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The 2024 tour has also been announced, and the early Floyd revival project SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS led by Nick Mason is continuing to work smoothly. Here is the best video. This work was filmed at the “July 20, 2023 Palmanova performance”. This is a superb audience shot. It’s been a long time since the video report, since “RANDERS 2022”. It’s a good opportunity, so let’s take a look at their recent situation on the schedule. 2022, April 13-May 11: UK #1 (21 performances) ・ May 14-July 13: Europe #1 (39 performances) ← ※ RANDERS 2022, September 22-November 1: North America (28 performances) 2023, July 14-26: Europe #2 (9 performances) ← ★ Here ★ ・ September 16-25: Australia (6 performances) 2024, June 11-29: UK #2 (14 performances) ・ July 2-August 1: Europe #3 (20 performances) This is the summary of activities that have been announced since the pandemic. Last year, while keeping the number of performances to a minimum, they also crossed the equator and advanced to Australia. For now, 2024 is only Europe, which has a large voting base, but they have increased their schedule and shown that they are still alive and well. In the midst of all this, the Palmanova performance of this work was the fifth concert of “Europe #2”. This vacuum-packed work is a spectacular video with a powerful zoom. When the stage lights come on at the beginning of “One Of These Days”, you notice that there is a little distance, but then it zooms in. In an instant, the audience disappears, and the central members take a super-close-up of Nick and Guy Pratt, who is jumping around. It becomes a super-close-up like a screenshot, and you can’t tell where you are shooting. What’s amazing is that the camera moves freely while still in that super-close-up, and the highlights of each member are captured tightly. No matter how amazing the zoom function of the latest equipment is, if you get that close, the screen will go crazy, but this work is stable. The expressions and hands of each person are beautifully drawn with high image quality, and even the psychedelic background that shines in seven colors is super vivid. Not only the zoom, but the camera work is as good as a screen image… or rather, if there was no opening scene to aim, I think it would really be a screenshot. What enhances this professional shot feeling is the direct sound. In fact, it is probably a microphone recording attached to the camera, but the core is extremely thick, the details are fine, and the sense of separation is enormous. As a live album, it is more than enough of a masterpiece, not just a video attachment. The reason for this is probably the venue. The scene is a large hexagonal square that forms the center of the star-shaped fortress city “Palmanova”, where an outdoor stage is set up. Therefore, there are no walls or ceilings that reflect sound, and the sound output from the PA is picked up with zero echo. The latest “world of early Floyd”, which has evolved after five years of formation, is depicted with a visual beauty that is more fitting than “one-camera professional shot”. Speaking of their video, the official “LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE” is the standard for everything. Let’s organize the set while comparing it here. Syd Barrett era (10 songs)・Dawn’s whistler: Astronomy Domine/Lucifer Sam/Bike・Mystic: Remember A Day/Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun/A Saucerful Of Secrets・Singles: Arnold Layne/Candy And A Currant Bun (★)/Vegetable Man/See Emily Play After (10 songs)・More: The Nile Song・Atom Heart Mother: If/Atom Heart Mother・Meddlesome: One Of These Days/Fearless/Echoes (★)・Shadows of the Clouds: Obscured By Clouds/When You’re In/Burning Bridges (★)/Childhood’s End *Note: The “★” mark indicates a song that was not included in “LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE”. …And so it is. In fact, it is very similar to the 2022 set, and there are no changes from “RANDERS 2022” except for the removal of “Interstellar Overdrive”. However, the show was so satisfying that even the people involved were satisfied with it, and the performance was unwavering. And above all, it looks completely different thanks to the powerful video. Although “RANDERS 2022” was mainly from a distance, you can immerse yourself in the world of early Floyd with a sense of monopoly without feeling the presence of other customers. I have been thoroughly reporting on NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS since the start, but I don’t remember the video so far. Of course, “LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE” is absolute, but “next” is definitely this work… It’s a superb video of such a dimension. Not only is it the latest report that continues to evolve, but it is also a superb video masterpiece that stands out in the five-year history of activity. A superb audience shot of the “July 20, 2023 Palmanova performance”. It is a shot of the audience seats in front of the stage, but the intense zoom with no presence of the audience is like a screen shot. Moreover, the sound with zero echoes due to the outdoor venue is super tight and clear. You can immerse yourself in the latest “Early Floyd’s World” that has evolved over five years with a superb view that is more fitting than the “One Camera Pro Shot”. Piazza Grande, Palmanova, Italy 20th July 2023 AMAZING SHOT!!!! 1. One Of These Days 2. Arnold Layne 3. Fearless 4. Obscured By Clouds 5. When You’re In 6. Candy And A Currant Bun 7. Vegetable Man 8. If 9. Atom Heart Mother 10. If (Reprise) 11. Remember A Day 12. Band Introduction 13. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 14. Astronomy Domine 15. The Nile Song 16. Burning Bridges 17. Childhood’s End 18. Lucifer Sam 19. Echoes 20. See Emily Play 21. A Saucerful Of Secrets 22. Bike COLOR NTSC Approx.125min. Nick Mason – drums / percussion / gong Gary Kemp – guitar / vocals Guy Pratt – bass / vocals Lee Harris – guitar Dom Beken – keyboards
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