This is the legendary Moby Grape/The Melvilles which due to legal disputes with their former manager, they couldn't use the 'real' band name. Lots of legal challenges for this amazing psychedelic/blues rock band of the 1960's ~ 1970's
This album is mainly the recordings made as The Melvilles (due to these legal issues) back in 1990, originally on cassette and a few extra tracks which were previously unreleased (tracks 12 ~ 18)
Particularly in the 1960's this was the heyday of legends such as Buffalo Springfield, Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) and many others...those were the days!
This CD release acknowledges the memory of Alexander 'Skip' Spence (co-founder and guitarist) who passed away in 1999. He was quite a 'different' character, dealing with mental illness, drug addiction and alcoholism. Read more about his troubled life HERE
If you would like to brush up on the background to these guys and their band Moby Grape, go HERE
LEGENDARY GRAPE - Self Titled
DIG Music (Independent label based in California)
Cat# DIG 108
CD HUB CODES: D090382 8C PO 4028 JOB 7241 MOBY GRAPE-LEGENDARY GRAPE IFPI TAZ01
2005
USA release
CD case, front cover and rear insert are all in very good condition. The packaging has the appearance similar to the 'Industry Only Demo Release' but there is no printing on the CD face to indicate this. The front cover art is slightly different to the commercial DIG 108 release though.
CD media is good condition, visually inspected under a bright white halogen light source and I can see a couple of light scratches near the edge of the outer data area only. I then played the ENTIRE release, every song, and there are NO issues with playback on any track
TRACKS: All My Life, Nighttime Rider, Give It Hell, On The Dime, Lady Of The Night, Changing, Took It All Away, Bitter Wind In Tanganika, Talk About Love, You'll Never Know, You Can Depend On Me, Further On Up The Road, It Don't Take Much, Getting Used To Being Treated Wrong, Forty Feet Tall, Forbidden Love, Telephone Love, Rodeo
