Unattended Luggage

構成数 : 3枚
合計収録時間 : 02:03:43
Personnel: Nick Mason (drums, percussion); Gary Windo (vocals, flute, bass clarinet); Gary Valente (vocals, trombone); Earl McIntyre, Karen Kraft, Robert Wyatt, Vincent Chancey, David Sharpe , Carlos Ward (vocals); Chris Spedding (guitar); Mike Mantler (trumpet); Howard Johnson (tuba); Carla Bley (keyboards). Audio Mixer: James Guthrie . Audio Remasterers: Miles Showell; Nick Mason . Recording information: Grog Kill Studio, Willow, New York (10/1979). Nick Mason had an interesting 1980s. The Pink Floyd drummer began to stray from the fold in the early days of punk, producing the second album by the Damned in 1977, but finally taking the leap to a solo record in 1981 with Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports. Even if his name was in the title, Fictitious Sports was a Carla Bley album in disguise, with the avant-jazz composer writing all eight songs and co-producing with the drummer. This signaled how Mason embraced the unexpected during his brief solo career, which is rounded up on Rhino's 2018 box Unattended Luggage. Available as both CD and LP, Unattended Luggage contains Fictitious Sports, along with two collaborations with 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn: the 1985 album Profiles and the 1987 soundtrack White of the Eye. None of these records sound conventional, certainly none of them adhere to the sound of Pink Floyd; White of the Eye is atmospheric, but it bears hallmarks of the slick, synthesized '80s, as does Profiles. These two albums may have their flaws, but when paired with the unabashed delight of Fictitious Sports, they make for compelling listening. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine