1968 ORIG 2xLP MOBY GRAPE "WOW & JAM" Psych Blues Garage SKIP SPENCE GEM

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                           TOP CLEAN VINYL

                 1968 Original 360 Columbia Sound

     ~ West Coast Psych Classic with SKIP SPENCE ~

                        MOBY GRAPE

        "WOW & GRAPE JAM"

                      USA -360 Sound COLUMBIA - CS9613

This IS the original (hardly EVER seen) complete first printing that was issued as a TWO Record set, containing both the "WOW" LP together with "Grape Jam" ...

MINTY CLEAN VINYL !

SCARCE Original 1968 first pressing of "WOW" and "GRAPE JAM" on the highly collected 360 Sound Columbia in thick gatefold covers.

LP #1 ...Moby Grape's 1968 rock of ages "WOW" featured Don Stevenson (drums) and Jerry Miller (guitarist No. 1) backing monster voice/songwriter Bob Mosley (bass) and Loretta Young's son of a Byrds disciple Peter Lewis (guitar No. 2), who all bowed to the group's Syd Barrett/Roky Erickson type guru, Alexander "Skip" Spence.

Wow opener "The Place and the Time" starts out quite right from the get-go, and "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" grabs ahold as a song once heard never forgotten. Mosley's gorgeous "Bitter Wind," Miller/Stevenson's stomping "Can't Be So Bad," and Lewis' gentle "He" swaddle Skip Spence's driving open throttle classic, "Motorcycle Irene" ... "Skippy got messed up right off the bat [in NYC]," states guitarist Jerry Miller. "He was never the same again. It wasn't the same for any of us."

Moby Grape were one of the Acid Rock bands from the 60s San Francisco scene. Skip Spence originally had been the drummer on the first Jefferson Airplane record. But his preferred instrument was always the guitar, and he formed Moby Grape delivering his best... every drop of Moby Grape "WOW" is precious...

LP #2 MOBY GRAPE ~ "JAM" ...here they do their thing with Mike Bloomfield...

As the title suggests, Grape Jam consists of five semi-improvised selections in which the players stretch out at length, primarily on blues influenced numbers, with plenty of ace guitar work from Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller, and Skip Spence, while Al Kooper and Mike Bloomfield sit in for a few numbers. While there's some potent soloing here, and the rhythm section of Bob Mosley and Don Stevenson show they can adapt to whatever the band throws their way, the tunefulness and tight performances that made Moby Grape one of the finest debut albums of all time is missing in action. As good as the chops on display here may be, great soloing doesn't mean all that much without the context of a good song, and that becomes painfully obvious on "Boysenberry Jam" and "Black Currant Jam." Grape Jam was originally released as a companion piece with Moby Grape's overcooked but compelling second album, Wow (folks who bought "Wow" could get "Grape Jam" at a discount). Grape Jam is akin to hearing a handful of talented musicians jamming as the title suggests, and while the talent is obvious.

                                            MOBY GRAPE "WOW":

Side one:
The Place And The Time
Murder In My Heart For The Judge
Bitter Wind
Can't Be So Bad
Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot

Side two
He
Motorcycle Irene
Three-Four
 Funky-Tunk
 Rose Colored Eyes
Miller's Blues
Naked, If I Want To

                                                                         MOBY GRAPE "JAM" :

Never 6:11

Boysenberry Jam 6:00

Black Current Jam 9:13

B:

Marmalade 13:51

The Lake 4:04

CONDITION: The cover: in thick gatefold covers, after 48 years, very collectible =  "EX" (excellent) (considered GREAT for this usually wear prone covers) The seams are strong, no problems, no delete marks, no writing, no bends, fresh colors.

The vinyl: is all smoooth glossy M- ... looks and plays tops! and the Columbia 360 Sound labels are CLEAN.... 

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record