STEAMHAMMER Mountains LP METRONOME 1970 GER orig+foc+stereo MLP 15376
€
25
$
29
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
WE ARE POSTING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
SO IN ORDER TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDING WE ADVISE YOU TO ENQUIRE
ABOUT POSTAGE COST BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY BID/PURCHASE THE ITEM
PLEASE ASK FOR ANY INFORMATION
STEAMHAMMER
KIERAN WHITE, MARTIN PUGH, MICK BRADLEY, STEVE DAVY, plus KEITH NELSON
Steamhammer started out as a blues-rock band in Worthing, Sussex, but gradually developed
into a more heavy progressive style. Their debut Steamhammer included the self-penned Junior's Wailing,
which was later covered by Status Quo. Indeed it became an important part of Status Quo's live act
as they evolved into a 12-bar boogie band. Pugh and Quittenton assisted Rod Stewart on his first album
and Quittenton stayed with Stewart co-writing Maggie May with him and playing mandolin on the million-selling disc.
When Steve Jolliffe (ex-Tangerine Dream) joined, their music on Steamhammer Mk II
became jazzier and all the better for his harpsichord parts
"MOUNTAINS" Produced by Fritz Fryer
1970 LP METRONOME RECORDS STEREO MLP 15 376
MADE IN GERMANY ORIGINAL PRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
Label Code: none
LABEL: METRONOME - 2-COLOUR LABEL w/VERTICAL WHITE STRIPES - BLACK/WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: (front) MLP 15 376
Catalog on labels: MLP 15.376 (ST-MLP-15.376-A) / MLP 15.376 (ST-MLP-15.376-B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 28 0654 517 S1 2 (Etched): ST-MLP-15.376-A PF
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 28 0654 517 S2 2 (Etched): ST-MLP-15.376-B PF
On labels: Super-Stereo-Sound
? 1970 GEMA(boxed)
Urheber und........Made in Germany by Metronome Records GMBH
Rights Society / Publishing: GEMA
On Inside Right Panel: All arrangements by Steamhammer
Recording & mixing engineer: Martin Birch
*Recorded live at the Lyceum, engineer: Geoff Calver
**Publishers: Bosworth & Co Ltd
Cover art: Chris Stepan
tracklisting
Side 1: I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT - RIDING ON THE L&N - HOLD THAT TRAIN
Side 2: LEVINIA - HENRY LANE - LEADER OF THE RING - WALKING DOWN THE ROAD - MOUNTAINS
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, also read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Starting out as an electric blues group in the '60s, Steamhammer transformed into a hard progressive rock group on this 1970 album. A highly collectable album in the British prog scene, the guitarists of this group -- Martin Pugh and Martin Quittenton -- were both, in fact, hardworking session musicians who made their names co-writing "Maggie May" with Rod Stewart for Stewart's debut solo album. Although throughout they maintain their electric blues roots, this album is a fairly awkward and mediocre transition period for the group. However, hardcore collectors of progressive rock will find much to delight in...(AllMusic)
price rating
