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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live At The Roundhouse

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse BMG A couple of years back I read about Nick Mason’s new group – Saucerful of Secrets. He was tackling the pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, the Syd Barrett years and some of the early years of when Roger Waters started to steer the ship. Essentially the […]
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January 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Flaming Lips: Oczy Mlody

The Flaming Lips Oczy Mlody Warner Bros. The Flaming Lips long ago earned their right to do what they like – and to (no doubt) always like what they do. No mean feat considering they’ve stayed on a major label and stayed a cult-act. Theirs is a unique story. But somewhere in there is a […]
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December 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1443

Pink Floyd, The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) You know I don’t think I’ve ever heard this. The vinyl I mean. Of course I’ve heard the album. I had the tape, I had the CD, I had the 20th Anniversary CD – sold at the 1973 price of $6.99 for a day or two. […]
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March 24, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1564

Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports, Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (1981) My favourite “solo” effort by a Pink Floyd member (apart from Syd Barrett’s albums). Of course you could argue (correctly) that this is no solo album. Carla Bley wrote and produced the material, Robert Wyatt sung most of it – those are reasons to sign up […]
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February 24, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1607

Pink Floyd, Relics (1971) One of the first Pink Floyd tapes I bought – so it was a bit of a head-fuck at first; lined up next to The Wall and A Momentary Lapse Of Reason. But shortly after – I persisted with Relics – I bought Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. And it […]
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