Nick Mason: Screw – Banks Of The River / Devil’s Hour (Single, Limited Edition)

Die Band Screw, ist eine der großen verlorenen britischen Gruppen der späten 60er-Jahre. Gegründet während des Summer of Love in Südlondon und von Sam Cutler gemanagt, der später bei den Rolling Stones und den Grateful Dead engagiert war. Screw waren Blues-Fans, die den Geist der psychedelischen Ära mit aller Macht umarmten.

Diese Single are the only known studio recordings known to exist, recorded in spring 1969 by the original line up and produced by Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason.

Veröffentlichung: 2007
Label: Shagrat Records – ENT009
Format: 10″ Vinyl Single, 45 RPM, plus Bonus CD-Single, Limited Edition of 500 copies

Side A

1. Banks Of The River 4:17

Side B

1. Devil’s Hour 5:10

CD

1. Psychedelic Harps

Screw:

• Chris Turner: harmonica
• Alister Kinnear: guitar
• Nick Brotherwood: drums
• Stan Scrivener: bass
• Pete Hossell: vocals

Production:

• Nick Mason: Producer
• Sam Cutler: Manager, Producer
• Ron Geesin: Tape transferring and mastering

Artwork:

• With fabulous artwork by Savage Pencil, the 10” comes with an insert featuring photos of the band taken at their legendary appearance at the Rolling Stones free show in Hyde Park in July 1969 and a history of the group by Nigel Cross plus a bonus CD featuring Chris Turner and Pete Hossell battling it out on dual harmonicas on a thing called ‘Psychedelic Harps’.