Expanded Animals “eventually”, says Mason
And Waters “might” guest on Nick’s next Saucerful tour.
Nick Mason believes that a box set celebrating Pink Floyd’s 1977 album Animals seems likely to be released at some point in the future. The group’s The Early Years 1965-1972 box set was released in 2016, and then split into six individual volumes in March last year. Asked about the possibility of Animals receiving a similar release, the drummer told Rolling Stone: “I think it will eventually happen. It’s just slow because of differences of opinion about how to do it or what to put on it, but I’m sure it will eventually happen. Of all our albums that have been re-released, that’s the one that would benefit the most from a sort of reworking.”
After well-received shows in 2018, Mason and his band Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have more dates lined up across the UK and North America in 2019, which will again see them revisit early Floyd material, including songs from The Piper At The
Gates Of Dawn and A Saucerful Of Secrets.
Asked in the same interview about any plans to perform other pre-The Dark Side Of The Moon songs at the shows, and specifically Echoes, Mason responded: “Well, the problem with Echoes is there was a feeling that it has so much to do with Rick Wright [Floyd’s keyboard player, who died in 2008] that we wanted to steer clear of it. In the long term we might look at that, because it’s a wonderful piece, an homage to Rick. It’s something that we’ve talked about, but not personally addressed.”
Mason also speculated about the possibility of Roger Waters joining Saucerful Of Secrets on stage in the future, but cautioned: “Roger says that he might come and guest for a song or two, but I’m not holding my breath on that. We can worry about guest stars when we are a bit further down the line.” DL