In my last post I mentioned that I was seeking the tracks from the Skatetown USA soundtrack, and once again John has delievered the goods (what would we do without him). He also send a couple of other Dave Mason tracks from a 1978 album called "California Jam 2" which of course was a collection of songs from the music festival of the same name.
I've said it many times that Dave's songs all tend to sound the same (read this blog and see how many times I've said it), but the completist has to have these songs. Plus, I keep getting emails about how much people love him.
At least there are a couple of new Dave tracks here, "Skatetown USA" and "I Fell In Love". That is what I like to hear, music I haven't heard before. Of course Dave couldn't help himself and did a version of "Feelin' Alright" on this soundtrack too (although by comparison with other versions it isn't bad). I now have 10 version of this song.
The songs from Cal Jam 2 are of course just Dave doing live versions of his songs. I'd actually really like to hear Dave perform his songs in a different way occasionally. I'm a big Bob Dylan fan and you never know how he is going to sing a particular song. Some people complain that with Bob Dylan you are halfway into the song at a concert before you recognise it. There is pretty much no risk of that ever happening with Dave Mason.
Oh and I'll say this about Dave Mason. If you look at the picture above and also the picture on my previous post of Dave Mason Obscure Tracks, you'll notice he dresses pretty sharp for a guy who is almost pension age! This of course is a change from his scruffy look of his youth!
Source: John (who else?) :-)
Bitrate: 320kbps
Further Info:
Skatetown USA: http://discog.fleetwoodmac.net/discog.php?pid=564
California Jam 2: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfpxqyhld0e
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