The initial trio of Moby Grape albums will be made available as remastered compact disc reissues, complete with many bonus tracks, rare photos and detailed liner notes. Sundazed will also issue exact replicas of the original 12-inch vinyl versions of these three much-heralded releases.

Sharing stages with fellow San Francisco heroes Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin with Big Brother & the Holding Co., the Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape was a scintillating blend of all the music they loved: rock 'n' roll, blues, folk and honky tonk—with just enough psychedelia to blow more than a few minds.

Bassist Bob Mosley, guitarists Skip Spence, Jerry Miller and Peter Lewis and drummer Don Stevenson sounded like they'd been waiting all their lives to cut their breathtaking, self-titled 1967 debut album. Featuring topnotch songs like "Omaha," "Fall On You" and "Hey Grandma," it almost doubles as a Greatest Hits package. Wow, the Grape's second longplayer, released in 1968, is also laced with absolute winners, including courtroom-paranoia classic "Murder In My Heart For The Judge," the sprawling, two-wheel tale of "Motorcycle Irene" and the rollicking, horn-laced epic "Can't Be So Bad." Originally packaged together with Wow was Grape Jam, a loose-knit LP of the band jamming with Mike Bloomfield and keyboard whiz Al Kooper on a set of full-ashtray, 4:00 am recordings.

Long overdue for this vital reissue release, the catalog of Moby Grape can now take its rightful place alongside the work of the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Jefferson Airplane as the cornerstones of San Francisco's celebrated Love Generation, a movement that truly changed the world.