Just for Love by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Just for Love, Quicksilver Messenger Service's fourth album, hit the racks on Capitol in August 1970, and anybody expecting the long, bluesy, jazz-fired improvisations of the first two records got a jolt. The San Francisco band had tightened up into a straight rock and roll outfit, and the man behind the change was Dino Valenti, a founding member back in the fold after a prison term on drug charges, who wrote eight of the nine songs under the name Jesse Oris Farrow.

With John Cipollina, Gary Duncan, David Freiberg and Greg Elmore still aboard, and Nicky Hopkins in the band too, the playing is looser, twangier and sunnier, all swing and folk roots instead of freak-out. It became their third Top 30 album in a row, peaking at number 27, and "Fresh Air", the only single, climbed to number 49 to become the biggest hit they ever had.

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