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Quicksilver Messenger Service Blues Rock Classic Rock 1972
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Comin' Thru flac album
  • Performer Quicksilver Messenger Service
  • Title Comin' Thru
  • Date of release 1972
  • Style Blues Rock, Classic Rock
  • Other formats MOD AAC VOC VQF MIDI MP3 AC3
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1115 mb
  • Size FLAC 1640 mb
  • Rating: 4.3
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The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts.

By: Quicksilver Messenger Service (1972, Rock). Just For Love by Quicksilver Messenger Service. Strange Trim by Quicksilver Messenger Service. Peace By Piece by Quicksilver Messenger Service. Shady Grove by Quicksilver Messenger Service. Quicksilver by Quicksilver Messenger Service. View all albums . Comin’ Thru. By: Quicksilver Messenger Service (1972, Rock). 1. Doin’ Time In The USA.

This track, and Valenti's promising but ultimately disappointing "Changes," were a sure sign that the band was delivering an album, but nothing more than that, as a way of fulfilling a contract; it's even hard to visualize the group doing this material on-stage. The presence of trumpets, trombones, and saxes is also a problem, because they make Quicksilver sound more like Blood, Sweat & Tears than themselves, and Valenti wasn't David Clayton-Thomas. But then there are hard-rocking numbers like "Doin' Time in the .

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This was Quicksilver Messenger Service's first album, although they had already produced two songs for the soundtrack of the 1968 movie Revolution. The album displays the group's jam sound amidst lighter pop-oriented songs. Unlike contemporaries such as the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver's jams were highly planned as can be heard by comparing the studio versions of songs with those from bootleg live performances. Dino's Song" was written by Dino Valenti who was at that time in prison due to marijuana-related offenses.

Quicksilver Messenger Service (album). Quicksilver Messenger Service. Studio album by Quicksilver Messenger Service. This was Quicksilver Messenger Service's first album, although they had already produced two songs for the soundtrack of the 1968 movie Revolution. Dino's Song" was written by founding member Dino Valenti who was at that time in prison due to marijuana-related offenses.

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A1 Doin' Time In The U.S.A.
Written-By – Gary Duncan
 4:15
A2 Chicken
Arranged By – Dino ValentiWritten-By – Traditional
 4:03
A3 Changes
Written-By – Dino Valenti
 4:15
A4 California State Correctional Facility Blues
Written-By – Chuck Steaks, Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore
 6:10
B1 Forty Days
Written-By – Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan, Greg Elmore
 5:31
B2 Mojo
Written-By – Dino Valenti
 5:34
B3 Don't Lose It
Written-By – Dino Valenti, Gary Duncan
 5:57

Credits

  • Bass – Mark Ryan
  • Drums – Greg Elmore
  • Engineer – Cecil Jones
  • Guitar, Vocals – Gary Duncan
  • Mixed By – John Wilson
  • Organ – Chuck Steaks
  • Photography – Don Peterson
  • Saxophone – Don Menza (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Sonny Lewis (tracks: B1)
  • Trombone – Charles Loper (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Pat O'Hara (tracks: B1)
  • Trumpet – Bud Brisbois (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Dalton Smith (tracks: A3, B2, B3), Ken Baizell (tracks: B1)
  • Vocals, Guitar, Congas – Dino Valenti

Notes

"A CAPITOL recording, released in Australia exclusively by World Record Club."

Australian WRC 1st pressing, sourced from original stampers and featuring unique sleeve art. Released during the transition from the "S/" numbering to the "R-", it has both numbers on the back of the sleeve, as "R 01867 (S/5751)", with the labels using the outgoing system, viz. "S-5751".

World Record Club: Registered Office - 605 Camberwell Road, Hartwell, Victoria, 3124.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SMAS-11002 Quicksilver Messenger Service Comin' Thru ‎(LP, Album, Jac) Capitol Records SMAS-11002 US 1972
ECP-80558 Quicksilver Messenger Service Comin' Thru ‎(LP, Album) Capitol Records ECP-80558 Japan 1972
E-AST 11002 (IE 064 ° 81121) Quicksilver Messenger Service Comin' Thru ‎(LP, Album) Capitol Records E-AST 11002 (IE 064 ° 81121) UK 1972
R-01867, R 01867 S-5751 Quicksilver Messenger Service Comin' Thru ‎(LP, Album, Club) World Record Club, World Record Club R-01867, R 01867 S-5751 Australia 1975
4XW 11002 Quicksilver Messenger Service Comin' Thru ‎(Cass) Capitol Records 4XW 11002 US 1972
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