As the dispute between
Dave Mason and Blue Thumb Records continued, the label went back to the
Mason concert they had recorded at the Troubadour in Los Angeles and used to fill up the second side of
Headkeeper the previous year, and, again without
Mason's approval, released this live album, which repeated two of the songs from
Headkeeper. Also included were live versions of
Alone Together songs like "Shouldn't Have Took More Than You Gave," "Only You And I Know" (sic) and "Sad And Deep As You." It was a decent gig, but the circumstances made it a dubious record release. (Originally released on Blue Thumb Records as Blue Thumb 54, Dave Mason Is Alive! was reissued by MCA Records as MCA 713.) ~ William Ruhlmann