The Rolling Stones cover)	Jagger–Richards	5:42
3.	"The Dreamer"	Sammy Hagar Ronnie Montrose	3:36
4.	"Starliner" (Instrumental)	Montrose	3:36

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"I Got the Fire"	Montrose	3:06
6.	"Spaceage Sacrifice"	Hagar Montrose	4:55
7.	"We're Going Home"	Montrose	4:52
8.	"Paper Money"	Hagar Montrose	5:01
Total length:			34:50

Paper Money (2017 rerelease bonus)

On October 13, 2017, Rhino Entertainment released a Deluxe Edition. The bonus disc tracks are from a session on KSAN radio from the Record Plant in Sausalito, California on December 26, 1974.

Deluxe Edition disc 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro by Phil Buchanan"		0:29
2.	"I Got the Fire"	Montrose	3:13
3.	"Rock Candy"	Denny Carmassi Bill Church Hagar Montrose	5:59
4.	"Bad Motor Scooter"	Hagar	4:45
5.	"Spaceage Sacrifice"	Hagar Montrose	6:58
6.	"One and a Half"	Montrose	4:31
7.	"Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry cover)	Chuck Berry	3:39
8.	"Trouble" (Elvis Presley cover)	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	4:56
9.	"Space Station #5"	Hagar Montrose	11:40

Personnel

Montrose

• Sammy Hagar – lead vocals on all songs except on "We're Going Home"
• Ronnie Montrose – guitar, lead vocals on "We're Going Home", producer
• Alan Fitzgerald – bass, synthesizer
• Denny Carmassi – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Mark Jordan – piano on "Connection"
• Nick DeCaro – mellotron on "We're Going Home"
• Charles Faris – special effects

Production

• Ted Templeman – producer
• Donn Landee – engineer

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [6]	73
US Billboard 200 [7]	65

References

1. "Great Rock discography". p. 559.
2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Montrose - Paper Money review". AllMusic . Retrieved November 18, 2017.
3. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 187. ISBN   978-1894959025.
4. "Montrose". Billboard . Retrieved November 18, 2017.
5. Montrose (1974). Paper Money (LP sleeve). Warner Bros. Records. BS 2823.
6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3951b". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
7. "Montrose Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 30, 2023.

Other sources

• Montrose; Paper Money liner notes; Warner Brothers Records 1974