Editing Moby Grape (section)

===1970s–1980s===
In 1971, the original five members reunited and, along with violinist Gordon Stevens, recorded ''[[20 Granite Creek]]'' for [[Reprise Records]].<ref name="Larkin"/> The group performed a few concerts to support the album, most notably during the last days of the Fillmore East before Spence left and the group broke up. These concerts were described by contemporary accounts as disastrous, and circulating recordings do little to challenge that assessment. These shows are noteworthy, however, due to their inclusion of original material that did not appear on their albums proper. Mosley contributed "When You're Down The Road" and "Just A Woman", Lewis "There Is No Reason", and Spence brought along a song referred to as "We Don't Know Now" (a misinterpretation of Miller on an audience recording telling them that they were "going to do Omaha now" before launching into the song) and "Sailing", a song which would be all but forgotten until Spence performed it with Moby Grape at a 1996 gig near Spence's home in Santa Cruz, California, at the Palookaville nightclub. They also performed songs cut for ''20 Granite Creek''. A Fillmore East gig saw Mosley doing an a capella rendition of "Ode To The Man At The End of The Bar".

Following the departure of Spence, and the band's consequent dissolution, the band reformed several times over the following years; featuring different combinations of the members.<ref name="Larkin"/> In 1973, Lewis, Miller, and Mosley reformed the band for some live shows; with guitarist Jeff Blackburn and drummer Johnny Craviotto filling the roles vacated by Spence and Stevenson. Following the end of the shows in 1975, Miller, Mosley, and Craviotto were joined by [[Michael Been]] (later of [[The Call (band)|The Call]]), under the name Fine Wine, and recorded an LP under the same name on [[Polydor Records]] in Germany in 1976.<ref name="Larkin"/> Following the end of Fine Wine, Mosley and Craviotto joined with Jeff Blackburn and [[Neil Young]] to form [[The Ducks]], which played in and around the [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] area during 1977, and were popular during the band's brief life;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.human-highway.org/pages/stories/ducks.html|title=The Ducks!|website=Human-highway.org|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> whilst Miller and Been went on to form The Original Haze, also originating around the Santa Cruz area, before joining Lewis and Spence in another reformation of Moby Grape; this time joined by keyboardist/sax [[Cornelius Bumpus]], drummers John Oxendine and Daniel Spencer, and bassist Chris Powell. The band released 1978's ''[[Live Grape]]'' album on Escape Records before again splitting in 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/cornelius-bumpus-mn0000120790|title=Cornelius Bumpus &#124; Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.corneliusbumpus.com/|title=Cornelius Bumpus Home Page|website=Corneliusbumpus.com|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Larkin"/>

The 1980s saw the band reform again on two occasions; firstly in 1983 with a line-up consisting of Lewis, Miller, Mosley, and Stevenson, which released the ''[[Moby Grape '84]]'' album before dissolving in 1984. Then, in February 1987, the full original line-up of Moby Grape, along with [[It's a Beautiful Day]], [[Fraternity of Man]], and the [[Strawberry Alarm Clock]], got together for a couple of shows. They performed their debut tunes "Hey Grandma", "Naked, If I Want To", "Omaha", "Fall on You", and "8:05", among others, before fans at the Marin Civic and Cupertino's DeAnza College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kippel.com/archives/journalism/files/14-3-bits.html |title=Extract from Relix newsletter archived on Kippel.com |website=Kippel.com |access-date=2011-12-07}}</ref> Following these shows Spence departed the band (for the final time), and his role within the group was filled by Dan Abernathy for recording and touring purposes.

Due to continued legal battle between the band and [[Matthew Katz]] over ownership of the "Moby Grape" name, other names were used during this period for performance or recording purposes; including Mosley Grape, Legendary Grape, Maby Grope, the previously used Fine Wine, and The Melvilles.<ref name="Larkin"/> This led to the band's 1989 ''[[Legendary Grape]]'' album being considered by some to be a Melvilles recording,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/bob-mosley-rock-artist?cat=entertainment |title=Information at |website=Answers.com |date=1942-12-04 |access-date=2011-12-07}}</ref> as, while it was originally issued as a Moby Grape cassette-only release, the tape eventually had to be withdrawn due to pressure from Katz's legal team; and it was subsequently repackaged and reissued as being by The Melvilles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chrisgoesrocks.blogspot.com/2007/06/moby-grape-wow-grape-jam-outstanding.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626075727/http://chrisgoesrocks.blogspot.com/2007/06/moby-grape-wow-grape-jam-outstanding.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2007|title=Moby Grape - Wow-Grape Jam (Outstanding Two 1968 Albums)|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref> Despite Jerry Miller, Bob Mosley and Peter Lewis continuing to release solo records in the 1990s and 2000s, Moby Grape has not released an album of new material since the release of ''Legendary Grape'' in 1989.<ref name="Larkin"/> Jerry Miller considers the 2003 remastered and supplemented CD version of ''Legendary Grape'' to be an essential Moby Grape album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://willybrauch.de/In_Their_Own_Words/jerrymiller_2003.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719113949/http://willybrauch.de/In_Their_Own_Words/jerrymiller_2003.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2011|title=The Many Incarnations of Moby Grape|first=Mick|last=Skidmore|website=willybrauch.de|date=December 19, 2003|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>