Don't comment just to troll/provoke. It's relaxing, inspiring, and whimsical, all at the same time. Drink? Prime members enjoy Free Two-Day Shipping, Free Same-Day or One-Day Delivery to select areas, Prime Video, Prime Music, Prime Reading, and more. Thank you for reviving this! After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. One of the few that I wore out through the years..and it was impossible to replace! This album reached #51 on Billboard. I've had it in vinyl and still have it on CD. Many fond memories, Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2014. Yes, it seems as if Dave may have preferred to wait and add more live tracks to this album, adding the studio stuff to "It's Like you Never Left." To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. All tracks composed by Dave Mason; except where indicated. Release view [combined information for all issues], Music on Vinyl: LP's From 1960 to 1979 (In alphabetical order), Kshe 95 (A Klassic by any other name is still a Klassic! Dave Mason's music took a nosedive after this album. Originally released on Blue Thumb Records as Blue Thumb 34 (a subsidiary of Famous Music Group), Headkeeper was reissued by MCA Records as MCA 712, then reissued on CD in 1988 as MCAD-31326). Maybe Dave Mason's best melodies are in this album, not to mention the quality of his musicians. Has an attractive folky late sixties feel. Mason eventually signed a deal with Columbia Records who bought out his Blue Thumb contract. Needed to keep ahead of the feeling. Keep your comments focused on the release. Dave Mason peaked with "Headkeeper"; it's an album I've enjoyed for decades. The HIGHlight, of course, is the live material, and I agree with the previous reviewer that "World in Changes" is becoming my favorite live number by far. Who knows? Proves that Dave Mason needed Traffic and Traffic needed him - the material here would suit them well. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2019, Loved this when I bought the vinyl and it’s still great, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2017, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2013. This CD is an out of print collectible! The only down side; the liner notes, for which John Tobler (whoever he is) should suffer in eternity in a very warm place. Bottom line, save your money, and go see Mason live if you get the chance. There is only one song I don't particularly like and that is Pearly Queen. vibes, you'd be mad to miss this double set out. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving, 4. Half the songs are recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, and half include exerpts from live performances from the famed Troubadour in Los Angeles. Thanks, Maestro!! Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2013. … The Columbia Years--The Definitive Anthology (2-CD Set), Mariposa de Oro / Old Crest on a New Wave. Also, any album with "Pearly Queen" in concert goes straight to the top of my list. I love the organ player, the drummer, and Mason's guitar wails. Genres: Pop Rock, Rock. Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2013, I have this album but somehow never got the CD. Listen to your favorite songs from Headkeeper by Dave Mason Now. Dave Mason said his songwriting tried to tap the sub-concious in an interview years ago. Any spoilers should be placed in spoiler tags as such. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Why Dave Mason wasn't declared a national treasure following the release of his early post-Traffic albums is both a mystery and a travesty. Maybe it's because I say Mason with Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood back in "99", and they were so damn good that the live stuff on this album just doesn't match up. This is one of my all time favorites. Buy it for the live stuff, appreciate the studio stuff, but make sure to add it to any collection! © 2008-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, 2. Dave also plays on Jimi Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland", probably the best classic rock album of all time. I caught Dave Mason, live, in the 70's at U.C. I find all I need in this album...just a song. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. When they refused, he slipped into the studio and took the master tapes of the recordings made to date.[4]. This 2-on-1 album has been digitally remastered and also packaged in a slipcase. I love the organ player, the drummer, and Mason's guitar wails. I used to listen to this more than any of Mason's other albums, but it hasn't aged well over the years, and now it's just pretty run of the mill. Just listen and chill, OK? I like to start at, or near the beginning on such endeavors, so this is album No. I love the organ player, the drummer, and Mason's guitar wails. Unable to add item to List. Loved it when it first came out. 1972 - Blue Thumb Records. But a friend gave me a homemade 'best-of...' that he assembled by Dave, and I heard several tracks I hadn't heard before, and they really struck me.