Headkeeper

Headkeeper
Studio album by Dave Mason
Released	1972
Recorded	1972
Genre	Rock
Label	Blue Thumb
Producer	Dave Mason, Tommy LiPuma
Dave Mason chronology
Dave Mason & Cass Elliot (1971) Headkeeper (1972) It's Like You Never Left (1973)

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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).

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dave Mason; except where indicated.

Side one

1. "To Be Free" - 3:19
2. "In My Mind" - 3:19
3. "Here We Go Again" (Cass Elliot, Bryan Garo) - 1:56
4. "A Heartache, A Shadow, A Lifetime" - 3:35
5. "Headkeeper" - 4:39

Side two

1. "Pearly Queen" (Jim Capaldi, Steve Winwood) - 3:32
2. "Just A Song" - 3:01
3. "World In Changes" - 4:47
4. "Can't Stop Worrying, Can't Stop Loving" - 3:04
5. "Feelin' Alright" - 5:40

Personnel

• Dave Mason - 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 Coolidge - A&M Records
• Spencer Davis - United Artists Records
• Graham Nash - Atlantic Records
• Kathi McDonald

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
• Headkeeper track was a classic on AOL Rock stations in the 1970s. It is still considered a rock classic today.

References

• All information from liner notes from Headkeeper (Copyright © 1972 Blue Thumb Records) and CD release (Copyright © 1972 MCA Records, Inc. MCAD-31326).
• Released in Brazil thru Young Records 304.0029 (A subsidiary of RGE Discos Ltda.)

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