Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports

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1981 studio album by Nick Mason

Released

1 May 1981

Recorded

October 1979, at Grog Kill Studios, Willow, New York by Michael Mantler.
mixed in December 1979 and May 1980 at Village Recorders & the Producer's Workshop, L.A. by James Guthrie

Genre

Jazz-rock, progressive rock, Canterbury sound

Length

36:15

Label

Harvest (UK)
Columbia (US)

Producer

Nick Mason
Carla Bley

Nick Mason chronology

Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
(1981)

Profiles
(1985)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic

Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports is the debut solo album by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, released in May 1981 in the UK and the US. It was Mason's first major work outside of Pink Floyd. It is sung by Robert Wyatt (formerly of Soft Machine), except for the opening song. All the songs were written by Carla Bley. The album (along with Profiles and the soundtrack to the film White of the Eye) was remastered and reissued on August 31, 2018 as part of the box set Unattended Luggage.

Recording

The album was recorded in October 1979 but its release was delayed for almost two years.

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 saxophone, 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
David Sharpe – additional voices
Vincent Chancey – additional voices
Earl McIntyre – additional voices
James Guthrie – mixing engineer
Hipgnosis and Geoff Halpin – cover design

References

"Pink Floyd official site".
Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports at AllMusic
Fictitious Sports at AllMusic
Fictitious Sports: Credits at AllMusic
Blistein, Jon (12 June 2018). "Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Preps Solo Albums Box Set". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
See: The credits on the album sleeve.

v t e Nick Mason
Solo albums	Fictitious Sports (1981)
With Rick Fenn	Profiles (1985) White of the Eye (1987)
As producer	Rock Bottom (1974) Shamal (1976) Music for Pleasure (1977) Green (1978)
Film soundtracks	Body Contact (1987) Tank Malling (1988)
See also	Pink Floyd Middlewick House Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets Live at the Roundhouse

v t e Carla Bley
As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016) Life Goes On (2020)
With Gary Burton	A Genuine Tong Funeral (1967)
With Jazz Composer's Orchestra	The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Escalator over the Hill (1968-71) Relativity Suite (1973)
With Michael Mantler	Jazz Realities (1966)
With Charlie Haden	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)
With Nick Mason	Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1979)
With Steve Swallow	Night-Glo (1985) Duets (1988) Go Together (1992) Are We There Yet? (1999)
Related articles	Discography

v t e Robert Wyatt
Studio albums	The End of an Ear Rock Bottom Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Old Rottenhat Dondestan Shleep Cuckooland Comicopera
Live albums	Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974
EPs	Work in Progress
Soundtracks	The Animals Film
Compilation albums	Nothing Can Stop Us Mid-Eighties Eps '68
Singles	"I'm a Believer"/"Memories" "Yesterday Man"/"I'm a Believer" "Stalin Wasn't Stallin'"/"Stalingrad" "Shipbuilding"/"Memories of You"/"'Round Midnight"
Related articles	Soft Machine Matching Mole Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports

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