Mountain - Start 1970ies US Windfall label 11-track LP

Scarce start 1970ies US Windfall 11-track debut solo LP from Leslie West - a pre-Mountain release featuring later Mountain member Felix Pappalardi who not only played bass throughout the album, but also produced and co-wrote eight of the albulms eleven tracks.

Vinyl is pressed on slightly thinner vinyl than the first more inflexible and sturdy pressings - and has the white labels with shiny orange and yellow rim-rings and company name and bird logo to the top and top-right.
Labels has distribution and company info in the orange circle and 'WINDFALL 4500' catelogue number above (4500-SA-BW) matrix information, STEREO text, 33 1/3 R.P.M. speed notation and Side One text - all placed to the left of centre hole.
Labels has slightly smaller company name, artist name and title than the very first pressing. All features which stresses that this is a start 1970ies pressing - still before the 1973 red Columbia - Windfall label.

Vinyl is held in a back pasted picture cover.

Condition: M- (Vinyl and Labels/VG+(+) (Cover):
Vinyl is in perfect condition - as are labels indicating no play. Cover has light faint wear and an upper right front drill hole and is graded close to near perfect.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Blood of the Sun (Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins) 2:35
2. Long Red (West, Pappalardi, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg) 3:14
3. Better Watch Out (Pappalardi, Collins) 2:47
4. Blind Man (Collins, Pappalardi, West, Ventura) 3:50
5. Baby, I'm Down (Pappalardi, Collins) 3:58

Side 2:
1. Dreams of Milk and Honey (West, Pappalardi, Ventura, Landsberg) 3:22
2. Storyteller Man (West, Pappalardi, Ventura, Landsberg) 3:04
3. This Wheel's on Fire (Bob Dylan, Rick Danko) 3:18
4. Look to the Wind (West, Pappalardi, Ventura) 2:43
5. Southbound Train (West, Ventura, Landsberg) 2:57
6. Because You Are My Friend (West) 3:10

Credits:
Leslie West - Vocals, Guitar
Felix Pappalardi - Bass , Keyboards
Norman D. Smart II - Drums
Norman Landsberg - Organ

Technical Credits:
Felix Pappalardi - Production
Bob D'Orleans - Engineer

Artwork:
Joel Brodsky - Photography
Beverly Weinstein - Art Direction
David Krieger, The Graffeteria - Cover Design