Elephant Mountain
The Youngbloods
Elephant Mountain
180-GRAM 33RPM LP | Stereo
CATALOG: IMP6051
MSRP: $39.99 USD
Hot off of the success of their multi-platinum self-titled debut, The Youngbloods shuffled their lineup (with the departure of co-founder Jerry Corbitt) and used their heightened caché to go big on their follow-up, the Charlie Daniels-produced Elephant Mountain.
Over multi-layered acoustic-folk and electric-rock instruments, Jesse Colin Young, Banana Levinger, and Joe Bauer create a free-feeling set of tunes that playfully careen between front-porch folk and stadium rock (best exemplified in the classic single “Darkness, Darkness”).
That this diverse set of musical influences remained cohesive and artistically daring makes it an underground classic whose admiration continues to grow today.
Our deluxe HQ-180 LP is packaged in a heavy-board tip-on single disc jacket and includes an exclusive tri-fold heavy-stock insert featuring rare session photos and an appreciation and interview with Lowell “Banana” Levinger by music historian and author Charles L. Granata.
Impex is proud to bring this ’60s classic to you in pristine all-analog glory!
First time on all-analog stereo vinyl in over 35 years
Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from a flat 1.1 transfer of the original analog tapes
Exclusive tri-fold insert containing original photos and an appreciation by Charles L. Granata featuring a new interview with Lowell “Banana” Levinger
Pressed on highest-quality vinyl at Record Technology, Inc.
1. Darkness, Darkness
2. Smug
3. On Sir Francis Drake
4. Sunlight
5. Double Sunlight
6. Beautiful
7. Turn It Over
SIDE 2
1. Don’t Let the Rain Bring You Down
2. Trillium
3. Quicksand
4. Black Mountain Breakdown
5. Sham
6. Ride the Wind
“So gratifying to see an unsung excellent late ’60s album finally get a place in the reissue sun…its superb musicianship and musical integrity hold up well all these years later and more importantly many, many plays later. Highly recommended!” –Michael Fremer, The Tracking Angle
Read the full review HERE!
Reviewing the original release, All Music’s Lindsay Planer enthused: “This effort contains some of the band’s strongest material to date, building on the considerable momentum of their 1967 self-titled release and further enhanced by their remarkable instrumental capabilities.”
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“Wow! Impressive, amazing, and I’m honored that this is happening. Boy, do I wish Joe was still here to see it. I love it. Thanks so much.” –Lowell “Banana” Levinger
“Folks, I am more than pleased with the reissue and remaster of The Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain. This was a favorite of mine back in the day. It sounds like a million bucks. The pressing is quiet and flat and I hear details I had not heard before. How about a reissue of their album Ride the Wind??? Great job by all on this release.” – Dan, Elusive Disc Customer
“Listening to the entire Youngbloods Elephant Mountain was a fun snapshot in time.” – Jay Jay French, Copper Magazine/PS Audio
Read Jay Jay’s complete review HERE!
“Impex’s LP has warmth and dynamics in spades, and Jesse Colin Young’s expressive voice has the kind of clarity audiophiles die for.” – Tom Gibbs, Positive Feedback
Read Tom’s full review HERE
