Vintage: The Very Best of Moby Grape (1993)

About this title: It's hard to imagine a better-produced package of Moby Grape's work than this two-disc, 48-track condensation of their best late-'60s recordings. The first disc of this set centers around their entire 1967 self-titled debut LP (included in its entirety), which mixed blues, country, and folk influences with hard-charging psychedelic rock & roll. The result was one of the Summer of Love's more enduring works. The second disc boils their wildly inconsistent 1968-69 material down to a fairly strong and coherent selection. While it doesn't match the peak of the group's initial burst, it features ... read more

Tracks:

1. Hey Grandma [Miller/Stevenson]
2. Mr. Blues [Mosley]
3. Fall on You [Lewis]
4. 8:05 [Miller/Stevenson]
5. Come in the Morning [Mosley]
6. Omaha [Spence]
7. Naked, If I Want To [Miller]
8. Rounder [Instrumental] [Spence]
9. Someday [Miller/Stevenson/Sp]
10. Ain't No Use [Miller/Stevenson]
11. Sitting by the Window [Lewis]
12. Changes [Miller/Stevenson]
13. Lazy Me [Mosley]
14. Indifference [Spence]
15. Looper [Audition Version] [Lewis]
16. Sweet Ride [Lewis/Miller/Mosley]
17. Bitter Wind [Alternate Version] [Mosley]
18. The Place and the Time [Alternate Version] [Miller/Stevenson]
19. Rounder [Live] [Spence]
20. Miller's Blues [Live] [Miller]
21. Changes [Live] [Miller/Stevenson]
22. Hey Grandma [Single Version] [Miller/Stevenson]
23. Omaha [Single Version] [Spence]
24. Big [Miller/Stevenson]
25. Skip's Song ["Seeing" Demo][Version] [Spence]
26. You Can Do Anything [Demo Version] [Spence]
27. Murder in My Heart for the Judge [Miller/Stevenson]
28. Bitter Wind [Mosley]
29. Can't Be So Bad [Miller/Stevenson]
30. Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot [Spence]
31. He [Lewis]
32. Motorcycle Irene [Spence]
33. Funky-Tunk [Spence]
34. Rose Colored Eyes [Mosley]
35. If You Can't Learn From Your Mistakes [Peter Solo Version] [Lewis]
36. Ooh Mama Ooh [Miller/Stevenson]
37. Ain't That a Shame [Lewis/Miller/Steven]
38. Trucking Man [Mosley]
39. Captain Nemo [Miller/Stevenson]
40. What's to Choose [Lewis]
41. Going Nowhere [Miller/Stevenson]
42. I Am Not Willing [Lewis]
43. It's a Beautiful Day Today [Mosley]
44. Right Before My Eyes [Lewis]
45. Truly Fine Citizen [Dell'Ara/Deli'Ara]
46. Hoochie [Mosley]
47. Soul Stew [Mosley]
48. Seeing [Spence]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.