Moby Grape - The Place And The Time (1967-1968) (2009 Sundazed)

Artist: Moby Grape
Title: The Place And The Time
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Sundazed Music
Country: US
Genre: Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Quality: Flac (tracks)
Total Time: 01:15:53

Tracklist:
1. Indifference [Columbia Records audition recording 1967] (Spence) 2:53
2. Looper [Columbia Records audition recording 1967] (Lewis) 2:37
3. Stop [Demo recording 1967] (Lewis) 2:21
4. Rounder [Instrumental outtake recording from the Moby Grape sessions 1967] (Spence) 2:02
5. Sweet Ride (Never Again) [Unedited version, recorded for the motion picture The Sweet Ride 1967] (Spence, Miller, Mosley, Stevenson, Lewis) 5:56
6. Loosely Remembered [Demo recording 1967] (Mosley) 3:26
7. The Place And The Time [Alternate version from the Wow album sessions 1967] (Miller, Stevenson) 2:25
8. Bitter Wind [Demo recording 1967] (Mosley) 2:48
9. Seeing [Alternate version from the Wow album sessions 1968] (Spence) 5:12
10. What's To Choose [Alternate version from the Wow album sessions 1968] (Lewis) 2:01
11. Soul Stew [Outtake recording from the Moby Grape '69 album sessions 1968] (Mosley) 2:19
12. If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes [Demo recording 1968] (Lewis) 1:25
13. You Can Do Anything [Demo recording 1967] (Spence) 3:37
14. Skip's Song [Demo recording 1967] (Spence) 3:29
15. It's A Beautiful Day Today [Demo recording 1968] (Mosley) 4:14
16. What's To Choose [Demo recording 1967] (Lewis) 3:21
17. Hoochie [Demo recording 1968] (Mosley) 3:20
18. Big [Demo recording 1968] (Miller, Stevenson) 2:31
19. Rounder [Live recording 1968] (Spence) 2:02
20. Miller's Blues [Live recording 1968] (Miller, Mosley) 6:07
21. Changes [Live recording 1968] (Miller, Stevenson) 4:18
22. Looper [Demo recording 1967] (Lewis) 2:08
23. Soul Stew [Instrumental outtake recording from the Moby Grape '69 album sessions 1968] (Mosley) 2:20
24. Cockatoo Blues (Tongue-Tied) [Demo recording 1968] (Miller, Spence) 3:41

Personnel:
Peter Lewis: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Bob Mosley: Bass, Vocals
Jerry Miller: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Skip Spence: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Don Stevenson: Drums, Vocals

Despite a myriad of obstacles, Moby Grape managed to persevere and create a potent and enduring body of recorded work, recording four albums during its original 1967-1969 lifespan. While 1967's Moby Grape is widely acknowledged as a classic (and one of rock's greatest debut albums), the subsequent Wow, Moby Grape '69 and Truly Fine Citizen are all underrated gems with much to recommend them.

It's a measure of the musicians' abundance of talent and creativity that, despite the multiple roadblocks that they confronted, Moby Grape recorded prolifically and cut a wealth of originally unreleased material. The Place and the Time offers a scintillating assortment of rare tracks cut during the band's heady 1967-1968 heyday. Encompassing audition recordings, album outtakes, alternate versions, live material and more, the recordings offer a powerful testament to the remarkable rapport that made Moby Grape such a unique force.

The fact that music this stunning and original sat on the shelf for so long is just another in the litany of injustices that haunt the Moby Grape story. But the band's majestic recorded legacy has outlasted the bad luck, bad choices and bad vibes. The music remains as fresh and inspiring as ever, and the vintage material featured in this collection constitutes a crucial addition to Moby Grape's already monumental body of work