Signals in the Glass | Letters from the Sun | Track 13-15 | 1965

[Intro – Studio Noise Fades In] [The sound of a reel spinning up. [Drumsticks click twice — bass slides in.] [in hums faintly behind it.] [Main Groove – Instrumental] [Funky 6/8 pulse.] [Lead: Electric sitar (played through a tremolo amp] [Counter melody: Melodica or glockenspiel.] [Percussion: bongos, tambourine, and reversed cymbal hits.] [Guitar strums enter halfway through — lightly distorted, dancing around the melody.] [Verse Fragment – Sparse Lyrics] [Half-sung, half-whispered through slapback echo.] “Static… glass… Move too fast.” [Bass slides, drum fill, short pause — then back into groove.] [Instrumental Bridge – The “Crazy Instruments” Moment] [Layered solos trade off in quick succession] [Electric sitar riff] [Short harmonica burst] [Vox organ glissando] [Reverse guitar loop fading in and out] [A laugh, caught on tape, left in the mix] [Final Vocal Fragment – Detached, Dreamlike] “We’re only signals… in the glass.” [Organ rises in pitch; band cuts out; only tape feedback remains.] [Outro – 20 Seconds of Tape Collage] [Snippets of earlier songs flutter in reverse — a vocal phrase from “Static Summer,” a stray tambourine from “Mr. Carousel.”]