Moby Grape Wow/Grape Jam CD

 Aviod the San Francisco Sound label
The San Francisco Sound label has butchered this album - gone is "Just Like Gene Autry, A Foxtrot", "Bitter Wind" has been shortened, and two of the jams from Grape Jam have also been severly edited. One to avoid. Seek out the Sundazed reissue from 2007. Stay Purple.
Submitted by slightwarp (Vancouver, Canada)
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 A beautiful CD
if you like blues music, you'll love this cd
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 Stars' Eyes Once Gazed Upon Me Here
So opens the song "Rose Colored Eyes". Bob Mosley's soulful voice propels the poetry into my soul. It's beautiful, man. These are some of the most poetically substantive lyrics ever for a rock song. This is the classic Grape to get. "Miller's Blues" and "Can't Be So Bad" feature Jerry Miller's tasty 335 guitar licks. Mosley, on bass and vocals also shines on "Bitter Wind". "Murder In My Heart For The Judge" is one of the best songs, again featuring Mosley singing with strong vocal backup from the rest of the band.
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 Jerry Miller was a Blues Giant in His Time!
I had the old vinyl version of this work. Remember listening to it over and over and over again. OK, perhaps the "Grape Jam" portion of the work didn't get the same repeated play, but the first two sides certainly did. The CD remastering is very well done, although it excludes the last band on the 1st side entitled "Just Like Gene Autry - A Foxtrot." What was neat about the vinyl version was that the playout of the recording would pause and wait for your to change the player from 33 to 78 RPM to hear the work. Thankfully, it's preserved in Moby Grape's "Greatest Hits" collection. "Miller's Blues" can be categorized as one of those "career" guitar solos by Jerry Miller, who was certainly one of the best blues/rock guitarists during the era. Perhaps a better PR department would have increased the listenership of Miller and the rest of this fine band. Hopefully the group's work on CD will do it now!
Submitted by Corky (Boston, MA)
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 great songs, and great jams!
the songs put together here are excellent. and then combining them with the wonderful jams is just perfect. If you like Moby Grape, you will love this album!
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