How Pink Floyd Segued 'Set the Controls' Into 'A Saucerful of Secrets' on the 1968 Tour

On the 1968 tour for A Saucerful of Secrets, the band usually played “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” and the title track back-to-back. They didn’t use a formal segue, but they often let the final note of “Set the Controls” — a long, decaying drone from the gong and Rick Wright’s Farfisa organ — hang in the air, then slowly morph into the gusty wind-and-cymbol intro of “A Saucerful of Secrets”. It was less a composed bridge and