John Cipollina

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Quicksilver Messenger Service
1/24/70
Fillmore East, NYC

John Cipollina â€“ guitar
Greg Elmore â€“ drums
David Freiberg â€“ bass, vocals
Nicky Hopkins â€“ keyboards
Gary Duncan â€“ guitar, vocals
Dino Valenti â€“ guitar, vocals


source: aud cassette master
taped by Jim Cooper

unknown mics > hitachi trq-222

nakamichi dragon > benchmark ADC1 24/96 > tascam HD-P2,
compact flash > mac > fission > adobe audition 16/44.1 > xACT flac
transferred and seeded by Rob Berger 3/2016


disc one:
01 - Pride Of Man
02 - Subway
03 - Shady Grove
04 - Fresh Air
05 - Mona
06 - The Truth
07 - Mojo

disc two:
01 - Joseph's Coat >
02 - Edward,The Mad Shirt Grinder
03 - Poor Boy
04 - Who Do You Love > Poor Boy reprise

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Quicksilver Messenger Service
3/21/70
Olympic Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA

AUD > ? > "From The Plains of Quicksilver" limited edition picture disc via Harold Smith > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs > FLAC

[71:12]
01. Fresh Air [5:51]
02. Warm Red Wine [3:27]
03. Too Far [3:18]
04. The Truth [8:04]
05. Mona [10:23]
06. Rain [8:50]
07. Mojo [8:54]
08. Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder [7:09]
09. crowd cheers for more [1:44]
10. Who Do You Love// [13:29]

Quicksilver Messenger Service
John Cipollina: Guitar
Gary Duncan: guitar, vocals
Greg Elmore: drums
David Freiberg: bass, vocals
Nicky Hopkins: piano
Dino Valenti: vocals, rhythm guitar, congas


-Left channel is quite muffled throughout the recording. I increased the volume of the left channel by 20% to reduce the effects of this.
-t01: some warbling for first 30 seconds or so.
-t07: from 4:45-5:40 the sound goes back and forth between left and right channels. Very strange effect, and I can't tell why it's there. Since it's right in the middle of a hot JC solo, I think sombody put it there on purpose. Also, a 3-second drop out at 7:28 (probably tape flip).
-t10 fades out at the end, probably missing only a little bit of music.


Quicksilver Messenger Service
4/4/70
Fillmore East, NYC

John Cipollina â€“ guitar
Greg Elmore â€“ drums
David Freiberg â€“ bass, vocals
Nicky Hopkins â€“ keyboards
Gary Duncan â€“ guitar, vocals
Dino Valenti â€“ guitar, vocals


source: aud cassette master
taped by Jim Cooper

unknown mics > hitachi trq-222

nakamichi dragon > benchmark ADC1 24/96 > tascam HD-P2,
compact flash > mac > fission > adobe audition 16/44.1 > xACT flac
transferred and seeded by Rob Berger 3/2016


disc one:
01 - Fresh Air
02 - The Truth
03 - Subway
04 - Too Far
05 - Long Haired Lady
06 - Mona
07 - Warm Red Wine
08 - Mojo

disc two:
01 - Who Do You Love
02 - Poor Boy

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Quicksilver Messenger Service
6/13/70
Red Vest
Oahu, HI

Source: Master SBD > "Molly" C > DAT > SHN
[60:44]

1. Fresh Air (7:02)
2. Warm Red Wine (4:21)
3. Subway (8:26)
4. Pride of Man (4:21)
5. Baby Baby (4:54)
6. The Hat (9:20)
7. Freeway Flyer (7:26)
8. Mojo (14:48)

Dino Valente: Vocals
Gary Duncan: Guitar, Vocals
John Cipollina: Guitar, Vocals
Nicky Hopkins: Keyboards
David Freiberg: Bass, Vocals
Greg Elmore: Drums

Fresh Air has level fluctuations and extreme mixing going on for
the first few minutes as the recorder set up.  Once done, the
recording mix and levels are excellent.  There are a few small warts
that are on the master tape, but it is nothing serious at all.



Quicksilver Messenger Service
"What About Me" Studio Sessions
7/30/70

Soundboard (Engineer: Dan Healy) > ? > CD > Plexwriter PX-W4824A extraction (EAC v0.9 beta 4) > sector boundary verification (shntool v1.01) > level 8 FLAC encoding (Flac Frontend v1.7.1 etree edition).  EAC >> FLAC by jjoops.

Single Disc (13 tracks, 62:54)
Various bits and pieces of What About Me, some with acoustic portions (e.g., track 1), some with reverb (track 2), some a little longer and jammed out (track 9, very nice!), some pretty complete with vocals (tracks 11-12).

Notes:
- Nice sounding and very interesting material!

Thanks to the generous provider of this great stuff.


Quicksilver Messenger Service
08/30/70
KQED Studios
San Francisco, CA

Master FM Reel (Taped by Michael Parrish, Sony TC-366 Reel to Reel
using "Concert" polyester tape) > 3 CD > HP 9350i extraction using
EAC  (v0.9 beta 4) > tracking using CD Wave (v1.6) > .shn encoding
using mkwACT. Proper sector boundaries verified using .shntool.
EAC > SHN by Joe Jupille, with thanks to Andy Lemieux for the
source CD's

6. Fresh Air [7:32]
7. What About Me [5:59]
8. The Hat [9:25]
9. Mojo ... [8:56]





Quicksilver Messenger Service
12/31/70
Kabuki Theater
Los Angeles, CA

Pre FM SBD mix

Disc 1
01. Fresh Air
02. New Year's Jam
03. Baby Baby
04. Too Far
05. The Truth
06. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
07. Dr Feelgood
08. Cobra
09. Song For Frisco
10. Mona

Disc 2
01. Subway
02. What About Me
03. Call On Me
04. Pride Of Man
05. Local Color
06. Not Fade Away
07. Mojo
08. Freeway Flyer



Quicksilver Messenger Service:
John Cipollina: Guitar
Gary Duncan: Guitar, vocals
Dino Valenti: Vocals, guitar
David Freiberg: Bass, vocals
Greg Elmore: Drums


SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
135379	1970-01-24	Fillmore East	New York	NY
aud cassette master, taped by Jim Cooper, transfer/seeded by Rob Berger
24625	1970-03-21	Olympic Auditorium	Los Angeles	CA
AUD > ? > "From The Plains of Quicksilver" limited edition picture disc via Harold Smith > cdrparanoia > WAV > repairs > FLAC
135380	1970-04-04	Fillmore East	New York	NY
aud cassette master, taped by Jim Cooper, transfer/seeded by Rob Berger
22035	1970-06-13	Civic Auditorium	Oahu	HI
Master SBD > "Molly" C > DAT > SHN
30728	1970-07-30	Wally Heider Recording Studio	San Francisco	CA
Soundboard > ? > CD > Plexwriter PX-W4824A extraction > sector boundary verification > level 8 FLAC encoding
164325	1970-08-30	KQED Studios	San Francisco	CA
Flac 1644: Master FM Reel (Taped by Michael Parrish, Sony TC-366 Reel to Reel using "Concert" polyester tape) > 3 CD > HP 9350i extraction using EAC (v0.9 beta 4) > tracking using CD Wave (v1.6) > .shn encoding using mkwACT. Proper sector boundaries verified using .shntool. EAC > SHN
23419	1970-12-31	Kabuki Theater	San Francisco	CA
Pre FM SBD mix

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