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first duties was to pretend to play a guitar on an "Apples and Oranges" promotional film. In a demonstration of his frustration at being effectively sidelined, Barrett tried to teach the band a new song, "Have You Got It Yet?", but changed the structure on each performance—making it impossible for them to learn. Matters came to a head on the way to a performance in Southampton. When somebody in the van asked if they should collect Barrett, the response was "No, fuck it, let's not bother". Waters later admitted "He was our friend, but most of the time we now wanted to strangle him". For a short period Barrett still turned up to the occasional gig, apparently confused as to what was happening. As a result of his de facto removal, Pink Floyd's partnership with Peter Jenner and Andrew King was dissolved
in March 1968, and Barrett's departure was officially announced on 6 April. Jenner and King, who believed that the creative spirit of Pink Floyd derived almost entirely from Barrett, decided to represent him, and ended their relationship with Pink Floyd. Bryan Morrison then agreed that Steve O'Rourke should become Pink Floyd's manager. Barrett had been their main songwriter, and Gilmour mimed to his voice on the group's European television appearances, but while playing on the university circuit Waters and Wright created their own new material, such as "It Would Be So Nice", and "Careful With That Axe, Eugene". They were joined by road manager Peter Watts before touring Europe in 1968. For their second studio album, the band returned with Smith to Abbey Road Studios. Several songs featuring Barrett had already been laid down, including "Jugband Blues" (his final contribution to their discography). Waters contributed three songs, "Let There Be More Light", "Corporal Clegg", and "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (which includes guitar work by Gilmour and Barrett), and Wright composed "See-Saw" and "Remember a Day". Encouraged by Smith, some of the new material was recorded at their homes, continuing the type of experimentation seen on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Smith remained unconvinced by their musical style, but when Mason struggled to perform on "Remember a Day", he stepped in as his replacement. Neither Waters nor Mason could read music, so to create the album's title track, "A Saucerful of Secrets", they invented their own system of notation; Gilmour later described this as looking