Udgivet 29. Juni 1968Produceret af Norman Smith
Indspillet på EMI Abbey Road Studios
Cover Design af Hipgnosis
Højest på hitlistenre 9.plads
Udgivet 29. Juni 1968
Produceret af Norman Smith
Indspillet
på EMI Abbey Road Studios
Cover Design af Hipgnosis
Højest
på hitlistenre 9.plads
Et ofte rost nummer på denne plade er Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, der, ud over at findes
i et utal af bootleg udgaver, også er med på Waters In the Flesh.
Da Waters skulle skrive teksten til dette nummer, valgte han en speciel indgangsvinkel. Han tog teksten fra et
gammel kinesisk værk "Kinessisk Poesi fra Tang dynastiet"
Li He skrev digtet som i engelsk oversættelse hedder "Don't go out the door" hvori linien
witness the man who raged at the wall as he wrote his question to heaven
Og fra digteren Li Shangyin tog Waters disse linierwatch little by little the night turn around
countless the
twigs which tremble in dawn
one inch of love is an inch of ashes
Læs Waters' omskrivning her
Det mest interessante ved denne plade, set med en Floyd-fans øjne, er at det er den sidste Barrett er med på. Det er
med denne plade brudet mellem Barrett og Floyd kommer. Hvis man kigger på "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" er der kun
ét nummer Barrett ikke er med til at skrive. Her er der kun ét nummer han er med til. Dét nummer var for øvrigt optaget
tilbage i oktober 1967. Det var derfor noget rimeligt nyt for de andre medlemmer at de pludselig skulle til at skrive
numre selv.
Barrett var virkeligt langt ude i tovene på dette tidspunkt og selv bandets økonomi led under dét. Før
kunne de få £250 for en koncert - nu fik de kun £135
Det siges at Barrett sad i forhallen til studiet med sin
guitar i hånden og ventede på at blive inviteret ind af de andre medlemmer for at medvirke på flere numre.
For
øvrigt blev "Jugband Blues", med Frelsens hær og det hele, filmet og vist i TV i USA og Canada.
Numre på denne plade
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LetThere Be More Light (Waters) [5:38]
Far, far, far away - way
People heard him say - say
I will find a way - way
There will come a day - 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, now, now is
the time - time
Time to be - be - be aware
Carter's father saw him
there and
Knew the road revealed to him
The living soul of .....
Oh, my, something in my eye - eye
Something in the sky - sky
Waiting there for me
The outer lock rolled slowly back
The
service men were heard to sigh
For there revealed in glowing robes
Was
Lucy in the sky
Oh - oh - did you ever know - know
Never ever will
they
I cannot say
Something in his cosmic art
And glowing
slightly from his toes
The psychic and the nations fly
Remember a Day (Wright) [4:33]
Remember a day before today
A day when you were young.
Free to play
alone with time
Evening never came.
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) [5:28]
Little by little the night turns around.
Counting the leaves which tremble
at dawn.
Lotuses lean on each other in yearning.
Under the eaves the
swallow is resting.
Set the controls for the heart of the sun.
Over
the mountain watching the watcher.
Breaking the darkness
Waking the
grapevine.
One inch of love is one inch 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 raves 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
The heart of the sun, the heart of the sun
Corporal Clegg (Waters) [4:12]
Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg
He won it in the war, in 1944
Corporal
Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red, and blue
He found it in the zoo
Dear, dear were they really sad for me?
Dear, dear will they really laugh
at me?
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. 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 Her
Majesty the queen
His boots were very clean
Mrs. Clegg, you must be
proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin
A Saucerful of Secrets (Waters, Wright, Mason, Gilmour) [11:57]
a. Something Else
b. Syncopated Pandemonium
c. Storm Signal
d.
Celestial Voices
(Instrumental)
Marigolds are very much in love, but he doesn't mind
Picking up his sister, he makes his way into the seas or land
All the
way she smiles
She goes up while 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
She'll be 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) [2:59]
It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm much 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 do my
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.
