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Track List
01) Little Hands
02) Cripple Creek
03) Diana
04) Margaret - Tiger Rug
05) Weighted Down (The Prison Song)
06) War in Peace
07) Broken Heart
08) All Come to Meet Her
09) Books of Moses
10) Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin for Yang)
11) Lawrence of Euphoria
12) Grey / Afro
13) This Time He Has Come
14) It's the Best Thing for You
15) Keep Everything Under Your Hat
16) Furry Heroine (Halo of Gold)
17) Givin' Up Things
18) If I'm Good
19) You Know
20) Doodle
21) Fountain
22) I Think You and I
01) Little Hands
02) Cripple Creek
03) Diana
04) Margaret - Tiger Rug
05) Weighted Down (The Prison Song)
06) War in Peace
07) Broken Heart
08) All Come to Meet Her
09) Books of Moses
10) Dixie Peach Promenade (Yin for Yang)
11) Lawrence of Euphoria
12) Grey / Afro
13) This Time He Has Come
14) It's the Best Thing for You
15) Keep Everything Under Your Hat
16) Furry Heroine (Halo of Gold)
17) Givin' Up Things
18) If I'm Good
19) You Know
20) Doodle
21) Fountain
22) I Think You and I
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First Released
1969
Folk
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Rock/Pop
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Slow
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Oar is a 1969 solo album by Moby Grape co-founder Skip Spence. It is Spence's only solo album, recorded over seven days in Nashville, on which Spence plays all of the
instruments.
Described as "one of the most harrowing documents of pain and confusion ever made",
the album was recorded after Spence had spent six months in Bellevue Hospital.
Spence had been committed to Bellevue following a delusion-driven attempt to attack
Moby Grape band mates Don Stevenson and Jerry Miller with a fire axe,
after having ingested LSD.
Record producer David Rubinson suggested that Spence record at the Columbia studios
in Nashville, where there was a particularly patient recording engineer,
Mike Figlio. Rubinson instructed Figlio to keep the tapes running at all times,
to record everything that Spence did. The majority of the tracks were recorded using
a three-track recorder. Rubinson chose to stay away from the studio, concerned that
Spence's recording activities would be distracted by the presence of a producer.
When first released, Oar was not promoted by Columbia Records, despite pleadings
from producer David Rubinson.
It was at the time the lowest-selling album in Columbia Records history,
and was deleted from the Columbia catalog within a year of its release.
Due to fans efforts the Album had been re-released twice and earned better production and 10 new songs over the years.
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Oar is a 1969 solo album by Moby Grape co-founder Skip Spence. It is Spence's only solo album, recorded over seven days in Nashville, on which Spence plays all of the
instruments.
Described as "one of the most harrowing documents of pain and confusion ever made",
the album was recorded after Spence had spent six months in Bellevue Hospital.
Spence had been committed to Bellevue following a delusion-driven attempt to attack
Moby Grape band mates Don Stevenson and Jerry Miller with a fire axe,
after having ingested LSD.
Record producer David Rubinson suggested that Spence record at the Columbia studios
in Nashville, where there was a particularly patient recording engineer,
Mike Figlio. Rubinson instructed Figlio to keep the tapes running at all times,
to record everything that Spence did. The majority of the tracks were recorded using
a three-track recorder. Rubinson chose to stay away from the studio, concerned that
Spence's recording activities would be distracted by the presence of a producer.
When first released, Oar was not promoted by Columbia Records, despite pleadings
from producer David Rubinson.
It was at the time the lowest-selling album in Columbia Records history,
and was deleted from the Columbia catalog within a year of its release.
Due to fans efforts the Album had been re-released twice and earned better production and 10 new songs over the years.
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