Dave Mason Is Alive
Dave Mason Is Alive | ||||
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Live album by Dave Mason | ||||
Released | 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Venue | The Troubadour, West Hollywood | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Blue Thumb | |||
Producer | Dave Mason, Tommy LiPuma | |||
Dave Mason chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | C−[2] |
Dave Mason Is Alive is an album of live recordings by Dave Mason. Recorded in 1971 at the Troubadour club in Los Angeles, the album was released in 1973 by Blue Thumb Records. It has been re-released by MCA Coral (MCA 713).
Background
As reported by William Ruhlmann of AllMusic, the album was released without Mason's approval.[1] Its release by Blue Thumb was prompted by the dispute between it and Mason, a dispute that started midway during the recording of Mason's previous album. That previous album, Headkeeper, had been intended to be a double album, with one disk composed of live recordings made at the Troubador and the other of studio recordings. But after Mason ceased work and took possession of some of the studio masters, Blue Thumb released Headkeeper as a single album, one side live and one side studio recordings. As the dispute with Mason continued, Blue Thumb issued Dave Mason Is Alive, composed entirely of recordings from the same live performance that had been used for Headkeeper. Of the seven tracks on Alive, two of them, "Feelin' Alright" and "Just a Song", are repeated from Headkeeper.[3][4]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Dave Mason, except where indicated.
Side one
- "Walk to the Point" - 4:15
- "Shouldn't Have Took More than You Gave" - 5:20
- "Look at You Look at Me" (Mason, Jim Capaldi) - 8:18
Side two
- "Only You Know and I Know" - 4:12
- "Sad and Deep as You" - 4:00
- "Just a Song" - 3:14
- "Feelin' Alright" - 5:54
Personnel
- Dave Mason - electric and acoustic guitar, vocals
- Felix Falcon aka "Flaco" - conga and percussion
- "Dr." Rick Jaeger - drums
- Mark Jordan - keyboards
- Lonnie Turner - bass
Production
- Produced by Tommy LiPuma and Dave Mason
- Compiled by Tommy LiPuma
- Recording and mixing engineer - Al Schmitt
- Remote equipment by Wally Helder and crew - Miles Weiner, Terry Stark, Chris Chigaridas
- Graphics and photography – Barry Feinstein, Camouflage Productions, Vicki Hodgetts
- Photograph of Dave Mason - Jim Marshall
References
- The information under "Track listing", "Personnel" and "Production" was taken from the cover and labels of the 1973 release by Blue Thumb Records (BTS 54).
- ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Dave Mason Is Alive". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 7 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (1999). Dave Mason: Ultimate Collection (liner notes). Universal City (California): Universal Music Special Markets.
- ^ DeYoung, Bill (16 February 1996). "We Just Disagree: The Story of Dave Mason". Goldmine. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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- 1978 Mariposa De Oro
- 1980 Old Crest on a New Wave
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- 1975 At His Best
- 1978 The Very Best of Dave Mason
- 1981 The Best of Dave Mason
- 1995 Long Lost Friend: The Very Best of Dave Mason
- 1999 Ultimate Collection
- 2006 The Definitive Collection
- 2016 The Columbia Years: The Definitive Anthology
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