A Saucerful Of Secrets:Pink Floyd

A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. It was recorded at EMI's Abbey Road Studios on various dates from August 1967 to April 1968 and was released on 29 June 1968, through EMI Columbia in the United Kingdom, while the album was released on 27 July 1968 in the United States by Tower.

The album was recorded before and after Syd Barrett's departure from the group. Due to Barrett's behaviour becoming increasingly unpredictable, David Gilmour was recruited in January 1968.[1] [2]  As a result, A Saucerful of Secrets became the only non-compilation Pink Floyd album on which all five band members appeared, the first for Gilmour, with him appearing on five songs ("Let There Be More Light", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Corporal Clegg", "A Saucerful of Secrets", and "See-Saw"), and the last for Barrett, with him on three ("Remember a Day", "Jugband Blues" and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun").[3]  "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" was the only song all five members appeared on together.



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[hide]  *1 Background  ==Background[ edit] == From mid to late 1967, Syd Barrett's erratic behaviour became more apparent,[4]  and at one performance of the band's first US tour, he slowly detuned his guitar while on stage. The audience, used to the band's experimental performances, seemed to enjoy such antics, and were unaware of the rest of the band's increasing consternation. Interviewed on Pat Boone's show during this tour, Barrett's reply to Boone's questions was a "blank and totally mute stare".[5] [6] Barrett exhibited behaviour in a similar style during the band's first appearance on Dick Clark's popular TV show American Bandstand.[5]  Barrett kept his lips closed during a mimed performance of "Apples and Oranges".[7] ==Recording and structure<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Recording with Syd Barrett<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The album was recorded at EMI Studios in London.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MCLM23-25_8-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  The first songs recorded for the album were Roger Waters' "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and an unreleased Barrett track, "Scream Thy Last Scream";<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 1]  both recorded on 7–8 August 1967.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG262_10-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MCLM23_12-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Irgh186_13-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  The two tracks were arranged to be released as a single on 8 September, before it was vetoed by the band's record company, EMI.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lost180_14-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  The band recorded "Vegetable Man"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 2]  at De Lane Lea Studios on 9–11 October,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lost194_16-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  and returned later in the month, on 19 October, to record "Jugband Blues",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  with producer Norman Smith booking aSalvation Army band, at Barrett's request.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  Overdubbing "Remember a Day" at the sessions; the song, which was an outtake from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn sessions,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lost194_16-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]  features Barrett on slide guitar,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG286_18-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FoR90_21-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  the band took a break from the album sessions to record what become their third single, "Apples and Oranges",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  on 26 and 27 October.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Irgh189_22-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  A few days later, the band recorded the B-side, "Paint Box",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  shortly after recording "Paint Box", the band went on a tour of the US.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]
 * 2 Recording and structure
 * 2.1 Recording with Syd Barrett
 * 2.2 Recording with David Gilmour
 * 3 Songs
 * 3.1 Unreleased songs
 * 4 Release and reception
 * 5 Track listing
 * 6 Personnel
 * 7 Sales chart performance
 * 8 References

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Partway through a tour of the US, "Apples and Oranges" was released as a single in November, failing to chart at all.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby43_23-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  The band eventually went back to De Lane Lea and recorded the unreleased track "Vegetable Man".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby43_23-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  Sometime around Christmas, David Gilmour (Barrett's old school friend) was asked to join the band as a second lead guitarist to cover for Barrett when his erratic behaviour prevented him from performing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UncenS4_24-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  As Barrett had, up until then, written (or co-written) most of the songs on the band's debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, as well as the band's three singles up to this point,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Phil230_6-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  the initial plan was to keep him in the group as a non-touring member – in similar style to Brian Wilson's recent status in The Beach Boys – but this meant that Barrett and the group were essentially separated.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby45_7-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Schaffner14_26-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  For two days from 10 January 1968, Pink Floyd reconvened at EMI Studios, attempting to work on older tracks: Waters' vocals and Wright's organ were overdubbed on to "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]  while Mason added vocals to "Scream Thy Last Scream".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG318_2-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  Upon leaving the Floyd, Barrett said to Melody Maker: "I suppose it was really just a matter of being a little offhand about things".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ML2010_1_27-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24] ===Recording with David Gilmour<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When Gilmour joined the band, the Floyd performed briefly as a five-man piece, from 12 January till the 20th.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UncenS4_24-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  For a handful of shows Gilmour played and sang while Barrett wandered around on stage, occasionally joining in with the playing. In between these five-piece gigs, the group rehearsed a few Waters-penned songs on 15 and 16 January. During the next session on 18 January, the band, joined by Smith, jammed on rhythm tracks;<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 4] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG319_28-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25]  Barrett didn't attend this session. On 24 and 25 January, the band recorded a song, logged as "The Most Boring Song I've Ever Heard Bar 2" at Abbey Road.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 5] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26]  The band recorded "Let There Be More Light", "Corporal Clegg" (which features lead vocals by Nick Mason)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Schaffner132_32-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]  and "See-Saw" all without Barrett, despite manager Andrew King claiming Barrett performed the slide solo at the end of "Let There Be More Light".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby45_7-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  The other band members soon grew tired of Barrett's antics and, on 26 January 1968, when Waters was driving on the way to a show at Southampton University, picking the members up on the way, one person in the car said, "Shall we pick Syd up?" and another said, "Let's not bother."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UncenS4_24-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  Barrett was finally ousted from the band in late January 1968, leaving the new incarnation of Pink Floyd to finish the album; "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is the only song on which all five band members appeared.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The four-piece band struggled to come up with new material for an album,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Players92_3-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-UncenS4_24-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]  but in February 1968 recorded Wright's "It Would Be So Nice" and Waters' "Julia Dream".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby45_7-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  In early February it was announced that the Waters-penned track, "Corporal Clegg" would be the band's next single,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby45_7-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  however, due to pressure from the label, the song<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby46-47_36-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  was earmarked for the album, and "It Would Be So Nice" was released in April was a single,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 7]  with "Julia Dream" on the B-side.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby47_37-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  Throughout April, the band was taking stock of the songs recorded up to that point.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby47_37-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  Waters blocked the release of the two tracks, "Vegetable Man"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 8]  and "Scream Thy Last Scream", on the album, though the band retained "Jugband Blues", and the Waters-written "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" which Barrett played on.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby47_37-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  With not enough material to fill the album's last 12 minutes, the band started piecing together several pieces of material—that the finished song the band later said that they felt happy with—that was to become the title track of the album, "A Saucerful of Secrets".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby47_37-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  Mason and Waters planned the track out as if it were an architectural design, including peaks and troughs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby47_37-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  Producer Smith didn't like the song, stating to them that they "just can't do this, it's too long. You have to write three-minute songs."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby47_37-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  On 25 June, the band recorded another session for BBC Radio's Top Gear, the session featured two tracks from Saucerful: "Let There Be More Light" and a shortened retitled version of the title track, titled here as "The Massed Gadgets of Hercules".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby48_45-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36] ==Songs<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Like The Piper at the Gates of Dawn before it, the album contains space rock and psychedelic rock songs. However, unlike Piper, which was dominated by Barrett's compositions, A Saucerful of Secretscontains one Barrett original, "Jugband Blues". AllMusic described that with A Saucerful of Secrets, "the band begin to map out the dark and repetitive pulses that would characterize their next few records."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_46-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  Wright sings or shares lead vocals on four of the album's seven songs, and contributes vocals on the eleven-and-a-half-minute instrumental opus "A Saucerful of Secrets", making this the only Pink Floyd album where his vocal contributions outnumber those of the rest of the band.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">With Barrett seemingly detached from proceedings, it came down to Waters and Wright to provide adequate material. The opening, "Let There Be More Light", penned by Waters, continues the space rock approach established by Barrett. "Let There Be More Light" evolved from a bass riff that was part of "Interstellar Overdrive".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG319_28-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25]  Both "Remember a Day" and "See-Saw" use the childlike approach<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG285_47-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Phil272_48-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39]  that was established on their debut.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Shaff132-133_49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]  Wright remained critical of his early contributions to the band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Shaff132-133_49-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]  "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" was first performed with Barrett in 1967.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG271_50-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41]  The success of the track was such that it remained in their live setlist until 1973 where it appeared in a greatly extended form.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mabbett2_51-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42]  Waters later performed the track during solo concerts from 1984 and later.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  Waters borrowed the lyrics from a book of Chinese poetry from the Tang Dynasty, like Barrett had used in "Chapter 24".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG265_53-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]  "Corporal Clegg", is the first Pink Floyd song to address issues of war, a theme which would endure throughout the career of Waters as a songwriter for the band, culminating on the 1983 album The Final Cut.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mabbett2_51-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42]  "A Saucerful of Secrets" was originally written as a new version of "Nick's Boogie".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG322_54-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  The track is titled as four parts,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FAQ_55-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46]  on Ummagumma.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby188_56-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47]  A staple in the band's live set until summer 1972,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby188_56-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47]  a live version of the song was recorded on 27 April 1969 at the Mothers Club in Birmingham for inclusion on Ummagumma.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-schaffner156_57-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Mabbett-3_58-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[49]  "Jugband Blues" refers to Barrett's departure from the group ("It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here / And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear that I'm not here").<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Phil236_59-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[50] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Irgh190_60-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[51]  A promotional video was recorded for the track.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG286_18-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  The band's management wanted to release the song as a single, before being vetoed by both the band and producer Norman Smith.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15] ===Unreleased songs<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Main article: List of unreleased Pink Floyd material<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">As well as "Jugband Blues", the album was to include "Vegetable Man", another Barrett song.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Phil230_6-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  The song was to appear on a single as the B-side to "Scream Thy Last Scream".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Irgh187_9-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MCLM23_12-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]  The band performed "Jugband Blues", "Vegetable Man", and "Scream Thy Last Scream" for a Top Gear session, recorded on 20 December, and broadcast on 31st.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby44_61-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]  Two additional Barrett songs, "In the Beechwoods",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Irgh193_62-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[53]  and "No Title" (frequently referred to on bootlegs as "Sunshine"),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 10]  were recorded early into the album sessions.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MCLM25_64-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[54]  At least one other song, "John Latham", was recorded during these sessions, and remains unreleased.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-MCLM25_64-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[54] ==Release and reception<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">This is the first of several Pink Floyd album covers that were designed by Hipgnosis,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG330_69-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[59]  and was only the second time that an EMI group (The Beatles were the first) was permitted to hire outside designers for an album jacket.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-70" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[60]  The album was released in the UK on 29 June 1968 on EMI's Columbia label as both mono<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-72" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 11]  and stereo<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-74" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 12]  LPs, reaching number 9 in the UK charts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-chartarchive.org_75-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[63] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-officialcharts.com_76-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[64]  It was released in the US by the Tower Records<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-78" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 13]  division of Capitol, where it remains the only Pink Floyd album to not chart.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-79" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[66]  However, when reissued as A Nice Pair<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-81" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 14] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-83" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 15]  with the original version of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn after the success of The Dark Side of the Moon, the album did chart at number 36 on the Billboard 200.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-84" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[69]  "Let There Be More Light" was released as a single, backed with "Remember a Day", in the US on 19 August 1969.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-85" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[70]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The CD stereo mix of the album was first released in 1988,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-87" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 16]  and in 1992 was digitally remastered and reissued as part of the Shine On box set.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-89" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 17] The remastered stereo CD was released on its own in 1994 in the UK<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-91" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 18]  and the US.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-93" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[nb 19]  The mono mix version of the album has never been officially released on CD.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Upon its release, Rolling Stone magazine's review was unfavourable, writing that it is "not as interesting as their first" and "rather mediocre", highlighting the near-departure of Syd Barrett as one of its detractions.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone_66-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[56]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In a retrospective review for Allmusic, Richie Unterberger called the album "gentle, fairy-tale ambience", with the songs that move from "concise and vivid" to "spacy, ethereal material with lengthy instrumental passages."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-AllMusic_46-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  In a review for BBC Music, Daryl Easlea said Saucerful was "not without filler", saying "Jugband Blues" was "the most chilling" song on the album.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBC_65-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[55] ==Track listing<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Personnel<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.363636016845703px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">(all personnel uncredited)
 * Pink Floyd

==Sales chart performance<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Roger Waters – bass guitar, percussion, vocals<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mabbett_94-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]
 * Richard Wright – piano, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, xylophone, vocals,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mabbett_94-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]  tin whistle on "Jugband Blues"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby187_95-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[76]
 * David Gilmour – guitar, kazoo, vocals<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-mabbett_94-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[75]
 * Nick Mason – drums, percussion, vocals on "Corporal Clegg",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Schaffner132_32-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]  kazoo on "Jugband Blues"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby187_95-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[76]
 * Syd Barrett – acoustic and slide guitar on "Remember a Day",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG286_18-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FoR90_21-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]  guitar on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-DarkG262_10-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Irgh186_13-1" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]  vocals and guitar on "Jugband Blues"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lost195_96-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[77]
 * Additional personnel
 * Norman Smith – producer,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-97" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[78]  drums and backing vocals on "Remember a Day"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FoR90_21-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18]
 * The Salvation Army (The International Staff Band) on "Jugband Blues"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-toby41_17-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]