''Legendary Grape'' is an album by

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, released by Dig Music in 2003.

History

The original album was issued in 1989 as a five hundred copy,

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-only release on Herman Records. The album was at the time credited to The Melvilles, being one of the names used by Moby Grape during the course of their protracted dispute with former manager

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over ownership of the band name and related royalties. The tapes were remastered by Dig Music, and eight additional songs were added for the release of ''Legendary Grape''. The album was recorded by original Moby Grape members Peter Lewis,

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and

Don Stevenson Don Stevenson (born October 15, 1941, Seattle, Washington) is the American drummer and a singer and songwriter for Moby Grape, a band which was formed in San Francisco in 1966 and continues to perform occasionally today. History Don Stevenson fi ...

. All group members contributed songs, as had been the case during all of the band's history. However, whereas in the past Jerry Miller and Don Stevenson had generally written together, including some of Moby Grape's best known songs, both were now writing exclusively separately. Founding member

Skip Spence Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence (April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only s ...

was not well enough to perform, though one of his songs was included on the recording. It was the practice of Spence's bandmates to try to include at least one of his songs on every Moby Grape recording, irrespective of Spence's ability to participate in the recording. Shortly after the album's original release, Bob Mosley, who was subject to the challenges of

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, as was Spence, commenced a period of homelessness that lasted approximately five years, until recovering through the assistance of bandmate Peter Lewis,See

and Peter Lewis. among others.

Track listing

# "All My Life" (Skip Spence) 3:36 # "Nighttime Rider" (Bob Mosley) 3:07 # "Give It Hell" (Jerry Miller) 2:55 # "On The Dime" (Miller) 3:50 # "Lady of the Night" (Miller) 3:42 # "Changing" (Peter Lewis) 3:05 # "Took It All Away" (Mosley) 3:06 # "Bitter Wind in Tanganika" (Mosley) 3:33 # "Talk About Love (I'm Talking About You)" (

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) 1:57 # "You'll Never Know" (Miller) 4:15 # "You Can Depend on Me" (Mosley) 3:09 # "Further On Up the Road" (

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, Joe Veasey) 3:01 # "It Don't Take Much" (Mosley) 3:20 # "Gettin' Used to Being Treated Wrong" (Don Stevenson) 2:33 # "Forty Feet Tall" (Miller) 4:47 # "Forbidden Love" (Stevenson) 2:58 # "Telephone Love" (Mosley) 2:33 # "Rodeo" (Pettigrew) 4:14

Personnel

* Peter Lewis –

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–

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, vocals *

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, vocals *

–

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, vocals ;Additional personnel * Dan Abernathy - rhythm guitar

Other Credits

* Mindy Giles - Associate Producer * Dennis Newhall - Reissue Producer * Don Stevenson - Engineer * Robert Farrell - Mastering * Martin de Anda - Artwork, Graphic Design, Design *

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- Liner Notes

References

{{Moby Grape Moby Grape albums 1989 greatest hits albums