Dave Mason

Dave Mason ‎- Very Best Of Dave Mason (1978) [Original US Pressing] {Vinyl Rip 24Bit/96khz}

Vinyl Rips By admin · August 19, 2015 · Comments off

The third time around in constructing a Dave Mason compilation, Blue Thumb Records (which had been acquired by ABC Records, and which in turn would be swallowed by MCA Records) finally made a worthy selection of its cache of Dave Mason recordings from 1970-71. The Very Best Of Dave Mason was a ten-track album collecting the most memorable songs from Alone Together–“Only You Know And I Know,” “Sad And Deep As You,” and “Shouldn’t Have Took More Than You Gave”–and live performances of such well-known Traffic songs as “Feelin’ Alright?” and “Pearly Queen.” While the label was still to be criticized for endlessly repackaging Mason recordings, at least this one was done right–and it’s the one that remains in print. (Originally released by ABC/Blue Thumb Records as ABC/Blue Thumb 6032, The Very Best Of Dave Mason was reissued by MCA Records as MCA 715 and reissued on CD in 1987 as MCA 31169.)

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Dave Mason ‎- Certified Live (1976) [Original US Pressing, 2LP] {Vinyl Rip 24Bit/96khz}

Vinyl Rips By admin · May 24, 2015 · Comments off

Through relentless touring in the mid-1970s, Dave Mason built up a concert audience that didn’t necessarily translate into a record-buying audience, and this double-live album, released at a time when double-live albums were all the rage (remember Frampton Comes Alive?), was intended to address that problem. (Jim Krueger even contributed some Frampton-style “voicebox” guitar to “Goin’ Down Slow.”) It did demonstrate that Mason had a tight touring band and a repertoire of rock ‘n’ roll standards to draw from, as well as such interesting acquisitions as the Eagles’ “Take It To The Limit” and the Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin ‘,” and while it didn’t achieve the career breakthrough intended, it did give Mason time to craft the studio album that would achieve that breakthrough. (It also gave Columbia versions of such earlier Mason songs as “Feelin’ Alright?,” “Pearly Queen,” “Sad And Deep As You,” and “Only You Know And I Know.”) (Originally released by Columbia Records as Columbia 34680, Certified Live was reissued on CD by One Way Records as One Way 26078 on August 29, 1995.)

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Dave Mason ‎- Dave Mason (1974) (24-Bit/96Khz + 16-Bit/44.1Khz) (Vinyl Rip)

Vinyl Rips By admin · May 18, 2013 · Comments off

Using his touring band, which included keyboard player Mike Finnigan and guitarist Jim Krueger, Dave Mason turned in a strong pop/rock collection on his second, self-titled Columbia album. “Show Me Some Affection” was one of those songs that should have been a hit single, Mason recut a fuller version of “Every Woman,” originally heard on It’s Like You Never Left, and the album also included Mason’s version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower,” in an arrangement patterned after the one by Jimi Hendrix, on which Mason had played six years earlier. (Originally released by Columbia Records as Columbia 33096, Dave Mason was reissued on CD by One Way Records as One Way 26080 on October 31, 1995.)
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