164. Youngbloods – Elephant Mountain (1969)
Label – RCA
Producer – Bob Cullen and Charles E. Daniels
Art Direction – Uncredited
Nationality - USA
Running Time – 39:07
Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)
Side one
"Darkness, Darkness" – 3:51
"Smug" – 2:13
"On Sir Francis Drake" – 6:44
"Sunlight" – 3:07
"Double Sunlight" – 0:41
"Beautiful" – 3:49
"Turn It Over" – 0:15
Side two
"Rain Song (Don't Let the Rain Bring You Down)" – 3:13
"Trillium" – 3:08
"Quicksand" – 2:41
"Black Mountain Breakdown" – 0:40
"Sham" – 2:44
"Ride the Wind" – 6:37
What an interesting listen! “Elephant Mountain” was the Youngbloods' third record.
It’s actually kind of hard to classify this record. It’s edgy and electric, it’s jazzy, it’s folky, and it’s really good!
The Youngbloods are one of those bands that I always though of as a ‘one hit wonder’ band with "Get Together", as that is all I have ever heard by them, so what a treat this record turned out to be. It DOES have some bits of filler. There are disposable short snippets and vignettes sprinkled throughout the record that help fill up the album, but there are some fine tracks on here. "Darkness, Darkness", "Sunlight", "Ride the Wind," "Smug" and "Beautiful" are all good listening! (“Darkness, Darkness” by the way I was familiar with as Robert Plant covered this track on his “Dreamland” record in 2002). "Trillium" is a jam that shows the band's improvisational interaction. "Sham" is a straightforward rocker and "Ride the Wind" has a slightly Latin-flavored melody to it. There is a lot going on in a mere 39 minutes!
It is highly recommended.
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