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Nick Mason collaborator Carla Bley dies at 87

Posted November 23, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Carla Bley conducts her band at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, July 1978Avant-garde composer Carla Bley, who wrote Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason‘s 1981 album “Fictitious Sports,” died Oct. 17. She was 87.

A prominent figure in the “free jazz” movement of the 1960s, the California-native released more than two dozen albums from 1966 to 2019.

She might best be known for her jazz opera “Escalator Over the Hill” (1973). Originally released on three LPs, it featured Jack Bruce of Cream and vocals by Linda Ronstadt. Melody Maker magazine named it Album of the Year.

Her collaboration with Mason easily could have been called “Carla Bley’s Fictitious Sports.” It was she who wrote all of the album’s numbers, played keyboards throughout and co-produced the effort with Mason. But as a member of the Floyd, Mason was guaranteed a hefty advance for any solo album, perhaps one reason his name graced the cover.

Bley was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2018. She succumbed to the illness at her home in Willow, N.Y., outside Woodstock. “Fictitious Sports” had been recorded at Bley’s Grog Kill Studio in that home’s basement in October ’79.

Photo: Carla Bley conducts her band at the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, July 1978.


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Happy Birthday, Nick Mason

Posted January 27, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Happy 78th Birthday, Nick Mason


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Nick Mason items up for bid

Posted October 26, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd co-founder and drummer Nick Mason has donated two items for the Ed Sheeran: Made in Suffolk Legacy Auction.”

The auction’s organized by John and Imogen Sheeran, parents of musician Ed, to benefit young people in the Sheeran’s home town of Suffolk.

Mason has donated a signed copy of  the Pink Floyd boxset “The Later Years: 1987–2019”; and a photo taken by David Davies at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games of Mason playing “Wish You Were Here” with Richard Jones (The Feeling), Sheeran and Mike Rutherford (Genesis). The photo is signed by all four performers.

There are 218 other lots available as well.


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Nick Mason records song with Tony Iommi

Posted October 15, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Spanish music magazine La Heavy reports Black Sabbath‘s Tony Iommi has recorded a song with Pink Floyd‘s Nick Mason.

In a brief audio segment posted by the magazine on YouTube yesterday, Iommi says he recorded the track “a few weeks ago” to benefit a cancer charity. He indicates Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones might also appear on it.

 

 


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Win: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live at the Roundhouse

Posted August 3, 2020 by Floydian Slip

The Saucerful of Secrets Official Store is giving away merchandise and media bundles for the band’s upcoming “Live at the Roundhouse.”

Register to win here.

Pink Floyd co-founder and drummer Nick Mason founded the Saucerfuls in 2018 to play out live the early music of Floyd.

Sony Legacy will release “Live at the Roundhouse” on Sept. 18.

The performance, recorded at the London venue in May 2019, will be available as a double LP, three-disc CD/DVD, and Blu-ray.


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Delayed: Live album, film from Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets

Posted March 21, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Sony Legacy has delayed the release of “Live at the Roundhouse,” a concert film and album by Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets.

Originally scheduled for April 17, the package will now drop Sept. 19.

The band announces the change in a tweet that reads in part, “Due to the current situation and considering the well-being of our fans we’ve taken the decision to move the release date.”


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Nick Mason announces Record Store Day release

Posted March 5, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets will release a special 12″ single for Record Store Day, Saturday, April 18.

“See Emily Play” and the long-lost Pink Floyd track “Vegetable Man” — both taken from the band’s upcoming “Live at the Roundhouse” album — will be backed by a custom etching.

Mason, a founding member of Pink Floyd and the band’s drummer, established Saucerful of Secrets in Spring 2018 as a vehicle to present live performances of Floyd’s early music. The band consists of Mason, Gary KempGuy PrattLee Harris and Dom Beken.

The band has performed dozens of shows in Europe and North America to enthusiastic crowds and critical acclaim. It has more than 30 dates schedule for 2020, starting April 23 in Guilford.

On Tuesday, Floyd announced it’ll issue a limited edition, one-sided 45 of “Arnold Layne” for Record Store Day. (See “Pink Floyd announces Record Store Day release.”)


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Winners: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets “Live at the Roundhouse”

Posted March 2, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to winners of tickets to see “Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets ‘Live at the Roundhouse'” playing at select theaters March 10:

  • Jim Liguori, Jacksonville, FL
  • William Gilbert, Boiling Springs, SC
  • Michael Dickey, Mesa, AZ
  • Carollee Heins, Batavia, IL

All winners also receive a limited edition poster. Jim is our Grand Prize winner, who receives a poster autographed by Nick.


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Win: Tickets for “Live at the Roundhouse” featuring Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets

Posted February 20, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Register now to win a pair of tickets to see the new concert film “Live at the Roundhouse” featuring Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, playing one night only, March 10.

Each winner also receives a Saucerful of Secrets poster. And … one Grand Prize winner gets a poster autographed by the band.

Prizes courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.

Register to win now.


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Live album, film coming from Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets

Posted January 30, 2020 by Floydian Slip

Sony Legacy will release “Live at the Roundhouse,” a concert film and album by Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, on April 17.

The performance, recorded at the London venue in May 2019, will be available as a double LP, three-disc CD/DVD, and Blu-ray.

The film will also play in theaters one night only: March 10. The theatrical release will include a pre-recorded Q&A with Mason and the band answering questions submitted by fans.

Mason, a founding member of Pink Floyd and the band’s drummer, established Saucerful of Secrets in Spring 2018 as a vehicle to present live performances of Floyd’s early music. The band consists of Mason, Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris and Dom Beken.

The band has performed dozens of shows in Europe and North America to enthusiastic crowds and critical acclaim. It has more than 30 dates schedule for 2020, starting April 23 in Guilford.

“Live at the Roadhouse” is available for pre-order at the band’s online shop, which also offers apparel and limited edition posters signed by the band.

Tickets for the theatrical release are on sale now at nickmasonfilm.com.


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