MOBY GRAPE Wow 1968 UK CBS 1st PRESS - MINT
£
88
$
117
£ 88
Sold For
Feb 10, 2017
Sold Date
Jan 31, 2017
Start Date
£ 24
Start price
11
Number Of Bids
Great Britain
Country Of Seller
eBay
Auctioned at
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
MOBY GRAPE Wow 1968 UK CBS 1st PRESS - MINT
MOBY GRAPEWow
UK CBS (63271) FIRST PRESSING (April 1968)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY AND FINAL UPGRADE
ONCE/TWICE PLAYED AND CAREFULLY STORED, UNTOUCHED FOR THE PAST 49 YEARS
WITH LOCKED GROOVE 78 rpm TRACK "Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot" ENDING SIDE ONE
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE TEXTURED CBS ORANGE LABELS
MATRIX: SBPG 63271 A1 / SBPG 63271 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE “Printed and made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London W11.”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT CBS ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
Between the time that Moby Grape released their brilliant self-titled debut and when their second album Wow appeared in 1968, a little thing called Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band happened, and for the next few years it was no longer enough for a band with some claim to importance to just play rock, even if they approached it with the freshness and imagination Moby Grape displayed on their first LP.
Bowing to the pervading influences of the day, Wow is a far more ambitious album than Moby Grape, trading in the latter's energetic simplicity for an expansive production complete with strings, horns, and lots of willful eccentricity, best typified by the helium-treated vocals on the hillbilly pastiche "Funky Tunk" and "Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot," a woozy '60s dance band number complete with introduction from Arthur Godfrey (the band went so far as to master the tune at 78 rpm on the original vinyl edition).
While at first glance Wow pales in comparison to the instant classic Moby Grape, repeated listening reveals this album has plenty of strengths; the horn-driven boogie of "Can't Be So Bad" swings hard, "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" is a tough and funky blues number, "He," "Rose Colored Eyes," and "Bitter Wind" are lovely folk-rock tunes with shimmering harmonies and "Motorcycle Irene" is a witty tribute to a hard-livin' biker mama
Recording started in Los Angeles in late 1967, but most of the album was recorded in New York City in late 1967 and early 1968. Murder In My Heart For The Judge is a thumping blues rock tune written by drummer Don Stevenson that was later recorded by Lee Michaels and Three Dog Night. Bitter Wind, written and sung by Bob Mosley, has has remained one of the group's most popular songs. The acoustic version heard here contains an ending that includes harsh wind noises and backward vocal. Other standout tracks include Jerry Miller's rocking shuffle Can't Be So Bad, Skip Spence's darkly comedic roots rocker Motorcycle Irene and Peter Lewis's lush ballad He. Naked, If I Want To is an electrified re-recording of the acoustic track from the first album. Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot is the most unusual track, a 1930's style tune written and sung by Spence. It was given a spoken introduction from Arthur Godfrey and cut onto the LP record at 78 RPM with added scratchy sound effects to give it an authentic period effect.
Side 1:
The Place And The Time
Murder In My Heart For The Judge
Bitter Wind
Can't Be So Bad (ends with a brief, spoken reminder from Skip Spence to change the turntable speed for the next track to 78 rpm)
Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot" (cut at 78 rpm)
Side 2:
He
Motorcycle Irene
Three-Four
Funky-Tunk
Rose Colored Eyes
Miller's Blues
Naked, If I Want To
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just a couple of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new - light blemishes from new - all harmless
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays as-new throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
As clean, sharp and fresh as the day it was made
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd class standard)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £18.00 (International Signed For delivery)
Combined Post: for items purchased within any 10 day period @£3 for each additional LP
Guarantee: all records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
I will email you when payment has been received to let you know when the item will be posted. Please leave feedback upon receipt of the item so that I know you have received it safely. Thanks
783 (GS 7.0.5 (783))
