Moby Grape - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-8-1974

The next concert coming from the Ebbets Field radio broadcasts is the band Moby Grape.

I really like this band, but they had a cursed history. Rock music author Jeff Tamarkin has written about them: "The Grape's saga is one of squandered potential, absurdly misguided decisions, bad luck, blunders, and excruciating heartbreak, all set to the tune of some of the greatest rock and roll ever to emerge from San Francisco. Moby Grape could have had it all, but they ended up with nothing, and less." Their 1967 debut album, the cleverly titled "Moby Grape," is on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the top 500 albums of all time. 

But things began falling apart as soon as that record was released. One big problem was their manager Matthew Katz, who got them to sign band contracts and basically managed them into the ground. One particular issue was that he took the rights to the name "Moby Grape." To get around this, in later years, the band would use a variety of other names instead, such as Mosley Grape, Legendary Grape, Maby Grope, Fine Wine, and The Melvilles! I don't know what they were billed as for this show, but hopefully everyone attending knew they were really Moby Grape.

By 1974, the band had had break-ups and key members departing, and sometimes returning. Around 1974, three of the five original members were still in the band: Peter Lewis, Jerry Miller, and Bob Mosley. Additionally, Jeff Blackburn and Johnny Craviotto filled in for other departed members. Blackburn, by the way, co-wrote "My, My, Hey, Hey" with Neil Young.

Here's the band's Wikipedia page:

Moby Grape - Wikipedia

At first, I thought this concert had been officially released, because I found a version with an entire professional appearing booklet of photos and relevant text. But it turns out that's just a well done "grey market" release. (That means it has been legally released in Europe only due to the copyright laws there, but the artists get none of the profits.)   

This album is an hour and three minutes long. 

01 Changes - Fall on You (Moby Grape)
02 Ain't No Secret (Moby Grape)
03 Hey Grandma (Moby Grape)
04 Murder in My Heart for the Judge (Moby Grape)
05 Gypsy Wedding (Moby Grape)
06 Miller's Blues (Moby Grape)
07 Window into My Soul (Moby Grape)
08 Gone Dead Train (Moby Grape)
09 Pan American (Moby Grape)
10 Silver Wheels (Moby Grape)
11 talk (Moby Grape)
12 Get On Up (Moby Grape)
13 Can't Be So Bad (Moby Grape)
14 Omaha (Moby Grape)
15 talk (Moby Grape)
16 Going Down (Moby Grape) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/THvT4vjz

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/D6EMMNr0m52Mq3r/file 

There are so few photos of the band in the 1970s that I had to resort to using one from 1978. That's Jerry Miller on the left and Peter Lewis on the right at the Civic Center Plaza, in San Francisco, in February, 1978.