Moby Grape

Moby Grape was a band that stood noticeably apart from its main San Francisco contemporaries, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother & the Holding Company, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. In addition to being excellent instrumentalists, all five of the quintet's members were also accomplished vocalists and exceptional songwriters. Additionally, the unit's material consistently shows far greater diversity and taste than most of their Summer of Love brethren, eschewing unfocused jams and taking in not only rock, psychedelia, and pop, but also country, blues, and folk. Unfortunately the band was mercilessly dogged by problems ranging from poor management to guitarist/vocalist Skip Spence's legendary mental instability, and only managed to record a handful of albums before the original lineup splintered at the close of the '60s. Nonetheless, Moby Grape's flawless self-titled 1967 debut, which contains the driving, neon-bursting hits "Hey Grandma" and "Omaha," to many remains the single greatest album of the entire San Francisco era.

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Moby Grape - Moby Grape Live - 2-LP Set

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VERY LIMITED COPIES! Vinyl 2-LP Set!THE FIRST OFFICIAL COLLECTION OF CONCERT RECORDINGS BY THE LEGENDARY SAN FRANCISCO BAND AT ITS BLAZING LATE-SIXTIES PEAK! Sundazed Music is proud to present a genuine psychedelic landmark: Live by Moby Grape, the first official collection of concert recordings by the legendary San Francisco band at its blazing late-Sixties peak. At that time, in rock's hippest city, there was no other band like the original Grape: Jerry Miller, Skip Spence, Bob Mosley, Peter...

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Moby Grape - Moby Grape Live: Rounder / Sitting by the Window

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A psychedelic landmark - live concert recordings by the legendary San Francisco band at its blazing late-sixties peak. Moby Grape, in their prime, were also one of the Bay Area's -- and America's - best stage bands, like the Beatles and Rolling Stones in one, with a breathtaking triple-guitar attack and stunning vocal harmonies. These recordings are the long-awaited proof.

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Moby Grape - The Place and the Time 2-LP Set

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Despite a myriad of obstacles, Moby Grape managed to persevere and create a potent and enduring body of recorded work, recording four albums during its original 1967-1969 lifespan. While 1967's Moby Grape is widely acknowledged as a classic (and one of rock's greatest debut albums), the subsequent Wow, Moby Grape '69 and Truly Fine Citizen are all underrated gems with much to recommend them. It's a measure of the musicians' abundance of talent and creativity that, despite the multiple...