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Former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is the host of a new nine-part Open University series on the BBC World Service.
It’s titled A History Of Music In Technology and explores “the world of legendary artists, producers, engineers and inventors.”
The series also take a close look at innovations that have changed the musical landscape, including the electric guitar, drum machines, samplers, synthesisers and the evolution of the recording studio.
Lecturer in music at The Open University, Dr Sean Williams – who is also one of the series’ academic consultant – says: “This series is hugely ambitious in that it covers such a wide range of different music and traces some fascinating connections between different technologies.
“You can discover the history of sampling: How experimental French radio is connected to hip-hop, why Steve Vai’s guitar has a hole cut in it, how a budget portable church organ changed popular music, and many, many more fascinating stories – many of them told directly by the people involved using new interviews or archive recordings.”
A History Of Music In Technology is broadcast on Saturday mornings at 11.06am and will run through June 22.
The Open University has also produced free resources and materials to go along with with the series, including an interview with Nick Mason. For further information, visit the programme’s website.
Last week, Mason attended a ceremony at London’s Buckingham Palace to receive a CBE in recognition of his services to music.
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PINK FLOYD Money (Rare Sticker Sealed 1981 US Pink Vinyl 12" released on November 18, 1981 for promotional use only, with custom Columbia art labels & 'Demonstration Not For Sale' print. Also features AnotherBrick In The Wall Part 2. Comes housed in a white die-cut sleeve encased in a heavy plastic outer with fold-over flap at the top still sealed via the cover sticker, now a great collector's item AS1334)
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Nick Mason - Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $42.70, €38.85 (New Item) (arrived 12-Nov-2019 16:27)
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NICK MASON / CARLA BLEY Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports (1981 UK 8-track LP with all words & music by Carla Bley, also featuring Robert Wyatt on vocals, Chris Spedding on guitar & Steve Swallow on bass, complete with lyric inner, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just a little edge scuffing & the vinyl remains in excellent condition with few signs of play SHSP4116)
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Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair - 1st - Stickered - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £45.00, $54.90, €49.95 (New Item) (arrived 11-Nov-2019 15:32)
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PINK FLOYD A Nice Pair (1973 UK first press 18-track double LP repackaging of the albums, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn & A Saucerful Of Secrets, with 'The Gramophone Co' perimeter label text, complete with the original shaped cornered artwork inners & withdrawn 'Dr Phang' gatefold sleeve with original price sticker over the offending picture! The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear & the vinyl looks barely played SHDW403)
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Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 5th - Complete - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $61.00, €55.50 (New Item) (arrived 11-Nov-2019 12:53)
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PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon (1979 UK issue of the classic 1973 10-track LP with EMI perimeter label print, complete with two unused posters & two unused stickers, housed in the iconic gatefold picture sleeve with copyright statement inside the left panel in blue. The sleeve is Excellent with a bit of ring wear scuffing through the years. The vinyl too grades Excellent & shows light evidence of play. A great complete addition to any serious record collection SHVL804)
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Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd - UK - book - £10.00, $12.20, €11.10 (New Item) (arrived 11-Nov-2019 11:08)
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PINK FLOYD Pink Floyd (1976 UK 143-page paperback book by Rick Sanders, a retrospective of the band from the beginnings to the present, which at that time was the release of Wish You Were Here, includes a discography and Record Lore. The coverhas some creasing, whilst the binding has split in the middle, with all pages still present)
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