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Sons of Mercury (1968-75)

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Initial release : Aug 1991

Rhino R2AS-70747

A double CD compilation of album and single tracks. Includes one previously unreleased track. It also includes one track with a horn section that includes Martin Fierro.

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Tracks

Disc 1;

  • Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Bennett/Bredon/Darling)
  • Codine (Sainte-Marie)
  • I Hear You Knockin' (It's Too Late) (Bunn/Lewis/Robinson)
  • Pride of Man (Camp)
  • Light Your Windows (Duncan/Freiberg)
  • Dino's Song (Valente)
  • The Fool (Duncan/Freiberg)
  • Gold and Silver (Duncan/Schuster)
  • Bears (Perkins)
  • Who Do You Love? (Diddley)
  • Mona (Diddley)
  • Maiden of the Cancer Moon (Duncan)
  • Calvary (Duncan)
  • Happy Trails (Evans)
Disc 2;
  • Shady Grove (Wands)
  • Flute Song (Jewkes)
  • Joseph's Coat (Cipollina/Gravenites)
  • Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder (Hopkins)
  • Fresh Air (Farrow)
  • Cobra (Cipollina)
  • Subway (Farrow)
  • What About Me? (Farrow)
  • Local Color (Cipollina)
  • Hope (Valente)
  • Five Brothers (Duncan)
  • Don't Cry My Lady Love (Valente)
  • I Found Love (Duncan)
  • Doin' Time in the U.S.A. (Duncan)
  • Gypsy Lights (Duncan)
  • Cowboy on the Run (Valente)
Credits

  • Compilation - Michael Briggs
  • Remastering - Bill Inglot, Ken Perry
  • Design - Brigid Pearson
Related releases

The tracks on this compilation are from the following sources.

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and Codine from;

Bears from the single;
  • Bears / Stand By Me, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1968, Capitol 2320
Pride of Man, Light Your Windows, Dino's Song, The Fool and Gold and Silver from; Who Do You Love from the single;
  • Who Do You Love? / Which Do You Love?, Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1969, Capitol 2557
Mona, Maiden of the Cancer Moon, Calvary and Happy Trails from; Shady Grove, Flute Song, Joseph's Coat and Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder from; Fresh Air and Cobra from; Subway, What About Me? and Local Color from; Hope, Five Brothers, Don't Cry My Lady Love and I Found Love from; Doin' Time in the U.S.A. from; Gypsy Lights and Cowboy on the Run from; I Hear You Knockin' (It's Too Late) is a previously unreleased studio recording.


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