Many of you now will have seen the first two of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets’ guitarist Lee Harris’s “Live At Lee’s” which he is sharing on his social media pages – these looked at how he approached a couple of the songs in the Saucers repertoire. For the third episode, he recorded something a little different – a chat with fellow guitarist Tim Renwick. Tim, of course, has had a long history with the Floyd (amongst others on his extensive CV which is a bit of a who’s who of top musicians) taking in things like Roger Waters’ 1984 tour, Pink Floyd from 1987 onwards (including the 2005 Live 8 appearance at London’s Hyde Park, and playing guitar on The Division Bell and Richard Wright’s Broken China. We’ve mentioned before on Brain Damage that Tim remains very active, with some lovely solo albums available from his website (https://www.timrenwick.com). Here’s the interview:
Welcome back friends to another fresh Beneath the Surface slice. Today we are joined by the exciting electronic pop artist Daniela, off the back of her recent, all guns blazing, empowering new single ‘Watch Me’. Dig into what we chatted about below! What would you say first sparked your interest in music/who inspired you to […]
There’s been an interesting and appreciated trend recently focusing Pink Floyd books on localised appearances, such as Pink Floyd Live Tour In Japan 1971-1988 (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/new-japanese-book-pink-floyd-live-tour-in-japan-1971-1988.html) and Pink Floyd in De Kuip ’88 (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/new-book-pink-floyd-in-de-kuip-88.html). Another such book is on its way, focused on the Floyd’s French appearances. Pink Floyd and the band’s individual members have enjoyed a long relationship with France. From their early appearances on French TV, to their eventual spectacular arena shows – not forgetting the recording of landmark albums such as The Wall – the book Pink Floyd en France, published on November 30th, 2021, now traces the band’s historic “French connection”! France embraced Pink Floyd’s music right from the very first album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, in 1967. Nick Mason was quoted in Muziq Magazine in November 2016 as saying that “Pink Floyd may never have survived without the French audiences. We toured a lot in France and appeared in many TV shows. It was our home from home in a way. France responded to our music quite rapidly, as opposed to England where our fan base was not always very reliable”. The group performed on more than 60 occasions in France between 1968 until 1994. Roger Waters and David Gilmour also toured extensively in France to promote their solo albums. Nick Mason’s own band Saucerful Of Secrets has also played a few shows there. Author Patrick Ducher tells the band’s story from several different angles: firstly reviewing numerous French rock magazines of the times, including long discontinued and forgotten publications, and secondly his many personal concert recollections. Next, Patrick invited a number of fans to review essential bootlegs, one from each of the bandâs French tours, along with solo performances by individual band members in France. Finally, the author posed the simple question “Why Pink Floyd?” to almost a hundred French fans, passionate followers of the band, and interviewed musicians from several tribute bands, all devoted to keeping Pink Floyd’s music and legacy alive. “Pink Floyd en France’ is a 420 page, French-language hardback book with many rare pictures. The 250 illustrations include magazine covers, adverts, posters, and tickets. It’s now available to order direct from the publishers, at pinkfloydenfrance.com (https://pinkfloydenfrance.com) in standard or limited edition, priced at respectively at â¬45 and â¬85 plus shipping. The limited edition includes a copy of the book signed by the author, a 2-track 7” by a French Floyd cover band, 2 prints, 4 coasters, and 2 plectrums, all in a special box. The website has full details…
Last night, a significant chunk of you would have been at cinemas in various countries, watching the special presentation of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse. Followed by an exclusive Q A with the band, that was recorded a short while ago, reaction to the film (and the Q A) has been thoroughly positive.Brain Damage was at the world premiere on Monday evening, at London's Picturehouse Central, which included a nice introduction by Nick Mason before welcoming the rest of the band to join him in front of the screen. Pictures of this are below. For those who are yet to see the film (which is released on April 17th on Blu-ray, DVD, CD and 2LP, as well as digitally) we won't spoil things for you. Suffice it to say that a fantastic job has been done with the recording, and editing, of the Saucers' at the Roundhouse. Whilst some live albums and videos can be quite sterile, LATR has an involving and exciting feel to it. In places there are short interview segments, and these work well in the points of the show when the stage falls into darkness, and instruments are changed. The interview bits give good insight into the project, and only enhance things. You will NOT want to miss seeing this release…it has easily exceeded our hopes and expectations for the live recording.Just for some clarification, we went direct to Sony to check out the situation with region coding on the Blu-ray edition as there is still some confusion or misinformation about it. We have had confirmation from them that the Blu-ray has NO region coding at all, so will be playable worldwide, irrespective of where you purchase it from.ORDERING INFORMATION: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 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (http://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 (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamageon-20)Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamage0f-21)France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamageon-21)Italy (http://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 (http://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 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (http://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 (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamageon-20)Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamage0f-21)France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamageon-21)Italy (http://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 (http://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 (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (http://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 (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamageon-20)Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamage0f-21)France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamageon-21)Italy (http://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 (http://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)
