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| Album
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| Released:
June 29, 1968 |
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| Recorded:
August 1967 - April 1968
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| Genre:
Psychedelic rock |
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| Length:
52:44 |
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| Label:
Harvest, EMI (UK) |
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| Harvest/Capitol,
Capitol (U.S.) |
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| Producer:
Pink Floyd/Norman Smith
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Background
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second album
by rock band Pink Floyd, and arguably one of the
first progressive rock albums. It was recorded
at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, at various dates
from August, 1967 to April, 1968. Due to Syd Barrett's
declining mental state, this would be the last
Pink Floyd album that he would work on. During
its difficult recording sessions, Barrett became
increasingly unstable and in January of 1968,
David Gilmour was brought in. Barrett was finally
removed from the band by early March, leaving
this new incarnation of Pink Floyd to finish the
album.
As a result, A Saucerful of Secrets is the only
non-compilation Pink Floyd album on which all
five band members appear, with Gilmour appearing
on five songs (Let There Be More Light, Corporal
Clegg, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,
A Saucerful of Secrets, and See-Saw) and Barret
on three (Remember a Day, Set the Controls for
the Heart of the Sun, and Jugband Blues). As well
as "Jugband Blues", the album was to
include "Vegetable Man," another Syd
Barrett song. However, the band believed "Vegetable
Man," with its deranged autobiographical
lyrics, was unsuitable for inclusion and so it
was left off the album. The song was to appear
on a single as the b-side to another unreleased
track, "Scream Thy Last Scream". An
image of the Living Tribunal from Marvel Comics
can be seen in the cover's upper left corner.
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
is the only Pink Floyd song that features all
five band members. Keyboardist Rick Wright sings
lead or backing vocals on 4 of the album's 7 songs,
making this the only Pink Floyd album where Wright's
vocal contributions out-number those of the rest
of the band.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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