Live Grape

Live Grape
Live album by
Moby Grape
Released1978
Recorded1977–1978
VenueThe Shady Grove,[1] San Francisco
The Inn of the Beginning,[2][3][4][5] Cotati, California[6][7]
Genre
Length48:44
LabelEscape Records
ProducerJohn Chesleigh
Moby Grape chronology
Great Grape
(1972) 		Live Grape
(1978) 		Moby Grape '84
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [8]

Live Grape is a 1978 album by Moby Grape, released by Escape Records, of live performances of the band at two venues in California, the Shady Grove in San Francisco and the Inn of the Beginning in Cotati.[9]

History

The album features core members Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller and Skip Spence. Original members Bob Mosley and Don Stevenson did not participate in the recordings, though Bob Mosley did appear with the band on occasion during this period.[10] At the time, band members were in a protracted legal dispute with former manager Matthew Katz over ownership of the Moby Grape band name. As a result, Moby Grape is not named anywhere on the cover.

The album was originally released by Escape Records in 1978. It was reissued on CD by Line Records in 1994 and Akarma Records in 2007.

Track listing

  1. "That Lost Horizon" (Lewis) – 4:52
  2. "Here I Sit" (Miller) – 2:38
  3. "Honky Tonk" (Butler, Bill Doggett, Clifford Scott, Shep Shepherd) – 5:20
  4. "Cuttin' In" (Johnny "Guitar" Watson) – 4:54
  5. "Must Be Goin' Now Dear" (Spence) – 3:34
  6. "Your Rider" (Lewis, Powell) – 3:12
  7. "Up In The Air" (Lewis) – 3:53
  8. "Set Me Down Easy" (Bumpus) – 5:00
  9. "Love You So Much" (Miller) – 3:36
  10. "You Got Everything I Need" (Miller) – 11:27

Personnel

Additional personnel

Other Credits

  • John Chesleigh - Producer
  • John Timms – Engineer
  • Richard Curtis – Design

References

  1. ^ "Merl Saunders and friends: Monday 21st/28th August 1978 Wednesday 23rd with John Kahn and special guest at Shady Grove 1538 Haight St by Saunders, Merl, Robert Pruzan, photo & David Wilts, design". abaa.org. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Visiting Historic Cotati". Sonoma County Gazette. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. ^ McDermid, Charles (November 19, 1998). "The Inn of the Beginning". MetroActive Music | bohemian.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ^ "How Cotati's 'Inn of the Beginning' got started". Sonoma County Gazette. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ "In the Sixties". cotaticity.org | Cotati, CA. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ^ "The Inn of The Beginning". Chicken on a Unicycle. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Inn of the Beginning, Cotati, CA". History Of Rock Music. 29 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ^ Allmusic review
  9. ^ Live Grape (sleeve notes). Moby Grape. Escape Records. 1978. ESA1A.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ Mosley had at that time joined with Neil Young to form The Ducks, which performed in and around Santa Cruz during 1977.