Finest Westcoast Of The Sixties: Moby Grape - The Very Best Of - Vintage (1967-69) (Columbia, Legacy 1993) 2 CD

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 some strong folk and country-rock originals that wear much better in the absence of the bloated jams and half-baked hard rock that could make their albums a chore to sit through.

Each disc includes interesting demos, outtakes, and live performances that round out the legacy of this prodigiously talented but ill-fated band, which was overcome by internal strife and label/management difficulties after their promising debut.(Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com)

I completely second the review by Mr. Unterberger (and that's not often the case, lol) about this double disc release from one of my favourite westcoast bands of the sixties. Highly recommended. Enjoy.(Frank)

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