Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
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| Studio album by Nick Mason | ||||
| Released | 3 May 1981[1] | |||
| Recorded | in October 1979, at Grog Kill Studios, Willow, New York by Michael Mantler, assisted by Nick Mason; mixed in December 1979 & May 1980 at Village Recorders & the Producer's Workshop, L.A. by James Guthrie | |||
| Genre | Jazz-rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 36:15 | |||
| Label | Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US) |
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| Producer | Nick Mason and Carla Bley | |||
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Tentative Reviews |  [3] |
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports is the debut album by Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason. Released in May 1981 in the UK and US, this was Mason's first major work outside of Pink Floyd. However, the album is considered by many a Carla Bley album in all but name, since she wrote all the songs and co-produced it.[4][5] It is sung by Robert Wyatt, except for the opening song.
Contents
Recording
The album was recorded in October 1979 but its release was delayed for almost two years.[6]
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I made 'Fictitious Sports' more as an exercise. There's more longevity in 'Profiles'... it's strong enough to be accepted as a 'proper' record.
— Nick Mason, [7]
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Originally, I had arranged to go to America and make an album using all sorts of material, but then Carla sent me a cassette with some of her ideas. It was very different from what she had done before and absolutely in line with what I like. So I thought it would be much better to do that than to struggle desperately to find things that work together.
— Nick Mason, [7]
Track listing
All songs written by Carla Bley.
Side one
- "Can't Get My Motor to Start" – 3:39
- "I Was Wrong" – 4:12
- "Siam" – 4:48
- "Hot River" – 5:16
Side two
- "Boo To You Too" – 3:26
- "Do Ya?" – 4:36
- "Wervin'" – 3:58
- "I'm a Mineralist" – 6:16
Personnel
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion, co-producer, assistant recording engineer
- Carla Bley – keyboards, songwriter, co-producer
- Robert Wyatt – vocals (except on "Can't Get My Motor to Start")
- Karen Kraft – lead vocal on "Can't Get My Motor to Start", duet vocal on "Hot River", backing vocals
- Chris Spedding – guitars
- Steve Swallow – bass guitar
- Michael Mantler – trumpets, recording engineer
- Gary Windo – tenor, bass clarinet, flute, additional voices
- Gary Valente – trombones, additional voices
- Howard Johnson – tuba
- Terry Adams – piano on "Boo to You Too", harmonica & clavinet on "Can't Get My Motor to Start"
- Carlos Ward – additional voices
- D. Sharpe – additional voices
- Vincent Chancey – additional voices
- Earl McIntyre – additional voices
- James Guthrie – mixing engineer
- Hipgnosis & Geoff Halpin – cover design
References
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- ↑ Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports at AllMusic
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- ↑ Fictitious Sports at AllMusic
- ↑ Fictitious Sports: Credits at AllMusic
- ↑ See: The credits on the album sleeve.
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External links
- Pages using infobox album with unknown parameters
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- Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis
- 1981 debut albums
- Progressive rock albums by British artists
- Jazz fusion albums
- Harvest Records albums
- EMI Records albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Albums produced by Nick Mason
- Carla Bley albums
- Nick Mason albums
