It's Like You Never Left

It's Like You Never Left
It's Like You Never Left
Studio album by
Dave Mason
Released29 October 1973
Recorded1973
StudioCBS Studios, San Francisco; Record Plant, Los Angeles; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
GenrePop/rock
Length34:40
LabelColumbia / CBS
ProducerDave Mason
Dave Mason chronology
Dave Mason Is Alive
(1972) 		It's Like You Never Left
(1973) 		Dave Mason
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
MusicHound Rock2/5[3]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[4]

It's Like You Never Left is an album by Dave Mason, released on 29 October 1973, on the CBS Records label (S65258) in the UK and by Columbia Records (PC 31721) in the US. It was reissued on CD in the US by One Way Records (A 26077) in July 1995 and Repertoire Records (RES 2320) in Europe in 2005. [5] [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dave Mason, except "Side Tracked", co-written by Rick Jaeger, Lonnie Turner and Mark Jordan

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Baby... Please"3:15
2."Every Woman"1:40
3."If You've Got Love"3:19
4."Maybe"4:03
5."Headkeeper"3:35
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Misty Morning Stranger"4:30
7."Silent Partner"3:03
8."Side Tracked"3:30
9."The Lonely One"4:42
10."It's Like You Never Left"3:03
Total length:34:40

Personnel

  • Dave Mason, Graham Nash (tracks: 1, 2, 5), John Batdorf (track: 6) - vocals
  • Clydie King, Julia Tillman Waters, Kathleen Saroyan, Maxine Willard Waters (tracks: 3, 10) - backing vocals
  • Dave Mason, George "Son Of Harry" Harrison (track: 3) - guitar
  • Mark Jordan - piano (tracks: 3, 6, 9), organ (track: 9)
  • Malcolm Cecil - Moog programming (track: 7)
  • Dave Mason - Moog bass synthesizer (track: 7)
  • Chuck Rainey (track: 1), Carl Radle (track: 3, 9), Charles Fletcher (track: 4), Greg Reeves (tracks: 5, 10), Lonnie Turner (track: 6) - bass guitar
  • Jim Keltner (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 10), Rick Jaeger (tracks: 1, 6, 7) - drums
  • Rocky Dzidzornu (tracks: 1, 7), Larry "Nastyee" Latimer (track: 10) - congas
  • Denny Morouse, Norma Jean Bell, Steve Madaio (track: 6) - horns
  • Stevie Wonder - harmonica (track: 9)[5]

Production

  • Producer – Dave Mason
  • Co-producer – Malcolm Cecil
  • Arranged By – Dave Mason
  • Recorded By – Al Schmitt, Glen Kolotkin, Malcolm Cecil
  • Mixed By – Al Schmitt[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Dave Mason It's Like You Never Left". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 7 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 721. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  4. ^ Marsh, Dave; Swenson, John, eds. (1983). The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. New York, NY: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p. 318. ISBN 0-394-72107-1.
  5. ^ a b c "Dave Mason – It's Like You Never Left". Discogs. Retrieved 11 May 2015.