Moby Grape S/T LP 1967 MONO RARE OOP MIDDLE FINGER pic
  $   30

 


$ 30 Sold For
Dec 3, 2010 Sold Date
Nov 26, 2010 Start Date
2   Number Of Bids
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Up for auction is a vinyl copy of Moby Grape's 1967 debut album, "Moby Grape," on Columbia Records.  Columbia Records Cat.# CL 2698.  This is the very hard to come by RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT MONO version with the un-doctored album cover picture where band member Don Stevenson is flipping a middle finger "bird" at the camera. 

Cover is in VG+ condition.  Ringwear, creasing, & shelfwear.  Corners are dinged.  Bottom seam is barely split (1 inch) at bottom right hand corner.  No staining.
Vinyl is VG- condition.  Has several shallow surface markings that keep it below VG+ condition.  Plays through without skipping on either of my turntables.

The All-Music Guide's 5 star (out of 5) review has this to say:
Moby Grape's career was a long, sad series of minor disasters, in which nearly anything that could have gone wrong did (poor handling by their record company, a variety of legal problems, a truly regrettable deal with their manager, creative and personal differences among the bandmembers, and the tragic breakdown of guitarist and songwriter Skip Spence), but their self-titled debut album was their one moment of unqualified triumph. Moby Grape is one of the finest (perhaps the finest) album to come out of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, brimming with great songs and fresh ideas while blessedly avoiding the pitfalls that pockmarked the work of their contemporaries -- no long, unfocused jams, no self-indulgent philosophy, and no attempts to sonically re-create the sound of an acid trip. Instead, Moby Grape built their sound around the brilliantly interwoven guitar work of Jerry Miller, Peter Lewis, and Skip Spence, and the clear, bright harmonies of all five members (drummer Don Stevenson and bassist Bob Mosely sang just as well as they held down the backbeat). As songwriters, Moby Grape blended straight-ahead rock & roll, smart pop, blues, country, and folk accents into a flavorful brew that was all their own, with a clever melodic sense that reflected the lysergic energy surrounding them without drowning in it. And producer David Rubinson got it all on tape in a manner that captured the band's infectious energy and soaring melodies with uncluttered clarity, while subtly exploring the possibilities of the stereo mixing process. "Omaha," "Fall on You," "Hey Grandma," and "8:05" sound like obvious hits (and might have been if Columbia hadn't released them as singles all at once), but the truth is there isn't a dud track to be found here, and time has been extremely kind to this record. Moby Grape is as refreshing today as it was upon first release, and if fate prevented the group from making a follow-up that was as consistently strong, for one brief shining moment Moby Grape proved to the world they were one of America's great bands. While history remembers the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane as being more important, the truth is neither group ever made an album quite this good.

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