beatdat
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Andy Newmark played on Pink Floyd's 'The Final Cut', in part. 'Two Suns in the Sunset' is not Nick Mason - partly because by then he was mainly racing cars rather than playing the drums.
Modern day? Not so much. Much more scope for editing and drummers are generally much better and prepared for the studio. It does still happen, obviously but I don't know of many constantly working UK session players. Andy probably has a better idea, though.
Is this the thread where we make jokes about Bernard Purdie?
Good to see you Duncan!
Talking of Pink Floyd Jeff Porcaro also played on ‘Mother’ from The Wall.
Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason didn't play on this track. According to Roger Waters, this was because Mason had trouble with the 5/4 time signatures and other changes, as "his brain doesn't work that way." Jeff Porcaro, who was a session drummer and also a member of the band Toto, took his place.
I don't think the time signatures or Mason's interest in cars were the reasons he didn't play on those songs, I think those songs required a drummer with some more technical ability. The songs may sound simple, but they really call for a particular touch along with some subtle rolls - not easy to play.
And, Andy Newmark's playing on Waters' "The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" is sublime. Makes me wonder how Pink Floyd would have sounded if he was with them from the get go.