Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) {2017, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

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Artist: Pink Floyd
Title: A Saucerful Of Secrets
Year Of Release: 1968 / 2017
Label: Sony Records #SICP-5402
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:39:26
Total Size: 269 / 127 Mb (Full Scans)
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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 released on 27 July 1968 in the United States by Tower Records. It is the only album to be credited to the band as a five-piece, consisting of Syd Barrett (guitar), David Gilmour (guitar), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass) and Richard Wright (keyboards). Barrett's behavior had become unpredictable during the recording of the album, so David Gilmour was recruited to complement Barrett, who eventually left the band before the completion of the album.

While the prior record had been creatively driven by Barrett as the band's leader and principal songwriter, this album showed a much more diverse set of influences, with every member contributing to songwriting and lead vocal roles. Gilmour, new with the band, appears on five songs (all except "Remember a Day" and "Jugband Blues"), while Barrett, in his final appearance on a Pink Floyd album, contributed to 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" was the only song all five members appeared on together. The band's drummer, Nick Mason, has declared A Saucerful of Secrets to be his favourite Pink Floyd album.

~ Wiki

A transitional album on which the band moved from Syd Barrett's relatively concise and vivid songs to spacy, ethereal material with lengthy instrumental passages. Barrett's influence is still felt (he actually did manage to contribute one track, the jovial "Jugband Blues"), and much of the material retains a gentle, fairy-tale ambience. "Remember a Day" and "See Saw" are highlights; on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," "Let There Be More Light," and the lengthy instrumental title track, the band begin to map out the dark and repetitive pulses that would characterize their next few records.

~ Richie Unterberger, All Music

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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) {2017, Japanese Reissue, Remastered}

Track List:

01. Let There Be More Light [5:38]
02. Remember a Day [4:33]
03. Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun [5:28]
04. Corporal Clegg [4:13]
05. A Saucerful of Secrets [11:57]
06. See-Saw [4:37]
07. Jugband Blues [3:01]

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