Certified Live is a live album by Dave Mason, which was released as a double-LP in 1976. The album demonstrates that Dave Mason had a tight touring band and a repertoire of Rock 'n' Roll standards to draw from, as well as such interesting acquisitions as the Eagles' "Take It To The Limit" and the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin".
Certified Live is a live album by Dave Mason, which was released as a double-LP in 1976. It peaked on #78 in The Billboard 200 in 1977. Credits goes to Mike Finnigan, Jai Winding, Ron Nevison, Michael Dilbeck, and art director Ron Coro.
Dave Mason built up a concert audience that didn't necessarily translate into a record-buying audience, and this double live album was intended to address that problem.
The album demonstrates that Dave Mason had a tight touring band and a repertoire of Rock 'n' Roll standards to draw from, as well as such interesting acquisitions as the Eagles' "Take It To The Limit" and the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin". On the album are also some Columbia versions of earlier Mason songs as "Feelin' Alright?", "Pearly Queen", and "Sad And Deep As You".
