Quicksilver Messenger Service - Anthology (BGO)

Artist:

Lawson, Doyle

UPC:

5017261202703

See Also:

Bluegrass Album Band (The) Cash, Rosanne Lonesome River Band (The) O`Brien, Tim

Description:

2 LPs on 1 CD.
This 16-song collection on two LPs was the way that a lot of people first picked up on the Quicksilver Messenger Service. Without a string of charting singles to help drive album sales in the manner that the Jefferson Airplane enjoyed, their original LPs mostly passed unnoticed outside of the locales where they played regularly. But for those who came along a little later, here were most of the highlights of the band`s first six LPs, opening with "Pride of Man," "Dino`s Song," etc., and all in a cool-looking silver-on-black jacket that, one suspects, just may have influenced the design of the Grateful Dead`s What a Long Strange Trip It`s Been some four years later. Rhino`s Sons of Mercury double-CD set ranges wider, but for a single-CD compilation or a basic introduction to the band, Anthology is hard to beat, which may explain why Beat Goes On re-released it on CD in the 1990s with new notes by John Tobler. That -- or the vinyl version if one is still wedded to that format -- are the versions to get. ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Pride of Man
2. Dino`s Song
3. Fool, The
4. Bears
5. Mona
6. Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder
7. Three or Four Feet From Home
8. Fresh Air
9. Just For Love
10. Spindrifter
11. Local Color
12. What About Me
13. Don`t Cry My Lady Love
14. Hope
15. Fire Brothers
16. I Found Love

Album Information

Release Date:

01/23/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Psychedelic

Label:

Beat Goes On

Catalog Number:

270

Original Release Year:

1973

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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