Pink Floyd Syd Barrett "A Saucerful Of Secrets" LP NM

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Pink Floyd "A Saucerful Of Secrets" LP

Genre: Psychedelic Rock

Label: EMI/Columbia SCX 6258 (UK) Stereo - beige label. The matrix numbers are "YAX 3633-3" and "YAX 3634-5"

Quality: Cover: VG++ (price sticker, very minor creases, almost no ringwear)  Record: NM - seldon played, looks new 

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A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by Pink Floyd. 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 he would work on.

Recording and structure

During its difficult recording sessions, Barrett became increasingly unstable and in January 1968 David Gilmour was brought in. Barrett finally left the band in early March, leaving the 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 four songs ("Let There Be More Light", "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").

Keyboardist Richard Wright sings lead or backing vocals on four of the album's seven songs, 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").

Album cover

This is the first of several Pink Floyd album covers designed by Hipgnosis, and was only the second time that an EMI group (The Beatles were the first) was permitted to hire outside designers for an album jacket. Certain elements of the collage are taken from page 25 of Marvel Comics' Strange Tales #158 (1967), including the face of the Living Tribunal in the upper left, Doctor Strange along the right edge and the image of a string of planets entering a whirlpool that runs through the center of the design.

The title track was David Gilmour's first professional songwriting credit. His name is incorrectly spelled "Gilmore", an error that would persist on all pressings until finally being corrected with the 1994 remastered version.

Track listing

Personnel

• Roger Waters – bass guitar, vocals
• Richard Wright – piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, vocals
• David Gilmour – guitar, vocals, kazoo
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion, vocals on "Corporal Clegg"
• Syd Barrett – guitar on "Remember a Day" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", acoustic guitar and vocals on "Jugband Blues"

• Norman Smith – drums and backing vocals on "Remember a Day"
• The Salvation Army (The International Staff Band) on "Jugband Blues":

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