# Silver Paper guitar solo > Leslie West's guitar solo on Silver Paper by Mountain (1970) starts at about 2:00. From the album Climbing!. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Mountain, 1970, from *Climbing!*. Solo by *Leslie West*. Swaggering blues rock with crying, vocal-like bends. Silver Paper by Mountain is #9 in our ranking of the best Mountain guitar solos. The solo is played by Leslie West and the song was released in 1970. ## In our lists - [The Best Mountain Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mountain-guitar-solos/) — #9 - [The Best Leslie West Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/leslie-west-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Silver Paper? Leslie West played the solo on Mountain's Silver Paper (1970). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)