DaveJonGilmour

The question arises spontaneously: whhooooooooo?????????

FROM WWW.MUSICPLUS.IT: “We were looking for a cover that was definitely different from the typical ones of all the Californian bands, built on a psychedelic vision of life,” Ray Manzarek stated years later. “We had in mind the characters from Federico Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ or Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Seventh Seal,’” said Ray. The group then met with the Elektra art director, William S. Harvey, and tried to explain to the artistic director that the cover should feature strange characters: clowns, jugglers, and men with masked faces. Everything had to be wrapped in an absolutely surreal atmosphere. After discarding some very difficult ideas to execute, like having dozens of dogs, photographer Joel Brodsky began the search for a suitable location to host quirky and strange characters. The place needed to have a European flair, and it is indeed hard to imagine it being a New York street. Specifically, the chosen site was Sniffen Court, located on East 36th Street, between Third Avenue and Lexington Avenue. The 19th-century buildings are currently privately owned, and it is impossible to visit them, except for the Murray Hill Comedy Club, one of the oldest private theaters in New York. Harvey then started casting for the characters who would fill Brodsky's shot. The six people depicted on the cover were found in various ways, among professionals, friends, and mere amateurs. The trumpeter, for instance, was discovered by Harvey during a taxi ride; he was the cab driver taking him to his destination.
The juggler was Frank Kollegy, Brodsky’s assistant, who would later appear on other covers curated by Joel. The weightlifter came from a circus and worked as a bouncer on the side, while the mysterious model on the back cover is Zazel Wild, a friend of Brodsky’s wife, and now works as a magazine editor in New York. The dwarf in the foreground was discovered by Bill in a residential hotel on 70th Street. A hotel populated by a strange fauna. Walking down the hotel corridors and peeking into open rooms, Bill saw two dwarf twins and thought they were perfect for the cover. Joel then took care of obtaining permission to shoot a photo of a New York street to use on a record cover and had to pay $500, a sum definitely higher than his fee. The photograph was taken with a Panon Panoramic camera using a 120 film, and the session lasted very little time. The final artistic touch was the decision to include a poster used to promote the concerts, which depicted the cover of the first album with the title of the album. A decidedly anti-commercial choice, considering that the artist's name and the album title need to be clearly visible and instantly recognizable. The shot was brought to the Doors during a layover at New York’s Kennedy Airport. The band was thrilled with the work done by Bill and Joel. “It had everything we had asked for. A dwarf, a juggler, a trumpeter, two acrobats, and a weightlifter. It was like Fellini’s ‘La Strada,’” Ray Manzarek declared, adding: “It’s the most beautiful cover in the entire Doors discography. We were going through a good phase.”

an even more trivial and extreme example: can you imagine music if Barrett had never existed? :-)))

Well beatboy..everything is possible :-)

BUT I DON'T DOUBT BRUCE'S TEXTS, it's the music that I think is lacking, but I no longer feel like discussing it. pseudo new-age you can say that to someone else.

m3

..Jim..

I would generally recommend any audio extract from his life.

Barrett himself and Gilmour have admitted that the acoustic guitar in "Remember a day" is played by Barrett. Furthermore, his presence in "Corporal Clegg" is almost certain, and it's said that he is also in "See-saw." Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that the album would have been fantastic even without his contribution, no doubt about it.

You're mistaken about one thing, shark: Not everything on A saucerful of secrets is without Barrett. His presence is certain in at least 3 (if not 4) songs. Sorry, but we have to be precise about these things. :-)