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Moby Grape '69 | 
 enlarge | Artist: Moby Grape
Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 36192
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 11193
UPC: 090771119322
EAN: 0090771119322
ASIN: B000UVPJSC
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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Condition: Brand new and factory sealed. Most orders shipped within 24 hours directly from our warehouse.
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| Tracks:
| • | Ooh Mama Ooh | | • | Ain't That a Shame | | • | I Am Not Willing | | • | It's a Beautiful Day Today | | • | Hoochie | | • | Trucking Man | | • | If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes | | • | Captain Nemo | | • | What's To Choose | | • | Going Nowhere | | • | Seeing | | • | Soul Stew | | • | If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes (demo rec.) | | • | You Can Do Anything (demo rec.) | | • | It's a Beautiful Day Today (demo rec.) [previously unissued] | | • | What's To Choose (demo rec.) [previously unissued] | | • | Big (demo rec.) | | • | Hoochie (demo rec.) [previously unissued] |
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Were only four............ July 27, 2008
Sergio Rodriguez Heredia (san clemente del tuyu, Buenos Aires Argentina)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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?
 Great Driving Music February 21, 2008
Marley (Long Island, NY)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If 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 majority who consider Moby Grape a fine "second-tier" band, during the hey-day, of Height Asbury's Summer of Love.
Anyway...After two albums that met with marginal success, Grape put out '69....Without a doubt their best work. They were obviously picking up on a Byrds / Buffalo Springfield vibe at this time. And they were certainly hearing other bay area acts like Quicksilver Messenger Service, Country Joe & The Fish, It's A Beautiful Day, Santana, Spirit, James Gang and of course Arthur Lee's orginal Love. It all came together on this one for Moby Grape. Just as Love hit their stride with Forever Changes, Moby Grape had it all down and groovy on "69". Unfortunately, personal changes hurt them, leaving just one last effort, "Truly Fine Citzen" as a noteworthy entry into their short lived recording career.
Finally some reissue justice! January 9, 2008
Robert Cossaboon (The happy land of Walworth, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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 Like Gene Autry"). With 69, often called the band's country album, the boys may have mellowed out after Wow, but there are still a variety of speeds and styles to be enjoyed. If you are a Peter Lewis fan, then you will dig one of his best songs ever, "I Am Not Willing". Those who preferred the Jerry Miller rockers will love the opener, "Ooh Mama ooh", as well as the sardonic "Captain Nemo". My personal favorites, however, are the Bob Mosley tunes, especially the gorgeous "It's A Beautiful Day Today", a song about an outsider's wistful take on a nice day. "Hoochie" and "Trucking Man" are rocking opposites with the former sporting a killer bass, and the latter every bit as good as the Miller's opening song. Although only four members are featured on the cover, this was the last real grape album feature contributions from all five members. Skip Spence's scary and desperate "Seeing" closes the album: if you were mellowed by Lewis's "What's To Choose", this song will raise the hackles of even the most sedated house cat. The bonus tracks are shamelessly awesome. "Soul Stew" is a Buffalo Springfieldesque outtake (and part of a film soundtrack) that fits in between the debut album and Wow. It can also be found on the two-CD best of compilation. The demos are . . . well, demos. They are interesting for Spence's two contributions: "You Can Do Anything", another ditty that wouldn't have been out of place on their debut or a stripped down version of Wow; "Big" is a clever hoot. Again my favorite is Mosley's "It's A Beautiful Day"--listen to this and consider how such an amazing songwriter could end up homeless and all but ignored. Moby Grape 69 was an album long overdue for any kind of release. When I collected records, this was next to impossible to find. Until last year, you could have forgotten about finding it on CD, even as an import. Although it may not have had the electricity of their debut, 69 still holds up to a repeated listening-and then some!
its not like the others but it is still good! December 11, 2007
B. medici (the east)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 the next best thing to rick nelson doing a psych folk album sound.buy it.also as with all the other recent releases on moby grape,this has super packaging! you wont be sorry if you play this album..promised!
Strong Return After Near Death! December 3, 2007
Steven Jaworski
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
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