![]() ![]() The album charted at #63 on Billboard upon release as the group continued to play shows across the country, with a specific preference for the Bay Area. Many songs which had been regulars of the group's live show in 19, including "Long Distance Call", "Smokestack Lightnin'", "All Night Worker", "Suzie Q", "Got My Mojo Workin'", "Walkin' Blues" and "I Hear You Knocking" were passed over for recording while other popular early staples like their covers of "Mona" and "Who Do You Love" would be saved for the next release. "Dino's Song" was written by Dino Valenti who was at that time in prison due to marijuana-related offenses he would eventually rejoin the group at the start of 1970 and radically alter its sound. The Quicksilver Messenger Service cover of Buddy Holly’s Mona, was released on their Happy Trails album. "Pride Of Man", "Dino's Song", and "Gold And Silver" (in a shortened 3 minute version) had appeared regularly in the group's live setlists as far back as 1966, while the multi-sectional, quasi-symphonic psych epic "The Fool" had first been premiered for shows in May 1967 and gradually extended and polished into what is heard here. Issued on lime green Capitol labels with pink/black circular logo sleeve with lamination on the front folding 1cm. Once again, we turn to another great cover version of a classic rock song. Gary Duncan and John Cipollina displayed innovative dueling lead guitars, which can be heard on extended jam tracks such as "Gold and Silver" and "The Fool". 1)Who Do You Love - Part 1 - 25.22 When You Love Where You Love How You Love Which Do You Love Who Do You Love - Part 22)Mona - 7.013)Maiden Of The Ca. 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. The album displays the group's jam sound amidst lighter pop-oriented songs. Who actually started Quicksilver seems to be in dispute according to John Cipollina, it was Dino Valente’s idea, but the day after they discussed it, Valente was busted on drug-related. Original singer/guitarist Jim Murray quit the group in August 1967 just prior to this album's recording and does not appear, as they adjusted to a four-man format. Quicksilver Messenger Service was formed in 1965 and was one of the leading acts on the San Francisco psychedelic scene. This was Quicksilver Messenger Service's first album, although they had already produced two songs for the soundtrack of the 1968 movie Revolution. ![]() Quicksilver’s 1969 live album Happy Trails was one of the jammiest jam band albums of all. Their influence has grown in the last twenty years. The San Francisco based Quicksilver were one of the original jam bands. Artist: Quicksilver Messenger Service Title: Happy Trails Date: 1968 Label: Capitol Records ST-120. Quicksilver Messenger Service is the debut studio album of Quicksilver Messenger Service, released in 1968. Gary Duncan, a founding member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, died at the age of 72 a few weeks ago. Nick Gravenites, Harvey Brooks, Pete Welding ![]()
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