Quicksilver Messenger Service - Maiden Of Cancer Moon

A double album of live material from 1968, this duplicates a lot of the material on Happy Trails and adds considerably more. This erratic collection reflects Quicksilver's best and worst qualities: The hard-driving blend of raga/folk/psychedelic rock is fine, while the blues jams are fairly awful. Besides "Who Do You Love?" and "Mona" (two versions), this LP has covers of "Back Door Man," "Smokestack Lightning," Buffy St. Marie's "Codine," and versions of most of the songs from the first Quicksilver LP. The rendition of "The Fool" here eclipses the studio take, and the performance of "Gold and Silver" is fine except for the "Toad"-like drum solo. John Cippolina's slithery leads are consistently fine, and Quicksilver fans will find this worth the search. {review by Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide}

Tracks

01 Backdoor Man

02 Codine

03 Mona/Maiden Of The Cancer Moon/Mona

04 Gold and Silver

05 Smokestack Lightning

06 Light Your Windows

07 Dino's Song

08 The Fool

09 Who Do You Love

10 Mona/Maiden Of The Cancer Moon/Mona

Line-up

John Cipollina - vocals, guitar

Gary Duncan – vocals, guitar

David Freiberg – vocals, bass, viola

Greg Elmore – drums

Artwork Included