Which group, that appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, released a 33⅓ rpm LP album in 1968 with one song recorded at 78 rpm?

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Moby Grape In mid-June 1967, Moby Grape appeared at the now legendary Monterey Pop Festival. Due to legal and managerial disputes, the group was not included in the D.A. Pennebaker produced film of the event, Monterey Pop. Moby Grape's Monterey recordings and film remain unreleased, allegedly because Matthew Katz demanded one million dollars for the rights. According to Peter Lewis, " told Lou Adler they had to pay us a million bucks to film us at the Monterey Pop Festival. So instead of putting us on Saturday night right before Otis Redding, they wound up putting us on at sunset on Friday when there was nobody in the place." The Moby Grape footage was shown in 2007 as part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of the film. Jerry Miller recalls that Laura Nyro was given Moby Grape's original position opening for Otis Redding, "because everybody was arguing. Nobody wanted to play first and I said that would be fine for me." .... The second album, Wow/Grape Jam, released in 1968, was generally viewed as a critical and commercial disappointment, even though the album charted at #20 in the Billboard Pop Albums charts, partially due to the unusual 2 albums for the price of 1 double-album packaging. Though Wow added strings and horns to some songs, their basic sound remained consistent from the debut album, featuring tight harmonies, multiple guitars, imaginative songwriting, and a strong level of musicianship. The album included the track "Just Like Gene Autry, a Foxtrot", a tribute to the ballroom music big band era which was tracked to only be played back properly at the speed of 78 RPM. This gimmick rendered the tune unlistenable on most conventional LP players. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/moby+grape/biography.html Jan 04 11, 6:21 AM

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In many ways, Wow is both the continuation and complete abandonment of everything Moby Grape started on their first album, 1967's Moby Grape. The lineup is the same as the first album, but one thing happened between Moby Grape and Wow - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. What that means is that Moby Grape, as with just about every band at this point, was looking to experiment and push their own boundaries. The success that Moby Grape had with that really depends on who you ask. Most fans and critics are in agreement that Wow is the textbook definition of a mixed bag. However much of a mixed bag it may be though, it works. Among the album's highlights are the bluesy courtroom drama "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" (for my money, the best song Moby Grape ever recorded), the hauntingly beautiful "Bitter Wind", the rock-fest known as "Can't Be So Bad", as well as "He", "Miller's Blues" and "Rose Colored Eyes". These are places where Moby Grape's experimentation definitely pays dividends. As for the rest of the stuff, things get a bit eccentric. Without question the album's strangest moment is "Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot". On the original Wow LPs, the song was cut at 78 RPM and the track begins with Skip Spence asking you to "kindly get up and change your turntable to 78." The track then goes to legendary radio voice Arthur Godfrey introducing "Lou Waxman and his Orchestra eminating from the Secaucus Lounge of the Fabulous Fandango Hotel in Weehawken, New Jersey". The song is complete with pops and ticks that make you really think you're listening to an old 1920s 78 RPM record. Other wierdness comes in Skip Spence's "Motorcycle Irene", complete with motorcycles racing by you in stereo, only to end in a bad crash. http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/moby_grape/wow/ Jan 04 11, 6:22 AM