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Heralded as one of rock's greatest guitarists, Leslie West formed Mountain alongside vocalist/bassist Felix Pappalardi in 1969, and the group soon locked in a permanent lineup with drummer Corky Laing. After five albums and extensive roadwork with the group, Pappalardi was tragically shot and killed by his wife in 1983. Two years later, former Uriah Heep bassist Mark Clarke was in Mountain. The first disc of this 2-CD set was recorded with Clarke in 1985 at two legendary New York music venues (The Ritz in Manhattan and L'Amour in Brooklyn), while the second was captured with bassist Richie Scarlet while on tour in Europe in 2003.

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• This release contains all their best known songs
• Mountain was formed in 1969 by West and Felix Pappalardi
• His musical career began with the Vagrants, an R&B/blue-eyed soul-rock band
• Leslie West has been acknowledged as one of rock 'n' roll's greatest guitarists
• West died December 23, 2020 at age 75
• He helped popularize the Gibson Les Paul Jr. guitar with P-90 pickups, along with the use of Sunn Amplifiers

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If any band were deserving of a name that suggested something immovable and monolithic then it was surely New York's Mountain. Formed in 1969 and drawing inspiration from British blues boom this American band of brothers soon took the blues, turned it into proto-metal and paved the way for countless imitators. Outside the confines of a studio Mountain became an infinitely heavier beast and the two CD set Eruption: Around The World captures them in all their earth-shaking glory.

     —Peter Dennis, The Midlands Rocks