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Quicksilver Messenger Service ??/??/1968

SHOWID 457402

Set I

Mona, Maiden Of The Cancer Moon, Calvary, Smokestack Lightning, Stand By Me,
Calvary, Happy Trails.

Set II

 

Set III

 

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QMS Smokestack Lightning. 1989 Swinging Pig Records

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Joe (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   Lineage for all tracks is ? -> LP -> Music Hall MMF-7/Ortofon OM-20 -> Adcom GFP-565 -> M-Audio...
Notes: 01. Pride of Man 02. Light Your Windows 03. I Hear You Knocking 04. Back Door Man 05. Dino's Song 06. The Fool 07. All Night Worker 08. Walkin' Blues 09. I Hear You Knocking 10. Mona 11. Your Time Will Come 12. Smokestack Lightning 13. Who Do You Love Quicksilver Acetate + Live in San Jose info
Joe (5/5) FLAC / View  
Notes: Quicksilver Messenger Service with Nick Gravenites 1968-xx-xx ::: California(?) ::: unknown studio session outtake ::: M1or2*-ST (48kHz/24bit files) ~*~ Carefully remastered fixing a couple of minor issues, without EQ or NR ~*~ 01. Bells Are Ringing Total Time ::: 3:20 ::: EXC+ stereo studio track. Check sample while downloading & by then you'll already have the whole enchilada. ::: Warts (None I heard): Repaired a couple of dullspots, but coulda missed one or two. ::: Tape is as labeled. Information was requested from several people but none was forthcoming. ::: Surely penned by Nick. Noted as"outtake"but sounds more like a demo or rehearsal & is possibly an unfinished song. ::: Gravenites wasn't a QMS member but helped produce their 1st LP&has 3 song credits on their 3rd("Shady Grove"). ::: If someone knows more about the session this was taken from, please do tell. Recording Information ::: John Cipollina's (master or 1st generation) stereo studio reel -> 48kHz DAT -> 1st or 2nd analog generation Maxell MX-90 cassette, Dolby B on. (*As with many of John's reels, actual lineage is unknown). Playback 2021-02-xx :::: 1st or 2nd analog generation Maxell MX-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth adjusted for individual tape, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (48kHz/24bit wav file) -> computer -> Audacity [normalisation to remove DC offset (NOT to normalize volume), channel/phase alignment, fades, a few manual one-at-a-time dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, pitch (speed) checked OK in frequency analysis, NO equalisation, NO noise reduction] -> CD Wave (track splits) -> 48kHz/24bit flacs (Trader's Little Helper) -> yr ears. Freed 2021-07-xx. Line-up (unconfirmed)::: John Cipollina (†R.I.P. 1989†) - electric guitar // Nick Gravenites - lead vocals // Gary Duncan (born Eugene Duncan, Jr., adopted at birth and named Gary Ray Grubb †R.I.P. 2019†) - electric guitar, vocals // David Freiberg - electric bass // Gregory Dale "Greg" Elmore - drums. Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline. DimeTravel 845 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader! Sincere thanks to whomever uploads this for me. ::: Corrections welcome ::: Assuming JC's tape notations were correct & copied correctly, this is NOT a later Gravenites&Cipollina effort, but in fact QMS from early on as noted. Guesswork could place this as a 1st QMS LP messaround song while Nick was producing. It does have a rough feel, like it is just being worked out. It certainly sound more like the '68 era than the next year - alternately, if the tape was mis-labeled, then it could certainly be much later outtake as is not unlike some later Gravenites&Cippolina efforts. The overt cocaine reference makes you wonder about the '68 date, but the sound of the other musicians does sound more like QMS to me, doesn't really sound like Nick on guitar. Perhaps some experts, like mossa or mjcrossuk could give it a listen & offer a more authoritative guess than I. Some KILLER John Cipollina guitarwork, whatever the case may be & tt's a fine listen, has graced my ears on many an occasion since the mid-80s. Your turn. Listen, enjoy, show appreciation, share, give, spread peace. Yrs truly, Knees Support the artists and/or their families! www.johncipollina.com -- www.nickgravenites.com -- www.dfquicksilver.com (David Freiberg) Do whatever you want with it except sell it, 'cause that ain't cool!
patrick graham (5/0) / 0 A A View   Bootleg CD
Notes: Mona,Maiden,Calvary,Smokestack recorded live at Filmore West 1968. Stand By Me, Calvary, Happy Trails recorded at Golden State Recorders 19 November 1968.
phil (1/5) flac / 0 a- View   silvers>?>cd
Notes: "Smokestack Lightning". Swinging Pig records