Quicksilver Messenger Service - At the Kabuki Theatre
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Free Music Review: QUICKSILVERS LAST LIVE HURRAHH!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
I think this is the last live recording of all of Quicksilvers original band members, and if you are a fan of that band you will like this cd. The sound quality is horrible, but if you do some real intense work on your equalizer dials you can get a fair mix. I like getting to hear "Fresh Air" and "What You Going To Do About Me" with some of the other songs like "Mona" & "Pride of Man". If you are a solid Quicksilver fan this is a must have.Free Music Review: well, it is new year's eve...
Hit: 4 Stars
I really like Quicksilver and I would buy this album again; however, they sound really drunk and probally on acid too, not that that necessarilly has to be a bad thing. The sound recording is terrible. I think part of the problem is analog at times just won't convert to digital well.Free Music Review: QMS Live
Hit: 4 Stars
The sound is good = 3 stars and this a complete concert = 5 stars That's enough for me. You should be interested if you like "Happy Trail"Free Music Review: Not the best QMS but quite enjoyable
Hit: 3 Stars
As someone who was there in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the late 60's and early 70's, I saw QMS a number of times. I should have been at this show but couldn't decide between the Dead at Winterland or QMS up the street at the Kabuki....so I went to a New Year's party and listened to both. The Dead were on KSAN and QMS were on KMPX.
I have to say the Dead were way better that night but QMS was at the end of their rope and the Dead were just starting to rev up to the stratosphere.
A little background to this concert:
John Cipollina had already left the group when this was recorded. A dismal gig at Winterland three months earlier (I was there) headlining for the Dead and the Airplane was the last straw. Obviously, he was unhappy with the direction of the band under Dino Valente's increasing influence. He wasn't the only one. Quicksilver was booed almost off the stage by the hometown crowd when they showed up with a 5 man horn section and stunk up the joint. Everyone was so primed for them after great sets by the Dead and Airplane and they came out and fell flat on their face.
This gig was a last hurrah. They brought John back one last time and the results are the usual uneven. Sure, it had only been 3 months since they played live, but they are not as tight as they were earlier in the year. Nicky Hopkins was gone by this time, as well. Too bad.
While there are great moments (how can there not be when you have Cipollina and Duncan together), too much Dino Valente was the recipe for disaster with this group.
For years I've been pleading with whoever will listen and has access to release some of the gigs from early in 1970, (3/21/70 at the Olympic in LA would be heaven) when this band was at their absolute peak-the original 4 plus Nicky Hopkins and Dino Valente before he became overload. Maybe someday we'll see some of those concerts on CD. In the meantime, the Kabuki will have to do.
Free Music Review: For Die-Hard Fans Only
Hit: 3 Stars
I'm a sucker when it comes to Quicksilver Messenger Service. I fell in love with Happy Trails, and really enjoyed their first album. Everything else after that was always a hit and miss proposition. Each subsequent album had it's glorious moments, but were interspersed with sub-par, almost amateur songs. And... I hate Dino's voice. But... this album had the dual guitar attack of John and Gary, and the set-list didn't sound half bad, so I plunked down the money to buy it. As mentioned before, this is from a radio broadcast so the quality of the song is good, but not great (and sometimes bad). The performances, again, are hit and miss. And... no one in the band seems to know how to end a song! So many flubs. But... there are some great guitar solos, and for the most part John and Gary are sounding great.
If you don't know who QMS is, then get Happy Trails. You won't be disappointed. If you are a "completist", then add this to your collection. Just be forewarned the quality of the recording is just so-so. There are a few gems in here, but also a lot of mediocre stuff as well.