Moby Grape Live
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Moby Grape Live is a 2010 album, released by Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records
Sundazed Records is a record label based in Coxsackie, in the Catskills of New York. It specializes in obscure and rare recordings from the 1950s to the 1970s.Label founders Bob Irwin and his wife Mary started the label in 1989...

, of previously unissued live recordings of the band Moby Grape
Moby Grape
Moby Grape is an American rock group from the 1960s, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting and that collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz together with rock and psychedelic music...

. 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
Skip Spence
Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence was a Canadian-born musician and singer-songwriter. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969's Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry...

. A particularly notable inclusion is the band's performance at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival. According to critic Mark Deming, "While Moby Grape's studio work might offer a clearer picture of the strength of their songs, Historic Live Moby Grape 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." According to another reviewer, "After the essential debut record
Moby Grape (album)
Moby Grape is the rock band Moby Grape's eponymous 1967 debut album. Coming from the San Francisco scene, their reputation quickly grew to immense proportions, leading to a bidding war and a contract with Columbia Records...

, this is the Moby Grape record I would recommend next."

Track listing

Side 1

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, 1967

1. Ain't No Use, 1.32

2. Rounder, 1.59

3. Looper, 2.04

4. Bitter Wind, 2.04

5. Changes, 4.33

6. Indifference, 2.45

7. Someday, 3.16

Side 2

Monterey International Pop Festival, 1967

8. Introduction, 1.16

9. Indifference, 3.07

10. Mr. Blues, 1.56

11. Sitting By The Window, 2.53

12. Omaha, 2.43

San Francisco, 1967

13. Sweet Little Angel, 4.46

Side 3

RAI Radio, Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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, Netherlands
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, 1969

14. Murder In My Heart For The Judge, 4.48

15. I Am Not Willing, 5.21

16. Trucking Man, 2.05

17. Fall On You, 2.14

18. Omaha, 5.55

Side 4

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, 1966

19. Dark Magic, 17.15
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