Publicación: 16 de junio, 1967.
Productor: Norman Smith.
Ingeniero de sonido: John Woods.
Grabación: 23 de mayo, 1967.
Estudio: Sound Techniques Studio.
Grabación "Scarecrow": 27 de marzo, 1967.
Estudio: Abbey Road Studios.
Discográfica U.K: Columbia Records.
N° de catalogo: DB 8214.
Tracks:
Lado 1.
01 See Emily Play.
(Barrett) 2:56
Lado 2.
01 Scarecrow.
(Barrett) 2:12
Single Vinyl 7' - Edición U.K:
Discográfica: Columbia Records.
N° de catalogo: DB 8214.
Frente.
Trasera.
Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.
Single Vinyl 7' - Edición U.K Promo:
Discográfica: Columbia Records.
N° de catalogo: DB 8214.
Pink Floyd:
Syd Barrett: Voz, guitarras eléctrica y slide guitarras acústicas 6 y 12 cuerdas.
Roger Waters: Bajo, coros.
Richard Wright: Órgano Farfisa, piano, tack piano, clavecín eléctrico Baldwin Spinet, flauta, cello, coros.
Nick Mason: Batería, percusión, vasos metálicos.
Letras:
See Emily Play.
(Barrett)
Emily tries but misunderstands
She's often inclined yo borrow somebodys dream
'till tomorrow.
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll loose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily Play
Soon after dark Emily cries
She's gazing through trees in sorrow
Hardly a sound 'till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll loose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily Play.
Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river for ever and ever
Emily.
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll loose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily Play
See Emily Play.
Scarecrow.
(Barrett)
The black and green scarecrow
as ev'ryone knows
stood with a bird on his hat and straw ev'rywhere
He didn't care
He stood in a field where barley grows
His head did no thinking
His arms didn't move
except when the wind cut up rough
and mice ran around on the ground
He stood in a field where barley grows.
The black and green scarecrow was sadder than me
But now he's resigned to his fate
'cause life's not unkind
He doesn't mind
He stood in a field where barley grows.
ResponderEliminar"See Emily Play" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single on 16 June 1967 on the Columbia label. Written by original frontman Syd Barrett, it was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track of Pink Floyd, the US edition of the band's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967).
The song was written by Barrett following the Games for May concert, and became a top 10 hit when released in the UK the following month. The group appeared three times on Top of the Pops, where Barrett started showing signs of erratic behaviour, which ultimately led to him leaving the group in early 1968.
Although Pink Floyd seldom performed the song live, it has been recorded subsequently by a number of diverse artists and regarded as a classic psychedelic pop single.
ResponderEliminarSee Emily Play’ (Columbia DB 8214; released 16 June 1967), recorded at the same time as Piper…, preceded the album, although Norman Smith, a producer imposed on the band by the record company, found it necessary to return to Sound Techniques to recapture the sound and spirit of ‘Arnold Layne’.
A visitor to the studio during the recording sessions was Syd Barrett’s school friend from Cambridge, David Gilmour.
‘Emily…’ was promoted with three appearances on Top Of The Pops. Criminally, all three master tapes were erased by the BBC in the Eighties, when the storage space was needed for other programmes.
Fortunately, parts of one of the recordings, from July 6, 1967, came to light in late 2009, in the possession of a private collector. At the time of writing, plans were being made for a public screening in 2010.
The song was written as ‘Games For May’, to mark a festival of the same name, held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in May 1967. Indeed, the original title remains among the revised lyrics, although Barrett later claimed it was about a girl he saw in a wood “Up North”, where he was sleeping after a concert.
The real Emily was later revealed to be the Honourable Emily Young, a bona fide aristocrat, niece of the conservationist Sir Peter Scott and a regular, if under-age, visitor to the UFO Club.
The song was given a few additional live performances, chiefly to appease pop fans who went to see the band on the strength of the single’s position at #6 in the UK chart, and who were bewildered by the more typical instrumental jams.
A very limited number of promo copies, now much sought-after by collectors, were issued in picture sleeves, depicting a childlike drawing of a train by Barrett. His artwork was also used in press adverts for the disc.