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Long Red
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Wikipedia article
"'Long Red'" is a song recorded by Leslie West for his first solo album 'Mountain' (1969). He performed it with his band Mountain at Woodstock in 1969, which was later included on 'Live: The Road Goes Ever On' (1972). West re-recorded the song for his 2013 solo album 'Still Climbing'.
Samples
The 'Mountain Live' version has one of the most sampled drum breaks in the history of hip hop music. The break (as well as West's banter with the audience) from the live version has been sampled in over 600 songs as of 2017.
References
Category:1969 songs
Category:Mountain (band) songs
Category:Sampled drum breaks
Category:Songs written by Felix Pappalardi
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