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Quicksilver Messenger Service was one of San Francisco's original psychedelic bands of the late 1960s that was popular among the hippie culture. Essentially a jam band, their early albums and live shows contributed to some of the best instrumental jams of the period. Quicksilver was an integral force in the creation of the Acid Rock genre, which is characterized by long instrumental solos, few (if any) lyrics and musical improvisation.
Author Tom Wolfe was first to describe the LSD-influenced music of The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, Iron Butterfly, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Cream, Jefferson Airplane, Ultimate Spinach, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Blue Cheer, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Great Society, Stone Garden and the Grateful Dead as "acid rock" in his book about Ken Kesey and the Acid Tests, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE - Compact-Disc Deluxe Vinyl Replicas [Limited Collector Edition] (2012)
1968 - Quicksilver Messenger Service
1969 - Happy Trails
1969 - Shady Grove
1970 - Just For Love
1970 - What About Me
1971 - Quicksilver
1972 - Comin' Thru
Deluxe Vinyl Replicas by Culture Factory constitute high quality reissued compact-discs which reproduce all the components of the original LPs and are their exact replicas in compact-disc size (5.3 x 5.3 inches), with authentic single or gatefold cardboard jackets and paper sleeves. In addition to the above, each compact-disc Deluxe Vinyl Replica includes a black finish CD complete with the original label to give it the look and feel of the original record album. The music is encoded using state of the art, high definition remastering in 96 kHz / 24 BIT audio.
1968 – Quicksilver Messenger Service
This was Quicksilver Messenger Service's first album, although they had already produced two songs for the soundtrack of the 1968 movie Revolution. The album displays the group's jam sound amidst lighter pop-oriented songs. Unlike contemporaries such as the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver's jams were highly planned as can be heard by comparing the studio versions of songs with those from bootleg live performances."Dino's Song" was written by founding member Dino Valenti who was at that time in prison due to marijuana-related offenses.
Tracklist:
1. "Pride of Man" – 4:08 (Hamilton Camp)
2. "Light Your Windows" – 2:38 (Gary Duncan, David Freiberg)
3. "Dino's Song" – 3:08 (Dino Valenti)
4. "Gold and Silver" – 6:43 (Gary Duncan, Steve Schuster)
5. "It's Been Too Long" – 3:01 (Nick Gravenites)
6. "The Fool" – 12:07 (Gary Duncan, David Freiberg)
1969 - Happy Trails
Happy Trails is the second album of the American band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Most of the album was recorded from two performances at the Fillmore East and Fillmore West.
Tracklist:
1. "Who Do You Love? - Part 1" – 3:32 (Ellas McDaniel)
2. "When You Love" – 5:15 (Gary Duncan)
3. "Where You Love" – 6:07 (John Cipollina, Duncan, Greg Elmore, David Freiberg)
4. "How You Love" – 2:45 (Cipollina)
5. "Which Do You Love" – 1:49 (Freiberg)
6. "Who Do You Love - Part 2" – 5:51 (McDaniel)
7. ""Mona"" – 7:01 (McDaniel)
8. "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" – 2:54 (Duncan)
9. "Calvary" – 13:31 (Duncan)
10. "Happy Trails" – 1:29 (Dale Evans)
1969 - Shady Grove
Nicky Hopkins, the English journeyman pianist who appears on albums by The Rolling Stones, The Who, all four of The Beatles and Steve Miller, joined the group for this album.
Tracklist:
1. "Shady Grove" (P. O. Wands) 2:59
2. "Flute Song" (Denise Jewkes) 5:17
3. "Three or Four Feet from Home" (Cipollina) 2:58
4. "Too Far" (Freiberg) 4:23
5. "Holy Moly" (Gravenites) 4:20
6. "Joseph's Coat" (Cipollina/Gravenites) 4:36
7. "Flashing Lonesome" (Freiberg/Gravenites) 5:21
8. "Words Can't Say" (Freiberg/Jewkes) 3:17
9. "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder" (Hopkins) 9:10
1970 - Just For Love
Just for Love is the fourth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released in August 1970, it marks the culmination of a transition from the extended, blues- and jazz-inspired improvisations of their first two albums to a more traditional rock sound. Founding member Dino Valenti, who returned to the band after a stint in prison on drug charges, was largely responsible for the new sound. Valenti's influence is readily apparent throughout; he composed eight of the album's nine tracks under the pen name Jesse Oris Farrow. Despite the marked change in the band's sound, it was their third straight album to reach the Top 30 on the Billboard charts, peaking at #27. The only single culled from the album, "Fresh Air," became the band's biggest hit, reaching #49.
Tracklist:
1. "Wolf Run, Pt. 1" (Jesse Oris Farrow) – 1:12
2. "Just for Love, Pt. 1" (Farrow) – 3:00
3. "Cobra" (John Cipollina) – 4:23
4. "The Hat" (Farrow) – 10:36
5. "Freeway Flyer" (Farrow) – 3:49
6. "Gone Again" (Farrow) – 7:17
7. "Fresh Air" (Farrow) – 5:21
8. "Just for Love, Pt. 2" (Farrow) – 1:38
9. "Wolf Run, Pt. 2" (Farrow) – 2:10
1970 - What About Me
What About Me is the fifth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released in December 1970 and recorded partly at the same sessions that produced Just for Love, the album is the last to feature pianist Nicky Hopkins and the last pre-reunion effort to feature founding members David Freiberg and John Cipollina.
Tracklist:
1. "What About Me" (Jesse Oris Farrow) – 6:43
2. "Local Color" (John Cipollina) – 3:00
3. "Baby Baby" (Farrow) – 4:44
4. "Won't Kill Me" (David Freiberg) – 2:32
5. "Long Haired Lady" (Farrow) – 5:55
6. "Subway" (Gary Duncan-Farrow) – 4:29
7. "Spindrifter" (Nicky Hopkins) – 4:38
8. "Good Old Rock and Roll" (Farrow) – 2:30
9. "All in My Mind" (Duncan-Farrow) – 3:48
10. "Call on Me" (Farrow) – 7:36
1971 – Quicksilver
Quicksilver is the sixth album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. Released in November 1971, it was the first album without original members John Cipollina and David Freiberg. Nicky Hopkins had also left at this point to continue his successful journeyman career. Only Gary Duncan and Greg Elmore remained from the original quartet.
Tracklist:
1. "Hope" – 3:01
2. "I Found Love" – 3:56
3. "Song for Frisco" - 4:58
4. "Play My Guitar" – 4:38
5. "Rebel" – 2:02
6. "Fire Brothers" – 3:12
7. "Out of My Mind" – 4:34
8. "Don't Cry My Lady Love" – 5:12
9. "The Truth" – 6:58
1972 - Comin' Thru
Comin' Thru is the seventh album by American psychedelic rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Tracklist:
1. "Doin' Time in the U.S.A." (Gary Duncan) – 4:15
2. "Chicken" (Traditional, arranged by Dino Valenti) – 4:03
3. "Changes" (Valenti) – 4:15
4. "California State Correctional Facility Blues" (Valenti, Duncan, Greg Elmore, Chuck Steaks) – 6:10
5. "Forty Days" (Valenti, Duncan, Elmore) – 5:31
6. "Mojo" (Valenti) – 5:34
7. "Don't Lose It" (Duncan, Valenti) – 5:57
Personnel
• John Cipollina - Lead Guitar
• Gary Duncan - Guitar, Vocals
• David Freiberg - Bass Guitar, Vocals, Viola
• Greg Elmore - Drums
• Nicky Hopkins - organ, piano, celeste, cello, harpsichord, keyboards
• Dino Valenti – vocals, guitar, flute, conga
• Mark Ryan – bass
• Chuck Steaks – piano, organ
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