Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (original stereo mix)

Name: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Duration: 5 min 27 s

~ Recording by Pink Floyd

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.6	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun	5:22	Pink Floyd	Works	Pink Floyd	Album + Compilation	US1987-01-23	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	CDP 7 46478 2
1.3	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun	5:27	Pink Floyd	A Saucerful of Secrets	Pink Floyd	Album	US1994	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	CDP 0777 7 46383 2 6
2.3	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun	5:28	Pink Floyd	Discovery	Pink Floyd	Album + Compilation	US2011-09-27	EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)	50999 0 82613 2 8

recorded in:	England

recording engineer and engineer:	Peter Bown (sound engineer, last name often misprinted as “Brown”)
producer:	Norman Smith (UK producer/engineer, performed as Hurricane Smith)
bass guitar and gong:	Roger Waters (from 1967-08-07 until 1967-10)
celesta and vibraphone:	Richard Wright (Pink Floyd keyboardist) (from 1967-08-07 until 1967-10)
drums (drum set) [drums played with timpani mallets]:	Nick Mason (of Pink Floyd) (from 1967-08-01 until 1967-10)
electric guitar:	Syd Barrett (from 1967-08-07 until 1967-10) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) (from 1968-01-10 until 1968-01-11)
farfisa:	Richard Wright (Pink Floyd keyboardist) (from 1967-08-07 until 1968-01-11)
lead vocals:	Roger Waters (from 1967-08-07 until 1968-01-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Norman Smith (UK producer/engineer, performed as Hurricane Smith) (in 1968)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1968) Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1983) Pink Floyd Music Ltd. (in 2011) Pink Floyd Music Ltd. (in 2016)

recorded at:	Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood (on 1967-08-07, from 1968-01-10 until 1968-01-11) De Lane Lea Studios in Soho (in 1967-10)

has remixes:	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (original mono mix)
sampled by:	Rollercoaster by Ronnie Urini & Venus (Vienna new wave)

recording of:	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (from 1967-08-07 until 1968-01-11)

lyricist and composer:	Roger Waters

publisher:	Essex (publisher) Essex International Essex Music International Essex Music International, Inc. Lupus Music Co. Ltd Magdalene Music TRO-Essex Music International, Inc. TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. Westminster Music Ltd.

is the basis for:	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Bass