A Saucerful of Secrets

A Saucerful of Secrets
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released	June 28, 1968
Recorded	May 9, 1967 - May 3, 1968
Studio	Abbey Road Studios De Lane Lea Studios
Label	EMI Columbia (UK) Tower (US)
Length	39:25
Genres	Psychedelic rock Space rock Experimental rock
Producers	Norman Smith
Singles
Released August 19, 1968
A-side	Let There Be More Light
B-side	Remember a Day

A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on June 28, 1968.

Releases and track listings

UK release (June 28, 1968) runtime: 39:25
Side one 19:52	No.	Song name	Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
	1	"Let There Be More Light"	Roger Waters	David Gilmour • Richard 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 • Nick Mason	4:13
Side two 19:33
	1	"A Saucerful of Secrets"	Waters • Gilmour • Wright • Mason	instrumental, wordless vocals by Waters, Gilmour, and Wright	11:57
	2	"See-Saw"	Wright	Wright	4:36
	3	"Jugband Blues"	Syd Barrett	Barrett	3:00

Personnel

Pink Floyd

• Roger Waters - bass guitar, gong⁽³⁾, cymbals⁽⁵⁾, lead vocals⁽³⁾, vocals^{(1, 4, 5)}
• David Gilmour - electric guitar^{(1, 3, 4, 6)}, acoustic guitar⁽⁶⁾, slide guitar⁽⁵⁾, kazoo⁽⁴⁾, lead vocals^{(1, 4)}, vocals^{(5, 6)}
• Richard Wright - Farfisa organ, piano^{(1, 2, 5, 6)}, Hammond organ^{(1, 4, 5)}, Mellotron^{(5, 6)}, vibraphone^{(3, 5)}, celesta⁽³⁾, xylophone⁽⁶⁾, tin whistle⁽⁷⁾, lead vocals^{(1, 2, 4, 6)}, backing vocals^{(2, 4)}, wordless vocals⁽⁵⁾
• Nick Mason - drums^{(1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)}, percussion^{(1, 4, 5, 6, 7)}, chimes⁽⁵⁾, triangle⁽⁶⁾, gong⁽⁶⁾, tambourine⁽⁶⁾, shaker⁽⁶⁾, castanets⁽⁷⁾, kazoo⁽⁷⁾, lead vocals⁽⁴⁾
• Syd Barrett - electric guitar^{(3, 7)}, acoustic guitar^{(2, 7)}, slide guitar⁽²⁾, lead vocals⁽⁷⁾

Additional personnel

• Norman Smith - producer, drums⁽²⁾, backing vocals^{(2, 6)}
• The Stanley Myers Orchestra - brass⁽⁴⁾
• The Salvation Army International Staff Band - cornet⁽⁷⁾, trombone⁽⁷⁾, E♭ bass⁽⁷⁾, euphonium⁽⁷⁾, trombone⁽⁷⁾, B♭ bass⁽⁷⁾
  • Ray Bowes - cornet
  • Terry Camsey - cornet
  • Mac Carter - trombone
  • Les Condon - E♭ bass
  • Maurice Cooper - euphonium
  • Ian Hankey - trombone
  • George Whittingham - B♭ bass
  • (one additional uncredited musician)

Info

• The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
• It reached #9 in the UK charts, and this is the only Pink Floyd album not to chart in the US.
• This is the only non-compilation album on which all five band members appear.
• Due to his declining mental state, this was the last Pink Floyd album Syd Barrett worked on.
• The album artwork is a jumbled mess of pictures, including a planet vortex taken from a Marvel Comic, Dr. Strange from the same comic, and what appears to be St. Patrick in the center.