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Laing, Hunter, Ronson, Pappalardi - The Secret Sessions (1978)

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2008-06-28 08:36:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi Plus special guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Dickey Betts, Leslie West, John Sebastian and Todd Rundgren This record is an assortment of secret sessions," says legendary drummer Corky Laing. "It was so secret that at one time the record company couldn't even find the tapes Corky Laing, best known as the thunderous drummer...
 
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Mountain - Flower of Evil (Classic Hardrock US 1971)

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2008-07-05 18:17:05 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi's Mountain, and the pace was catching up with them: Flowers of Evil was only half of a studio album with five new songs, its second side filled up with a live 25-minute rock & roll medley and encore of Mountain's sole Top 40 hit, "Mississippi Queen." This was unmistakable evidence that Mountain had run their course. There would be...
 
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Blues Creation - Demon & Eleven Children (Japanese Hardrock 1971)

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2008-06-05 20:17:07 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi focused on producing other bands Pappalardi decided to help Creation work on their next album and invited the band to his Nantucket, Massachusetts home for two months of rehearsals. Over that time the project transformed into a musical collaboration with songs being written mostly by Pappalardi, his wife Gail Collins Pappalardi...
 
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Blues Creation - Selftitled (Japanese Bluesrock 1969)

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2008-06-06 18:17:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi and his wife Gail Collins, who had written most of the lyrics for Mountains hits. However, Creation did not release their first LP until 1975, by which time Takeda nervous of his new role as lead singer invited rhythm guitarist Yoshiaki Iijima to join drummer Masayuki Higuchi and bassist Shigeru Matsumoto in the new line up....
 
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Leslie West - Leslie West Mountain (Classic 1st Album Hardrock US 1969)

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2008-07-05 17:07:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi , who also produced it and co-wrote eight of its 11 songs, and drummer N.D. Smart II. (This trio did, indeed, tour under the name Mountain shortly after the album's release, even performing at Woodstock, though Smart was replaced by Corky Laing and Steve Knight was added as keyboard player for the formal recording debut of the...
 
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Bo Grumpus - Before The War (Good Rock Album US 1968)

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2008-04-02 09:27:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi before he joined Mountain. Pappalardi also shares some writing credits with the band (there is an early version of "Travelling In the Dark" later recorded with Mountain) and he plays on a couple of cuts, but this is by no means a heavy rock record. At times the album has quite an unusual spaced out folky pop feel to it and overall...
 
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May 2007 pt.2

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2008-04-18 04:09:00 by Rockaroola in iLuv Music 24-7
...Pappalardi, then hot with Cream. This doesn't mean, though, that this is anything more than a very ordinary late-1960s rock LP, leaning towards the gentle pop/rock side without being too mainstream. In keeping with the times, a lot of attention was paid to varying the styles and arrangements, from airy-fairy pop-psychedelia ("Looking Glass")...
 
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The Freak Scene & The Devils Anvil (Great US Psychedelia 1967)

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2008-02-12 20:44:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi (later of Mountain ) jamming with a band of Arabian musicians in a style similar to Kaleidoscope meets John Berberian. Both albums were originally released in 1967 Far out -- like wow, the colors...Seriously, the Psychedelic Psoul portion of this two-LPs-on-one CD is a complete period piece -- it is also one of the spacier...
 
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Mountain - (Live) The Road Goes Ever On (Classic Album US 1972) (@256)

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2008-07-05 17:37:00 by ChrisGoesRock in ChrisGoesRock
...Pappalardi personally Mountain was a big inspiration to me as much as The Beatles were to many. The talent in this band is Mountainous I had been looking for this album on CD for years and when I saw it here at Amazon I didn't think twice I purchased it immediately. Savoring the tracks from the smooth melodic Long Red to the timeless Rock...
 
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