Vintage: The Very Best of Moby Grape

• Artist: Moby Grape
• Rating:
• Release Date: May 11, 1993
• Total Time: 133:33
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

It's hard to imagine a better-produced package of Moby Grape's work than this two-disc, 48-track condensation of their best late-'60s recordings. The first disc of this set centers around their entire 1967 self-titled debut LP (included in its entirety), which mixed blues, country, and folk influences with hard-charging psychedelic rock & roll. The result was one of the Summer of Love's more enduring works. The second disc boils their wildly inconsistent 1968-69 material down to a fairly strong and coherent selection. While it doesn't match the peak of the group's initial burst, it features some strong folk and country-rock originals that wear much better in the absence of the bloated jams and half-baked hard rock that could make their albums a chore to sit through. Each disc includes interesting demos, outtakes, and live performances that round out the legacy of this prodigiously talented but ill-fated band, which was overcome by internal strife and label/management difficulties after their promising debut. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Hey Grandma	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:45)
Mr. Blues	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(2:00)
Fall on You	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(2:50)
8:05	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:33)
Come in the Morning	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(2:17)
Omaha	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:45)
Naked, If I Want To	Jerry Miller	Moby Grape	(:57)
Rounder [Instrumental]	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:03)
Someday	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(3:31)
Ain't No Use	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(1:40)
Sitting by the Window	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(2:47)
Changes	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(3:24)
Lazy Me	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(1:47)
Indifference	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(4:15)
Looper [Audition Version]	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(2:39)
Sweet Ride	Skip Spence, Bob Mosley, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(3:12)
Bitter Wind [Alternate Version]	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(2:39)
The Place and the Time [Alternate Version]	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:24)
Rounder [Live]	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:02)
Miller's Blues [Live]	Jerry Miller	Moby Grape	(6:07)
Changes [Live]	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(4:20)
Hey Grandma [Single Version]	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:32)
Omaha [Single Version]	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:23)
Big	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(4:44)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Skip's Song ["Seeing" Demo][Version]	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(3:24)
You Can Do Anything [Demo Version]	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:50)
Murder in My Heart for the Judge	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:59)
Bitter Wind	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(3:07)
Can't Be So Bad	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(3:26)
Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot	Skip Spence	Moby Grape, Arthur Godfrey, Lou Waxman & His Orchestra	(2:56)
He	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(3:37)
Motorcycle Irene	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:25)
Funky-Tunk	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(2:13)
Rose Colored Eyes	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(4:20)
If You Can't Learn From Your Mistakes [Peter Solo Version]	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(1:26)
Ooh Mama Ooh	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:28)
Ain't That a Shame	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson, Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(2:30)
Trucking Man	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(2:02)
Captain Nemo	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(1:46)
What's to Choose	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(1:57)
Going Nowhere	Jerry Miller, Don Stevenson	Moby Grape	(2:04)
I Am Not Willing	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(3:00)
It's a Beautiful Day Today	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(3:07)
Right Before My Eyes	Peter Lewis	Moby Grape	(2:05)
Truly Fine Citizen		Moby Grape	(1:49)
Hoochie	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(4:25)
Soul Stew	Bob Mosley	Moby Grape	(2:20)
Seeing	Skip Spence	Moby Grape	(8:06)

Credits

Moby Grape (Main Performer), Arthur Godfrey (Banjo), Arthur Godfrey (Ukulele), Adam Block (Project Director), Adam Block (Project Coordinator), Bob Johnston (Producer), Larry Keyes (Digital Transfers), David Rubinson (Producer), David Fricke (Liner Notes), Bob Irwin (Compilation Producer), Hope Chasin (Packaging Manager), Vic Anesini (Mixing), Vic Anesini (Remastering), Lou Waxman & His Orchestra (Performer)