Happy Trails 1969 Album

Quicksilver Messenger Service

This document is often hailed as Quicksilver's greatest and its worst - depending on who you ask - but all agree it is the most quintessential release. Captured mostly live, augmented with a few studio cuts that are of the same spirit, this has to be the most realized of the jam-style live albums, at least as far as 60's Bay Area bands go. Maybe 25-minute versions of Bo Diddley songs (the entire "Who Do You Love" suite") is a little excessive, but for the most part, it's well-concieved in that I like it all the way through and want to hear it again, and I'm not than enthusiastic about "Mona". The other big spot was "Calvary", which really gets out there on a limb and essentially closes the album on a flourish. A somewhat mercurial but definitely intriguing record.