Review: Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets

None of us are going out to gigs in the foreseeable future, right? So the next best thing is watching shows on video.

Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets is an epic blast. Recorded at the Roundhouse, it is gorgeously colourful and has just the right amount of "backstage" interviews", And, being a disc, there's no sticky floors and the beer is a lot cheaper.

The surround sound speakers get a good work out. Being a modern recording, it is sonically perfect. So you don't get any of the grunginess and distortion that you might expect from a gig like this. It's almost waxed clean. You get LPCM and AC3 - but you won't be able to tell the difference between them.

Picture is 1080p, although in 2.35:1, rather than 16:9. Doesn't make it feel that much more epic to be honest. Again, crisp and clear, even in the murky scenes.

Perhaps that's part of the problem. It feels far too clean. I guess that's what the (middle aged) audience wants. We're too old to be standing, we don't want screaming noises; we want to hear the band, damnit!

In the end, it's a bunch of old white guy - with rather less hair than the music merits - banging out some incredible tunes.