MOBY GRAPE+SKIP SPENCE 1st ALBUM RARE ORIG '67 MONO LP w/UNCENSORED COVER+POSTER

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·       MOBY GRAPE (featuring SKIP SPENCE) - ORIGINAL, SELF-TITLED FIRST ALBUM (“MOBY GRAPE”) - ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING;  ORIGINAL 1967 COLUMBIA RECORDS MONO LP CL-2698

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·        ORIGINAL RED & WHITE COLUMBIA MONO LABEL, LATE 60’s STYLE

·       THIS IS THE UNCENSORED VERSION OF THE COVER (DON STEVENSON’S OFFENDING “FINGER” IS CLEARLY VISIBLE AND HAS NOT BEEN AIRBRUSHED.

·       THE ALBUM INCLUDES ORIGINAL POSTER;  THIS IS ALSO “UNCENSORED” VERSION OF THE POSTER (WITH DON STEVENSON’S FINGER), MATCHING THE COVER; FINDING THE TWO UNCENSORED COMPONENTS (THE COVER AND THE POSTER) IN THE SAME PACKAGE HAS BEEN A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE FOR YEARS.  PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 'CENSORED' AND 'UNCENSORED' POSTERS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT: ASIDE FROM THE MISSING MIDDLE FINGER, THE "CENSORED" VERSION (WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE HERE) ALSO LACK THE 1-INCH WIDE BLACK BORDER.

·       ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN STEREO

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       THICK CARDBOARD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1A/-1B'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

(►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you’ll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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Moby Grape's career was a long, sad series of minor disasters, in which nearly anything that could have gone wrong did (poor handling by their record company, a variety of legal problems, a truly regrettable deal with their manager, creative and personal differences among the bandmembers, and the tragic breakdown of guitarist and songwriter Skip Spence), but their self-titled debut album was their one moment of unqualified triumph. Moby Grape is one of the finest (perhaps the finest) album to come out of the San Francisco psychedelic scene, brimming with great songs and fresh ideas while blessedly avoiding the pitfalls that pockmarked the work of their contemporaries -- no long, unfocused jams, no self-indulgent philosophy, and no attempts to sonically re-create the sound of an acid trip. Instead, Moby Grape built their sound around the brilliantly interwoven guitar work of Jerry Miller, Peter Lewis, and Skip Spence, and the clear, bright harmonies of all five members (drummer Don Stevenson and bassist Bob Mosely sang just as well as they held down the backbeat). As songwriters, Moby Grape blended straight-ahead rock & roll, smart pop, blues, country, and folk accents into a flavorful brew that was all their own, with a clever melodic sense that reflected the lysergic energy surrounding them without drowning in it. And producer David Rubinson got it all on tape in a manner that captured the band's infectious energy and soaring melodies with uncluttered clarity, while subtly exploring the possibilities of the stereo mixing process. "Omaha," "Fall on You," "Hey Grandma," and "8:05" sound like obvious hits (and might have been if Columbia hadn't released them as singles all at once), but the truth is there isn't a dud track to be found here, and time has been extremely kind to this record. Moby Grape is as refreshing today as it was upon first release, and if fate prevented the group from making a follow-up that was as consistently strong, for one brief shining moment Moby Grape proved to the world they were one of America's great bands. While history remembers the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane as being more important, the truth is neither group ever made an album quite this good.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY MARK DEMING, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

One of the very finest albums to come of the West Coast/San Francisco Psychedelic explosion. Track listing: Hey Grandma -  Mr. Blues -  Fall On You -  8.05 -  Come In The Morning -  Omaha -  Naked, If You Want To -  Someday -  Ain't No Use -  Sitting By The Window -  Changes -  Lazy Me -  Indifference.

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS STRONG VERY GOOD+ . CAUTION: The vinyl is NOT MINT or NEAR MINT, but is nevertheless in a very nice and clean condition. There are some surface marks and abrasions, mostly light and superficial, although some may be longer than 1.1/4 inches (1 inch = 2.5 centimeters)

(b)          The album also comes with its original UNCENSORED ("FINGER") poster in gorgeous condition

(c)           The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(d)          Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, "organic" and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 10:1.

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD (VG).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a partially split top seam (between 4 and 6 inches  / 10 to 15 centimeters); This split seam was delicately taped by the previous owner with a piece of transparent scotch tape

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 3

-        Cover has some visible fraying/tattering on the top and bottom seams.

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the spine

-        Cover has all four corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

-        Cover shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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