Nick Mason & Rick Fenn – White of the Eye (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1987/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 43:07 minutes | 469 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Nick Mason is the drummer of Pink Floyd and the only member to have remained in the group for its entire existence. Born Nicholas Berkeley Mason on January 27, 1944, in the Downshire Hills area of Birmingham, England, he met future bandmates Roger Waters and Rick Wright while studying architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic. He began playing with them in Sigma 6 in 1963, then the Screaming Abdabs the following year, and finally in 1965 the Syd Barrett-led blues/R&B outfits that soon became Pink Floyd. Although drumming for Floyd was far and away Mason’s primary concern over the next few decades, he did occasionally delve into extracurricular projects. He moonlighted as a producer during the ’70s (particularly during the latter half of the decade), working not just with fellow proggers like Robert Wyatt, Gong, and Steve Hillage, but also post-bop jazz eccentric Michael Mantler and punk group the Damned. In 1981, Mason released the first album ever under his own name, Fictitious Sports. The music was a quirky blend of jazz and rock composed by Carla Bley, who also played keyboards; other supporting musicians included vocalist Wyatt, trumpeter Mantler, and guitarist Chris Spedding. In turn, Mason played drums with Mantler off and on over the ’80s, including on the albums Something Else (1982) and Live (1987). Mason also formed a production company with former 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn, which produced music for films (including White of the Eye), television, and advertisements. As Mason + Fenn, the two also recorded a pop album in 1985, called Profiles, which produced the David Gilmour-sung single “Lie for a Lie.” As Floyd’s recording and touring schedule grew more sporadic, Mason was left with more time to pursue his favorite hobby, auto racing. ~ Steve Huey
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Nick Mason & Rick Fenn – Profiles (Remastered) (1985/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 44:21 minutes | 518 MB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Parlophone UK
Profiles is an album by Pink Floyd’s drummer Nick Mason and 10cc’s guitarist Rick Fenn, released in 1985. It is almost entirely instrumental, save for two songs: “Lie for a Lie,” featuring Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour and Mike Oldfield’s early 80s singer Maggie Reilly; and “Israel,” sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel.
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Nick Mason – Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (Remastered) (1981/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:20 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Columbia, apparently attempting to cash in on Pink Floyd’s explosion in popularity, released this album in 1981 under Nick Mason’s name when in reality he’s simply the drummer in this incarnation of Carla Bley’s ensemble; Ms. Bley composed all the music and lyrics for this project. It’s possibly her most overtly pop-oriented album, with all eight songs featuring vocals by Soft Machine alumnus Robert Wyatt. The music, by Bley’s standards, is fairly pedestrian if occasionally catchy, though the lyrics are often wryly amusing. So we have songs about failed car motors and a skeptic’s encounter with a flying saucer, and one dedicated to unappreciative audiences titled “Boo to You Too.” Though the band is staffed with several fine jazz musicians, the music has more of a rock or jazz-rock feel, largely due to the spotlight on guitarist Chris Spedding, who evidences slick, if relatively uninteresting, chops. To the extent the songs succeed, Wyatt can take much of the credit. His engagingly hoarse voice is capable of both wrenching sincerity and mordant humor; pieces like “Do Ya?,” where he is asked to tortuously squawk the line “God knows I try!,” would collapse entirely with a less convincing vocalist. The closing cut, “I’m a Mineralist,” is the one that leaves a lasting impression. Conflating geology and minimalism, it includes lines like “Erik Satie gets my rocks off/Cage is a dream/Philip Glass is mineralist to the extreme,” before launching into a note-perfect rendition of some pointedly bland Glassian measures. For Pink Floyd completists, this album might provide a glimpse into an alternate universe of which they were otherwise unaware, but fans of Bley’s earlier masterpieces like Escalator Over the Hill are likely to emerge somewhat disappointed.
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Title: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets – Live at the Roundhouse
Release Date: 2020
Genre: Rock
Production/Label: Sony Music
Duration: 01:55:45 + 01:12:10
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: LPCM, Dolby Digital
Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1920×1080, 23,976 fps, 24,989 kbps
Audio: LPCM Stereo, 48,0 KHz, 2 ch, 2,304 kbps
Audio 2: LPCM Surround, 48,0 KHz, 6 ch, 6,912 kbps
Audio 3: Dolby Digital Surround, 48,0 KHz, 6 ch, 640 kbps
Size: 42.67 GB
Nick Mason, the only band member to have played on all of Pink Floyd’s studio albums, returns to the group’s earliest records, joined in the line-up by Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris and Dom Beken. Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets took the drummer back to clubs for the first time in 1967, then to theatres, across the UK, North America and Europe, playing only music his old band had recorded before The Dark Side of the Moon. Captured from the band’s celebrated shows at London’s Roundhouse, where Pink Floyd played some of their most revered early shows in the 1960s, the film features a uniquely thrilling setlist including songs hailing from Syd Barrett’s time with the band. Only four songs from this eclectic roster have ever previously appeared on official live releases by Pink Floyd or its members. Everything else is being experienced for the first time since their original live performances.
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