Publicación: Junio 29 (U.K) | Julio 27 (U.S.A), 1967.
Productores: Norman Smith & Pink Floyd (A Saucerful of Secrets)
Grabación: 7 y 8 agosto de 1967; Jugband Blues grabada el 19 de octubre de 1967, enero a abril de 1968.
Estudios: Abbey Road Studios, Londres.
(Jugband Blues en los estudio De Lane Lea, 75 Dean Street, Soho, Londres).
Discográfica U.K: Columbia Records / EMI.
N° de catalogo: SX 6258 (mono) / SCX 6258 (stereo).
Discográfica U.S.A: Tower Records.
N° de catalogo: ST 5131 (stereo).
Arte de portada: Hipgnosis.
Tracks:
Lado A.
01 Let There Be More Light.
(Waters) 5:38
02 Remember A Day.
(Wright) 4:33
03 Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
(Waters) 5:28
04 Corporal Clegg.
(Waters) 4:13
Lado B.
01 A Saucerful Of Secrets.
a) Something Else.b) Syncopated Pandemonium.c) Storm Signal.d) Celestial Voices.
(Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmore) 11:57
02 See Saw.
(Wright) 4:37
03 Jugband Blues.
(Barrett) 3:00
02 See Saw.
(Wright) 4:37
03 Jugband Blues.
(Barrett) 3:00
Tiempo total: 39:25 minutos.
(David Gilmour acreditado como: Gilmore)
Singles:
1968 Let There Be More Light / Remember A Day.
Publicación: 19 de agosto (U.S.A).
Vinyl Long Play - Edición Mono U.K:
Discográfica: Columbia Records.
N° de catalogo: SX 6258.
Portada.
Discográfica: Columbia Records.
N° de catalogo: SX 6258.
Collage con una foto del grupo, una página del comic "Strange Tales" edición #158 (Marvel Comics, julio de 1967), la ilustración "Opus medico-chymicum" (1618) de Johann Daniel Mylius.
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Pink Floyd:
Roger Waters: Bajo, voz (Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun), guitarra adicional.
Syd Barrett: Guitarra (Remember A Day, Set The Controls For the Heart Of The Sun y Jugband Blues), voz y guitarra acústica (Jugband Blues).
David Gilmour: Guitarra, kazoo y voz.
Richard Wright: Órgano, piano, mellotron, vibráfono y voz (Remember A Day, See-Saw).
Nick Mason: Batería, percusión, coros (Corporal Clegg).
Otros músicos:
Norman Smith: Batería y coros (Remember A Day).
The International Staff Band: Ray Bowes (Corneta), Terry Camsey (Corneta), Mac Carter (Trombón), Les Condon (Bajo eléctrico Eb), Maurice Cooper (Bombardino), Ian Hankey (Trombón).
George Whittingham: Bajo eléctrico (Jugband Blues).
Letras:
Let There Be More Light.
(Waters)
Far, far, away
People heard him say
I will find a way
There will come a day
Something will be done
Then at last the mighty ship descending on a point of flame
Made contact with the human race at Mildenhall.
Now is the time
To be be be aware
Carter's father saw it there
and knew the Rhull revealed to him
The living soul of hereward the wake.
Oh, my, something in my eye
Something in the sky
Waiting there for me
The outer lock rolled slowly back
The servicemen were heard to sigh
For there revealed in flowing robes was Lucy in the sky.
Oh oh did you ever?
No no never ever will they
I'll say!
Summoning his cosmic power
His psychic emanations flowed.
Remember A Day.
(Wright)
Remember a day before today
A day when you were young
Free to play alone with time
Evening never comes.
Sing a song that can't be sung
Without the morning's kiss
Queen you shall be it if you wish
Look for your king.
Why can't we play today?
Why can't we stay that way?
Climb your favorite apple tree
Try to catch the sun
Hide from your little brother's gun
Dream yourself away.
Why can't we reach the sun?
Why can't we blow the years away?
Blow away
Blow away.
Remember
Remember.
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun.
(Waters)
Little by little the night turns around
Counting the leaves which tremble at dawn
Lotus's lean on each other in yearning
Over the hills a swallow is resting
Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Over the mountain watching the watcher
Breaking the darkness waking the grapevine
Knowledge of love is knowledge of shadow
Love is the shadow that ripens the wine
Set the controls for the heart of the sun
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun.
Witness the man who waves at the wall
Making the shape of his questions to heaven
Whether the sun will fall in the evening
Will he remember the lesson of giving?
Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun.
Corporal Clegg.
(Waters)
Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg
He won it in the war
in nineteen forty four.
Corporal Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red and blue
He found it in the zoo.
Dear oh dear, oh are they really sad for me?
Dear oh dear, oh will they really laugh at me?
Missus Clegg, you must be proud of him
Missus Clegg, another drop of gin?
Corporal Clegg umbrella in the rain
He's never been the same
No one is to blame.
Corporal Clegg received his medal in a dream
From er Majesty, the Queen
His boots were very clean.
Missus Clegg, you must be proud of him
Missus Clegg, another drop of gin?
Corporal Clegg
Corporal Clegg.
A Saucerful Of Secrets.
(Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmore)
a. Something Else.
b. Syncopated Pandemonium.
c. Storm Signal.
d. Celestial Voices.
Instrumental.
See Saw.
(Wright)
Marigolds are very much in love
but he doesn't mind
Picking up his sister
he makes his way in to the see-saw land
All the way up she smiles
She goes up as he goes down, down.
Sits on a stick in the river
Laughter in his sleep
Sister's throwing stones hoping for a hit
He doesn't know, so then
She goes up while he goes down, down.
Another time, another day
A brother's way to leave
Another time, another day.
Selling plastic flowers on a Sunday afternoon
Picking up weeds
she hasn't got the time to care
All can see he's not there
She grows up for another man, and he's down.
Another time, another day
A brother's way to leave
Another time, another day
Another time, another day
A brother's way to leave.
Jugband Blues.
(Barrett)
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm almost obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here.
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you threw away my old shoes
And brought me here instead dressed in red.
And I'm wondering who could be writing this song
I don't care if the sun don't shine
And I don't care if nothing is mine
And I don't care if I'm nervous with you
I'll downy loving in the winter.
And the sea isn't green
And I love the queen
And what exactly is a dream?
And what exactly is a joke?
Incluido en:
- 1973 A Nice Pair (Compilación).
- 1979 The First XI (Box Set).
- 1992 Shine On (Box Set).
- 2007 Oh By The Way (Box Set).
- 2011 Discovery (Box Set).
Otras ediciones, incluidas en este sitio:
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 29 June 1968 by EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom and on 27 July 1968 in the United States by Tower Records.
ResponderEliminarDuring recording, the mental health of singer and guitarist Syd Barrett declined, so David Gilmour was recruited; Barrett left the band before the album's completion.
Whereas Barrett had led songwriting for Pink Floyd's debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), on A Saucerful of Secrets each member contributed songwriting and lead vocals.
Gilmour appeared on all but two songs, while Barrett contributed to three. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is the only song on which all five members appear.
A Saucerful of Secrets reached number nine in the UK charts, but did not chart in the US until April 2019, peaking at number 158. It received mostly positive reviews, though many critics have deemed it inferior to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.