Moby Grape ** Error Cover w/ Middle Finger ** STILL SEALED ** USA MONO Album LP
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Moby Grape *** 1967 Columbia Mono LP
** STILL SEALED ** Middle Finger Error Cover COVER CONDITION: NM / MINT - Factory Seal around all 4 corners and edges
RECORD CONDITION: MINT - Still Sealed so its never been playes
LABEL CONDITION: Mint - Still Sealed - Columbia CL 2698
YEAR: 1967
Moby Grape is the 1967 debut album by rock band Moby Grape. Coming from the San Francisco scene, their reputation quickly grew to immense proportions, leading to a bidding war and a contract with Columbia Records. The album peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in September 1967.
The cover photograph is by noted rock photographer Jim Marshall. On the original release, Don Stevenson is shown "flipping the bird" (making an obscene gesture) on the washboard. It was airbrushed out on subsequent pressings, but the UK reissue on Edsel/Demon restored it.
The flag behind Skip Spence is actually a United States flag that Columbia Records decided to obscure through airbrushing, presumably due to the political climate of the times. On the original release, the flag is colored red. When the cover was revised to remove the offending finger mentioned above, the flag was changed from red to black, again presumably due to possible political interpretations (the association of the color red with communism). The Edsel vinyl (1984) and CD (1989) re-issues restored the photo to its original state, with Don Stevenson's displayed finger and an un-airbrushed United States flag. Other CD re-issues use the cover from the first pressing, with the finger intact and the flag tinted red.
TRACK LISTINGS:
- Omaha
- Hey Grandma
- Fall On You
- Changes
- Sitting By The Window
- 8:05
- Someday
- Ain't No Use
- Lazy Me
- Indifference
- Mr. Blues
- Come In The Morning
- Naked, If I Want To
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