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Title: Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1968, Psychedelic Rock, San Francisco Acid Rock, San Francisco, California 6/26
Matrix #: ST 2904
Condition: VG (TC) | Members: John C (43' - 89'), Gary D (46' - 19'), David F (38' - Alive), Greg E (46' - Alive)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Dino Valenti, an early force around the band, spent key formative time in prison on drug charges, leaving Quicksilver to rise without its original frontman figure.
2. Scene Ecology: They were part of San Francisco’s first-wave ballroom circuit with the Dead, Airplane, Big Brother, and Country Joe, built more from dance halls than radio.
3. Band Drama: Valenti’s later return changed the internal balance, and the band’s loose collective chemistry never fully survived the shift into the 70s.