''Split Coconut'' is an album by

Dave Mason David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who came to prominence in 1967 as a founding member of the rock band Traffic. While with Traffic, he wrote and sang lead vocals on two of the b ...

, released in October 1975. It was reissued on CD on the One Way label in 1995.

Reception

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's brief retrospective review called the album a major disappointment after Mason's first two albums for Columbia, claiming that the songs seem both hastily written and hastily recorded.

Track listing

All songs by Dave Mason unless otherwise noted. Side One # "Split Coconut" # " Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (

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) # "You Can Lose It" (Dave Mason, Jim Krueger) # "She's a Friend" # "Save Your Love" Side Two # "Give Me a Reason Why" # "Two Guitar Lovers" ( Maureen Gray) # "Sweet Music" # "Long Lost Friend"

Personnel

*Dave Mason – vocals, guitar, slide guitar *Jim Krueger – guitar *

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– guitar, background vocals *Gerald Johnson – bass *Mark T. Jordan – organ, keyboards, clavinet *Jai Winding – organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboards *Rick Jaeger – drums *

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– percussion, marimba *

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– vocals, background vocals *

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– vocals, background vocals

Chart positions

References

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