MOBY GRAPE Wow LP CBS 1968 UK orig 63271 ALEXANDER SKIP SPENCE-BOB MOSLEY

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MOBY GRAPE

One of the best '60s San Francisco bands, Moby Grape were also one of the most versatile. 

Although they are most often identified with the psychedelic scene, their specialty was 

combining all sorts of roots music -- folk, blues, country, and classic rock & roll -- 

with some Summer of Love vibes and multi-layered, triple-guitar arrangements. 

All of those elements only truly coalesced, however, for their 1967 debut LP. 

Although subsequent albums had more good moments than many listeners are aware of, 

a combination of personal problems and bad management effectively 

killed off the group by the end of the 1960s

"WOW"

Produced by David Rubinson     

1968     LP     CBS RECORDS      63271

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL COPY 

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE

Barcode and Other Identifiers

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LABEL: CBS -  ORANGE LABEL with CENTRE BLACK 'EYE' LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: 63271

Catalog on labels: 63271 (CS 9613) 63271 A / 63271 (CS 9613) 63271 B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): SBPG 63271 A1

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): SBPG 63271 B1

On labels: ? 1968 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 4 o'clock circa)

top rim text reads "All Rights.......Reserved, Unauthorised.......Prohibited"

bottom rim text reads "Made in England"

(on Side A only): Featuring Lou Waxman and his Orchestra and starring Arthur Godfrey, Banjo and Ukulele

(NOTE: This band is to be played at 78 r.p.m.)

(on Side B only): *? 1967

Rights Society / Publishing: Cop. Con.

On Front Cover: Produced by David Rubinson

Direction: San Francisco

Design and Collage: Bob Cato

On Back Sleeve: CBS is a Trademark of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., U.S.A

Printed and Made by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London, W.11.

GB

tracklisting

Side A: THE PLACE AND THE TIME - MURDER IN MY HEART FOR THE JUDGE

BITTER WIND - CAN'T BE SO BAD - JUST LIKE GENE AUTRY; A FOXTROT

Side B: HE - MOTORCYCLE IRENE - THREE-FOUR - FUNKY-TUNK

ROSE COLOURED EYES - MILLER'S BLUES - *NAKED IF I WANT TO

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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

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 & roll, 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 despite the excess gingerbread; 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 

(even if the latter is marred by a pretentious noise collage at the close), and "Motorcycle Irene" 

is a witty tribute to a hard-livin' biker mama. Wow lacks the rev-it-up spirit of Moby Grape's 

masterpiece, but Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller, and Skip Spence's guitar work is just as impressive 

and richly layered, and the group's harmonies and songwriting chops are still in solid shape...(AllMusic)