Anthology

by Quicksilver Messenger Service, Quicksilver

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	08/29/2025
Label:	Bgo - Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261215659

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Quicksilver   Primary Artist
Quicksilver Messenger Service   Primary Artist
Pat O'Hara   Trombone
Greg Elmore   Drums
John Cipollina   Organ,Guitar,Vocals,Slide Guitar,6-String Bass,Vocals (Background)
Mark Ryan   Bass
Mark Naftalin   Piano
Nicky Hopkins   Organ,Piano
David Freiberg   Bass,Organ,Piano,Viola,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Dino Valente   Guitar,Vocals
Ron Taormina   Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Ken Balzell   Trumpet
Gary Duncan   Bass,Organ,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm),Vocals (Background)
Ace of Cups   Vocals (Background)
Frank Morin   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

John Tobler   Liner Notes
John Cipollina   Composer
Jean-Philippe Rykiel   Composer
Dino Valenti   Composer
Jesse Farrow   Composer
Nicky Hopkins   Composer
Hamilton Camp   Composer
David Freiberg   Composer
Youssou N'Dour   Composer
Dino Valente   Composer
Jesse Oris Farrow   Composer
Gary Duncan   Composer
Alonzo Tucker   Composer
Bo Diddley   Composer
Jackie Wilson   Composer