A quick alert for – principally – those of you in the UK. If you find yourself with little to do on Friday morning, especially with the current Covid restrictions, you could do worse than tune in to the Sky Arts television channel (now available on Freeview channel 11, as well as through other providers including Sky and Virgin Media). From 11:30am until 12:00pm, there’s a special show called “Auction” which takes a look at the sale back in June 2019 which raised a staggering $21.5million for the ClientEarth charity. The programme description simply notes: “The huge personal guitar collection of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour comes to Christie’s – including the black Fender Stratocaster that featured on many of the band’s records.” Whatever the show covers, should be worth tuning in where possible (or setting your recorders if you can’t watch it on broadcast). Sky and Now TV customers can also watch Sky Arts shows on demand afterwards. Our thanks to Andy Finn for letting us know about this programme.
German producer Edwin Rosen returns with his latest single, ‘Verschwende Deine Zeit’. The new track follows on from the success of the hit single, ‘Leichter//kälter’, released back in January which now sits at well over 3 million streams on Spotify alone! Once a relatively unknown bedroom producer, Edwin Rosen is now quickly rising up the …
Some great news for our friends in Europe – we now have news, announced this morning, of the remaining three dates of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets tour (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/index.php) we were waiting on being rescheduled, and these have been bolstered by the addition of three further shows!First, the rescheduled shows:19th May 2021 – Grosser Saal (Great Hall), Messe und Congress Centrum Halle Munsterland, Munster, Germany (moved from 30th May 2020) (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/may-19th-grosser-saal-messe-und-congress-centrum-hall-munsterland-munster-germany-resched.html) 30th June 2021 – BARTS, Barcelona, Spain (moved from 1st July 2020) (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/june-30th-barts-barcelona-spain-resched.html) 2nd July 2021 – Palacio Municipal, Madrid, Spain (moved from 2nd July 2020) (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/july-2nd-palacio-municipal-madrid-spain-resched.html) All existing tickets for these rescheduled shows remain valid for the new dates, and there is no need to contact the venue or ticket agent to check. They may well be in touch about this change anyway. Now we turn to the newly added shows:14th June 2021 – Klub Wytwornia, Lodz, Poland (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/june-14th-klub-wytwornia-lodz-poland.html) – TICKETS FROM 22 JUNE (https://www.ebilet.pl/muzyka/rock/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets/)3rd July 2021 – Super Bock Arena – Pavilhao Rosa Mota, Porto, Portugal (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/july-3rd-super-bock-arena-pavilhao-rosa-mota-porto-por.html) – TICKETS FROM 19 JUNE (https://www.ticketline.pt/)4th July 2021 – Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal (nick-mason-s-sos-2021/july-4th-campo-pequeno-lisbon-portugal.html) – TICKETS FROM 19 JUNE (https://www.ticketline.pt/)Obviously any further changes or new dates, we will let you all know. In related news, the highly anticipated Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse (latest/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-live-at-the-roundhouse-2lp-2cd-dvd-blu-ray-ci-2.html) release is still coming out on 18th September, in three different editions (Blu-ray, 2CD/DVD set, and a double vinyl LP), and should be an essential purchase. You can order the various editions through the following direct links, taking advantage of Amazon's pre-order price guarantee so you will automatically pay the lowest asking price between placing your order, and release, whilst giving Brain Damage much needed help with running costs without costing you any extra. We really appreciate it too! LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – Blu-ray: Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083XWMFWG/ref%3Das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=1634 creative=19450 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XWMFWG linkCode=as2 tag=braindamage-21)Canada (https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamageon-20)Germany (https://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamage0f-21)France (https://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamageon-21)Italy (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B083XWMFWG/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=23322 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XWMFWG linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21)Spain (https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B083XWMFWG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XWMFWG linkCode=as2 tag=braidama01-21)LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – 2CD/DVD: Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083XTGCLZ/ref%3Das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=1634 creative=19450 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XTGCLZ linkCode=as2 tag=braindamage-21)Canada (https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamageon-20)Germany (https://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamage0f-21)France (https://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamageon-21)Italy (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B083XTGCLZ/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=23322 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XTGCLZ linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21)Spain (https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B083XTGCLZ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XTGCLZ linkCode=as2 tag=braidama01-21)LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – DOUBLE VINYL LP: Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083XVFP2D/ref%3Das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=1634 creative=19450 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XVFP2D linkCode=as2 tag=braindamage-21)Canada (https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamageon-20)Germany (https://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamage0f-21)France (https://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamageon-21)Italy (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B083XVFP2D/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=23322 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XVFP2D linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21)Spain (https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B083XVFP2D/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XVFP2D linkCode=as2 tag=braidama01-21)
One of Brain Damage’s regular correspondents is Heather Fenton, a frequent visitor to the site. She had the opportunity over the Christmas period to watch three of the biggest releases that came out during 2020 – the Roger Waters Us + Them live recording, the Restored.Re-edited.Remixed version of Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder, and Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse. Here, she compares and contrasts these markedly different releases. Which one comes out as her favourite? Read on to find out… I finally got round to watching and listening to all the CDs/DVDs and this is what I thought. Going back first to October, and Roger Waters Us + Them (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-us-them-2cd-3lp-dvd-and-blu-ray-announced.html). Having been to the live show at Manchester which was fantastic, then seeing the cinema showing in 2019 which left us feeling depressed, I said I would not get the DVD but of course I did. With Roger the live show is a spectacle and the atmosphere lifts the audience, but when its just you and the screen it lacks the lightness. Don’t get me wrong, it was still very good but even revisiting Dark Side and all he is now very removed from Pink Floyd, which is what he wanted. The interpretation is all his but even a lot of the old favourites are more of a cover version (not tribute band) and come across hard especially when interspersed with his own more recent compositions. You would not want to play this every night! Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/the-restored.-re-edited.-remixed.-delicate-sound-of-thunder-being-rel.html) though was everything we have come to expect. The sound quality was greatly enhanced and as for the visual definition, it’s now so sharp and the colours very vivid – almost iridescent – in Time. A joy to watch and an excellent worthy addition to the collection, and maybe one day Venice will follow suit. But although Delicate Sound Of Thunder was excellent, a higher accolade would have to go to Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-live-at-the-roundhouse-2lp-2cd-dvd-blu-ray-ci-2.html). This leaves you with a real “feel-good factor”. Light hearted, beautifully put together, lovely interviews throughout with the band members, and fascinating how they all got together. The songs and music are perfectly executed. Bet Gary Kemp never though he would perform Vegetable Man, and the split of Atom Heart Mother was inspiring. This is the one you can play over and over again and although there’s not the visual spectacle of the other two, it allows you just to watch the action and really enjoy the performances. Well done Nick and the band! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Heather! We always welcome contributions from our visitors – if you’ve got anything you want to share with the wider community, please get in touch!
