I greatly appreciate what you're doing, Bill Sagan? - I presume. I lived in SF (still do) and attended most of the local BG and Avalon, Family Dog shows, starting in '66 when I was age14. Quicksilver Messenger Service was my favorite band. When Jim Murray left in October of '67 and it was the four musicians, they were at their best. They had more range to their music than any of the other local bands. Their sound, in fact, has unfortunately never been adequately recorded. Their finest playing was from 10/67 to 4/68. At their height they were absolutely PHENOMENAL, in the1st tier of bands worldwide. Other than the Revolution movie soundtrack, they recorded their first full album in the fall of '67. When it was released in May of '68 they started sounding stale and losing the spark. Unfortunately (in my opinion) they were never recorded properly. Their first album was mixed kind of flat. Even their second album the live more animated "Happy Trails" was too sanitized in the mixing - the instruments muted down. They were all Virgos (planet Mercury) and like bass player Freiberg said "Mercury slips through your fingers pretty fast". Although the Wolfgang 12/31/67 Fillmore concert sounds good, the tape quality and sound capture, unfortunately, aren't so good. I strongly urge WV to locate and put up additional tapes from the 10/67 thru 4/68 period. Please do so - your audience will be surprised and amazed. If people were aware of the quality of their playing at that time, they'd be appreciated like they deserve to be. The world should know how great QMS REALLY were, otherwise it's a kind of tragedy. Also, waiting for a show that has "Walking Blues" and "I Hear You Knocking" and "The Fool", as well as better versions of "Backdoor Man" "Too Long" and Mose Allison's "If You Live" which you mistakenly list as "Your Time Will Come".
PS You are in error in the credit for Jim Murray. You list him as vocals, percussion. In reality, he sang, played guitar, harmonica and occasional tambourine. In the credits, I'd go with guitar, vocals and harmonica.