Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports

Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports is the debut solo album by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, released in May 1981 in the UK and the US. It was Mason's first major work outside of Pink Floyd. It is sung by Robert Wyatt (formerly of Soft Machine), except for the opening song. All the songs were written by Carla Bley. The album (along with Profiles and the soundtrack to the film White of the Eye) was remastered and reissued on August 31, 2018 as part of the box set Unattended Luggage.

Recording
The album was recorded in October 1979 but its release was delayed for almost two years.

"I made 'Fictitious Sports' more as an exercise. There's more longevity in 'Profiles'... it's strong enough to be accepted as a 'proper' record."

"Originally, I had arranged to go to America and make an album using all sorts of material, but then Carla sent me a cassette with some of her ideas. It was very different from what she had done before and absolutely in line with what I like. So I thought it would be much better to do that than to struggle desperately to find things that work together."

Track listing
All songs written by Carla Bley.

Side one

 * 1) "Can't Get My Motor to Start" – 3:39
 * 2) "I Was Wrong" – 4:12
 * 3) "Siam" – 4:48
 * 4) "Hot River" – 5:16

Side two

 * 1) "Boo to You Too" – 3:26
 * 2) "Do Ya?" – 4:36
 * 3) "Wervin'" – 3:58
 * 4) "I'm a Mineralist" – 6:16

Personnel

 * Nick Mason – drums, percussion, co-producer, assistant recording engineer
 * Carla Bley – keyboards, songwriter, co-producer
 * Robert Wyatt – vocals (except on "Can't Get My Motor to Start")
 * Karen Kraft – lead vocal on "Can't Get My Motor to Start", duet vocal on "Hot River", backing vocals
 * Chris Spedding – guitars
 * Steve Swallow – bass guitar
 * Michael Mantler – trumpets, recording engineer
 * Gary Windo – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, additional voices
 * Gary Valente – trombones, additional voices
 * Howard Johnson – tuba
 * Terry Adams – piano on "Boo to You Too", harmonica & clavinet on "Can't Get My Motor to Start"
 * Carlos Ward – additional voices
 * David Sharpe – additional voices
 * Vincent Chancey – additional voices
 * Earl McIntyre – additional voices
 * James Guthrie – mixing engineer
 * Hipgnosis and Geoff Halpin – cover design