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DISCID=70104808
DTITLE=Moby Grape / Grape Jam (Remastered + Expanded)
DYEAR=1968
DGENRE=Psychedelic Rock
TTITLE0=Never
TTITLE1=Boysenberry Jam
TTITLE2=Black Currant Jam
TTITLE3=Marmalade
TTITLE4=The Lake
TTITLE5=Grape Jam #2 (Previously Unissued)
TTITLE6=Grape Jam #9 (Previously Unissued)
TTITLE7=Bag's Groove (Previously Unissued)
EXTD=Grape Jam (Remastered + Expanded)\n 2007 Sundazed! Music, Inc.\n
EXTD=\nOriginally Released April 3, 1968 (Shrinkwrapped Bonus LP with 
EXTD=''Wow'')\nSan Francisco Sound CD Edition Released February 10, 19
EXTD=92\nRemastered + Expanded CD Edition Released October 9, 2007\n\n
EXTD=AMG EXPERT REVIEW:  Moby Grape's two greatest strengths were that
EXTD= the five members of the band were all top-notch musicians and gr
EXTD=eat songwriters. Grape Jam amply demonstrates the former virtue, 
EXTD=while the latter barely figures into the formula at all. As the t
EXTD=itle suggests, Grape Jam consists of five semi-improvised selecti
EXTD=ons in which the players stretch out at length, primarily on slow
EXTD=, blues influenced numbers, with plenty of ace guitar work from P
EXTD=eter Lewis, Jerry Miller, and Skip Spence, while Al Kooper and Mi
EXTD=ke Bloomfield sit in on keyboards for a few numbers. While there'
EXTD=s some potent soloing here, and the rhythm section of Bob Mosley 
EXTD=and Don Stevenson show they can adapt to whatever the band throws
EXTD= their way, the tunefulness and tight performances that made Moby
EXTD= Grape one of the finest debut albums of all time is missing in a
EXTD=ction. As good as the chops on display here may be, great soloing
EXTD= doesn't mean all that much without the context of a good song, a
EXTD=nd that becomes painfully obvious on "Boysenberry Jam" and "Black
EXTD= Currant Jam." Grape Jam was originally released as a companion p
EXTD=iece with Moby Grape's overcooked but compelling second album, Wo
EXTD=w (folks who bought Wow could get Grape Jam at a discount), and a
EXTD=s a bonus item it's not without interest, but all by itself this 
EXTD=meanders far too much for its own good. Grape Jam is akin to hear
EXTD=ing a handful of talented musicians goofing off, and while the ta
EXTD=lent is obvious, so is the aimlessness of the music. \n\n[Sundaze
EXTD=d Music re-released Grape Jam in 2007 as part of their reissue pr
EXTD=ogram of Moby Grape's Columbia back catalog, with the addition of
EXTD= three unreleased tracks. The remastering is excellent, the new g
EXTD=raphics are handsome, and Gene Sculatti's liner notes are enterta
EXTD=ining and well-informed, but making this album almost 32 minutes 
EXTD=longer doesn't do much to address its flaws, though the unrelease
EXTD=d version of Milt Jackson's "Bags' Groove" with a horn section si
EXTD=tting in does have its moments.]  -- Mark Deming\n\nAmazon.com Pr
EXTD=oduct Description\nOriginally issued as a companion album to Moby
EXTD= Grape's sophomore set Wow in 1968, Grape Jam remains one of the 
EXTD=more adventurous artifacts of late-'60s rock. As much as Wow demo
EXTD=nstrated the San Francisco quintet's awesome scope and songcraft,
EXTD= this improvised studio set showed the band's chops. Months befor
EXTD=e the acclaimed Super Session, Grape Jam let contemporary pop mus
EXTD=icians stretch, experiment and cook to their hearts' content. "Bo
EXTD=ysenberry Jam," "Black Currant Jam" (Al Kooper guests on piano) a
EXTD=nd the 14-minute "Marmalade" (Mike Bloomfield guests on piano) ar
EXTD=e juicy instrumental maneuvers, while "Never" is a tough vocal bl
EXTD=ues, and the effects-laden psychedelia of "The Lake" reminds you 
EXTD=just what coast the band comes from. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER RE
EXTD=VIEW\nDated, though intriguing, late night jams, October 22, 2007
EXTD= \nBy  J. DiMoia (Singapore, SG)\nThe third in the current Sundaz
EXTD=ed reissue series, "Grape Jam" was originally packaged with "Wow,
EXTD=" presumably an additional enticement as a two for one package de
EXTD=al. In fact, this was Moby Grape's bestseller on Columbia, making
EXTD= the top 30 in the album charts following its original release in
EXTD= 1968. It's also interesting historically in that it precedes "Su
EXTD=persessions" and "Apple Jam," giving it a claim as one of the fir
EXTD=st such sessions. \n\nThe music varies widely in quality, but is 
EXTD=always listenable, particularly as an artifact of the group in a 
EXTD="live" setting. Only the first cut contains vocals, which is actu
EXTD=ally a good thing, as these cuts run long, and don't require voca
EXTD=ls in the majority of cases. My major complaint has to do with th
EXTD=e laid-back tempo of some of the cuts, bordering on somnolence, b
EXTD=ut when they kick in the energy level is high. This last remark r
EXTD=efers to especially to prominent piano in several of the cuts. Ev
EXTD=en "The Lake," reportedly recorded to set a young contest-winner'
EXTD=s poem to music is worth a listen, if only for its period effects
EXTD= and equally bizarre lyrics (and does anyone happen to know what 
EXTD=ever happened to Hairy Mary?). \n\nThe unreleseased cuts, availab
EXTD=le here for the first time, border on jazz, giving the whole set 
EXTD=of sessions (Wow / Grape Jam) an ecelectic character. Along with 
EXTD=Wow, this remains a worthy listen, although one wished David Rubi
EXTD=son had used his editing powers in 1968, and brought these sessio
EXTD=ns in a stripped-down version closer to the first album. Ultimate
EXTD=ly, the attempt to caputre a live sound works to a moderate degre
EXTD=e, but these guys are more interested in jamming, and lack the ti
EXTD=ghtness of a Quicksilver (see "Gold & Silver, the live version fr
EXTD=om "Maiden of the Cancer Moon.") \n\nFor completists mainly, and 
EXTD=those looking for genuine live grape should seek out the "Fall on
EXTD= Amsterdam" or "Dark Magic" boots thaat are still out there somew
EXTD=here--especially in comparison to the group's Monterey set (avail
EXTD=able on "Dark Magic") these jams appear to lack discipline. \n\n\n
EXTD=AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe least of it, and yet...., October
EXTD= 13, 2007 \nBy  feralduck "feralduck" (Austin, TX USA)\nOf the or
EXTD=iginal Columbia albums the Grape released, this is the slightest 
EXTD=of the five. Yet, it does have some merits, even though as a jam 
EXTD=session it doesn't equal the quality of, say, Super Session or Sp
EXTD=are Chayne on Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing At Baxters. The 
EXTD=saving grace of this album is the opening track, Never, notorious
EXTD=ly "rewritten" by Led Zeppelin as Since I've Been Loving You on L
EXTD=ed Zeppelin III. \n\nThe remainder of the album is pleasant, thou
EXTD=gh hardly essential. One wonders what a true guitar jam between J
EXTD=erry Miller and Mike Bloomfield might have been like, rather than
EXTD= wasting Bloomfield on keyboards at this session. \n\nThe Lake is
EXTD= psychedelic silliness, although the Grape can't be entirely blam
EXTD=ed for it; this was a contest dreamed up by their then manager fo
EXTD=r the band to write a tune to a fan's lyric, much like Buffalo Sp
EXTD=ringfield's In The Hour Of Not Quite Rain. \n\nAll in all, not th
EXTD=e Grape's finest hour, but not a complete waste of time, either. 
EXTD=\n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: David Rubinson \n\nAlbum Notes
EXTD=\nMoby Grape: Bob Mosley (vocals, bass guitar); Skip Spence (guit
EXTD=ar, piano); Jerry Miller (guitar); Fred Lipsius (alto saxophone);
EXTD= Jerry Weiss, Randy Brecker (trumpet); Dick Halligan (trombone); 
EXTD=Al Kooper (piano); Don Stevenson (drums).\n\nGarage-rock archivis
EXTD=ts Sundazed Records re-released all five Moby Grape albums in the
EXTD= autumn of 2007, and separated onto two discs the double album WO
EXTD=W/GRAPE JAM, making each a little more digestible. It was a good 
EXTD=move: this live, somewhat shambolic outing bears little resemblan
EXTD=ce to the tight, imaginative pop smarts of WOW, and stands better
EXTD= alone as a time capsule and testament to the band's improvisatio
EXTD=nal chops.
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