Come & Gone

Mason Proffit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R87
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #127,322 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

U.S. CD debut & 1997 reissue on One Way of the country/folk/ rock group's debut in its' entirety. Originallyreleased on Warner Brothers in 1973, the CD features all 22tracks on one CD, including their swan song 'Two Hangmen'.Also featured is the original

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great memories of a band that could have done so much more!, July 13, 1999

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[e-mail] (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come & Gone (Audio CD)

I saw Mason Proffitt about half a dozen times or more live in concert. I became an immediate and life-long fan. Their talent as songwriters, singers and performers in my mind, was on par with yes...even the Beatles. I think translating their experience on vinyl to a broader audience proved difficult, primarily to the fact that the greater part of the midwest never fully embraced the country element of this band. What a shame! Their music may have been rooted in country tradition, but these guys were anything but southern hicks! They were intellegent, insightfull, and very dedicated song writers whose talent was most likely very underestimated. I bought all four albums they released. Mason Profitt "Wanted" (Happy Tiger) Movin' Toward Happiness (Happy Tiger, I think) Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (Warner) and the last alubum, which I cannot recall the name...only a few of the songs: Jessie, Hobo with a guitar...You better find Jesus. One of my very favorite tunes is "Let Them Wander". This shows their vocal ability at its very best. Listen to the contrary motion in the harmonies and the emotion as this song cressendos. Fantastic! I only wish three things. 1. That all of their work would be re-released on CD. 2. That the Talbot brothers would recall their experiences and share them with us on the net. 3. The impossible...maybe...A Live Conert Reunion...I'll be first in line!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Early Country-Rock, Bar None., February 9, 2004

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"cornfield23" (Chicagoland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Come & Gone (Audio CD)

I swear I was listening to Mason Profit before "Sweetheart of the Rodeo", the first country-rock album, but I know that can't be true. Only I and a couple of friends in the southside of Chicago had ever hear of MP, but we wore out more than one record. Why? Why does their work still register more strongly than the Byrds c-rock, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Mike Nesmith, and other early pioneers?

It was sweet, flawless, but still with a feel of spontenaity. And the range of their songs, while always in the same genre, jerked your feelings back and forth like few other artists could.

Dance to Michael Dodge. Get angry with Two Hangmen. Weep with Flying Arrow. Get spooked by Melinda.

The band had it all and should still be with us today. They're not, because they were even ahead of the other early country rockers. They had a heart and spirit that few artists can equal.

I appreciate the chief's tear.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent music by the best band you didn't hear., September 11, 2003

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Robin L. Wever (sweetwater, tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come & Gone (Audio CD)

They were out there-you just had to look.Look very hard.The tunes they wrote and played were not the establishments best friend at a turbulent time in American history.Country-yes.Folk-yes.Balladeers-yes.Troubadours led by the Talbot brothers who had a way of saying whats on the minds of the youth at the time(late 1960's) in a "from the hip,on the chin styleaThey played country when it wasn't cool.And played it well.This anthology is basically their first two albums.All the tunes are worthwhile.Michael Dodge,Buffalo,Flying Arrow,Two Hangmen,Voice of Change,-you get the picture.All ,and I mean all the songs are songs to "LISTEN" to.There are some tunes from an album they did in 1971 called "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" which to me is their best and would have fit beautifully in this compilation.Alss,I am not the same person I was in 1969-not many are.One thing I have never lost is an ear for great music-This ,as well as ANY Mason Proffitt recording is worth checking out.