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| Artist: Quicksilver Messenger Service
Label: Snapper UK
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $9.93
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 24312
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 803415255627
EAN: 8034152556278
ASIN: B000MMLMYO
Release Date: February 26, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow, Jesse Oris | | • | New Year's Jam - Quicksilver Messenger Service, | | • | Baby, Baby - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow | | • | Too Far - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Freiberg | | • | Truth - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Valenti | | • | You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond - Quicksilver Messenger Service, | | • | Doctor Feelgood - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Smith | | • | Cobra - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Cipollina | | • | Song for Frisco - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Valenti | | • | Mona - Quicksilver Messenger Service, McDaniels | | • | Subway - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow |
Disc 2
| • | What About Me - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow | | • | Call on Me - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow | | • | Pride of Man - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Camp | | • | Local Colour - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Cipollina | | • | Not Fade Away - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Hardin | | • | Mojo - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Valenti | | • | Freeway Flyer - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow | | • | Subway - Quicksilver Messenger Service, Farrow | | • | Castles in the Sand - Quicksilver Messenger Service, | | • | Look Over Yonder Wall/State Farm - Quicksilver Messenger Service, | | • | Senor Blues - Quicksilver Messenger Service, |
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Album Details
Recorded in December of 1970 in San Francisco, this is the Last Show Recorded with Members John Cipollina and Dino Valenti. Includes 18 Live Tracks and a Bonus Four Studio Tracks Recorded in 1969 with Nicky Hopkins.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Live At Kabuki March 1, 2007
44 out of 48 found this review helpful
I love QMS. I am lukewarm about Dino Valenti. But everything else about them is great. This recording is obviously taken from a radio broadcast. The music may have been good but the sound quality is very ordinary. Greatdul Dead have shown that old tapes can be cleaned up to provide listenable recordings. No one bothered with this one. Unfortunately.
Help preserve a moment in time May 26, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" it is always enjoyable to hear live material from their contemporaries.
Sometimes fans of the great sound of San Francisco circa 1960's and early 70's lose out on terrific music because they are hung-up on the fidelity first and the recorded material second.
It would be a great world if everything sounded like George Martin was in control or had the passion of those that work on the Grateful Dead remasters, but we don't always have our cake and the ability to eat it to.
To pass on the two disc set from 1970 with not only the tracks Quicksilver would be known for such as the definitive "Pride Of Man", "Mona", "What About Me", etc, but the bonus studio recordings with Nicky Hopkins would be a major error.
We have all been to concerts that have been superlative but the acoustics may not have been extraordinary, so why should we feel every disc must sound like gold? If you are a fan of the band how could you go wrong with a live CD that helps us remember John and the ability to recapture history from so far back?
Be thankful the Kabuki Theatre has opened its doors to us!
Be well always,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
 Performance pretty inspired, recording primitive...... June 18, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Back around the time this was recorded, Stereo Review magazine was publishing some fabulous monthly reviews of contemporary music, written by Mr. Steve Simels. Back in that analog age, it was necessary to divide the review into two pieces, the quality of the music and the quality of the actual recording. The recording here, most of the time, sounds like it was done on a battery powered mini reel to reel, and occasionally spliced together from different source tapes! Jarring changes in volume and tone, muffles, etc. As to the music, the first CD is pretty doggone inspired, rocks on very well, maybe the liveliest version of "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" (mis-typed as "Band") I ever heard. Dino Valente's distinct high lonesome vocals, solid drumming, driving guitars, etc. The second disc is generally painful with a few bright moments, but mostly dispensable.
QUICKSILVERS LAST LIVE HURRAHH!!! May 23, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.
For Die-Hard Fans Only June 1, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.
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