1968 Rainbow QUICKSILVER HAPPY TRAILS Psych

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  1968 rainbow Capitol VINYL ~ S.F.  Psychedelic Legend     

QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

            Happy Trails

                   ...USA -RAINBOW CAPITOL - ST 120

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TOP CLEAN 1968 ORIGINAL first vinyl pressing on the sought RAINBOW Capitol label!  

1968 classic psychedelic glory of The San Francisco Sound hippie era

• Happy Trails is widely considered to be the seminal album from Quicksilver Messenger Service. In the tradition of the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver were seen as one of the Bay Area's highest-flying psychedelic rock acts.
  
  "Happy Trails" consists mainly of a performance cover of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" spread out over nearly 30 minutes. The song was divided into several parts ("What Do You Love," "How Do You Love," "Where Do You Love," etc.) in order to recoup a greater share of royalty payments.
  
  A heavy beat, extended instrumental section and the dueling guitar work of whammy bar magician John Cipollina and "the engine" of the band Gary Duncan, drive the album to greatness. As the jam quiets, drums, sound effects and an eerie symbiotic audience participation culminates into an explosive finale.
  
  The second half of the album is comprised of an almost continuous suite. Beginning with another Bo Diddley song ("Mona"), guitarist Gary Duncan's "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" follows and the album closes with the atmospheric "Calvary", which manifested itself during a studio acid trip. As a coda, the band sing the theme tune from Roy Rogers' western television show, which lends its title to the album.
  
  Without question, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled debut release is the most accurate in portraying the band on vinyl in the same light as the group's critically and enthusiastically acclaimed live performances. The album is essentially centered around the extended reworkings of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?" and "Mona," as well as the lesser lauded yet no less intense contribution of Gary Duncan's (guitar/vocals) "Calvary." This album is the last to feature the original quartet incarnation of QMS.
  
  The collective efforts of John Cippollina (guitar/vocals), Greg Elmore (percussion), David Freiberg (bass/vocals), and the aforementioned Duncan retain the uncanny ability to perform with a psychedelic looseness of spirit, without becoming boring or in the least bit pretentious. The side-long epic "Who Do You Love?" suite is split into an ensemble introduction and coda as well as four distinct sections for the respective bandmembers. The perpetually inventive chops of QMS are what is truly on display here. The musicians' unmitigated instrumental prowess and practically psychic interaction allow them to seamlessly weave into and back out of the main theme. Yet all the while, each player takes center stage for uncompromising solos. "Mona" and its companion, "Calvary," continue in much the same fashion.
  
  Here the members of QMS play off each other to form a cohesive unit. This track also contains some of Cippollina's finest and most memorable fretwork. He is able to summon sonic spirits from his guitar in a way that is unlike any of his Bay Area contemporaries. A prime example of his individuality is the frenetic "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" ascending from the remnants of "Mona." The angst and energy in Cippollina's guitar work and line upon line of technical phrasing could easily be considered the equal of a Frank Zappa guitar solo. The brief title track, a cover of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans' "Happy Trails," seems almost insignificant in the wake of such virtuoso playing. It clears the sonic palette and also bids adieu to this particular fab foursome of psychedelia.
  
  
                                      "Who Do You Love, Pt. 1 3:32
• "When You Love"  5:15
• "Where You Love" 6:07
• "How You Love"  2:45
• "Which Do You Love"  4:38
• "Who Do You Love, Pt. 2" 3:05
• "Mona"  7:01
• "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" 2:54
• "Calvary" 13:31
•  "Happy Trails"  1:29 

CONDITION: The cover is stiff and solid M- no visible use, TOP collectible! Front & back cover is top M- with NO split seams, no bends, no writing and vivid bright colors ...UPGRADE or TOP first time score....

The vinyl is all glossy clean on both sides "EX" (excellent) shiny ...enjoyable 1968 first pressing!!

with CLEAN Rainbow Capitol labels....

                keeper copy!

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