''Moby Grape Live'' is a 2010 album, released by

Sundazed Records Sundazed Music is an American independent record label based in Coxsackie, New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s. In 2000, Sundazed had a staff of 15 and two mixing studios, including a vintage audio ...

, of previously unissued live recordings of the band

Moby Grape Moby Grape is an American rock band founded in 1966, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting, and who collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz with rock and psychedelic music. They we ...

. Included are recordings of the band in its prime in 1966 and 1967, as well as 1969 recordings, subsequent to the 1968 collapse and departure of 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 ...

. A particularly notable inclusion is the band's performance at the historic

Monterey International Pop Festival The Monterey International Pop Festival was a three-day music festival held June 16 to 18, 1967, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California. The festival is remembered for the first major American appearances by the Jimi Hendrix ...

. According to critic Mark Deming, "While Moby Grape's studio work might offer a clearer picture of the strength of their songs, ''Moby Grape Live'' does a brilliant job of revealing what made them great as a ''band'', and the best tracks here should prompt any serious fan of late-'60s rock to reaffirm Moby Grape's status as one of the finest acts of their time."Mark Deming, Review of ''Moby Grape Live'' www.allmusic.com. According to another reviewer, "After the essential debut record, this is the Moby Grape record I would recommend next."

Track listing

Side 1

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, San Francisco, 1967 # "Ain't No Use" (Miller, Stevenson) - 1:32 # "Rounder" (Spence) - 1:59 # "Looper" (Lewis) - 2:04 # "Bitter Wind" (Mosley) - 2:04 # "Changes" (Miller, Stevenson) – 4:33 # "Indifference" (Spence) - 2:45 # "Someday" (Miller, Stevenson, Spence) - 3:16 Side 2

, 1967 # "Introduction" 1.16 # "Indifference" (Spence) - 3:07 # "Mr. Blues" (Bob Mosley) - 1:56 # "Sitting By The Window" (Lewis) - 2:53 # "Omaha" (Skip Spence) - 2:43

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, 1967 # "Sweet Little Angel" (Lucille Bogan) - 4:46 Side 3
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, 1969 # "Murder In My Heart For The Judge" (Miller, Stevenson) - 4:48 # "I Am Not Willing" (Lewis) - 5:21 # "Trucking Man" (Mosley) - 2:05 # "Fall On You" (Lewis) - 2:14 # "Omaha" (Skip Spence) - 5:55 Side 4

, San Francisco, 1966 # "Dark Magic" (Moby Grape) 17:15

Compact Disc

The compact disc edition was released on a single CD.

References

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