Nantucket Sleighride (album)

The name of the title track is a reference to a Nantucket sleighride, the dragging of a whaleboat by a harpooned whale. Owen Coffin, to whom the song is dedicated, was a young seaman on the Nantucket whaler Essex, which was rammed and sunk by a sperm whale in 1820. In the aftermath of the wreck, Coffin was shot and eaten by his shipmates. The story of the Essex was recorded by its First Mate Owen Chase, one of eight survivors, in his 1821 Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.{{cite book

| title = Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex

| last = Chase

| first = Owen

| author-link = Owen Chase

| location = New York

| publisher = W. B. Gilley

| year = 1821

| isbn = 9780819562449

| oclc = 12217894

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qgaD97DaxfQC&q=Narrative+of+the+Most+Extraordinary+and+Distressing+Shipwreck+of+the+Whale-Ship+Essex&pg=PA13

}} Also in Heffernan, Thomas Farel, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qgaD97DaxfQC Stove by a whale: Owen Chase and the Essex], Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press ; [New York] : distributed by Columbia University Press, 1981. The instrumental break in the second half of the track uses the melody of the traditional Scottish song "The Parting Glass". The closing section of the song was used as the theme to the long-running British political television show Weekend World (1972–1988). A cover version of the song was recorded by British heavy metal band Quartz in 1980.

The song "Tired Angels" was dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, and "Travellin' In The Dark" was for Pappalardi's mother, Elia.ZigZag Magazine, Issue 20 - May 1971 "Taunta (Sammy's Tune)" was named after Pappalardi's pet poodle.Record Mirror, December 4, 1971 "Don't Look Around" was featured on the soundtrack of Pineapple Express (2008).

The bonus tracks on the 2004 edition include the Chuck Berry cover "Roll Over Beethoven" and the original song "Crossroader", which were released as the A- and B-sides of a promotional single in 1971. The latter was later released on Flowers of Evil (1971). Live versions of both tracks appeared on subsequent live releases, such as Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972) and Twin Peaks (1974).

{{Track listing

| headline = Original Album

| title1 = Don't Look Around

| writer1 = Leslie West, Sue Palmer, Felix Pappalardi, Gail Collins Pappalardi

| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Taunta (Sammy's Tune)

| writer2 = Pappalardi

| length2 = 1:00

| title3 = Nantucket Sleighride (to Owen Coffin)

| writer3 = Pappalardi, Collins

| length3 = 5:49

| title4 = You Can't Get Away

| writer4 = West, Collins, Corky Laing

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Tired Angels (to J.M.H.)

| writer5 = Pappalardi, Collins

| length5 = 4:39

| title6 = The Animal Trainer and the Toad

| writer6 = West, Palmer

| length6 = 3:24

| title7 = My Lady

| writer7 = Laing, Pappalardi, Collins

| length7 = 4:31

| title8 = Travellin' in the Dark (To E.M.P.)

| writer8 = Pappalardi, Collins

| length8 = 4:21

| title9 = The Great Train Robbery

| writer9 = West, Laing, Pappalardi, Collins

| length9 = 5:43

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2004 CD release bonus tracks

| title10 = Roll Over Beethoven

| writer10 = Chuck Berry

| length10 = 2:59

| title11 = Crossroader

| writer11 = Pappalardi, Collins

| length11 = 4:50

| title12 = Travellin' in the Dark (to E.M.P.)

| note12=live

| writer12 = Pappalardi, Collins

| length12 = 5:14

}}

• Leslie West – guitar, vocals
• Felix Pappalardi – bass, vocals, production
• Steve Knight – keyboards
• Corky Laing – drums, percussion

;Additional personnel

• Bud Prager – executive producer
• Bob d'Orleans – recording engineer
• Tom Cachetta – assistant engineer
• Dave Ragno – assistant engineer
• Beverly Weinstein – art direction
• Gail Collins – cover design, painting, photography, visual director, calligraphy
• Mick Brigden – calligraphy

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• [http://www.allmusic.com/album/nantucket-sleighride-mw0000200338 Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride (1971) album review by James Chrispell, credits & releases] at AllMusic.com
• [https://www.discogs.com/Mountain-Nantucket-Sleighride/release/3368559 Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride (1971) album releases & credits] at Discogs.com
• [https://play.spotify.com/album/6Olkoi8hoXUfoMgCb2SW6V Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride (1971) album to be listened] as stream at Play.Spotify.com
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