Recording
The song was recorded on 19 October 1967 at De Lane Lea Studios. Barrett wanted a Salvation Army band to play on the track. They were brought in, but when he stated that he wanted them to simply "play whatever they want" regardless of the rest of the group, Norman Smith insisted on recorded parts. Eventually both versions were recorded and used. The names of those Salvation Army members that participated is not known, due to paperwork being lost over time. About The Salvation Army, band manager Andrew King said that Barrett "wanted a massive Salvation Army freak-out, but that's the only time I can remember Norman putting his down."
Because of Barrett's increasingly erratic behavior, which reduced his commitment to both songwriting and recording, as well as the song's distinctive three-tiered structure (3/4, 2/4 and 4/4) some listeners believed that "Jugband Blues" was more than likely a mash-up of three or four separate Barrett demos from various points that the rest of the band spliced together, presumably to create the impression that "Jugband" was a singular, stand-alone piece; this has proven not to be the case, and "Jugband Blues" was recorded how Barrett composed it.
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