Re: (TV)OT Moby Grape

[Mike Ehritz <mikeez@earthlink.net>]

On 8/5/05 9:03 PM, "Michael Olcsvary" <olcsvary@verizon.net> wrote:

> Ahem.
> "Omaha."  
> 
> No more need be said.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay
> 
> the best thing to come out of Moby Grape is skip
> spence's oar

Since there seems to be some interest in Moby Grape on this list, may I
suggest to anyone who is interested to find a copy of "Vintage Grape," a 2
disc compilation that came out a few years ago. Includes just about anything
they ever did off the first four albums as well as some live stuff and
unreleased material (like the amazing "Skip's Song"). The great liner notes
allude to their difficulty in letting well enough alone. After recording the
gorgeous and minimalist "Bitter Wind," some of the band decided to add this
wild over the top psychedelic weirdness to the end of the track. It seems
that all the Grapes early tracks have moments of brilliance overshadowed by
too much production. Then, finally, on Grape 69, they stripped the music
down to create some wonderful music in the vein of the Working Man's Dead
but their moment had passed.

Mike
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