The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain

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A1	Darkness, Darkness Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	3:48
A2	Smug Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	2:13
A3	On Sir Francis Drake Written-By – Lowell Levinger	6:18
A4	Sunlight Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	3:07
A5	Double Sunlight Written-By – Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer, Lowell Levinger	0:38
A6	Beautiful Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	3:42
A7	Turn It Over Written-By – Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer, Lowell Levinger	0:12
B1	Rain Song Written-By – Papalardi*, Collins*, Corbitt*	3:12
B2	Trillium Written-By – Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer, Lowell Levinger	3:11
B3	Quicksand Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	2:40
B4	Black Mountain Breakdown Written-By – Jesse Colin Young, Joe Bauer, Lowell Levinger	0:40
B5	Sham Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	2:42
B6	Ride The Wind Written-By – Jesse Colin Young	6:44

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – RCA's Music Center Of The World
• Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis

Credits

• Arranged By – The Youngbloods (tracks: A2, B3 and B5)
• Drums – Joe Bauer
• Engineer [Recording] – Hank Cicalo, Mickey Crofford, Richie Schmidt*
• Fiddle – David Lindley
• Keyboards, Guitar – Banana
• Photography By [Cover & Liner] – Charles L. Heald
• Producer – Bob Cullen (tracks: A2, B3, B5), Charles E. Daniels* (tracks: A1, A3 to B2, B4, B6), The Youngbloods (tracks: A2, B3, B5)
• Tenor Saxophone – Plas Johnson
• Trumpet – Joe Clayton
• Vibraphone – Victor Feldman
• Vocals, Bass, Guitar – Jesse Colin Young

Notes

Recorded at RCA's Music Center of the World, Hollywood, California.

Elephant Mountain was the third RCA release for The Youngbloods, which may have been noted by the inclusion of a "3" on the brick wall. (see photo detail)

Repress status and release date are per LPs thickness.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label, Side A): XPRS-0158
• Matrix / Runout (Label, Side B): XPRS-0159
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A/stamped): XPRS 0158 35 S 1 A1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B/stamped): XPRS 0159 32 S B4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LSP-4150	The Youngbloods	Elephant Mountain ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	LSP-4150	US	1969
LSP-4150	The Youngbloods	Elephant Mountain ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	LSP-4150	Australia	1969
LSP-4150	The Youngbloods	Elephant Mountain ‎(LP, Album, RE, 180)	RCA	LSP-4150	US	Unknown
LSP-4150	The Youngbloods	Elephant Mountain ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	LSP-4150	US	1969
ED 276	The Youngbloods	Elephant Mountain ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Edsel Records	ED 276	UK	1988

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