Moby Grape, “Moby Grape” (Columbia, 1967)
To complement our new copy of Skip Spence’s “Oar,” here’s the album Spence played on right before he went nuts (and made “Oar”) – one of the great San Francisco classics, folk-rock with wild, lashing, acid-fueled power, the sound of a band with way too much talent crammed in one place, bouncing off each other and ultimately spiraling into total burnout.
Try 1/ 1, 1/6, 2/5, 2/6
9/6/13