Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
You thrilled to him as Ronnie Kray, now Gary Kemp is Syd Barrett in Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets... unless there's another Gary Kemp?
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:34 (six years ago) link
A quick GIS of Nick Mason and Gary Kemp suggests that they are, indeed, china plates, as Ronnie Kray might have said.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:40 (six years ago) link
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets is the brainchild of former Blockheads guitarist Lee Harris who back in 2016 suggested putting a group together around Nick Mason and featuring esteemed Pink Floyd/ David Gilmour session bassist Guy Pratt.To distance themselves from Roger Waters and David Gilmour's live set lists, the idea was to focus solely on Pink Floyd’s embryonic years of 1967 to 1972.With Nick Mason on board, they completed Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets with Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp on guitars and music producer/composer Dom Beken on keyboards.The four gigs in May will be Nick Mason’s first live musical outing since Pink Floyd’s historic Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park in 2005. Nick, of course, is a founder and the only constant member of Pink Floyd performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows
To distance themselves from Roger Waters and David Gilmour's live set lists, the idea was to focus solely on Pink Floyd’s embryonic years of 1967 to 1972.
With Nick Mason on board, they completed Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets with Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp on guitars and music producer/composer Dom Beken on keyboards.
The four gigs in May will be Nick Mason’s first live musical outing since Pink Floyd’s historic Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park in 2005. Nick, of course, is a founder and the only constant member of Pink Floyd performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows
https://www.planetrock.com/news/news/rock-news/nick-mason-to-perform-early-pink-floyd-with-new-band-saucerful-of-secrets/
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:41 (six years ago) link
But is Gaz going to be singing, "A gnome named Grimble Gromble"?
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:43 (six years ago) link
And then one day, hoorayanother way for gnomes to say Trueh..
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:53 (six years ago) link
"To cut a long story shortSyd lost his miiiind"
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:56 (six years ago) link
sad lols
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:57 (six years ago) link
Would be cool if Mason sang the songs he did vocals for on the originals e.g. One Of These Days, Corporal Clegg, Scream Thy Last Scream.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 11:58 (six years ago) link
Putting "Nick Mason's" in front is a great way to make a band name more reasonable
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets is the brainchild of former Blockheads guitarist Lee Harris
i just remembered that i have this (terrible) rave version of 'time' by lee harris - gotta be the same guy right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLd-7pm-ow
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:20 (six years ago) link
Rodge let slip in a radio interview that there is a 5.1 of Animals on the way sometime soon, didn't say anything about an Immersion Box type of deal.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:22 (six years ago) link
there was also a lee harris in talk talk, surely it's not him but who knows? xp
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Dingwalls and 3 dates at the Half Moon, jfc couldn't they have aimed a little higher?
I mean that would probably just about accommodate Guy Pratt's fucking guest list.
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion)
i can't ever consider "nick mason's fictitious sports" to be "reasonable". only "reasonamable".
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
Will Nick bust out 'The Grand Vizier's Garden Party'?
― earlnash, Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
First encore.
― (Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 20:42 (six years ago) link
5-1 odds that Robert Wyatt comes out for an "I'm A Believer" encore.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
would rather hear "wervin'"
― ziggy the ginhead (rushomancy), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 02:53 (six years ago) link
^Yes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnfPzODj1kI
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 14:24 (six years ago) link
Dingwalls 20th May 2018
1. Interstellar Overdrive2. Astronomy Domine3. Lucifer Sam4. Fearless5. Obscured By Clouds6. When You're In7. Arnold Layne8. Green Is The Colour9. Let There Be More Light10. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun11. See Emily Play12. Bike13. One Of These Days14. A Saucerful Of Secrets15. Point Me At The Sky
― MaresNest, Monday, 21 May 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
for a second mistook that for a Waters setlist and was like wtf rad
― niels, Monday, 21 May 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-HJNJm4I0
― MaresNest, Monday, 21 May 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link
There's a clip of Bike out there too (with Pratt singing) but I'm not gonna link it because it sounds like a pub band.
― MaresNest, Monday, 21 May 2018 22:43 (five years ago) link
Bunch of UK and European tour dates announced at http://www.thesaucerfulofsecrets.com/
This thing isn't coming anywhere near me which kind of solves my dilemma of whether I want to put myself through it or not
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Friday, 25 May 2018 08:23 (five years ago) link
I will go for sure, perhaps I'm taking it a bit too seriously, but the youtube clips feel under-rehearsed and like a bit of a busman's holiday to me, I wish he hadn't just gone down the crony route with the band members.
― MaresNest, Friday, 25 May 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link
yeah i love all these songs but i'm not really excited to hear these folks play them. if he'd gotten, you know, somebody like robyn hitchcock to go on tour with him i'd jump at the chance.
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Friday, 25 May 2018 10:39 (five years ago) link
May have been Guy Pratt's idea
― PaulTMA, Friday, 25 May 2018 11:35 (five years ago) link
XP - my thoughts exactly, Hitchcock would be a perfect frontman.
― MaresNest, Friday, 25 May 2018 12:18 (five years ago) link
There are Robyn Hitchcock And Heavy Friends Play Pink Floyd concerts on archive.org for any who doubt it
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Friday, 25 May 2018 12:55 (five years ago) link
I'm just bummed he didn't name the band Set The Controls For The Heart Of Mason
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 25 May 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
I'm bummed it turned out to be pretty good so no-one got to use the headline, A Mason Disgrace.
― Poisoned by Johan's pea soup. (Tom D.), Friday, 25 May 2018 14:11 (five years ago) link
i wish he would do electronic duo versions of the PF songbook and call it Mason-Jarre
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Friday, 25 May 2018 15:26 (five years ago) link
http://floydpodcast.com/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 June 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
^this RULES
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 8 June 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
i hope he brings this to the US, I would absolutely go and would probably prefer this over seeing gilmore at this point. or gilmour. or however he spells it.
― akm, Friday, 8 June 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
dang i would totally go ... what size places is he playing?
― tylerw, Friday, 8 June 2018 17:27 (five years ago) link
dingwalls is fucking tiny
― akm, Friday, 8 June 2018 17:32 (five years ago) link
xxp surely Set the Controls for the Heart of the Drums
― startled macropod (MatthewK), Friday, 8 June 2018 18:17 (five years ago) link
He’s playing the Olympia here (where Dylan played in 66 w the giant American flag), maybe 2000 people? saw Paramore there recently
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 8 June 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
let's see who the true heads are around here....quiz time chumps
https://s22.postimg.cc/qzte8qeip/ratmpinkfloyd.jpg
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 June 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
I took that quiz.
it was one of the low points of my life.
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 June 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
Enjoyed listening to that podcast of the concert. It all sounds just like the Pink Floyd, except for the drums.
― everything, Friday, 8 June 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
dan....me too...and me too
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 8 June 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
it is really good. the "Interstellar Overdrive" is spot on. love how it goes into "Astronomy Domine" at the end.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 8 June 2018 22:02 (five years ago) link
The Mason bandwagon rolls on:
‘Unattended Luggage’Nick Mason to release vinyl and cd box sets of his three solo albumsIncluding...‘Fictitious Sports’‘Profiles’‘White of the Eye’Released August 31, 2018For the first time in over 20 years, Nick Mason’s solo albums, ‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’, ‘Profiles’ and ‘White of the Eye’ will be available in both CD and vinyl three-disc boxsets. Released on 31 August through Warner Music, these limited edition box sets will be available shortly before Nick tours Europe with his acclaimed new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets.Nick Mason is one of the biggest selling artists of all time. A co-founding member of Pink Floyd, he is the only constant member of the group, performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows. In May of this year, Nick debuted his new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets with four intimate shows in London (Camden Dingwalls 20 May and The Half Moon in Putney 21, 23 and 24 May) to an incredible reception.Unattended Luggage is a further celebration of Nick Mason and his undeniably significant contribution to music. The set contains;‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’ - Nick’s debut solo album which was originally released in 1981 and saw him collaborate with a variety of different musicians including Robert Wyatt and Carla Bley.‘Profiles’ - A collaboration with 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn, it was Nick’s second album outside of Pink Floyd and was released in 1985 as ‘Mason + Fenn’. This is a mainly instrumental album except for tracks ‘Lie for a Lie’, which features vocals from Maggie Reilly and former bandmate David Gilmour and ‘Israel’, sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel.‘White of the Eye’ - A soundtrack for a British thriller movie of the same name, Nick once again collaborated with Rick Fenn. Originally released in 1987, in conjunction with the film's release, this is the first time the record has been made available for over 20 years, and the first time it will appear on CD.Nick Mason says, "These recordings hold a very special place for me in my musical life. 'Fictitious Sports' developed initially from working with Mike Mantler, Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt on a couple of their projects, and benefited enormously from a whole crew of great musicians that I was introduced to by them at Grog Kill Studios in Woodstock.“'Profiles' and 'White of the Eye' were an extension of working with Rick Fenn on some advertising and short documentary film soundtracks, which then developed into something more.“Listening back after 30 odd years, I'm delighted they are getting the reissue treatment. I’m rather hoping that sales will be sufficient to damage the market in the original rare vinyl versions!”Unattended Luggage will be available in both CD and vinyl three LP boxsets.The individual albums ‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’, ‘Profiles’ and ‘White of the Eye’ will all be available as a download and through streaming platforms.
Nick Mason to release vinyl and cd box sets of his three solo albums
Including...
‘Fictitious Sports’
‘Profiles’
‘White of the Eye’
Released August 31, 2018
For the first time in over 20 years, Nick Mason’s solo albums, ‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’, ‘Profiles’ and ‘White of the Eye’ will be available in both CD and vinyl three-disc boxsets. Released on 31 August through Warner Music, these limited edition box sets will be available shortly before Nick tours Europe with his acclaimed new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets.
Nick Mason is one of the biggest selling artists of all time. A co-founding member of Pink Floyd, he is the only constant member of the group, performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows. In May of this year, Nick debuted his new band Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets with four intimate shows in London (Camden Dingwalls 20 May and The Half Moon in Putney 21, 23 and 24 May) to an incredible reception.
Unattended Luggage is a further celebration of Nick Mason and his undeniably significant contribution to music. The set contains;
‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’ - Nick’s debut solo album which was originally released in 1981 and saw him collaborate with a variety of different musicians including Robert Wyatt and Carla Bley.
‘Profiles’ - A collaboration with 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn, it was Nick’s second album outside of Pink Floyd and was released in 1985 as ‘Mason + Fenn’. This is a mainly instrumental album except for tracks ‘Lie for a Lie’, which features vocals from Maggie Reilly and former bandmate David Gilmour and ‘Israel’, sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel.
‘White of the Eye’ - A soundtrack for a British thriller movie of the same name, Nick once again collaborated with Rick Fenn. Originally released in 1987, in conjunction with the film's release, this is the first time the record has been made available for over 20 years, and the first time it will appear on CD.
Nick Mason says, "These recordings hold a very special place for me in my musical life. 'Fictitious Sports' developed initially from working with Mike Mantler, Carla Bley and Robert Wyatt on a couple of their projects, and benefited enormously from a whole crew of great musicians that I was introduced to by them at Grog Kill Studios in Woodstock.
“'Profiles' and 'White of the Eye' were an extension of working with Rick Fenn on some advertising and short documentary film soundtracks, which then developed into something more.
“Listening back after 30 odd years, I'm delighted they are getting the reissue treatment. I’m rather hoping that sales will be sufficient to damage the market in the original rare vinyl versions!”
Unattended Luggage will be available in both CD and vinyl three LP boxsets.
The individual albums ‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’, ‘Profiles’ and ‘White of the Eye’ will all be available as a download and through streaming platforms.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
Love "Fictitious Sports"!
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
Nick Mason is one of the biggest selling artists of all time
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
I know! One of, not "The"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
Needs to have the CD of Mason’s racing car sounds.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 06:57 (five years ago) link
Thematic cd, tracks with sounds of cars on them!
Kraftwerk, Autobahn. Otway&Barrett, Jet Spotter of the track
and so on..
― Mark G, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 07:07 (five years ago) link