Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape
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Released | 2007 | |||
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Label | Columbia | |||
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Listen My Friends! The Best of Moby Grape is a compilation album by Moby Grape, released in 2007 by Columbia Records as part of its "Legacy" series. The title of the album is a reference to lyrics repeated in the song "Omaha" on the group's debut album.
History
[edit]The compilation was released in the year following a final judicial determination that the members of Moby Grape had a right to ownership of the band name and related royalties, rather than their former manager, Matthew Katz.[2] As noted rock music reviewer Richie Unterberger commented, "...almost every track is impressive, making a case for the band as one of the '60s outfit who most adeptly blended rock, folk, blues, and country with touches of psychedelia, also showing their post-1967 stuff (at least the best of it) to be sturdier than it is usually remembered as."[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Hey Grandma" (Miller, Stevenson) – 2:46
- "Mr. Blues" (Mosley) – 2:01
- "8:05" (Miller, Stevenson) – 2:22
- "Omaha" (Spence) – 2:46
- "Sitting by the Window" (Lewis) – 2:46
- "Indifference" (Spence) – 4:16
- "Bitter Wind" [Version One] (Mosley) – 2:40
- "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" (Miller, Stevenson) – 3:00
- "Can't Be So Bad" (Miller, Stevenson) – 3:27
- "He" (Lewis) – 3:39
- "Motorcycle Irene" (Spence) – 2:26
- "Rose Colored Eyes" (Mosley) – 4:03
- "Sweet Ride (Never Again)" (Lewis, Miller, Mosley, Spence, Stevenson) – 5:57
- "Ooh Mama Ooh" (Miller, Stevenson) – 2:30
- "Ain't That a Shame" (Lewis, Miller, Stevenson) – 2:32
- "If You Can't Learn from My Mistakes" (Lewis) – 2:36
- "Going Nowhere" (Miller, Stevenson) – 2:05
- "Seeing" (Spence) – 3:47
- "Changes, Circles Spinning" (Lewis) – 2:27
- "Truly Fine Citizen" (Dell'Ara) – 2:48
Personnel
[edit]- Peter Lewis – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Bob Mosley – bass, vocals
- Jerry Miller – lead guitar, vocals
- Skip Spence – rhythm guitar, vocals
- Don Stevenson – drums, vocals
References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Copies of the July 7, 2006 California Appellate Court decision and the 2005 California Superior Court decision may be found here.
- ^ Richie Unterberger, Review of Listen My Friends! the Best of Moby Grape; www.allmusic.com.