Montrose "Jump On It (Japanese Edition, Mini-Replica SHMCD CD)"

Jump on It is the fourth studio album by American hard rock band Montrose.

It is the second Montrose album to feature singer Bob James and keyboardist Jim Alcivar, and features bassist Randy Jo Hobbs on three songs. The remainder of the bass parts were supplied by Jim Alcivar via the keyboard and there was no bassist on the Jump on It tour. Jack Douglas produced the album.

Jump on It was the band's third highest-charting release, reaching No. 118 on the Billboard 200 in October 1976.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Let's Go" (Bob James, Ronnie Montrose, Jim Alcivar, Denny Carmassi) – 4:15
2. "What Are You Waitin' For?" (Dan Hartman) – 3:48
3. "Tuft-Sedge" (Montrose) – 2:50
4. "Music Man" (Montrose) – 4:16

Side two

1. "Jump on It" (James, Montrose, Alcivar, Carmassi) – 3:37
2. "Rich Man" (Hartman) – 4:24
3. "Crazy for You" (Montrose, Ilene "Chunky" Rappaport) – 3:26
4. "Merry-Go-Round" (Montrose) – 5:38

Montrose "Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! (Japan Edition, Mini-Replica, SHMCD CD)"

Warner Bros. Presents Montrose! is the third studio album by American hard rock band Montrose, released on Warner Bros. Records on 26 September 1975.

It is the first Montrose album released after the departure of singer Sammy Hagar and also the first not produced by Ted Templeman. Bob James, an unknown vocalist and songwriter from the South Bay area of Los Angeles who had been singing in a Montrose cover band, was chosen as Hagar's successor in early 1975. Another newcomer from Los Angeles, Jim Alcivar, joined the band on keyboards, making this the first Montrose album to feature a keyboardist as a full member of the band. At this juncture guitarist band leader Ronnie Montrose parted ways with Ted Templeman and chose to self-produce the album.

In 1971, singer-songwriter Kendell Kardt, formerly of the band Rig, recorded a solo album, Buddy Bolden, featuring guests Jerry Garcia and Ronnie Montrose, both of whom played on the songs "Buddy Bolden" and "Black Train". "Black Train" was written by Kardt about the heroin-overdose death of an unnamed friend of Rig guitarist Arthur Richards. The original Kendell Kardt version of the song has a Country & Western feel with Garcia on pedal steel guitar and Montrose on lead guitar and Hawaiian lap steel. A shakeup at Capitol resulted in Kardt's contract being dropped and the album being shelved. Ronnie Montrose's motivation for choosing to unearth the unreleased track for a more aggressive reinterpretation may have stemmed from the guitarist's vehement personal anti-drug/anti-alcohol stance at the time, exemplified by his insistence that all Montrose band members abide by a strict policy of drug and alcohol-free performances.

The album achieved the second highest chart position of the four Montrose releases, reaching No. 79 in the Billboard 200. It was critically praised and also noted for its movie-poster cover art, giving the impression that Warner Bros. Records was presenting a rock band like a big budget Hollywood production.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Matriarch" Jim Alcivar, Denny Carmassi, Alan Fitzgerald, Bob James, Ronnie Montrose 4:33
2. "All I Need" Alcivar, Carmassi, Fitzgerald, James, Montrose 4:21
3. "Twenty Flight Rock" (Eddie Cochran cover) Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild 2:43
4. "Whaler" Alcivar, Carmassi, Fitzgerald, James, Montrose 6:54

Side two

1. "Dancin' Feet" Montrose, James 4:05
2. "O Lucky Man!" Alan Price 3:11
3. "One and a Half" Montrose 1:36
4. "Clown Woman" Montrose 4:21
5. "Black Train" Kendell Kardt, Arthur Richards, Martin Fried 4:34

Montrose "Paper Money (Japan Edition, Mini-Replica SHMCD CD)"

Paper Money is the second studio album by the American hard rock band Montrose, released on October 11, 1974, by Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Ted Templeman and is the band's final recording with original vocalist Sammy Hagar. It marks the arrival of new bass player Alan Fitzgerald, replacing original bassist Bill Church.

Paper Money was the band's highest-charting release, reaching No. 65 on the Billboard 200. To promote the album, the band appeared live on The Midnight Special television show, performing "Paper Money" and "I Got the Fire".

After building acrimony between Ronnie Montrose and Sammy Hagar reached a peak during the band's 1974–75 European tour to promote Paper Money, Hagar parted ways with the band in early February 1975 and was replaced by vocalist Bob James.

Although the liner notes for the CD edition of Paper Money state that Ronnie Montrose was offered the lead guitar slot for Mott the Hoople when he left the Edgar Winter Group, the guitarist has stated that this never happened.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Underground" Ilene Rappaport 3:33
2. "Connection" Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 5:42
3. "The Dreamer" Sammy Hagar, Ronnie Montrose 3:36
4. "Starliner" (instrumental) Montrose 3:36

Side two

1. "I Got the Fire" Montrose 3:06
2. "Spaceage Sacrifice" Hagar, Montrose 4:55
3. "We're Going Home" Montrose 4:52
4. "Paper Money" Hagar, Montrose 5:01

Montrose "Montrose (Japan Edition, Mini-Replica SHMCD CD)"

Montrose is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Montrose, led by guitarist Ronnie Montrose. It was produced by Ted Templeman and released by Warner Bros in 1973. Montrose marks the recording debut of vocalist Sammy Hagar, who would later achieve international success as a solo artist and as a member of the American hard rock band Van Halen.

Montrose was guitarist Ronnie Montrose's first record leading his own band, after having done session work for various musicians, including Van Morrison, Herbie Hancock and Edgar Winter. The band included Denny Carmassi on drums, Bill Church on bass, and a then-unknown Sammy Hagar (at that time 'Sam Hagar') on vocals. Ronnie Montrose chiefly used a Gibson Les Paul, a Fender Bandmaster amp, and a Big Muff fuzzbox by Electro-Harmonix in recording the album.

The album was not a big seller on release, peaking at No. 133 on the US Billboard 200. "Rock Candy" and "Bad Motor Scooter" were the only tracks to receive much radio airplay. It has been reported that the band's label, Warner Bros., did not know how to market Montrose, and, already having the Doobie Brothers and Deep Purple to cover the rock and hard rock genres, saw the band as something of a redundancy on their roster of artists. In 1974, the album was issued in Europe via Germany under the title Rock the Nation. This release duplicated the track listing of the U.S. album, but had a different front sleeve image, replacing the band's photo with that of a large-busted blonde girl sporting a pink see-through blouse. Montrose eventually proved to be an international sleeper hit, selling in excess of one million copies and attaining platinum status in 1986.

Some critics have arguably labeled it the "first American heavy metal album". Often cited as "America's answer to Led Zeppelin", it is held to be influential among hard rock/heavy metal musicians.

Montrose was voted as the 4th best Metal Album of All Time by Kerrang! magazine in 1989. That same year, Hit Parader named it within the Top 100 Heavy Metal albums of all time.

English heavy metal band Iron Maiden recorded "Space Station #5" as B-side of the single "Be Quick or Be Dead" in 1992.

"Make It Last" was covered by Van Halen in their early club days (available on Van Halen bootlegs).

Track listing

Side one

1. "Rock the Nation" (Ronnie Montrose) 3:03
2. "Bad Motor Scooter" (Sammy Hagar) 3:41
3. "Space Station #5" (Hagar, Montrose) 5:18
4. "I Don't Want It" (Hagar, Montrose) 2:58

Side two

1. "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Roy Brown) 2:59
2. "Rock Candy" (Denny Carmassi, Bill Church, Hagar, Montrose) 5:05
3. "One Thing on My Mind" (Hagar, Montrose, J. Sanchez) 3:41
4. "Make It Last" (Hagar) 5:31

Montrose "The Very Best Of Montrose"

Montrose was a California-based hard rock band formed in 1973 and named after guitarist and founder Ronnie Montrose. The band's original lineup featured Montrose and vocalist Sammy Hagar, who would later go on to greater fame as a solo artist and as a member of Van Halen. Rounding out the original foursome were bassist Bill Church and drummer Denny Carmassi. The group disbanded in early 1977.

The Very Best of Montrose is a greatest hits album by the hard rock band Montrose. It was released in 2000 on Rhino Records. The album contains songs from the group's five albums, the first four in consecutive years in the mid-seventies and another from 1987.

Track listing

1. "Rock the Nation" (Montrose) 3:03
2. "Bad Motor Scooter" (Hagar) 3:41
3. "Space Station #5" (Hagar, Montrose) 5:18
4. "Rock Candy" (Carmassi, Church, Hagar, Montrose) 5:05
5. "I Got the Fire" (Montrose) 3:06
6. "Spaceage Sacrifice" (Hagar, Montrose) 4:55
7. "We're Going Home" (Montrose) 4:52
8. "Paper Money" (Hagar, Montrose) 5:01
9. "All I Need" (Alcivar, Carmassi, Fitzgerald, James, Montrose) 4:21
10. "Twenty Flight Rock" (Ned Fairchild/Eddie Cochran) 2:43
11. "Clown Woman" (Montrose) 4:21
12. "Dancin' Feet" (Montrose, James) 4:05
13. "Let's Go" (James, Montrose, Alcivar, Carmassi) 4:15
14. "Jump on It" (James, Montrose, Alcivar, Carmassi) 3:37
15. "Music Man" (Montrose) 4:16
16. "M for Machine" (Montrose) 3:59
17. "Stand" (Montrose) 4:46
18. "Ready Willing and Able" (Montrose) 4:19