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Released
  
July 30, 1969

Length
  
29:54

Release date
  
30 July 1969

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
May 27–29, 1969

Artist
  
Moby Grape

Producer
  
Bob Johnston

Genre
  
Rock music

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Truly Fine Citizen (1969)
  
20 Granite Creek (1971)

Similar
  
Moby Grape albums, Rock music albums

Moby grape truly fine citizen 1969


Truly Fine Citizen is the fourth studio album by American rock band Moby Grape. It was released on July 30, 1969, by Columbia Records. After completing the album, the band went on hiatus until 1971 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley to record the reunion album, 20 Granite Creek.

Contents

Background

After the departure of Bob Mosley, the remaining trio headed to Nashville where they cut this album in just three days with legendary Columbia Records producer Bob Johnston. This album fulfilled the band's contract with Columbia Records. At the time, the band was in the midst of legal disputes with their manager, Matthew Katz, with the result that certain songs written by band members were instead credited to their road manager, Tim Dell'Ara. In particular, songs written by Jerry Miller and Don Stevenson became Tim Dell'Ara songs, to counter Matthew Katz withholding royalties on previous recordings.

Replacing Bob Mosley on bass was famed Nashville session musician Bob Moore, who had played bass on many Elvis Presley sessions and was one of the founders of Monument Records, for many years the recording home of Roy Orbison.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" and wrote, "In which what should have been America's greatest rock group gasps its last. Quite mediocre, despite a couple of lovely Peter Lewis songs."

Side one

  1. "Changes, Circles Spinning" (Peter Lewis) – 2:27
  2. "Looper" (Lewis) – 3:02
  3. "Truly Fine Citizen" (Tim Dell'Ara, but see above) – 1:47
  4. "Beautiful Is Beautiful" (Dell'Ara) – 2:29
  5. "Love Song" (Dell'Ara) – 2:22

Side two

  1. "Right Before My Eyes" (Lewis) – 2:02
  2. "Open Up Your Heart" (Dell'Ara) – 2:36
  3. "Now I Know High" (Lewis) – 6:10
  4. "Treat Me Bad" (Dell'Ara) – 2:17
  5. "Tongue-Tied" (Jerry Miller, Skip Spence) – 2:01
  6. "Love Song, Part Two" (Dell'Ara) – 2:41

Bonus tracks on 2007 CD edition

  1. "Rounder" [Live] (Spence) – 2:02
  2. "Miller’s Blues" [Live] (Miller, Bob Mosley) – 6:06
  3. "Changes" [Live] (Miller, Don Stevenson) – 4:17
  4. "Skip’s Song" ["Seeing" Demo] (Spence) – 3:26
  5. "Looper" [Demo, previously unreleased] (Lewis) – 2:06
  6. "Soul Stew" [Instrumental, previously unreleased] (Mosley) – 2:18
  7. "Cockatoo Blues" ["Tongue-Tied" Demo, previously unreleased] (Miller, Spence) – 3:41

Personnel

  • Peter Lewis - rhythm guitar, vocals
  • Jerry Miller - lead guitar, vocals
  • Don Stevenson - drums, vocals
    • Additional personnel
  • Bob Moore - bass

    • Charts

    Album - Billboard

    Songs

    1Changes - Circles Spinning2:34
    2Looper3:09
    3Truly Fine Citizen1:55

    References

    Truly Fine Citizen Wikipedia
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