Dave Mason Is Alive Explained

Dave Mason Is Alive
Type:	Live
Artist:	Dave Mason
Cover:	Dave Mason Is Alive.jpg
Released:	1973
Recorded:	1971
Venue:	The Troubadour, West Hollywood
Genre:	Rock
Label:	Blue Thumb
Producer:	Dave Mason, Tommy LiPuma
Prev Title:	Headkeeper
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	It's Like You Never Left
Next Year:	1973

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. 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.^{[1] [2]}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dave Mason, except where indicated.

Side one

1. "Walk to the Point" - 4:15
2. "Shouldn't Have Took More than You Gave" - 5:20
3. "Look at You Look at Me" (Mason, Jim Capaldi) - 8:18

Side two

1. "Only You Know and I Know" - 4:12
2. "Sad and Deep as You" - 4:00
3. "Just a Song" - 3:14
4. "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).

Notes and References

1. Ruhlmann. William. 1999. Dave Mason: Ultimate Collection. liner notes. Universal Music Special Markets. Universal City (California).
2. DeYoung. Bill. We Just Disagree: The Story of Dave Mason. Goldmine. February 16, 1996. 8 November 2016. 11 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611153732/http://www.billdeyoung.com/archives/we-just-disagree-the-story-of-dave-mason/. dead.