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A Saucerful Of Secrets, Pink Floyd 2.Album 1968 was in a difficult Bandphase.Der Urgitarrist, singer, songwriter and mastermind Syd Barrett who composed on the first work in 8 of the 11 songs drifted not least because from excessive LSD in a rapidly deteriorating from schizophrenia until his behavior was so intolerable that end December 1967 David Gilmour was hired as 2.Sänger, guitarist beside Barrett trap to its unreliability on stage. Barrett should stay at home and continue to wonderful songs schreiben.Nach a handful of gigs between the 1st and 25th of January 1968 as a five-piece band, but it became clear that a collaboration with Barrett as before never be possible würde.Ende January 1968 was Syd Barrett was created and finally fired by Gilmour ersetzt.Das songwriting now divided mainly of rising to new bandleader bassist Roger Waters and keyboard player Rick Wright.Da not enough material for a necessary 2.Album in the new line-up they decided to older yet resorting recorded by Syd compositions and thus Saucerful is because only album on which all 5 Pink Floyd members are heard.
Pink Floyd take on a much straighter, darker and more serious than in the playful debut album.
Waters science fiction undue Set the Controls for the Heart ofthe sun is probably the only song in the whole band history on both guitarists Barrett and Gilmour are heard, Wright Songs Remember a day and see saw Him were later instrumental title track lyrically something peinlich.Der brings it to 12 minutes total playing time and symbolizes war klanglich.Teil 1is voltage increase, fear of war Part 2 and Part 3 a kind Requiem.Das album ends with the eizigen Barrett's farewell composition on the album Jugband Blues how to sing Barrett listens to thank that one remembers him.
Sauxcerfu of Secrets impressed not as Piper at the Gates of Dawn is less dazzling and also acts concerning the sound sometimes very mushy and washed out (zBRemember a day) .Außerdem was commercially less successful than the debut.
Syd Barrett of 1970, 2 very quirky solo albums published disappeared in 1971 until his death in 2006, incidentally, completely out of the picture, was no interview more, were down to a few gigs early 1972 no more appearances and both fans and members of Pink Floyd, he struck at the latest From the mid-70s the door in his face.