Dave Mason : Alone Together/Heedkeeper

DAVE MASON

 Alone Together

 is the debut

 solo album

 by former 

Traffic member 

Dave Mason 

released in 1970. 

Mason was joined

 on the album by 

a roster of 

guest musicians,

 including 

Bonnie Bramlett, 

Leon Russell,

 Jim Capaldi,

 Rita Coolidge, 

Carl Radle 

and

 Jim Gordon.

 The song 

"Only You Know and I Know"

 reached number

 No. 42 

on the 

Billboard charts

 in the US

 and was the

 record's major 

commercial success.

Packaging

About 30% 

of the records

 were produced in

 so-called marble vinyl,

 a swirled mix of pink,

 brown and beige, 

rather than the 

usual black vinyl.

The original record jacket

 is a tri-fold 

with a half-pocket 

on the inside

 to hold the record 

originally issued 

without a 

paper inner sleeve 

The top of the 

tri-fold has a

 die-cut image 

of Mason

 in a top hat 

and morning dress, 

collaged behind

 a rocky outcrop, 

and there is a 

small die-cut hole

 at the top to

 permit the jacket

 to be hung

 on the wall

 as a poster.

Headkeeper 

is a 1972 album by

 Dave Mason 

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 

Recording and Release

In late 1971, 

Mason began recording

 Headkeeper. 

He envisioned a 

double album 

with one disk 

containing new 

studio recordings

 and the other

 live recordings 

with his new band. 

The live tracks 

had been recorded

 at some highly 

regarded dates

 at the

 Troubadour club

 in Los Angeles.

Mason thought that

 since he was 

Blue Thumb's 

most successful artist, 

they should renegotiate

 his contract. 

When they refused, 

he slipped into the

studio and took

 the master tapes 

of the recordings 

made to date.

Producer 

Tommy LiPuma

 then assembled

 an album 

from two-track 

safety masters

 that Mason

 did not take 

which 

Blue Thumb released. 

Mason publicly

 denounced the 

release as a

 "bootleg".

Mason

 eventually signed

 a deal with 

Columbia Records

 who bought

 out his 

Blue Thumb contract.

Blue Thumb

 issued 

Dave Mason Is Alive

 in 1973 

with

 remaining tracks

 from the

 Troubadour set.

TRACKLIST

Only You Know And I Know

Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving

Waitin' On You

Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave

World In Changes

Sad And Deep As You

Just A Song

Look At You Look At Me

To Be Free

In My Mind

Here We Go Again

A Heartache, A Shadow, A Lifetime

Headkeeper

Baby... Please [*]

Pearly Queen

 (Live)

Just A Song 

 (Live)

World In Changes 

 (Live)

Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving

  (Live)

Feelin' Alright? 

 (Live)

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