MOBY GRAPE Wow LP CBS 1968 UK orig 63271 ALEXANDER SKIP SPENCE-BOB MOSLEY
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MOBY GRAPE
Legendary San Francisco rockers who produced one of the greatest debut albums
of the '60s but never gained the reputation of their famous peers
"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 B2
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
grading
RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ 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)
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