Moby Grape
The band's debut, with Spence on rhythm guitar and the writer of Omaha.
Alexander 'Skip' Spence, 1967
- Released
- 1967
- Recorded
- 11 March to 25 April 1967
- Studio
- Los Angeles
- Label
- Columbia
- Producer
- David Rubinson
Moby Grape recorded the album with David Rubinson in Los Angeles over six weeks, from 11 March to 25 April 1967, at a cost of $11,000. It reached number 24 on the Billboard 200. Columbia released ten of its thirteen songs on five singles at the same time. The cover photograph is by Jim Marshall. Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 121 in its 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums, and 124 in a revised list in 2012.
Peter Lewis said that Spence was a great arranger and songwriter who was driving the whole thing in the band's early days.
Personnel
- Skip Spence guitar, vocals
- Jerry Miller guitar, vocals
- Peter Lewis guitar, vocals
- Bob Mosley bass, vocals
- Don Stevenson drums, vocals
More from Alexander 'Skip' Spence
Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966), Wow/Grape Jam (1968), Oar (1969), More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (1999)
Sources
- Moby Grape (album), Wikipedia
- Moby Grape, Wikipedia
- Skip Spence, Moby Grape and Oar, Louder