Dave Mason ‎- Certified Live
 Vinyl | LP Cover (1:1) | FLAC + cue | 24bit/96kHz | 1800mb |
Label: Columbia/PG 34174 | Release: 1976 | Genre: Classic-Rock


 A1 Feelin' Alright
 A2 Pearly Queen
 A3 Show Me Some Affection
 A4 All Along The Watchtower

 B1 Take It To The Limit 
 B2 Give Me A Reason Why 
 B3 Sad And Deep As You 
 B4 Every Woman
 B5 World In Changes

 C1 Goin' Down Slow 
 C2 Look At You, Look At Me

 D1 Only You Know And I Know 
 D2 Bring It On Home To Me 
 D3 Gimme Some Lovin'

Phonographic Copyright (p) – CBS Inc.
 Copyright (c) – CBS Inc.
 Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
 Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
 Recorded At – Universal Amphitheatre – Universal Amphitheater
 Credits
 Art Direction – Ron Coro
 Bass – Gerald Johnson
 Design – Tom Steele*
 Directed By – Jason Cooper (4)
 Drums – Rick Jaeger
 Engineer [Remote Recording] – Bruce Botnick, Doug Botnick
 Executive-Producer – Michael Dilbeck
 Guitar – Jim Krueger
 Keyboards – Mike Finnigan
 Mixed By – Ron Nevison
 Photography – Jim Greene
 Producer, Guitar – Dave Mason
 Recorded By – Wally Heider Recording
 Notes
 gatefold cover, printed inner-sleeves
 Barcode and Other Identifiers
 Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): C 34175 AL 34175
 Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): C 34175 BL 34175
 Matrix / Runout (Side C Label): C 34176 AL 34176
 Matrix / Runout (Side D Label): C 34176 BL 34176
 Matrix / Runout (Side A): PAL 34175 1D TML-S
 Matrix / Runout (Side B): PBL 34175 1C TML-M
 Matrix / Runout (Side C): PAL 34176 1D TML-S
 Matrix / Runout (Side D): PBL 34176 1H TML-S


 Through relentless touring in the mid-1970s, Dave Mason built up a concert audience that didn't necessarily translate into a record-buying audience, and this double-live album, released at a time when double-live albums were all the rage (remember Frampton Comes Alive?), was intended to address that problem. (Jim Krueger even contributed some Frampton-style "voicebox" guitar to "Goin' Down Slow.") It did demonstrate that Mason had a tight touring band and a repertoire of rock 'n' roll standards to draw from, as well as such interesting acquisitions as the Eagles' "Take It To The Limit" and the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin '," and while it didn't achieve the career breakthrough intended, it did give Mason time to craft the studio album that would achieve that breakthrough. (It also gave Columbia versions of such earlier Mason songs as "Feelin' Alright?," "Pearly Queen," "Sad And Deep As You," and "Only You Know And I Know.") (Originally released by Columbia Records as Columbia 34680, Certified Live was reissued on CD by One Way Records as One Way 26078 on August 29, 1995.)


Review by William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com