Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Product type: Used Vinyl

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Title: Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Psychedelic, San Francisco Psychedelic Rock, San Francisco, California 5/26
Matrix #: ST-2904
Condition: EX-NM sounds and looks super clean (VZ) | Members: John C (43' - 89'), Gary D (46' - 19'), David F (38' - ), Greg E (46' - ), Jim M (42' - 13')
Cultural Facts:

  1. Personal Struggle: John Cipollina lived with chronic asthma and fragile health, yet became one of San Francisco’s most distinctive guitar figures before dying young at 45.
  2. Scene Ecology: The band came from the same ballroom ecosystem as the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, where posters, light shows, and long sets built a whole counterculture economy.
  3. Band Drama: Quicksilver’s lineup shifted early, with Dino Valenti’s drug arrest keeping him out of the first era and changing the band’s original path.