Moby Grape - Moby Grape (CS 9498 Vinyl Record - Finger Cover)
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Moby Grape
Moby Grape
on Columbia Records (CS 9498)
Original Middle Finger Cover
Condition: Cover is G Record is VG
Moby Grape is the rock band Moby Grape's eponymous 1967 debut album. 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.Production began on Moby Grape in Los Angeles in March 1967.[2] Produced by David Rubinson, it took just six weeks, and $11,000,[3] from March 11 to April 25, to record all thirteen tracks and a fourteenth that was intended for the album but for which lyrics were never written ("Rounder").[2]
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 re-issue 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.
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