''Dave Mason'' is a 1974

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Dave Mason David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic. Over the course of his career, Mason has played and recorded with many notable pop and rock mu ...

and was released on the CBS Records label (a subsidiary of Columbia Records). It was reissued on CD on the One Way label in 1995. This album marked a major change in Mason's sound after his blues rock sound with his Blue Thumb Records releases, blending pop rock and yacht rock.

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gave a brief but positive retrospective review of the album, giving particular praise to the tracks "Show Me Some Affection," "Every Woman," and "All Along the Watchtower."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dave Mason; except where indicated

Side one

# "Show Me Some Affection" - 4:14 # "Get Ahold On Love" - 2:41 # "Every Woman" - 2:58 # "It Can't Make Any Difference To Me" (

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All Along the Watchtower "All Along the Watchtower" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his eighth studio album, '' John Wesley Harding'' (1967). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. The song's lyrics, which in its original ve ...

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) - 4:03

Side two

# " Bring It On Home to Me" ( Sam Cooke) - 2:53 # "Harmony and Melody" - 3:35 # "Relation Ships" - 5:03 # "You Can't Take It When You Go" - 4:08

CD track listing

# "Show Me Some Affection" # "Get Ahold On Love" # "Every Woman" # "It Can't Make Any Difference To Me" # "

" # " Bring It On Home to Me" # "Harmony & Melody" # "Relation Ships" # "You Can't Take It When You Go"

Personnel and Production

;The Dave Mason Band *Dave Mason - guitar, lead vocals *

Mike Finnigan Michael Kelly Finnigan (April 26, 1945 – August 11, 2021) was an American keyboard player and vocalist, his speciality being the B3 Hammond organ. Working primarily as a freelance studio musician and touring player, he played with a wide va ...

- keyboards, vocals *

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- bass *Rick Jaeger - drums *Jim Krueger - guitar (lead solo on tracks 4,6,7), vocals with: * Richard Bennett - pedal steel guitar *Gary Barone,

Jerry Jumonville Jerome Noel Jumonville (December 5, 1941 – December 7, 2019), better known as Jerry Jumonville, was an American jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He began playing the saxophone as teenager. Jumonv ...

, Jock Ellis, Sal Marquez - horn section *

Tim Weisberg Jules Timothy Weisberg (born January 1, 1943) is an American flutist, vocalist, and record producer. Career In school he wanted to play drums, but instruments were chosen in order of the students' last names, and when Weisberg got his chance, hi ...

- flute *Horns arranged by Dave Mason and Mike Finnigan *Strings written and arranged by Nick DeCaro *Harry Bluestone - concertmaster *Recording and Mixing Engineer :

Al Schmitt Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...

*Assistant Engineer : Linda Tyler

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References

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