Here's the Wikipedia intro paragraph about the band:
"Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and, through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts. They were part of the new wave of album-oriented bands, achieving renown and popularity despite a lack of success with their singles. Though not as commercially successful as contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With their jazz and classical influences and a strong folk background, the band attempted to create an individual, innovative sound. Music historian Colin Larkin wrote: "Of all the bands that came out of the San Francisco area during the late '60s, Quicksilver typified most of the style, attitude and sound of that era."
Here's the link to the entire entry:
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Wikipedia
The band gained and lost a lot of key members by the time this concert took place. The idea of the band came from Dino Valenti, a songwriter, and John Cipollina, a talented lead guitarist. But before the band could really get started, Valenti was arrested for drug possession and had to spend a year in prison, causing him to miss out on the first couple of years in the band. However, he rejoined in 1969. After that, the vast majority of the band's songs were written by Valenti. (He was a very talented songwriter, best known for writing the classic "Let's Get Together," made famous by the Youngbloods.) But by the end of 1970, Cipollina left the band.
At the time of this concert, the band consisted of Gary Duncan (lead guitar), Greg Elmore (drums), Dino Valenti (lead vocals and guitar), and David Freiberg (bass and keyboards). While the loss of Cipollina and his lead guitar playing was unfortunate, Duncan was a talented lead guitar player as well, who had been with the band from the beginning (though he quit and rejoined in 1969).
So, to sum up, this band was different from the version that peaked in 1967 and 1968, mainly due to Valenti dominating the new version of the band. But it was arguably just as good, only different. Valenti's songwriting definitely helped matters. Around this time, he write the band's two most successful songs in terms of radio play, "Fresh Air" and "What about Me." Both of them were performed in this concert.
The song "Fresh Air" was included on the "Fillmore - The Last Days" album. Everything else here is unreleased.
This album is two hours and 14 minutes long.
01 Fresh Air (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
02 Baby Baby (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
03 talk (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
04 Dr. Feelgood (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
05 Much to Say (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
06 Words (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
07 Mona (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
08 Subway (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
09 Ain't That a Shame (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
10 Doing Time in the U.S.A. (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
11 Mojo (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
12 Come On Along (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
13 The Truth (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
14 Roadrunner (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
15 The Hat (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
16 Who Do You Love (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
17 What about Me (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
18 Call on Me (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
19 Motorcycle Blues (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
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The cover image is from this exact concert. It's a screenshot of band member Gary Duncan I took from the "Fillmore" movie.
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