The Speed of Sound American rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose , who led the bands Montrose (1973-77 & 1987) and Gamma (1979-83 & 2000) and also performed and did session work with a variety of musicians, including Van Morrison (1971–72), Herbie Hancock (1971), Beaver & Krause (1971), Boz Scaggs (1971), Edgar Winter (1972 & 1996), Gary Wright (1975), The Beau Brummels (1975), Dan Hartman (1976), Tony Williams (1978), The Neville Brothers (1987), Marc Bonilla (1991 & 1993), Sammy Hagar (1997), and Johnny Winter . In 1997, Ronnie stated that this album was his favorite instrumental record he had done so far.[ 1]
In 1999, Ronnie Montrose himself re-released a limited edition of 500 compact discs that were each numbered and autographed and came with a certificate of authenticity through his own company RoMoCo. The CD had different artwork on the jewel case as well as the insert which was numbered as well.
"Mach 1" (Ronnie Montrose ) – 4:27
"Black Box" (Montrose) – 4:40
"Hyper-Thrust" (Montrose) – 3:25
"Monolith" (Montrose) – 3:15
"Zero G" (Montrose) – 4:18
"Telstar " (Joe Meek / The Tornados cover) – 3:11
"Sidewinder" (Montrose) – 3:54
"Windshear" (Montrose) – 4:16
"VTOL" (Montrose) – 3:05
"Outer Marker Inbound" (Montrose) – 4:34
Produced by Ronnie Montrose
Engineered by Ronnie Montrose and Roger Wiersema
Ronnie Montrose; The Speed of Sound liner notes; Enigma Records 1988
All Music Guide [1]
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