CLEAN 1970 Orig 360 Sound = MOBY GRAPE TRULY FINE = BREEZY WEST COAST ROCK GEM

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SCARCE 1970 ORIG 360 COLUMBIA = WEST COAST ROCK GEM!

                                   MOBY GRAPE                 

           "Truly Fine Citizen"

                        USA - 360 Sound Columbia Records - 9912

MINTY CLEAN VINYL (see full details below)

Original 1970 first pressing with minty clean vinyl on the collected 360 Sound Columbia label. It's Moby Grape's vastly underestimated fourth album full of entertaining self compositions.

MOBY GRAPE's fourth album routinely gets slammed by critics, which tells us most of them simply haven’t heard it. Truly Fine Citizen is a rewarding album filled with plenty of memorable West Coast grooves. The album really grows well with repeat plays.
With Skip Spence having previously checked himself into a psychiatric facility (Bellevue Hospital), the band struggled on. On the heels of a disastrous European tour bassist Bob Mosley suddenly deciding to join the Marines (his military career lasted less than a year when he was discharged after getting into a fight with an officer). While Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller and Don Stevenson were apparently ready to throw in the towel, their contract called for another album for Columbia, so the trio bravely soldiered on with 1969’s “Truly Fine Citizen”. The band convened in Nashville with famed Columbia producer Bob Johnston (Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds) and cut this album in just three days.

On paper, Truly Fine Citizen appears to have everything going against it. For starters, the album certainly sounds like a contract obligation in places, meaning there are spots where it's very obvious that the band recorded this in three days. To add pluses to the album, the album excells in Bob Johnston's period production excess such as the use of a heavy amount of reverb and murky vocals that actually work. Anyone who has ever listened to The Byrds' 1969 album Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde will hear the same sound. Peter Lewis didn't really want to do the album and had to be coaxed into it by Miller and Stevenson. Through all that though, Moby Grape delivered in spades here.

While Truly Fine Citizen won't make anyone forget the Grape's first two albums, 1967's Moby Grape and 1968's Wow, there is plenty of great songwriting and musicianship here. The album's real strength is its "human" element, meaning this is great music for the soul. Whereas earlier Moby Grape albums tended to focus more on straight ahead rock, here the band got into a more reflective space memorable melodies soaked album. Put this one on while staring out a window at the rain and it'll all make sense. The album's highlights are "Changes, Circles Spinning", "Truly Fine Citizen", "Beautiful Is Beautiful", "Right Before My Eyes", and "Now I Know High" with honorable mention going to "Tongue Tied" and "Looper" (a song which dates back to Moby Grape's very beginning).

This should definitely be the last of the Grape's five Columbia albums to explore, but there is a plethora of reward here for those willing to step off the hard rock avenue and onto the Marin County countryside. check...             

credits include Bad Cat Records (who often offer a rewarding selection of rarities)

• Peter Lewis – rhythm guitar, vocals
  Jerry Miller – lead guitar, vocals
  Don Stevenson – drums, vocals  
• Bob Mosley - bass, vocals
  

Looper
Truly Fine Citizen
Beautiful Is Beautiful
Love Song
Right Before My Eyes
Open Up Your Heart
Now I Know High
Treat Me Bad
Tongue Tied
Love Song     
 

CONDITION: The cover: Solid and colorful with some light wear started on VG++ front that shouldn't bother most - collection worthy. The back group photos cover is M- ... No split seams, no bends, no writing

The vinyl: Very clean and clear over both sides, M- TOP COPY ...plays beautiful ... both 360 Sound Columbia labels are clean

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record