Montrose - Space station # 5

[gmreszel]

What about the animal-like squawks on the intro? Sorry that ain't no voice. I'd swear he's playing with a wah especially since right at the end of the warble (before the rhythm guitar kicks in) you can hear him click off the wah.

[Raptorizor]

Is it me or is this version slightlt different? Sammy's vocals seem different on this vid or maybe I just was paying more attention to the guitar.

[taxirock]

You´re right. The soundfile is from my old vinyl.

My turntable is sick...

In spite of pitch control!

[PAULLONDEN]

Nothing wrong with the vocal pitch here, sounds the same as my vinyl and digital versions.Sound quality here, is a bit thin though.

Nice upload.

[21sanddog]

ha this it than u taxi rock

[rangerdgd1]

Wow..Forgot Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 74..Top 6 then

[rangerdgd1]

If you went to see Montrose in the early 1970's,you saw 2 ramps on either side of the stage,like the ramps skateboarders use..Ronnie Montrose would run back and forth up the ramps..He was NEVER stationary..This album is Top 5 of my faveS..Get Yer Ya Yas Out, Wheels of Fire,Highway to Hell, Montrose,Lynard Skynard Live from the Road..All GREAT albums

[thankGodforDavidG]

BAAAAd Asssss ! Montrose BOOOOyaah !

[teddybear2112]

It is called playing by ear, all the bad asses did it in those days.

[bodda222]

Awesome!!

This Song is ageless!

In future still good song listen to!!!

[purplepoodle1970]

absolute awesome album light years ahead of its time, rock candy, how immense is the drumming and the guitars that drop in space station # 5 at 0:43 seconds - PROPER ROCK N ROLL!!!

The whole album bristles with aliveness!!

[Kirok]

This was an incredibly influential and very underrated album. The first time I heard Van Halen's debut LP I said, "This sounds A LOT like `Montrose'";I didn't find out until much later that it was produced by the same guy (Ted Templeman) and that Eddie VH had specifically cited "Montrose" as a template.

I think that American hard rock from about 1975-1985 was a series of footnotes to the Montrose debut LP.

[earthaltar]

Speechless... what a great jam. Crank it up!

[TUBBYCLAYTON]

Possibly the Best rock album ever made.

Ive been listening to it since i was 15, now im 50 and it still sounds greaaaattt

[kemouse]

Same here. I'd forget for a bit, but when i hear it again (bad motor scooter too) it's like...rebirth...

[redhead5150]

My favorite MONTROSE tune!!! IAMZ111, the band was called HSAS. Hagar,Schon,Aronson,and Shrieve.

[anastaziabacharach]

THE greatest rock song of all time next to Springsteins Born To Run lol xxxx

[scrotumweaver]

This is still one of my favorite rock albums of all time...timeless!!!

[oakand]

Saw Montrose at Jeppesen Staduim in Houston, Texas 74 or 75. With Cecilia Great night.

[blamblam2uk]

They still haven't moved that skip.

It's been 3 weeks !

[ropollux]

absolutly hard rock

[LastTree]

This was my favorite song in High School when it came out.......and no one heard this band....such powerl....

[IAMZ111]

Exactly. With Sammy Hagar as lead singer,they rocked. Could you imagine if Hagar stuck around. He got on his bad motor scooter and rooooooooooode"

[LastTree]

Back in the 80's there was this new band, and I could have sworn it was Sammy Hager singing.

[IAMZ111]

Hagar sang for Montrose early 70's. He's on the cover of the album with the songs "Bad motor Scooter" and "Rock the nation" Then he went solo and cut "Standing Hampton" including songs like "Heavy Metal". Then him and Neil Schon, Journey's lead guitarist started a band in the 80's. Can't remember the name. "Hammer"? Or just their names?

[teddybear2112]

Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve was the one band you are thinking about. The other one could possibly be Schon/Hammer that was Neal Schon and Jan Hammer and that also is a great album.

[ChorltonM21]

The "Montrose" Album is rock guitar 101.  Learn all those songs and you've got the best stuff down.

Where did Ronnie learn all these licks from? No tab books and DVDs back in '76! Respect!!!!!

[purplerocks72]

Youtube and Montrose has killed FM radio for me!!!  How bout you?

[TheSwede1950]

Damn good Music. Better then alot of fucken crap music today.

[Raycer14]

I agree

[Ken5244]

No offense to the chap who posted this, but why is it sped up so much? Sammy sounds like a chipmunk! The pitch is way off.

There's another version of this on this site -- the one with the Montrose album cover -- that's at the correct speed.

[taxirock]

yeah..a problem of most old record player...

pitch control using is not possible.I only get it a littele bit to slow or to fast. Next uploads from vinyl i´ll resample with a special software.If i put in the length which is print on the cover, the software change it to.

[Ken5244]

No problem. You do the best you can do with what you have to work with. :-)

Rather than hassle with resampling & all that, I'd think it might be easier to just buy the CD and use that as the source. If it's still available, that is (I haven't checked). Just thinking out loud.

[teddybear2112]

The main reason you don't buy a CD is they suck an album sounds 10 times better.

[pythonflying]

Is he using a theremin for those sounds in the beginning? I always wondered about that.

[taxirock]

Ronnie´s comment for the intro: "After recording a backing acoustic guitar track, i put a microphone into my "Big Muff" distortion box, which went through a leslie speaker cabinet and then through tape delay in the control room. All sounds other than the acoustic guitar were my voice tracks processed through that setup, including the "synthesizer" sounds."

[pythonflying]

He used his voice for that? awesome! Now that hast to rock.

[dannyhood66]

@taxirock I know this is late but i always wondered about the space beginning for this track?So the notes at the beginning over the acoustic are from his voice? Amazing cause me and a drummer used to fool with this tune and i would try to get the most spacey fat sound i could from effects, and it was cool but we needed the acoustic in the background to make it complete..It just wasn't as molten liquifying sounding, Right before the main riff starts"bird sounds"is just like ending on 6 was 9

[bftskir]

the riffs with sammys intro SCREAM is rock and roll

[uksclavain]

yep the screeeeemmmmmm : D

[uksclavain]

Heavy rock disco....weird intro...then omg what a riff :) Danced my ass so many times to this song :::::)

[HeyRadialMoon]

Playing this too loud got me kicked out of the house. I'm not kidding!

[1000isl]

Awesome track - one of the best

[RealSpaceCowboy]

This is also my favorite Montrose Tune..

Rock On Ronnie !!

[nurmiar]

Yes, Ronnie and Montrose is the best  I have ever heard..rock

[circlingcrow]

Thanks so much for posting this. This song has been my favorite for 30 years. It'll probably be in my ears when I die.

[k775blondie]

good god almighty.....best song and group ever... I remember listening to this on the only FM station playing hard rock (the 70's, when FM was new) thanks for the flashback!!!

[megmiller61]

Can't count how many times we've seen Montrose in all his incarnations. This music is so relevant today! He's a prince of a guy, too. Signs autographs and replies to emails. :)

[valenzuala]

my friend got this from the library 25 years ago during high school. No one...including him..new anything about the album or their songs. Shortly thereafter the album was being lent all over the high school. We couldn't believe how good an album it was...and still is!

[taxirock]

Ronnie´s comment for the intro: "After recording a backing acoustic guitar track, i put a microphone into my "Big Muff" distortion box, which went through a leslie speaker cabinet and then through tape delay in the control room. All sounds other than the acoustic guitar were my voice tracks processed through tha tsetup, including the "synthesizer" sounds."

[belexes2113]

Good God Almighty.

Looks like I'll be buying some of their albums.

[laddermannnn]

These Guys Rocked the Nation and rode the Baddest motorscooters on the planet!!!! Thank you Ron, Sammy and the rest, for the best rock of 1974, and going strong!!!

[hankjunior]

THIS SONG STILL GIVES ME CHILLS!

[STRATCAT101]

That's what i'm talkin about.Montrose's first album "Montrose" is one of about ten of the heaviest album's ever.Ronnie Montrose is proof that you don't have to play thousands of notes a minute to be good montrose proved it.

[Metten4070]

Super Geil weiter so

[ureuter]

Best hard rock band of all times listen and learn speed freaks.

[elbrutoantonio]

cool

[Blutbeutel]

geile nummer:-) bin begeistert!!