Certified Live

Dave Mason | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R4F
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,004 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Feelin' Alright

2. Pearly Queen

3. Show Me Some Affection

4. All Along The Watchtower [Live]

5. Take It To The Limit

6. Give Me A Reason Why

7. Sad And Deep As You

8. Every Woman

9. World In Changes

10. Goin' Down Slow

11. Look At You, Look At Me

12. Only You Know And I Know

13. Bring It On Home To Me

14. Gimme Some Lovin'

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Certified Live Needs to Be on CD!, July 6, 2002

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"bulldawg13" (Fort Morgan, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Certified Live (Audio CD)

Dave Mason's "Certified Live" album is one of his best, and certainly one of the best ever live albums by any rock/pop music artist. I bought the vinyl in ancient times. The 12-string guitar pieces are awsome, especially "Every Woman" and "Give Me a Reason." THIS ALBUM NEEDS TO BE ON CD!!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my 2 all-time favorite live 70's rock albums!, May 28, 2005

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PC Lo-Air (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Certified Live (Audio CD)

Certified Live is a perfect throw-back to that special time when concerts were just jammin' music, that never seemed to stop. Remember when bands would kick your ass for 2 hours, take a break, and come back and kick your ass for another hour? This album reminds you of that era. Dave Mason's original work is transcendant, but his covers are great too. "Show me Some Affection" and "Along the Watchtower" nearly drive me off the road, as Mason's bell-like electric guitar work simply soars. There's an outstanding acoustic interlude featuring Mason's rich and absorbing 12 string, as well as his signiture vocal "Growl". "Take it to the Limit" and "Gimme a Reason" are standouts here. A great treat is the 4 part harmony on Sam Cook's "Bring it on Home". And finally, 30 years later, I can't stop "Goin' Down Slow" from popping back into my head all the time. Mike Finnegan takes out the back wall on this blues foundation-shaker.

Mason toured and recorded for several fantastic years with this great band made up of Jim Kreiger on guitar, Mike Finnegan on keybboard, Gerald Johnson on base, and Rick Jaegger on drums. These pros are tight but natural, technically excellent but fluid. In the concerts I saw on that tour, they really seemed to enjoy playing together, and that feeling is captured in Certified Live. It is a must-own for blues-based guitar solo heads from the 70's. I've been playing it since its release and I still keep it in the car to power me down the last leg of my 4 hour trip from Vermont to New York City. Mason just lifts the spirits and fuels the body!

ps My other favorite 70's Live album is Clapton's "Derek and the Dominos, In Concert". You can't have one without the other.

pps We desperately need a new blues-based album from Mason; that guitar just rocks!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buyer Beware, May 6, 2004

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"atdomer" (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Certified Live (Audio CD)

Certified Live is one of the more memorable releases I've ever heard. I first heard it on vinyl when it hit the street in the seventies. I had been looking for it on CD for a long while. Like others, I don't understand why it is not being produced by the U.S. label... I didn't have any particular faith that it was going to be (re)released anytime soon, so I decided to buy the import. The 34.99 price seemed high, but I figured what the heck. I received the CD quite promptly. My concern was that I noticed the price on the Japanese label. It reflected 1800 yen. That converts to $16-17 in U.S. currency. It may have been that the seller had to pay a premium to get the import, but somebody is making an awfully large markup.