MOBY GRAPE 1st LP Promo Box w/ 5 45's PSYCH

$

2,036

recordmecca MOBY GRAPE ultra rare 1st LP Promo Box w/ 5 45's PSYCH

Here is clearly the rarest Moby Grape collectible ever and probably the rarest San Francisco Psychedelic Rock collectible--the legendary Moby Grape box set issued to launch the band's breakthrough debut album. This was also the beginning of the end for this great great band, as we'll see below. This silkscreened velvet slipcased box contains a Moby Grape button, their entire debut album on 5 picture sleeved singles, a custom covered press kit, an 8 x 10" band photo, 5 individual photos of each band member (check out Skip Spence !,) a 3 page press release detailing the "gigantic campaign" to launch the band, a single page press release about the release of their entire debut album on 5 singles, and a 12 page biography. To quote from one of the press releases "Columbia Records is taking the unprecidented step of simultaneously releasing five singles by Moby Grape as part of a gigantic campaign to make the entire country Moby Grape conscious. At the same time the label is also releaseing an album by the San Francisco group, which, before signing with Columbia, was sought after by as many as seven record labels." It goes on to detail the "special party and concert" at the Avalon Ballroom, for which Columbia was flying in radio, retail, and Columbia personnel. It goes on to make the ridiculous claim that "the label is convinced that each of the ten sides in the initial singles release has the potential of making it to the top of the national charts." It details release plans, the creation of a "Moby Grape Manual" to be issued to sales and promotion execs, the fact that "all correspondence and news releases concerning the Grape will be printed on special paper with their logo as the letterhead," and much more about the hype surrounding this release. And of course, as legend has it, this is what killed the band. With airplay split between 10 tracks, no hit single was possible--and there was a backlash against the huge Columbia hype machine. And so this incredible album was lost in the shuffle !
Everything here is in excellent to near excellent condition; the velvet slipcover has some minor lines impressed in the velvet from nearly 40 years of storage. The inner box is fully intact too, with some foxing (age spotting) on the bottom and edges. The insert in the box that holds the 45's and button has two small tears at the bottom of the die cut that holds the singles. The press kit and releases are Near Mint, while the photos are EX to Near mint, with some light foxing on two of the photos, visible in the scans below. The singles are all EX to NM-, while the picture sleeves are all NM to NM-. I could say this is the best copy of this I've ever seen, but it's actually the ONLY copy I've seen in 33+ years of collecting/dealing. It's THAT rare. There was a damaged copy of this on Ebay about 5 years ago, that I believe was incomplete as well and sold for about $1500. This may be your only chance to get an awesome awesome artifact of the golden age of psychedelia !
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