The Pink Floyd's first single, released in the UK March 11th, 1967, was one of a handful of tracks that was laid down at their first studio recording session. 
Produced by Joe Boyd at Sound Techniques Studios in Chelsea on January 27th, 1967, "Arnold Layne" was chosen because unlike the other tracks it was short enough to release as a single. 
The Pink Floyd made three appearances on BBC-TV's "Top Of The Pops" promoting its release. 
Of the title itself Barrett stated, "I thought that Arnold Layne was a nice name and it fitted very well into the music I had already written." It charted number 20 in the UK. 

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Candy and a Currant Bun 

(Barrett) 

The B-side to "Arnold Layne" was recorded at the same session along with an early version of "Interstellar Overdrive". 
Originally titled "Let's Roll Another One" the lyrics were changed due to the obvious drug inferences. Waters commenting on the BBC's attitude towards the track, recalled "They didn't like that at all. Very under the arm." 
The song dates back to the Floyd's Free School repertoire. 

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See Emily Play 

(Barrett) 

The Second single by the Floyd, was recorded on May 23rd, 1967, at Sound Techniques Studios after sessions at EMI failed to capture the essence found on Arnold Layne. 
Two of the Floyd's biographers, Miles and Karl Dallas, dispute Emily's origins. 
Miles states that the track is a reworking of the "Games For May" concert performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on May 12th 1967, while Dallas says that "Emily" was performed April 29th at the 14 Hour Technicolor Dream in Aid of the International Times. 
Mick Schaffner's book states that "Emily" was in real life the daughter of Lord Kennet (Wayland Young) who was well known to the UFO club crowd. Schaffner also reports that David Gilmour, who was coincidentally at the session with his band Joker's Wild, first noticed Syd's mental decline. 
Released on June 16th, 1967, it charted number 6 in the UK and 134 in the US. 

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Flaming 

(Barrett) 

Deleted from the US release of "Piper at the Gates of Dawn", "Flaming" later appeared as a single on August 5th, 1967. 
Performed live for a brief period, as well as BBC and French TV appearances. 

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The Scarecrow *

(Barrett) 

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The Gnome *

(Barrett) 

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Mathilda Mother *

(Barrett) 

All three* tracks appear on the first Floyd album "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". 
These cuts were the first of many recorded for the John Peel's "Top Gear" show on BBC radio, and was first broadcast on September 30th, 1967. 

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Scream Thy Last Scream 

(Barrett) 

Recorded in August, 1967, "Scream Thy Last Scream" was planned as the Floyd's third single. The song was performed live during 1967, and was also entitled "Scream Thy Last Scream Old Woman With A Casket" and the shorter "Old Woman With A Casket". 

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Vegetable Man 

(Barrett) 

Also recorded in August of 1967 was the unreleased "Vegetable Man". 
Manager Pete Jenner recalls the origins of the song. 
"Syd was around at my house just before he had to go to record - and because a song was needed, he just wrote a description of what he was wearing at the time, and threw in a chorus that went 'Vegetable Man, where are you?'." 

This is one of the last sessions featuring Syd Barrett with the Pink Floyd. 
These two tracks are the actual August 9th, 1967 sessions. 

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Apples And Oranges 

(Barrett) 

A third single that fared poorly in the charts. 
The track was recorded in August of 1967 and released on November 18th. 
A promotional film featured a Barrett-less Floyd, with Roger Waters lip-syncing to Syd's vocal. Waters' recollection of the track was that it was a "fucking good song," that "was destroyed by the production." 
All around, producer Norman Smith seems to have become the fall-guy for the failure of this single. 

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Pow R. Toc H. +

(Barrett/Mason/Waters/Wright) 

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Jugband Blues ++

(Barrett) 

"Pow R. Toc H."+ is from "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and "Jugband Blues" ++ was recorded at the time of "Apples and Oranges". 
So disappointing was the reaction to "Apples and Oranges" that their manager, Pete Jenner, proposed releasing "Jugband Blues" in its place. 
"Jugband Blues" was used by the Central Office of Information for a promotional film about Britian that was distributed in the US and Canada. 

For the track Syd Barrett brought a Salvation Army band into the studio, instructing them to "play what you want to." 
These tracks are taken from the second session they did for John Peel's "Top Gear" show, broadcast on 12/19/67. 

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Nick's Boogie 

(Barrett/Mason/Waters/Wright) 

A studio outtake that was recorded in April of 1967 for the soundtrack to the film "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London". 
"Nick's Boogie" has only been officially available as a CD bonus track since the soundtrack album was released in 1990. 
This extended instrumental is a variation of "Interstellar Overdrive." 

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It Would Be So Nice 

(Wright) 

The Floyd's fourth single released on April 12th, 1968. 
"Fucking awful that record, wasn't it?" recalls Nick Mason about the track. 
There was a general feeling at the time that the band needed a commercial hit and this single was an attempt at that. 
The version released to the stores mentions the London evening newspaper The Evening Standard, but the BBC, fearful of advertising, made the Floyd change the Lyric to The Daily Standard. 
"At that period we had no clear direction," stated Mason. 

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Julia Dream 

(Wright) 

Julia Dream had been the B-side to "It Would Be So Nice" and featured David Gilmour on vocals. 

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Let There Be More Light 

(Waters) 

"Let There Be More Light" was released in the US as a B-side to "Remember A Day", and the 1981 release of the remixed "Money". 

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Murderistic Women 

(Waters)

"Murderistic Women" was an earlier, shorter version of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene". Up until the "In The Flesh" tour of 1977, Pink Floyd regularly tried out new tracks in front of live audiences, often with very different titles from the finished piece. "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" was also the B-side to their next single.

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Massed Gadgets of Hercules 

(Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright) 

Taken from the June 25th, 1968 Top Gear session, these tracks are some of the first recorded performances of Pink Floyd with David Gilmour (there had been a brief period with both Barrett and Gilmour in the line-up). 

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Point Me At The Sky 

(Waters) 

Their fifth single, released on December 17th, 1968 was produced by Norman Smith. 
It failed so badly in the charts that the Floyd did not release another single until "Another Brick In The Wall - Part II" in 1979. 
The promotional film for "Point Me At The Sky" features the Floyd flying in a yellow biplane, and photos from this promo film appear on the double compilation album "A Nice Pair". 
As he did with "Apples and Oranges", Roger Waters defended the song, blaming its failure on the poor production. 

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Baby Blue Shuffle in D Minor 

(Gilmour) 

"Baby Blue Shuffle in D Minor" was the working title for what would later become "The Narrow Way - Part 1" on "Ummagumma". 
This was written by David Gilmour as his contribution to the solo section of the album. 

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