1968 Pink Floyd-A Saucerful of Secrets scx6258 *rare LP
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a rare LP Pink Floyd-A Saucerful of Secrets 1968 scx6258 on Columbia label and in the original EMI cover and has 'File under POPULAR : Pop Groups' on the top right-hand corner of the flipback ive had this LP from new & it is still in very good condition but ive not had a record player for 20years so its time to go to another home [please see my other listings for other Pink Floyd LPs]
Recording and structure
During its difficult recording sessions, Barrett became increasingly unstable and in January 1968 David Gilmour was brought in. Barrett was finally ousted from the band in early March, leaving the new incarnation of Pink Floyd to finish the album. As a result, A Saucerful of Secretsis 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", "Jugband Blues" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"). "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is the only song in which all five band members appear.
As well as "Jugband Blues", the album was to include "Vegetable Man," another Syd Barrett song. 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" (frequently referred to on bootlegs as "Sunshine") were also recorded early in the sessions for the album.
At least one other song, "John Latham", was recorded during these sessions and remains unreleased.
Keyboardist Richard Wright sings lead vocals on four of the album's seven songs, and backing vocals on the eleven-and-a-half-minute instrumental opus "A Saucerful of Secrets" making this the only Pink Floyd album where Wright's vocal contributions outnumber those of the rest of the band. This was also the only album to contain lead vocals by all five Pink Floyd members (Mason sings lead parts on "Corporal Clegg"), but it is not the only Album where the other four have singing credits. On the album "Meddle" all four remaining members contribute their voices again, with Mason delivering a single spoken line in "One Of These Days".
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A Saucerful of Secrets
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A Saucerful of Secrets Studio album by Pink Floyd Released 29 June 1968 Recorded August and October 1967, January–April 1968, EMI Studios,London Genre Psychedelic rock, avant-garde,space rock, progressive rock,experimental rock Length 39:25 Language English Label Columbia/EMI U.K.Tower/Capitol U.S. Producer Norman Smith Professional reviews
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(1967) A Saucerful of Secrets
(1968) Soundtrack from the Film More
(1969) Singles from A Saucerful of Secrets
- "Let There Be More Light"
Released: 29 June 1968 - "Jugband Blues"
Released: 1968
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by English rock group Pink Floyd. It was recorded at EMI's Abbey Road Studios on various dates from August 1967 to April 1968. It is both the last Pink Floyd album on which Syd Barrett would appear and the only studio album in which all 5 band members contributed.
Side one No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "Let There Be More Light" Waters Gilmour, Wright 5:38 2. "Remember a Day" Wright Wright 4:33 3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" Waters Waters 5:28 4. "Corporal Clegg" Waters Gilmour, Wright, Mason 4:13 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Lead vocals Length 1. "A Saucerful of Secrets" Waters, Wright, Gilmour, Mason Instrumental 11:52 2. "See-Saw" Wright Wright 4:36 3. "Jugband Blues" Barrett Barrett 3:00[edit]
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