Quincy Conserve, Blerta, Lutha & Desna Sisirich "Live" 1973

The relentless seven-night weekly residency, along with work backing pop singers, undoubtedly allowed Hayman to keep Quincy’s professional footing firm, and to nurture the style that they encapsulated on their own records, which still sound fresh today...

...It all started in late 1967, when Hayman scoured the country for the best players he could find to play a residency at Wellington’s popular Downtown Club. The Quincy Conserve Mk1 solidified around bassist Dave Orams (The Underdogs), keyboardist Rufus Rehu (Quin Tikis), saxophonists Dennis (aka Denys) Mason and Johnny McCormick (both Sounds Unlimited) and drummer Raice McLeod (after brief stints by Breakaways drummer/singer Bryan Beauchamp and Earl Anderson), although the line-up would weave a complex series of fluctuations thereafter.  
The group’s first single, ‘I’m So Proud’ b/w ‘I’ve Been Loving You Baby’ was released through HMV in June 1968, and like all subsequent singles and albums, it reviewed well but was commercially inconsequential… to be continued - AUDIOCULTURE

trax:
Lutha:
01 Student Demonstration Time 02 Andrianna 03 Stop! The Music Is Over
Desna Sisarich:
04 Lay My Weary Head 05 Uncle Seymour 06 The Entrepreneur
Quincy Conserve:
07 Jive! Jive! Jive! 08 Where Would I Be 09 Music For Gong Gong
Blerta:
10 Hullo, Hullo 11 Captain Shit 12 Goin' Back / Dance Around The World
…served by Gaius…