Warts and all’ doesn’t even begin to describe the rawness of this collection of six previously unreleased live sets recorded across Mountain’s UK tour of early 2005, with one show from '02. Featuring mainman guitarist/ vocalist Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing, plus Richie Scarlet on bass, this box set of six discs offers the opportunity for total immersion in Mountain’s heavy rocking blues as it sounded back in the noughties – you lucky, lucky people.
Definitely not for Mountain beginners, this is a chance to hear and compare in detail multiple versions of Blood Of The Sun, Mississippi Queen and, of course, Nantucket Sleighride, plus various covers, not least Sunshine Of Your Love, Politician, Crossroads, Blowin’ In The Wind and Why I Sing The Blues.
