Elephant Mountain

by The Youngbloods

Elephant Mountain cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 39:39
  • Community rating: 3.52/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Charlie Daniels, Bob Cullen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Reduced to a trio format, the group delivered a remarkably warm and eclectic masterpiece that firmly established their signature pastoral sound. With Jesse Colin Young's crystalline vocals at the forefront, the project beautifully integrates elements of jazz improvisation, country-rock, and gentle psychedelia into tightly crafted, melodic songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, mountains, folk, acoustic, traditional, storytelling, piano

Tracklist

  1. Darkness, Darkness (3:48)
  2. Smug (2:11)
  3. On Sir Francis Drake (6:45)
  4. Sunlight (3:07)
  5. Double Sunlight (0:41)
  6. Beautiful (3:47)
  7. Turn It Over (0:13)
  8. Don't Let the Rain Bring You Down (3:12)
  9. Trillium (3:08)
  10. Quicksand (2:41)
  11. Black Mountain Breakdown (0:40)
  12. Sham (2:44)
  13. Ride the Wind (6:36)

Credits

  • Joe Bauer - drums [uncredited], performer [the youngbloods], written-by
  • David Lindley - fiddle [uncredited]
  • Lowell Levinger - keyboards [uncredited], guitar [uncredited], written-by
  • Banana - performer [the youngbloods]
  • Jesse Colin Young - performer [the youngbloods], vocals [uncredited], bass [uncredited], guitar [uncredited], written-by
  • Plas Johnson - tenor saxophone [uncredited]
  • Joe Clayton - trumpet [uncredited]
  • Victor Feldman - vibraphone [uncredited]

More from The Youngbloods: full discography