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Front Cover of 'A Saucerful of Secrets' album.

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A Saucerful of Secrets

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This is the cover art for A Saucerful of Secrets by the artist Pink Floyd. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to Pink Floyd (1968) Ltd.

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The image is iconic, one of the first psychedelic album covers from a UK band and only the second time EMI allowed an act to contract outside artwork for an album jacket.(Roberts, James. Hipgnotic Suggestion. Frieze.) The psychedelic nature and the provenance of the cover is explicitly discussed in the article, and these details could not be readily understood without being able to see the cover. The ability to view the image specifically explicates elements of the article, including how the cover's psychedelic nature was not only a fairly novel one, but it was also complementary to the musical content. (Blake, Mark (2008). Comfortably Numb—The Inside Story of Pink Floyd. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81752-6. p.127–128)

In the general context of the article, it also shows the cultural impact of their visual style and its transformations throughout their career as an important element of the band's significance. (Source: Blake, ibid, pp. 127–129)..

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