7CD clamshell box anthology featuring recordings of the legendary West Coast band Quicksilver Messenger Service made between 1967 and 1972. Formed in San Francisco in 1965, the band were contemporaries of local acts such as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, achieving huge popularity in the Bay Area of California thanks to their imaginative psychedelic rock which drew on jazz, classical and folk influences. Their live performances were legendary thanks to their extended improvisational ability and the interplay of John Cipollina and Gary Duncan's guitar playing, ably backed by David Freiberg (bass) and Greg Elmore (drums). In the late 1960s their musical approach influenced many emerging artists both in the USA and Europe (with the British band Man being huge admirers) thanks to their 1968 self-titled debut and the classic 'Happy Trails' album released a year later. In 1969 the band augmented their line-up with the arrival of Dino Valenti (guitar, vocals) and renowned British keyboard player Nicky Hopkins.
Although not as commercially successful as their West Coast compatriots, the band's albums all charted in the USA. This clamshell box set collection includes the albums 'Quicksilver Messenger Service', 'Happy Trails', 'Shady Grove', 'Just For Love', 'What About Me', 'Quicksilver' and 'Comin' Thru', along with an additional 15 bonus tracks drawn from demos, rare singles and a 1968 live concert recording. 'Who Do You Love – The Recordings 1967-1972' also features an illustrated booklet with a new essay featuring exclusive interviews by journalist Mike Mettler.

In uscita il 29 maggio a 59.90€

Complete 60s recordings by legendary British R&B band.
Includes their three highly collectable albums and all single/EP releases. Features six tracks previously unissued on CD.
One of the leading bands on the thriving London-based R&B scene of the mid-60s, Downliners Sect - led by the deerstalker-wearing Don Craine - were briefly stars in Scandinavia (their single 'Little Egypt' reached the Top Three in Sweden in April 1965) but somehow never quite achieved the global success of some of their Thames Delta contemporaries.
The first-ever complete anthology of their work in the 60s (the original band would reform in 1977 at the height of punk), 'Sect Maniacs' is a three-CD clamshell box set that revolves around their trio of albums for EMI Columbia but also includes their various non-LP singles, two acetate-only early demos, the highly sought after private pressing EP 'Nite At Gt. Newport Street' and a trio of psychedelic blues-flavoured 1968 tracks that only appeared at
the time in Sweden on obscure various artists jukebox EPs.
Also included are six tracks making their first appearance on CD - a cancelled early 1964 EP and alternative versions of 'All Night Worker' and 'Outside' that were only issued at the time in Sweden. 'Sect Maniacs' features a new essay on the band, some fabulous photos and remastered sound quality. It's the definitive anthology of one of the mid-60s British R&B scene's most engaging, uncompromising grassroots talents.

BOX in uscita il 26 giugno a 39.90€