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"Lucifer Sam" is a song by British Psychedelic Rock band Pink Floyd , featured on the debut album '' The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn '' (1967). The song is built around a descending and increasingly agitated Organ and Percussion effects. Though the lyric frequently refers to Lucifer Sam as a cat, some speculation has arisen as to whether this was in fact 1960s slang ("a hip cat") for a man, real or imagined, in some type of relationship with Barrett's then-girlfriend, Jenny Spires (referred to in the song as "Jennifer Gentle").John Cavanagh (2003). ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'': p.41 However, Sam was simply Barrett's domestic feline; the track was originally called "Percy the Rat Catcher" during the recording sessions, which took place during April-June 1967.Vernon Fitch (2005). ''The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia'': p.186 PERSONNEL
LIVE AND COVER VERSIONS "Lucifer Sam" was only performed live by Pink Floyd in 1967. The Lightning Seeds covered the song as a B-side to their 1992 single "Sense"; it also appeared on their 2006 Best Of Collection . Czar included a version on its 2000 debut EP '' Czar IV '', featuring vocalist Paul Samarin of Los Angeles based Pink Floyd tribute band Which One's Pink? Billion Stars covered "Lucifer Sam" on the 2003 Pink Floyd tribute album '' A Fair Forgery Of Pink Floyd ''. The track has also been covered by The Flaming Lips , True West , Jay Farrar , Love And Rockets , Voivod , Shockabilly , and The Three O'Clock . NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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