 Barrett did not contribute material to the band after A Saucerful of Secrets was released in 1968 . Of the songs he wrote for Pink Floyd after The Piper at the Gates of Dawn , only one , " Jugband Blues " , made it to the band 's second album ; one , " Apples and Oranges " , became a less @-@ than @-@ successful single ; and two others , " Scream Thy Last Scream " and " Vegetable Man " , were never officially released as they were deemed too dark and unsettling . Feeling guilty for ousting their friend , the members of Pink Floyd were unable to bring themselves to definitively tell Barrett that he was no longer in the band . According to Rick Wright , who lived with Barrett at the time , Wright had the awful job of telling Barrett that he was going out to buy cigarettes while he went off to play a gig . He would return hours later to find Barrett in the same position , sometimes with a cigarette burned completely down between his fingers ( an incident later referenced in Pink Floyd 's The Wall ) . Emerging from catatonia and unaware that a long period of time had elapsed , Barrett would ask , " Have you got the cigarettes ? " . Barrett supposedly spent time outside the recording studio , in the reception area , waiting to be invited in . He also showed up to a few gigs and glared at Gilmour . Barrett played slide guitar on " Remember a Day " ( which had been first attempted during the Piper sessions ) , and also played on " Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun " . On 6 April 1968 , the group officially announced Barrett was no longer a member , the same day the band 's contract with Blackhill Enterprises was terminated as the record label , considering Barrett to be the musical brains of the band , stayed with Barrett . 
