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Early years: 1945–1973
West was born in New York City, to a Jewish family. He grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey, and in East Meadow, New York, Forest Hills, New York and Lawrence, New York.[1] After his parents divorced, he changed his surname to West. His musical career began with the Vagrants, an R&B/blue-eyed soul-rock band influenced by the likes of the Rascals that was one of the few teenage garage rock acts to come out of the New York metropolitan area itself (as opposed to the Bohemian Greenwich Village scene of artists, poets and affiliates of the Beat Generation, which produced bands like The Fugs and The Velvet Underground). The Vagrants had two minor hits in the Eastern US: 1966's "I Can't Make a Friend" and a cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" the following year.

Some of the Vagrants' recordings were produced by Felix Pappalardi, who was also working with Cream on their album Disraeli Gears. In 1969, West and Pappalardi formed the pioneering hard rock act Mountain, which was also the title of West's debut solo album. Rolling Stone identified the band as a "louder version of Cream".[2] With Steve Knight on keyboards and original drummer N. D. Smart, the band appeared on the second day of the Woodstock Festival on Saturday, August 16, 1969 starting an 11-song set at 9 pm.

The band's original incarnation saw West and Pappalardi sharing vocal duties and playing guitar and bass, respectively. New drummer Corky Laing joined the band shortly after Woodstock. They had success with "Mississippi Queen", which reached No. 21 on the Billboard charts and No. 4 in Canada. It was followed by the Jack Bruce-penned "Theme For an Imaginary Western". Mountain is one of the bands considered to be forerunners of heavy metal.[3]

After Pappalardi left Mountain to concentrate on various production projects, West and Laing produced two studio albums and a live release with Cream bassist Jack Bruce under the name West, Bruce and Laing. West, along with keyboard player Al Kooper of Blood, Sweat & Tears, recorded with The Who during the March 1971 Who's Next New York sessions. Tracks included a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Baby Don't You Do It," and early versions of "Love Ain't For Keepin'" and The Who's signature track "Won't Get Fooled Again". Though the tracks were not originally included on the album (recording restarted in England a few months later without West or Kooper), they appear as bonus tracks on the 1995 and 2003 reissues of Who's Next and on the 1998 reissue of Odds & Sods.

1968 - The Great Lost Album (1965 - 1968)(256kbps)

1969 - Mountain @320

1969-1975 - Blood Of The Sun @320

1973 - Varsity Stadium, Toronto @320

1975 - The Great Fatsby @320

1976 - Hall Club,Toronto @320

1976 - The Leslie West Band

1978  - The Secret Sessions @256

1987 - New York, NY (FM) @320

1988 - Theme @320

1989 - Alligator @320

1993 - Live! @320

1994 - Dodgin' The Dirt @320

1999 - As PHAT As It Gets @320

2003 - Blues To Die For @320

2004 - Guitarded @320

2004 - Picking On Gov'T Mule  @192

2005 - Got Blooze @320

2006 - Blue Me @320

2007 - Collection @320

2007_New York State Of Mind 1994 {Bootleg} FLAC

2007 - Sixty Minutes With @192

2011 - Unusual Suspects @320

2013 -Still Climbing@320

2015-Soundcheck@320