55 Years Later - Mountain Hit Emotional Peak With Heavy 'Nantucket Sleighride' - Glide Magazine

55 Years Later - Mountain Hit Emotional Peak With Heavy 'Nantucket Sleighride' - Glide Magazine

The consistent solidity of Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride (released January 1971) should not come as any surprise.  Commonly perceived as the band’s sophomore album, it is, in fact, the third project on which guitarist/vocalist Leslie West collaborated with musician/producer Felix Pappalardi. Prior to those efforts, the latter produced the bulk of Cream’s studio work. With an insider’s view of the intrapersonal and creative dynamics at play on …