Headkeeper
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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 as MCAD-31326).
Special thanks to:
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Dave Mason
Dave Mason
David Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
. Originally released on Blue Thumb Records
Blue Thumb Records
Blue Thumb Records was an American record label founded in 1968 by Bob Krasnow, along with former A&M Records executives Tommy LiPuma and Don Graham. Krasnow had been in the record business for a number of years, working as a promotion man for King Records and also working for Buddah/Kama Sutra...
as Blue Thumb 34 (a subsidiary of Famous Music Group), Headkeeper was reissued by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
as MCA 712, then reissued on CD in 1988 as MCAD-31326).
Side one
- "To Be Free" - 3:19
- "In My Mind" - 3:19
- "Here We Go Again" (Solomon BurkeSolomon BurkeSolomon Burke was an American singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, mortician, and an archbishop of the United House of Prayer For All People. Burke was known as "King Solomon", the "King of Rock 'n' Soul", and as the "Bishop of Soul", and described as "the Muhammad Ali of soul", and as "the most...
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, Bryan Garo, Jerry Gray)- 1:56 - "A Heartache, A Shadow, A Lifetime" - 3:35
- "Headkeeper" - 4:39
Side two
- "Pearly Queen" (Jim CapaldiJim CapaldiNicola James "Jim" Capaldi was an English musician and songwriter. His musical career lasted more than four decades. He co-founded Traffic in Birmingham with Steve Winwood, and the band's psychedelic rock was influential in Britain and the United States...
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) - 3:32 - "Just A Song - 3:01
- "World In Changes" - 4:47
- "Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving" - 3:04
- "Feelin' Alright" - 5:40
Personnel
- Dave MasonDave MasonDavid Thomas "Dave" Mason is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic...
- electric and acoustic guitar - Mark Jordan - piano and keyboard instruments
- Lonnie Turner - bass
- "Dr." Rick Jaeger - drums
- Felix Falcon aka "Flaco" - conga and percussion
Special thanks to:
- Rita CoolidgeRita CoolidgeRita Coolidge is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American vocalist. During the 1970s and 1980s, she charted hits on Billboard's Pop, Country, Adult Contemporary and Jazz charts.-Career:...
- A&M Records - Spencer DavisSpencer DavisSpencer David Nelson Davis is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band, the Spencer Davis Group.-Early life:...
- United Artists Records - Graham NashGraham NashGraham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...
- Atlantic Records - Kathi McDonaldKathi McDonaldKathryn Marie McDonald , popularly known as Kathi McDonald, is a blues and rock singer. She currently performs with Kathi McDonald & Friends. She has appeared on an extensive list of rock and blues albums and toured extensively with Long John Baldry prior to his death...
Production
- Songs 1-5 were recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood (Wayne Dailey, recordist)
- Songs 6-10 are excerpts from live performances at the Troubadour
- Recording and mixing engineer - Al Schmitt
- Remote equipment by Wally Helder and crew - Miles Weiner, Terry Stark, Chris Chigaridas
- Mastered by Bob MacLeod at Artisan Sound Recorders, Hollywood
- Photography by Bill Mathews
- Album design by Ruby Mazur's Art Department
Chart positions
Year | Chart | Position |
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1972 | The Billboard 200 Pop Albums | 51 |