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Available at bandcamp:
https://darkglobe1.bandcamp.com/album/life-is-research-full-band-record-1990

From '' Life Is Research ''
Label: Scheming Intelligentsia ‎– S.I.R. 018
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1990

Tracklist
A1 Fly Farm
A2 Sleep
A3 Kruk
A4 Men In Suits
A5 Monsters Of Rock
A6 Damn Good Time
A7 Lucifer Sam
B1 George: Prince Of Darkness
B2 Dragons
B3 Factorytown
B4 Hang 100 Crosses
B5 Love Is Strange
B6 Fat Old King
B7 Moonlight Coming On

Engineer – Richard Luvoni
Producer – Dark Globe, Richard Luvoni

Recorded at Blitz Recording Studios, San Diego, CA.

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"Lucifer Sam" is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.

Music and lyrics

The song is built around a descending riff, with the dominant instrument being composer Syd Barrett's electric guitar, fed through an echo machine; the resultant sound has been likened to a "sinister" Duane Eddy.
This is augmented by bowed bass 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").
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.

Personnel

Syd Barrett -- guitar, vocals
Richard Wright -- keyboards
Roger Waters -- bass guitar
Nick Mason -- drums, percussion

Live and cover versions

"Lucifer Sam" was only performed live by Pink Floyd in 1967 and featured as an encore during many performances, mostly notably at the Games for May concert.

Cover versions

Lightning Seeds covered the song as a B-side, and it appeared on their 2006 best of collection.

The track has also been covered by:
the Black Crowes,
Electric Hellfire Club,
The Minders,
The Flaming Lips,
The Three O'Clock,
Jay Farrar,
Love and Rockets,
Voivod,
Shockabilly,
The Sadies,
MGMT,
Spirits in the Sky,
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
and Cat's Eyes.