Pink Floyd's Nick Mason on ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ at Classic Album Sundays at the V&A Museum

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason gives a firsthand account of the creation of one of the best-selling albums of all time, Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' in conversation with Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy at Classic Album Sundays at the V&A Museum's This Mortal Remains exhibition on 30th September 2017. Nick enjoyed the conversation so much that he asked to do another Classic Album Sundays and you can check out our interview with Nick on Pink Floyd's 'A Saucerful of Secrets' at • Pink Floyd's Nick Maso...
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[@iDONTdoFacebook]

Nick Mason... A gentleman indeed! His drumming on Dark Side and Echoes both, and indeed on so many of the PF classics is PERFECT and so essential to the final product. The songs and albums wouldn’t have been as good had anyone else been their drummer. It was all MEANT TO BE.

[@hippydippy]

I could listen to him talk for days on end. Pure Class Act.

[@glasgowweddingvideos1569]

I like Nick Mason interviews... you always get a feel of the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else when Nick speaks.

[@heavymeddle28]

Yea. I got the feeling that he was the only one that got along with all other members. Seems like he's a good friend with both Roger and David to this day

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

But, does Nick still prefer his pie with no crust?

[@1MysteryZ1967]

TheAgeOfAnalog He does prefer the center piece of pie, doesn’t he...

[@m0rfans]

That would have been a good question. "Is it only fruit pies you like a "not-a-crust" piece, or is it all pies?"

[@jantjebetonski]

Is he teethless? 🙄

[@henkestenke]

Noone but Keef breaks the crust!

[@KbcBerlin]

Things like that don´t change,

[@Acoustic_Theory]

Something we miss with today's consumerized and streamed music culture is that bands and recordists don't just create sounds, but they create albums as a complete work, and at least the passionate ones don't just think of the album as the place to put their mediocre songs somewhere around the hit single (that only tends to happen with certain modern pop acts), but they want the entire album to be an incredible experience, beginning to end.

[@MrObelisk2290]

his brilliant drumming is what set DSOTM apart as he said

[@leeguest1104]

I don't think it was anyone in particular they all contributed so much equally to make what is without doubt the greatest album of all time.

[@DechantMusic]

Both are correct,without building good patterns all the swirly keyboards and singing guitar and all would be equal to an oil painting with just alot of colors bleeding into each other and it becomes just ambience so he does deserve credit for giving it all a skeleton and movement. But as to which one is Pink? they all are! CHEERS.

[@5jerry1]

~ I think he said it as a joke. (Even though I think he's an excellent drummer.)

[@krollpeter]

They were excellent in building the right soundscape for what the song meant to be. None of the music is particularly hard to play, all 4 were not the most proficient players.

[@allanstewart8056]

DSOTM my favourite album of all time. PF

[@2112jonr]

Excellent interview, a joy to listen to and so interesting! Thank you, both. :)

[@shorpilakarshimanto224]

A very good interviewer with interesting questions and of course a great guest !

[@maxout7306]

Thank you Colleen, and Nick was such a nice guy. As you said, a dream that came true for you. I remember and enjoyed the day and the presentation very much. Liked/added.

[@hectormunoz4368]

MaxOut

[@gunnfan]

What an epic exhibition !

[@DrVornhoff]

Thanks. Very enjoyable. :)

[@PeteCswampy]

they werent new synthesisers, they were the first synthesisers

[@stevenhollingsworth733]

Synthesizers have been around since the late '60s. Yes was one of the first bands to use them Rick wakeman helped Robert Moog invented synthesizer. They are on the fragile and close to the edge albums which were recorded in 1971 and 1972 years before dark side of the moon came out in 73.

[@kilgoringtroutless6295]

I think Meddle leads into Dark Side beautifully. I have been playing Meddle, Dark Side and Wish You Were Here as one continuous piece for some time, a wonderful background sound for almost three hours of my life.

[@johnthomas2587]

Thanks.

[@jupitorious7925]

The English or the people from the British Isles and Ireland played rock and a roll music with a certain refinement and genuine composure that set them on a different league than the rest of that certain era

[@chennitboualem420]

The playing guitare of David Gilmour and the keyboard of Rick were very good in DSOTM...

[@heavymeddle28]

I can't find anything that's not perfect with that album

[@milhouse777]

Waters compositions and bass too, everything is on point in this album

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

I struggle to find any PF album where guitar, bass, drums and certainly keyboards isn’t top class.

[@shawnfloyd6542]

Word !

[@romeaffair]

I can only listen to DSOTM alone. It is my moment to myself.

[@cmbestkey8114]

Me too

[@kabali1788]

Just wonder when he had the time and guts to listen to it again in full . From a musician meethinks ! .

[@giuseppepiccirillo8502]

The most beautiful Album of all'time.

[@hilosjr]

Yes its the best albunm love it

[@ethnicleanserberg7975]

Dave the best of Guitar!!.

[@exessex3522]

37:52 Favourite album: I was hoping he was going to say Wish You Were Here, my favourite by any band ever. Still, what does he know?

[@edcollins9377]

The Oysters are really good, don't you think so!

[@falcolombardi1000]

I like to think that Oysters transcend borders

[@charliebadger]

Woah....Woah there.... hang on.....did you just say, "I listened to it in silence" ? at 0:45. That's quite something. What a strange sentence. Let us think about that sentence one more time, "I listened to it in silence". :)

[@DavidLopez-tj7jl]

That just means they didn't say a word to each other while listening to the album

[@plummetplum]

She forgot to turn the volume up.

[@5jerry1]

~ He's so polite.

[@heavymeddle28]

A real English gentleman

[@willywonder342]

His point about 33 minutes is hugely important but normally overlooked: there are a million good albums and books and movies that do not sell much and are not considered successful, mostly because of the money aspects, the business elements, the distribution, the marketing etc...meaning, basically, the economic system kills art. This is a huge problem and we should organise ourselves into another and better system in which that happens a lot less. And we ARE capable of doing that.

[@user-cz4pv7gy1u]

Marmalade... I like marmalade

[@DechantMusic]

Toast... Coffee.... RIP Alan Styles.

[@richf8972]

I miss the days o listening to entire albums on really fantastic stereo equipment. JBL speakers, Altec Lansing, Cerwin Vegas, the 70s had some excellent home sound systems.

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

What’s stopping you? The 70’s gear are still on sale.

[@DavidLopez-tj7jl]

@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 The don't make albums like this one anymore

[@kasperkjrsgaard1447]

There’s still lots of names and records from the 70’s that i’ve missed to hear. Collecting records and listening to music will never stop.

[@joaorenatopoppe3019]

Tem que adicionar as legendas....te liga ae ClassicAlbumSundays

[@lordmonkey3285]

va aprender ingles

[@bluerev]

How is it possible to talk about DSOTM for 40 minutes and not ask a question about Clare Torry ?

[@Parknest]

This is from Nick's perspective. The late great Rick Wright wrote the music for Great Gig.

[@DerrickthePinecone]

@@therewewent1inarow516 You were born from a woman's womb, sucker.

[@DerrickthePinecone]

@@therewewent1inarow516 calling me a homo when you have a disdain for women, you flaming hypocrite! 😆

[@heavymeddle28]

Yea and I believe she got credit for coming up with the vocals, later on

[@DavidLopez-tj7jl]

@@jtlampsu2 Don't insult football you maggot

[@SDsailor7]

What exibition was Nick Mason talking about? Anyone know? Thank you

[@steveeve]

it’s in the description of this video

[@ClassicAlbumSundays]

It was the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains Exhibition at the V&A Museum in London.

[@SDsailor7]

@@ClassicAlbumSundays Yes. Thank you. I have found out that the exibition is coming to Los Angeles Ca. Opens in september i will be there if they dont cancel it due to covid19. Cheers

[@iainholmes2735]

Ron Geesin is a big fan of adjustable spanners.

[@markw4udx]

Was there a mention of Alan Parson's mixing? Or did I miss it? Without his mixing, it could have sounded like crap. Many albums released around that same time had terrible mixing and lousy audio...

[@ClassicAlbumSundays]

I honestly can't remember as haven't watched it in awhile! But I completely agree - his contribution to the album and his pristine production absolutely took it to another level.

[@PITA-kd2jn]

9:30

[@markw4udx]

@@PITA-kd2jn thanks. He seems to acknowledge Alan's part, but at the same time he says Alan was not better than anyone else at his mixing. Hmmmm

[@coreyzimmerman9782]

He added the clocks to TIME

[@pnield5866]

32:40 odd...

[@jarrodschroeder]

I have this on 180 gram vinyl

[@CRod76767]

I Love Love this interview, the only problem I have with this is: It was too short, OK you have a member of Pink Floyd to interview, Sweetheart, get the most out of it! Keep asking questions, no question is off limits, Love Love this Interview

[@zetetick395]

This interviewer seems mighty eager to put words into Masons mouth... :/ It gets significantly better as it goes along, to be fair.

[@LucasEmanuelSerrano]

31:18

[@Albee213]

I love Pink Floyd. TDSOTM is possibly the greatest album ever made. But on a side note. I love listening to music and on many formats. I have Dark Side on LP original US pressing and Original Master Recording, CD, SACD, Blu-ray 5.1 so on and so on. Audiophiles, stop dogging on MP3s and ear buds. That is better sound quality equipment than the vast majority of music listeners ever had in the 60s, 70s and 80s. Just think about the average person audio equipment back then. And I guarantee you cant tell the difference between a high quality MP3 and the CD all things being equal. Don't get me started with LPs, they are awesome but in no way are they superior at sound reproduction.

[@exessex3522]

As a founder member of one of the most renowned, innovative, creative, psychedelic bands that ever existed, Nick Mason does not look the part.

[@thierrydrouin4250]

tabarnak, check moi donc les neumman toé!

[@theapollopythianexperience6992]

nice leggings

[@ovaisnaqvi1965]

Great interview. She needs to laugh a bit louder at his jokes. Christ.

[@M.Khachatrian36]

I’m still wondering why there’s no remixed and remastered version of “A saucerful of Secrets”..??? Such an amazing album but the mix and sound quality are complete trash and sounds absolutely awful!! I do agree with Nick, it’s my favorite album as well, it’s just a crying shame that the band never re-released and remixed version up until today! And it’s totally disrespectful towards Sid’s work and his contribution to the band’s success, really is....

[@ClassicAlbumSundays]

Completely agree!

[@5jerry1]

~ Syd, not "Sid."

[@Albee213]

A 5.1 mix would be awesome but it wouldn't be as good as later releases, it was recorded on a 4 track so there isn't much that can be done. But after saying that The Doors did their albums in 5.1 and even their debut album done on a 4 track did sound good in 5.1.

[@markseymour8365]

It's not disrespectful to anyone, certainly not Syd who only appeared on one of the songs on that album.

[@jameschavez6400]

Where Did The Biker Looking Nick Go&Got Replaced By A Hansome Old Man

[@ahmadbelial9778]

Mustaine sounds weird here

[@jeffsimon9594]

Some wag gave him a hit of helium

[@paudsmcmack3117]

Dark Side of the Arse

[@edcollins9377]

The song that dealt with fear of flying was The Great Gig In the Sky. This interviewer is not very good!

[@liamfletcher1663]

Is it me, or does this lady come across a tad patronising!? I'm a Floyd fan totally, but going back to being 23 and smoking a joint at 8 in the morning after 10 tablets!! Fabulous!!

[@BobbyGeneric145]

She had great questions but he kinda shat on most of them.

[@markseymour8365]

I thought her questions were overly simplistic and somewhat banal, which is probably why he 'kinda shat on most of them'.

[@bv3580]

She was great, he stammers a bit