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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0090771119322 Label: Sundazed Music Inc. Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. MPN: 11193 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sundazed Music Inc. Release Date: November 06, 2007 Studio: Sundazed Music Inc. Editorial Review: Album Description: Moby Grape followed the expansiveness of 1968's Wow with an unadorned, back-to-basics sound on this, their fourth long-player. Bob Mosley's understated vocal makes the ballad "It's a Beautiful Day Today" one of the great Grape tracks, Peter Lewis' stately "I Am Not Willing" is still a stunner and "Trucking Man" and "Ooh Mama Ooh" show that nobody could rock a shuffle like guitarist Jerry Miller and company. Most of '69 was recorded as a quartet, with Skip Spence having just left the band. His parting gift, "Seeing," is an alternately tender and tough tab of psychedelia that prefigures his rightly touted solo album, Oar. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Were only four............music stripped, inspired music, sincere music...after the madness, excesses reaches maturity,providing all the flavor of the grapes ....like an old and exquisite wine that is left to drink...from "ooh mama ooh" to "seeing" whole matter, it seduces, all excited...the extras (1967-1968, demos) complete a wonderful work, faithfully rescued by Sundazed.Ah!! .. .. lack skip...and who cares? Rating:  - Great Driving MusicIf you don't know the whole episodic story behind Columbia Records promotion of the debt Moby Grape album....It goes something like this. The brain trust marketing gurus at Columbia decide to launch their debut Lp along with ten singles.... Oh and did I mention, Columbia has to pull the first release because MG were flippin' the bird on the cover. Needless to say, it didn't provide Moby the same hype The Airplane. The Dead, The Doors or even The Mamas & The Papas did. I'm inclined to agree with the ... Read More Rating: - Finally some reissue justice!Moby Grape 69 is what most would describe as a return to form for the band. But what was their form in the first place? As any fan will obviously say, the beauty of their debut album was that they were all over the place--you name it: country, folk, rave-up rockers, even some jazz and blues inflections, they were all present in the songs on that album. Some would say that the tragedy of Wow/Grape Jam was that these elements were taken to some pretty cartoonish extremes (ie. "Funky-Tunk", "Just ... Read More Rating: - its not like the others but it is still good!this album was done when the group was coming apart,,and it shows,but it still is a great peice of work. many good songs..a more country feel than earlier lps had,they still had what it took.i still play it more than the other ones although i like it less.(figure that out!) and once again,the grape sounded like a totally different band once again. but skip spence is not there.peter lewis is though and he lets you know it with some fantastic lead and harmony vocals. peter was ... Read More Rating: - Strong Return After Near Death!Yes, Skip Spence is only represented on "Seeing" but this is a very strong album, especially after the group was panned so badly for Wow/Grape Jam. Bob Mosley, Jerry Miller, and Don Stevenson rock while Peter provides his usual laid back tunes. The album offers some glimpses on the first album (one of the best of the late 1960's). This is an overlooked gem, especially when you consider what the group had already been through by the time of its release. |
