SILVER SUMMER 1968

I had a request for this one a couple of months ago, At that time I could not locate it. I stumbled across it yesterday while cleaning  out some files So here you go better late than never I guess

Tracks

1. Light Your Windows 2:09 (3:09)

2. Dino's Song 3:37 (3:36)

3. The Fool 13:25

4. Who Do You Love 12:48

5. Mona 11:49 (11:48)

6. Smokestack Lightning 10:48

7. Codine 6:01

8. Back Door Man 4:30 (4:19)

9. Acapulco Gold and Silver 12:01 (12:11)

Total 78:20 (78:10)

WEARING THE HAT 75

About a month ago i received an email from Gregg who gave me a link to this show by QMS,

SteVe asked where I find this music well as in this case a lot of these treasures come from you all.

This one is from the tour of 75 and was in the last days of John's participation in the band. I do not believe he appeared on this one so if your a big Dino fan it is right for you.  Hats off to Gregg for the show and as always you can never have too much Quicksilver 

Quicksilver Messenger Service

1975-07-13  San Jose, CA  Civic Auditorium  (M1-AUD)

"You better come up here & smoke what we're smokin'!"

01. --tune-up & hellos-- 

02. Dr. Feelgood

03. Fresh Air

04. Baby Baby

05. Mona -> guitar solo -> ? (instru.) -> bass solo -> Mona 

06. The Hat -> They Don't Know -> Play My Guitar

07. What About Me

08. Freeway Flyer

Total Time ::: 1:10:36

Line-up ::: Gary Duncan - guitar, vocals // Dino Valenti - guitar, vocals // Greg Elmore - drums // Michael Lewis - keyboards // Skip Olsen - bass.

WINTERLAND FLYERS

A few days ago I received this file from one of my readers. I had posted this show a very long time ago but this one deserves another listen . The sound quality is upgraded tremendously from previous posting and it includes the "who do you love" track which had been omitted  previously.I upgraded the artwork from a picture I had for a while. A big Thank You to Nikola Josic for sending me this great show. All Quick is surely appreciated.

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Winterland, San Francico, CA 

1975-12-28

01 Fresh Air 

02 Mona 

03 Baby, Baby 

04 Gypsy Lights 

05 Heebie Jeebies 

06 Cowboy On The Run 

07 Bittersweet Love

08 They Don't Know

09 Play My Guitar

                                                 10 What About Me                                                     

11 Freeway Flyer

12 Worryin' Shoes

13 Who Do You Love

tt: 1:27:16

Dino Valenti - Guitar, Vocals 

John Cipollina - Guitar, Vocals 

Gary Duncan - Guitar, Vocals

Skip Olsen - Bass, Vocals

Michael Lewis - Keyboards

Greg Elmore - Drums

LATTER DAY SILVER

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE
April 23, 1976   Friday
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Worcester, Ma. USA

Disc One   54:53
01. intro & tuning  1:36
02. Fresh Air *  6:40
03. Dr.Feelgood  5:30
04. The Truth  4:47
05. Mona  11:55
06. Gypsy Lights  3:11
07. Play My Guitar  4:51
08. They Don't Know  4:55
09. Bittersweet Love  4:51
10. What About Me  6:32

Disc Two   35:05
First Encore
01. Freeway Flyer  5:39 >
02. Can You Feel The Music  14:05
03. ovation & tuning  3:09
Second Encore
04. Subway  12:10

Gary Duncan - guitar, vocals
Greg Elmore - drums
Michael Lewis - keyboards
Skip Olsen - bass
Dino Valenti - guitar, vocals

BACK TO THE BAY

 

Let's start the New Year right! Here's a QMS show that has recently surfaced on Dime and BigOZine'

It sounds excellent especially for such an early performance in their career. Thanks to Alan for the nod!

Line-up ::: Jim Murray - vocals, harmonica, tambourine // John Cipollina - electric guitar, vocals // Gary Duncan - electric guitar, vocals // David Freiberg - electric bass, vocals // Greg Elmore - drums, percussion. 

Quicksilver Messsenger Service

1966-08-xx(*) San Francisco, California  Matrix Coffeehouse

More than likely from a three night stand in early August but cannot be verified as fully accurate

01. Little Dandelion

02. All Night Worker
03. Hoochie Coochie Man
04. Duncan & Brady
05. Pride Of Man
06. You Don't Love Me
07. Dino's Song (->)
08. Hair Like Sunshine
09. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
10. Mona//
11. Got My Mojo Working
12. Remember Me  
13. I Hear You Knocking
14. Runaway
15. Smokestack Lightning
16. Suzie-Q
17. You Don't Love Me (#2)
18. Dino's Song -> (#2)
19. Hair Like Sunshine (#2)   

DUNCAN'S QMS 2010

 

 QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

29-04-2010
The Grove Of Anaheim
Anaheim, CA

01 Mona (9:47)
02 Fresh Air (4:45)
03 Close Enuf 4 Jazz (11:57)
04 I Don't Want To Live In Fear (7:00)
05 Gypsy Lights (6:08)
06 Pride Of Man (4:37)

Total time 44:14
complete show, soundboard

Gary Duncan - vocal, lead guitar
David Freiberg - vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar
Chris Smith - keyboard, keyboard bass
Linda Imperial - vocal
Donny Baldwin - drums

 

IMPERIALISTIC

 

Sometime late 2011 or 2012 Gary Duncan pulled out of his connection and touring with the Jefferson Starship. With him he took the Quicksilver moniker. Not to be left out in the cold David Freiberg and his wife Linda Imperial have resurfaced as The Imperial Messenger Service. They have been opening for the Starship as of earlier this year and are  performing QMS material and are playing it somewhat better than Duncan was doing. Their set also highlights Linda's material since in realistic terms the band is essentially hers.

The QMS is just as much part of Freiberg's legacy as was anyone else in the band. Here are four sets from IMS . They are short but are pretty good. Thanks David for keeping the QMS spirit alive !

Rrazz Room, 1000 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA

Friday 18th January 2013, early show.

01. intro
02. Pride Of Man
03. intro to Edward
04. Edward The Mad Shirtgrinder
05. Breakfast Of Blues
06. guitar Slick raffle announcement
07. Fresh Air

Saturday 19th January 2013, early show.

01. Mona
02. Cowboy On The Run
03. The Storm Is Over
04. guitar Slick raffle announcement / intro to Edward
05. Edward The Mad Shirtgrinder

Saturday 19th January 2013, late show.

01. intro / band
02. Pride Of Man
03. "where are we?"
04. Breakfast Of Blues
05. Cowboy On The Run
06. Loving You All The Way Down To The Bottom
07. signed guitar Slick raffle announcement
08. What About Me

Sunday 20th January 2013.

01. Mona
02. Cowboy On The Run
03. The Storm Is Over
04. intro to Edward
05. Edward The Mad Shirtgrinder
06. signed guitar Slick raffle announcement
07. Fresh Air

Imperial Messenger Service are

Linda Imperial - vocals, percussion
David Freiberg - vocals, acoustic guitar
Peter Harris - electric guitar
Jude Gold - electric guitar, backing vocals
Paul Lamb - bass, backing vocals
Chris Smith - keyboards
Donnie Baldwin - drums, backing vocals

SILVER NUGGETS

   A final post in this run of QMS material. Here's a brief history of the band in it's various incarnations. I tried to select some material that you may  or may not have heard. I could spend all day putting together this great music from San Francisco's finest!

01  Maiden Of The Cancer Moon/ Calvary ...... A live selection from the classic QMS lineup. Taken from the "Happy Trails" recording time frame. Several takes of this guitar driven psychedelics were edited to the classic LP's " live" release.

02  Codine.
03  Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You .... " Revolution" tracks  Both of these tracks were recorded specifically for the soundtrack but were staple items in the QMS concert playlist

04  Walkin' Blues
05  I Hear You Knockin'..... blues standard tunes played early in the band's early live shows

06  It's Been Too Long...... A band original from the first LP

07  Bears ....... a 45rpm release that the band wanted for "the kids"  Very different!

08  Word's Can't Say..... from the "Shady Grove" LP

09  Joseph's Coat
10  Holy Moly
11  Shady Grove ......All outtakes from the third LP

12  Edward,,,,,,,From the studio sessions for Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder

13  Cobra........Rehearsal track from the "Just For Love " LP

14  Rain........Outtake from the "What About Me"  LP

15  Play My Guitar......Studio rehearsal track. this song would eventually find it;s way to the "Quicksilver" LP of 71

16  The Letter
17  Bittersweet Love( Instrumental)
18  I Heard You Singin' (Instrumental)
19  Honky Tonk Jekyll and Hyde
20  Unvicious Circle (early cut)
21  Worryin' Shoes
22  Hebbie Jeebies..........All from John's Reels

23. Not Fade Away.....  A live QMS version of the classic Holly song
 
24  Pistolero.......    Duncan's Quicksiver in 86 with an instrumental with classic QMS influences 

CLOSING THE FILLMORE

On July 3, 1971, Quicksilver Messenger Service participated in the closing week concerts at the Fillmore West in San Francisco.

Disc 1

1. Setting up
2. Bill Graham intro >Fresh Air
3. Baby Baby
4. Dr. Feelgood
5. Much To Say
6. Words Can't Say
7. Mona
8. Subway
9. Ain't That A Shame
10. Doing Time In The USA
11. Mojo
12. Too Far

Disc 2
1. The Truth
2. Roadrunner
3. The Hat
4. Who Do You Love
5. What About Me
6. Call On Me
7. Motorcycle Blues(Freeway Flyer)


Dino Valenti Vocals, Guitar
Gary Duncan Guitar, Vocals
David Freiberg Bass, Vocals
Greg Elmore Drums
Chuck Steaks Keyboards

CLASSIC QMS KSAN

Quicksilver Messenger Service - 1968. KSAN, San Francisco, CA , 1ST & 2ND GIG, FM SBD
San Francisco, CA
1968*

*This tape is circulating as april 1st or 6th 1968. Nobody really know if the performances broadcasted by
KSAN were exactely the same of the Winterland show from April 6th.

FM SBD Even though sources claim this as a SB the actual sound quality is rough but again remember it's History and I am thankful to hear it

1st Gig.

01 The Fool
02 Pride Of Man
03 Walkin' Blues
04 Light Your Window
05 Who Do You Love
06 Smokestack Lightning (fades out at the very end)

2nd Gig.

01 The Fool (around m. 5:56 the sound is missing for 1 sec)
02 Who Do You Love
03 Gold and Silver +
04 Too Long +
05 Backdoor Man

+ possibly the Saxophone player on those 2 tracks is Steve Schuster.(Jack Bonus)

BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS

Gone are Cipollina, Freiberg, and Hopkins. Now it's in the hands of Capt Valenti and First Mate Duncan. It's not over yet my good friends. The next couple of LP's will produce some pretty damn good music. "Quicksilver" and " Comin' Thru" are released but the band seems to be losing altitude. Some notes about this show. John left the band but for some strange reason does play a few more dates with the band and I believe this is one of them. I really do not know why since at this point the band is totally Dino driven and John's part is pushed to the point of backup band member. I have no idea of the band members for this so if you know let me in on it.

POWERS AND COMPANY

Soon after Dino's return so does Gary Duncan and a new stage is set on the QMS story.
The new version goes on the road early in 70. A series of shows begins with the New Look QMS
The transformation is complete and QMS begins another change in it's history

Quicksilver Messenger Service
March 21, 1970
Olympic Auditorium
Los Angeles, California

disc 1
01 [06:12] Fresh Air
02 [03:25] Warm Red Wine
03 [00:31] talk
04 [03:35] Subway
05 [03:32] Too Far
06 [08:27] The Truth
07 [11:26] Mona [cuts in at beginning of song]
08 [09:26] Rain



disc 2
01 [09:17] Mojo
02 [07:23] Edward The Mad Shirt Grinder
03 [01:58] encore break
04 [24:59] Who Do You Love?
05 [00:23] final thanks and applause



John Cipollina - guitar
Gary Duncan - guitar, vocals
Greg Elmore - drums
David Freiberg - bass, vocals
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Dino Valenti - vocals, rhythm guitar, congas

BOOK EM' DINO HAWAII 7 0

A bootleg from the band while on their Hawaiian excursion with even more prominent emphasis on Valenti The next two albums, Just for Love and What About Me are sometimes called the "Hawaiian" albums because they were recorded mostly in a studio in that state, and both have a similar Hawaiian motif to their cover designs. They also sound similar to each other and very different from the group's earlier repertoire. Guitarist Gary Duncan is back. But an even bigger change is that Dino Valenti had become the lead singer and (under a pseudonym) main songwriter. What had been a jamming guitar band became little more than the backup musicians for a folk / pop oriented singer-songwriter; naturally this alienated some fans, but the records sold relatively well and produced the group's one legitimate hit radio single, "Fresh Air". Before the next recordings, John Cipollina, David Freiberg, and Nicky Hopkins all went their separate ways.

HAWAIIAN REHEARSALS

 

  

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

Hawaiian Rehearsal recordings, Opaglua Lodge Oahu, Hawaii; June 4, 1970. Excellent soundboard. 

Line-up : John Cipollina, David Freiberg, Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Nicky Hopkins, Greg Elmore

WAM OUTTAKES

Wally Heider Studios SF California
July 28 & 30 1970 Soundboard

Disc 1

1-11 What About Me Outtakes
12 What About Me> Baby Baby
13 What About Me Complete
14-15 Subway
16 Bittersweet Love


Corte Madera SF California
July 31 1979

Disc 2
1 Rain #1
2 Freeway Flyer( acoustic)
3 Tuning
4 Rain #2
5-11 Subway Takes
12 Chatter
13-14 Subway
15 Rain #3
16-18 Subway

DANCING EDWARD

Here is a bootleg that is (to the best of my knowledge) from John Cipollina's private collection. I have little knowledge of who actually takes part in this studio session and various outtakes. My original source claims all of the then current band members were on this recording. However in listening to the complete recording I would suggest that is pretty much John and Nicky working out various  riffs on "Edward". There is also the possibility that there is another session dated 7-23 and 24 with additional recordings. Take it for what it's worth in historical value. Feedback on the post is welcome

EDWARD AND THE GRINDERS

I could find very little info on this but I will tell you it sounds like a soundboard and contains one truly awesome WDYL. This particular one is 30 minutes long and Nicky Hopkins can be heard in the mix and he sounds stark raving mad.His piano is a great boost to a song in which you would Not expect it. One of the best versions of this song I have ever heard.

01 Subway
02 Too Far
03 Warm Red Wine
04 The Truth
05 Mona
06 Long Haired Lady
07 Mojo
08 Pride Of Man
09 Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder
10 Who Do You Love

Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 04/15/1970

Dino Valenti vocal, guitar
Gary Duncan guitar, vocal
David Freiberg bass, vocal
John Cipollina guitar, vocal
Nicky Hopkins piano
Greg Elmore drums

DUNCAN OUT>HOPKINS IN

So Gary Duncan decides to leave the band and they ask Nick Gravenites to join. He did not stick as a band member but did indeed form a great musical relationship with John Cipollina. They recruit world reknown keyboard player Nicky Hopkins( who had already racked up countless credits with other recording artists) He fit right in and added a new level of creativity to the QMS sound and would remain with them for several years. Interesting is the fact that the LP "Shady Grove" would be produced by Nick Gravenites

Disc 1

1. As Good as You've Been To This
2. Blues Jam
3. Holy Moly
4. Medley
5. Moon Song
6. My Labors

Disc 2

Tracks 1-5 Flashing Lonesome takes
Tracks 6-11 Joseph's Coat takes

Bootleg

STUDIO SESSIONS

Quicksiver has a lot of studio outtakes that have been saved from the early days of the band. Most of these recordings have surfaced thanks to the personal library of John Cipollina. John"s archives are a great inside look into the band and I am going to put some of these out there for your interest. A lot of these outtakes and studio sessions are quick takes, incomplete songs,rehearsals and jam sessions. Take them for what they are worth...a look into the Quicksilver history.Up first a couple of sessions from the first QMS LP

MERCURY COURIER COMPANY

Quicksilver Messenger Service
San Jose, CA,
September 1966



Tracks
01 All Night Worker
02 Wakin Blues
03 I Hear You Knockin'
04 Mona
05 Your Time Will Come
06 Smokestack Lightning
07 Who Do You Love