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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix (6 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753819066
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753819067
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
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'quietly wise and witty memoir... brave honesty and some surprisingly engaging technical stuff' (EVENING STANDARD )

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'As charmingly English as Pimms and heatstroke on a balmy summer's day, few Pink Floyd fans will want to miss out on this.' (Q magazine Pink Floyd special edition )

'highly-readable, delightfully illustrated book' (Sunday Times )

'the author's engaging wit.... it's always readable' (Dominic Maxwell TIME OUT )

'... the compelling Pink Floyd soap opera, capably chronicled in drummer Nick Mason's recently published coffee-table memoir Inside Out. In prose that is both self-deprecating and insightful, he grapples with subjects that have often been off-limits...' (John Harris THE GUARDIAN )

'...one of the greatest stories in the pantheon or rock. The production values of the book reflect those of the Floyd themselves: solid, lavish, heavy, beautifully bound and illustrated... Everything about the design of the book ... has been executed with the utmost care... Even the picture captions have been sculpted into precise, informative and often amusing nuggets of information... [Mason] has a measured uncluttered style which he leavens with a dry, original wit.' (David Sinclair THE GUARDIAN )

'INSIDE OUT is a winner... glossy and colourful' (NEW STATESMAN ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A good drummer who also makes a rather good writer, 3 Jan 2006
By Thomas Koetzsch (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews
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The story of Pink Floyd as seen through the eyes of Nick Mason (the drummer of Pink Floyd). This is really good stuff. Starting of with his birth, Mason records his entire musical career and that of Pink Floyd right up to the Live 8 Concert in 2005. That means everything, including the rather difficult separation of Roger Waters from the band. If you are looking for one of these gossipy books then this is not for you. On the other hand if you are into dry humour and witty observation then this book is definitely for you. I read in one go – largely because I had the time to do it – but also I just love the way Mason tells the story. At times it struck me a touch too technical but that’s probably because I know nothing about that side of things. But apart from that, I found it to be a real page turner.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining read, 22 Sep 2005
By Ciaran Flynn (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd (Hardcover)
I bought this book from amazon 2 months ago and read it in the space of 3 days. I am a huge Floyd fan and there are not many books out there of any significance about the band. The book looks large but not as big as it looks (ie. lots of photos including 2 page photos and large spaced writing).

The reason i give it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it doesnt really tell you anything about the inspiration for any of the songs (one or two maybe) or what they are about and this is the kind of thing i love to read about. In fairness, Nick wasn't the song writer as such so maybe he isnt as aware of these bits as Roger or the other guys. Also I thought he glossed over certain albums and didnt give a huge amount of info on them. Finally, as i suspect Nick was trying to keep everybody happy he didnt really go into any great detail about the differences the band had (mainly Dave & Roger) when they were coming apart, which i think was a very difficult time for the band (from about 1978 till 1981).

All in all though its an excellent read and really gives a feel for the band, especially in the early days with Syd and the early 70's when the band developed in to the band we know today. He is quite witty and it is very well written. What we need now is a Pink Floyd anthology similar to the Beatles one where they all put their spoke in and we get the full Floyd story.

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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Floyd book, 7 Oct 2004
This review is from: Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd (Hardcover)
If anyone is going to tell the mammoth story of the legendary Pink Floyd then who better than their best spectator Nick Mason, the man who has sat in on the drums on all their albums. Mason actually does a good job at adding lots of wit to this book which may come as a surprise to some Pink Floyd fans who probably assumed wit was not in their vocabulary. He comes across as both charming and down to earth telling he's story on the last 30 odd years of Floyd. The book actually starts at a suitable place telling of the time when he first spoke to Roger Waters some 6 months after they started the same Uni and Waters asked to borrow he's car. Anecdotes are applenty and are all very assuming or informative giving a real feel for how some of the days in Floyd must have really unfolded.

All other members of the band have read the script beforehand with Waters being "very liberal" in he's use of the green highlighter pen as was Gilmour by all means who blocked the book 10 years ago from being fully finished. That however has been a blessing as it has meant that in the time Mason and Waters have made friends again and sorted their differences, making the story less harsh on anyone as it may have been had the two not been on speaking terms.

Finally this book is a must have for fans of Pink Floyd and also general rock fans as Floyd's is one of the biggest that had been left untold by a band member. There are many pictures which makes this different from other Floyd books although does show one distressing picture of Syd in 1975 after he had put on weight and had shaved he's eyebrows. It wasn't something that I think any real fan of the man needs to see although it shows just how bad things had got for him and told more about he's situation to me then the whole book that was written on him did.

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