Alexander 'Skip' Spence - Oar

The Canadian-born Alexander 'Skip' Spence was the co-founder of Moby
Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969

In the same year he released his only solo album: 'Oar'. The album was recorded after
Spence had spent six months in a mental institution following a delusion- driven
attempt to attack his Moby Grape band mates with a fire axe, after having ingested
LSD. As the urban myth goes, on the day of his release he drove a motorcycle, dressed
in only his pajamas, directly to Nashville to record his only solo album. Fact is that he
recorded this album in seven days, playing all the instruments himself and that the
end result is now considered to be a classic psychedelic folk album. After this album
Spence largely withdrew from the music industry.

Tracklist: 
Little Hands / Cripple Creek / Diana / Margaret- Tiger Rug / Weighted Down
(The Prison Song) / War In Peace / Broken Heart / All Come To Meet Her / Books Of
Moses / Dixie Peach Promenade / Lawrence Of Euphoria / Grey/Afro

Format: limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on crystal clear vinyl.
Label: Music On Vinyl
Genre: Folk
Condition: New
Catalogue Number: MOVLPC435
Barcode: 8719262044111

If unsealed, we ship records with the LP outside the sleeve to avoid seam splits.