After releasing one of the most influential albums in history Pink Floyd found itself without its guiding light, Syd Barrett.  With new guitarist David Gilmour the band was tasked with recording a follow-up to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.  In 1968 they released A Saucerful of Secrets which, though it was largely made without Barrett's involvement, so continued in the spirit of what he had started.

After releasing one of the most influential albums in history Pink Floyd found itself without its guiding light, Syd Barrett. With new guitarist David Gilmour the band was tasked with recording a follow-up to The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. In 1968 they released A Saucerful of Secrets which, though it was largely made without Barrett's involvement, so continued in the spirit of what he had started.

After releasing one of the most influential albums in history Pink Floyd found itself without its guiding light, Syd Barrett.&nbsp; With new guitarist David Gilmour the band was tasked with recording a follow-up to&nbsp;The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.&nbsp; In 1968 they released&nbsp;A Saucerful of Secrets which, though it was largely made without Barrett's involvement, so continued in the spirit of what he had started.&nbsp;

Episode 21: Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

There are those albums that are artistic, critical and commercial milestones.  They are generally agreed to be the pinnacles of an artist’s career.  This is not about those albums.  This is about what came next.

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There are those albums that are artistic, critical and commercial milestones. They are generally agreed to be the pinnacles of an artist’s career. This is not about those albums. This is about what came next.

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Episode 21: Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

Episode 21: Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets