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Legendary Grape | 
 enlarge | Artist: Moby Grape
Label: Dig Music
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 69948
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
UPC: 804403010822
EAN: 0804403010822
ASIN: B00008A7W3
Release Date: March 25, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | All My Life - Moby Grape, Spence | | • | Nighttime Rider - Moby Grape, Mosley | | • | Give It Hell - Moby Grape, Miller | | • | On the Dime - Moby Grape, Miller | | • | Lady of the Night - Moby Grape, Miller | | • | Changing - Moby Grape, Lewis | | • | Took It All Away - Moby Grape, Mosley | | • | Bitter Wind in Tanganika - Moby Grape, Mosley | | • | Talk About Love (I'm Talking About You) - Moby Grape, Berry | | • | You'll Never Know - Moby Grape, Miller | | • | You Can Depend on Me - Moby Grape, Mosley | | • | Further on Up the Road - Moby Grape, Veasey, J.M. | | • | It Don't Take Much - Moby Grape, Mosley | | • | Gettin' Used to Being Treated Wrong - Moby Grape, Stevenson | | • | Forty Feet Tall - Moby Grape, Miller | | • | Forbidden Love - Moby Grape, Stevenson | | • | Telephone Love - Moby Grape, Mosley | | • | Rodeo - Moby Grape, Pettigrew |
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Album Description
All five original members of Moby Grape re-formed in 1989 for this cassette-only release, now remastered from the best available tape source and reissued with eight bonus tracks from the original sessions! Rolling Stone editor David Fricke provides liner notes...the final (and surprisingly good) chapter in a band who made some great music in the midst of management and personal misfortunes. Bonus tracks - 'Changing', 'Further On Up The Road', 'It Don't Take Much', 'gettin Used To Being Created Wrong', 'Forty Feet Tall', 'Forbidden Love', 'Telephone Love' & 'Rodeo'. Dig Music. 2003.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 They keep peaking...this should have been called MG'89 August 30, 2008
Vince Lucie (CT, USA)
I have been a fan since the opening chords of NAKED IF I WANT TO...and have ridden the MG roller coaster. I even did a favorable editorial on them in CREEM MAGAZINE back in '72 or '73. I know the history of the band as well as any true follower. I must now make a bold statement: This 'album' is a continuation of the work of the first four original LPs.
This could seriouly have been entitled "MOBY GRAPE '89". I put it on the level of MOBY GRAPE '69 and TRULY FINE CITIZEN. I know of the existence of GRAPE JAM and "SILVERWHEELS"... (and I am excluding for the moment, "20 Granite Creek") but those two albums had too much outside influence. "LEGENDARY" is just the Grape...just the four (5) of them.
The playing, singing and songwriting is excellent. My favorite tunes (I love them all) are YOU'LL NEVER KNOW, CHANGING and GETTIN' USED TO BEING TREATED WRONG. BUY THIS LP IF YOU ARE A TRUE FAN...AND IF YOU ARE NOT YET ONE...WELL, YOU JUST MIGHT BECOME ONE.
Vince Lucie (aka Vince DeLucia)
One More Time December 13, 2007
Nicholas Papamarcos
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had this for a couple of years, but with thousands of titles to listen to things get lost in the pack. Thank God for Ipods I put it in a month ago and can't stop playing it. This is without a doubt the equal of their 1st. I do not say that lightly. But from the blistering All My Life to the beautiful Bitter Wind in Tanganika this is Powerful. I won't review each song, not necessary. I'll just say it again the equal of the 1st.
 Good Grape September 22, 2007
CK Madison
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
What makes me mad in listening to this CD is that with all the people involved in recording Moby Grape and all their friends and family, no one cared enough to maybe mention to them they needed to practice a little more and work on their individual singing. When the first few songs begin to play, I thought this is sort of taking up where "69" and "20 Grantite Creek" left off.
Moby Grape was a GREAT band back in their day. Bob Mosley's vocals were outstanding - very soulful. This could have been a great CD. Instead, it's decent because it's the original Moby Grape. But they could have taken a little more time to work out arrangements and gotten a little tighter in some areas - although I get the feeling they don't care about how good they are and probably wouldn't have made any sort of serious effort anyways.
Miller, Lewis and Mosley's vocals need help. Personally, I would have brought in a vocal coach (even now) to get their vocals back in shape so that they could sound as close to the old Grape as possible.
Having said all of that, this is a good record. They could have/should have cleaned up some parts here and there better. Most of the songs are typical Grape. Some could have been left out.
Overall, if you're a Grape fan, this CD is good.
 What could of been January 20, 2007
Brian M. Flanagan (Florida)
This album gives a flavor of the genius of the Moby Grape. One can only imagine what they could have achieved without the hassles. When they are tight the harmonies are brilliant as is the guiter playing. When we listen to the songs and say that sounds like The Doobie Brothers or some other band we have to think back to before there were the Doobies or Little Feat there was the Moby Grape. Eventhough they never achieved the level of greatness they deserved, they had a greater effect on many bands that followed than most people realize.
Legendary Grape February 18, 2006
Harry Leggs (California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a pleasant suprise to find this! This is the real Grape doing what they do best. My favorites include "It don't take much", "You can depend on me", "Telephone love", yeah I know they're all sung by Bob but hey, what a voice. The guy sings like Otis Redding. A big suprise to me was how funky Pete's rhythm guitar playing is, and good vocals too. Jerry Miller is STILL one of the premier and under-rated guitar players in rock and he does it all with one guitar. Don drumming is great, check out "Depend on me" and the fat groove he provides for the band. Is there a better soulful singing drummer ANYWHERE? I have been a fan since seeing them first in 1966 and let me tell you they were killer then and they still are now. They are the BEST SAN FRANCISCO BAND I ever saw, and I saw them all. RIP Skippy.
P.S. forget about MK, he is a bitter old man.
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