A Saucerful of Secrets
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released	June 29, 1968
Recorded	August 1967, October 1967, January–April 1968
Genre	Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock, Space rock
Length	39:25
Label	Columbia (EMI) (UK) Tower/Capitol (U.S.)
Producer	Norman Smith
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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) Music from the Film More (1969)

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 was to be the last Pink Floyd album that he would work on. A studio album is a collection of studio-recorded tracks by a recording artist. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... For space rocks, see asteroid. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Columbias Magic Notes trade mark The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. ... Tower Records was a short-lived subsidiary of Capitol Records which was active in the 1960s. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Norman Smith is a musician and record producer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Blender is an American magazine that bills itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyds debut album and the only one made under Syd Barretts leadership, although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. ... Music from the Film More (often referred to simply as More) is Pink Floyds first full-length soundtrack. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ...

Recording and structure

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, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Corporal Clegg, A Saucerful of Secrets, and See-Saw) and Barrett 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 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". Two additional Syd Barrett songs, "In The Beechwoods" and "No Title" were also recorded early in the sessions for the album. David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ... Jugband Blues is a song by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ...

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The Decline of Barrett and the emergence of progressive rock - Waters vs. Wright

Like The Piper at the Gates of Dawn before it, the album contains space rock and psychedelic pop songs. But unlike Piper, which was dominated by Syd Barrett's compositions, A Saucerful of Secrets contains only one original Barrett song - the painfully poignant "Jugband Blues." The song greatly contrasts with Barrett's work on Piper, which was entirely whimsical and child-like. Instead, "Jugband Blues" is a deeply introspective song, containing lyrics which seem to be addressed to the band, when in reality they are directed at the whole world. Oddly, the song's style and structure would be repeated on Barrett's two solo albums - The Madcap Laughs and Barrett (both 1970). The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyds debut album and the only one made under Syd Barretts leadership, although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. ... Roger Keith Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist. ... Jugband Blues is a song by British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... The Madcap Laughs was Syd Barretts first solo album after being replaced in Pink Floyd by his old school friend David Gilmour. ... Barrett was the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd member Syd Barrett. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

With Barrett seemingly detached from proceedings, it came down to Roger Waters and Richard Wright to provide adequate material. The opening "Let There Be More Light" penned by Waters, continues the space rock approach established by Barrett, with its mesmeric opening bass line reminiscent of the material found on "Piper." Both "Remember a Day" and "See-Saw" instead use the child-like approach that was established on their debut. Wright remains critical of his early contributions to the band. George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. ... Richard Wright is the name of several people, including: Richard Wright, African-American author Richard B. Wright, Canadian author Richard Wright, keyboard player with Pink Floyd Richard Wright, England football goalkeeper Richard Wright, American politician This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise... Let There Be More Light is the first song on Pink Floyds second album, A Saucerful of Secrets and describes a close encounter with an alien spacecraft. ... Remember a Day is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). ... See-Saw is a song from Pink Floyds 1968 album A Saucerful of Secrets. ...

"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (another Waters composition) is a space rock number which was first performed with Barrett in 1967. Arguably Waters's first great composition while in the band, the success of the track was such that it remained in their live set-list until 1973 where it appeared in a greatly extended form. Waters later performed the track during solo concerts from 1984 - present. Waters borrowed the lyrics from a book of Chinese Poetry from the Tang Dynasty, like Barrett had used in "Chapter 24". The poppy but important, "Corporal Clegg" is the first song by Waters to address issues of War and more crucially his father's death; themes which would endure throughout his career with Pink Floyd and culminate in the 1983 album The Final Cut. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... This article is about the year. ... Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong Hand-painted Chinese New Years duilian (對聯 couplet), a by-product of Chinese poetry, pasted on the sides of doors leading to peoples homes, at Lijiang City, Yunnan Poetry is the most highly regarded literary genre in ancient China. ... Chapter 24 is the title of a song from Pink Floyds 1967 LP Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ... Corporal Clegg is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... The Final Cut may mean: The Final Cut, an album by Pink Floyd The Final Cut, an industrial music group The Final Cut, the third part of the House of Cards trilogy about the rise and fall of a Machiavellian prime minister The Final Cut, a 2004 movie See also...

The album's avante-garde title track, which is comparable in length to "Interstellar Overdrive," provided a way forward for the band, and acted as a template for future progressive rock ventures. "A Saucerful of Secrets" remains as one of the band's most avante garde compositions, and is the first to feature input from David Gilmour. Like "Set the Controls", it became a regular live feature, and was eventually extended to around twenty minutes. Fountain by Marcel Duchamp. ... Interstellar Overdrive is a psychedelic music composition by Pink Floyd, which appears on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn at almost ten minutes in length. ... A Saucerful of Secrets is a multi-part instrumental by the rock band Pink Floyd from an album of the same name, released in 1968. ... David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. ...

Release history

The album was released that June as both mono (SX 6258) and stereo (SCX 6258) LPs in the UK, where it reached #9 on the charts. It remains the only Floyd album to not chart at all in the US (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn's US version, entitled Pink Floyd, had lingered at the bottom of the US charts some months earlier). However, when reissued as A Nice Pair, with the original version of Piper after the success of Dark Side of the Moon the album did chart at #39 on the Billboard Hot 200. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyds debut album and the only one made under Syd Barretts leadership, although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ...

The CD stereo mix of the album was first released in 1987, and in 1992 was digitally remastered and reissued on CD as a part of the Shine On box-set. The remastered stereo CD was released on its own in 1994 in the UK, and then in April 1995 in the US. The mono mix version of the album has never been officially released on CD, although ROIO CD versions do exist. CD redirects here. ... Shine On is a nine CD box set by Pink Floyd which was released in 1992 to coincide with Pink Floyds 25th Anniversary as a recording and touring band. ... ROIO (alternatively, RoIO) is an acronym meaning Record of Illegitimate Origin or Record of Indeterminate Origin. ...

Track listing

Side one

1. "Let There Be More Light" (Roger Waters) – 5:38
   • Lead vocals: Rick Wright, David Gilmour, and Roger Waters
2. "Remember a Day" (Rick Wright) – 4:33
   • Lead vocals: Rick Wright
3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Roger Waters) – 5:28
   • Lead vocals: Roger Waters
4. "Corporal Clegg" (Roger Waters) – 4:13
   • Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Nick Mason

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Side two

1. "A Saucerful of Secrets" (Roger Waters/Rick Wright/David Gilmour/Nick Mason) – 11:57
   • Instrumental
2. "See-Saw" (Rick Wright) – 4:36
   • Lead vocals: Rick Wright
3. "Jugband Blues" (Syd Barrett) – 3:00
   • Lead vocals: Syd Barrett

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Singles

• "Remember a Day" (edit) / "Let There Be More Light" (edit) (19 August 1968, U.S. release only)

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Non-album singles

• "It Would Be So Nice" / "Julia Dream" (19 April 1968, 7" UK release)
• "See Emily Play" / "The Scarecrow" (22 July 1968, U.S. re-release 7")
• "Point Me at the Sky" / "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (6 December 1968, 7" UK release)

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Quotes

• "Was "Corporal Clegg" on Saucerful of Secrets a deliberate Hendrix-style sound that you were going for?"
  • "No, not really. I didn't know what the hell I was trying to play at the time to be quite honest. I'd really no idea. What I was used to playing, the style I had, didn't fit Pink Floyd at the time, and I didn't really know quite what to do." – David Gilmour, Sounds "Guitar Heroes" Magazine, May 1983
• "It was really stressful waiting for Syd to come up with the songs for the second album. Everybody was looking at him, and he couldn't do it. "Jugband Blues" is a really sad song, the portrait of a nervous breakdown. The last Floyd song Syd wrote, "Vegetable Man", was done for those sessions, though it never came out." – Peter Jenner

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Personnel

• Roger Waters – bass guitar, lead vocals
• David Gilmour – lead guitar, lead vocals (incorrectly spelled "Gilmore" on the album)
• Rick Wright – piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, lead vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion, vocals
• Syd Barrett – rhythm guitar, vocals

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Additional personnel

• Norman Smith – drums and backing vocals on "Remember a Day"
• 8 members of the Salvation Army (The International Staff Band) - Ray Bowes (cornet), Terry Camsey (cornet), Mac Carter (trombone), Les Condon (E♭ bass), Maurice Cooper (Euphonium), Ian Hankey (trombone), George Whittingham (B♭ bass), and one other in "Jugband Blues".

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External links

• Album info and trivia