Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and painter. Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in its early years and is credited with naming the band. Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist, and was briefly hospitalized amid speculation of mental illness.
Barrett was musically active for less than ten years. With Pink Floyd, he recorded four singles, their debut album (and contributed to the second one), and several unreleased songs. Barrett began his solo career in 1969 with the single "Octopus" from his first solo album, The Madcap Laughs (1970). The album was recorded over the course of a year with five different producers (Peter Jenner, Malcolm Jones, David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Barrett himself). Nearly two months after Madcap was released, Barrett began working on his second and final album, Barrett (1970), produced by Gilmour and featuring contributions from Richard Wright. He went into self-imposed seclusion until his death in 2006. In 1988, an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, was released by EMI with Barrett's approval.
Syd Barrett (album)
Syd Barrett is a 1974 double-album pairing of Syd Barrett's two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, both originally released in the UK in 1970.
Cover
During the summer of 1965, Barrett had his first acid trip in the garden of his friend Dave Gale, with Ian Moore and Storm Thorgerson. While on the influence of the acid, Barrett had placed an orange, plum and a matchbox into a corner, while staring at the fruit, which he claimed symbolized "Venus and Jupiter". Thorgerson used this imagery when he added these items to the cover of Syd Barrett.
Release
After the unexpectedly massive success of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, EMI re-issued the Barrett-era albums The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets as A Nice Pair in the hope that fans would be interested in the band's earlier work with Barrett. Once that was a success, primarily in the US where both albums had initially flopped, Syd Barrett was compiled to meet demand.
As a result, The Madcap Laughs/Barrett (as it was titled in the US) made number 163, giving Barrett his only US chart album.
Podcasts:
Syd Barrett
ALBUMS
- An Introduction to Syd Barrett released: 2010
- Psychedelic Freak Out released: 2010
- Wouldn't You Miss Me? The Best of Syd Barrett released: 2001
- The Return of the Crazy Diamond released: 1998
- Crazy Diamond released: 1994
- The Madcap Laughs released: 1993
- Octopus released: 1992
- Barrett released: 1990
- Opel released: 1988
- Laughing released: 1978
- Melk Weg released:
- You Got It Now! released:
- In the Wood: The Complete Rarities 1968-1974 released:
- Have You Got It Yet? released:
- Vegetable Man, Where Are You? released:
- Magnesium Proverbs released:
- Rhamadam: Syd Barrett & the Dawn of Pink Floyd released:
An Introduction to Syd Barrett
Released 2010- Arnold Layne
- See Emily Play
- Apples and Oranges (stereo version)
- Matilda Mother (alternative version) (2010 mix)
- Chapter 24
- Bike
- Terrapin
- Love You
- Dark Globe
- Here I Go (2010 remix)
- Octopus (2010 mix)
- She Took a Long Cool Look (2010 mix)
- If It's in You
- Baby Lemonade
- Dominoes (2010 mix)
- Gigolo Aunt
- Effervescing Elephant
- Bob Dylan Blues
Psychedelic Freak Out
Released 2010- Interstellar Overdrive (demo)
- See Emily Play (alternate ending)
- Scream Thy Last Scream (Malcolm Jones mix)
- Vegetable Man (Malcolm Jones mix)
- Vegetable Man (mix from Mason interview)
- Silas Lang (backing track)
- Lanky, Part Two
- Golden Hair (instrumental) (Gareth Cousins mix)
- Swan Lee (backing track)
- Clowns & Jugglers (take 1) (alternate mix)
- Love You
- Clowns & Jugglers (take 2) (keyboard mix)
- Long Gone
- Dark Globe (choral version) (Peter Jenner mix)
- Dark Globe (choral version) (Malcolm Jones mix)
- Maisie (alternate mix)
- Slow Boogie
- John Lee Hooker Inspired
- In the Beachwoods (backing track)
- Interstellar Overdrive (live)
Wouldn't You Miss Me? The Best of Syd Barrett
Released 2001- Octopus
- Late Night
- Terrapin
- Swan Lee (Silas Lang)
- Wolfpack
- Golden Hair
- Here I Go
- Long Gone
- No Good Trying
- Opel
- Baby Lemonade
- Gigolo Aunt
- Dominoes
- Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)
- Wined and Dined
- Effervescing Elephant
- Waving My Arms in the Air
- I Never Lied to You
- Love Song
- Two of a Kind
- Bob Dylan Blues
- Golden Hair (instrumental)
Crazy Diamond
Released 1994- Terrapin
- No Good Trying
- Love You
- No Man's Land
- Dark Globe
- Here I Go
- Octopus
- Golden Hair
- Long Gone
- She Took a Long Cold Look
- Feel
- If It’s in You
- Late Night
- Octopus (takes 1 & 2)
- It's No Good Trying (take 5)
- Love You (take 1)
- Love You (take 3)
- She Took a Long Cold Look at Me (take 4)
- Golden Hair (take 5)
The Madcap Laughs
Released 1993- Terrapin
- No Good Trying
- Love You
- No Man’s Land
- Dark Globe
- Here I Go
- Octopus
- Golden Hair
- Long Gone
- She Took a Long Cold Look
- Feel
- If It’s in You
- Late Night
- Octopus (takes 1 & 2)
- It’s No Good Trying (take 5)
- Love You (take 1)
- Love You (take 3)
- She Took a Long Cold Look at Me (take 4)
- Golden Hair (take 5)
You Got It Now!
- Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe) (take 1)
- She Took a Long Cold Look at Me (take 5)
- Wined and Dined (takes 1 & 2)
- Golden Hair (instrumental version #2)
- Dylan Blues
- Religious Experience (Singing a Song in the Morning) (take 10)
- Boogie #1
- Boogie #2
- Boogie #3
- If You Go #1
- Ballad (unfinished)
- Chooka-Chooka Chug Chug
- If You Go #2
- [untitled]
- Slow Boogie
- John Lee Hooker
- Fast Boogie
In the Wood: The Complete Rarities 1968-1974
- Silas Lang (take 1)
- Lanky, Part 2 (take 1)
- Golden Hair (take 1)
- Swan Lee (take 1, instrumental)
- Swan Lee (take 1, instrumental)
- Clowns and Jugglers (take 1)
- Swan Lee (vocal and guitar only)
- Opel (take 9)
- Love You (take 1)
- Love You (take 2)
- Clowns and Jugglers (take 2, Soft Machine Sessions)
- Octopus (overdubbing session)
- Long Gone (remake, take 1)
- Wouldn't You Miss Me (remake, take 1, Jenner mix)
- Wouldn't You Miss Me (remake, take 1, Jones mix)
- She Took a Long Cold Look at Me (take 5)
- Gigolo Aunt (1970 BBC)
- Terrapin (1970 BBC)
- Baby Lemonade (1970 BBC)
- Effervescing Elephant (1970 BBC)
- Two of a Kind (1970 BBC)
Have You Got It Yet?
- Pink Floyd Interview (1967-02: CBC)
- Barrett/Waters Interviewed by Hans Keller (1976-06-14: Look of the Week, BBC TV)
- [studio chatter, 1969]
- Waters Interview (1967-09-10: Tonarkvall P3, Stockholm, Sweden)
- John Peel, Waters, Jenner Interviews
- Jenner Interview
- Jenner, Mason, Gilmour Interviews
- Pink Floyd Interview (1969-03-21: Blackpool, UK)
- Pink Floyd Interview (1970-09-28: New York City, NY, USA)
- Waters Interviews Roger the Hat (for "The Dark Side of the Moon" background voices)
- Paul Breen Interview (1988-10-27: BBC)
- Octopus (rough mix, Malcolm Jones fragment)
- ytpmE sescapS (hidden message from "The Wall")
- eltiT oN (excerpt)
- eeL nawS (excerpt)
- seonimoD (solo)
- Sampling Loop #1 ("One in a Million")
- Sampling Loop #2 ("Pow R Toc H")
- Sampling Loop #3 ("King Bee")
- Scream Thy Last Scream (excerpt @ 16RPM)
- My Little Red Book (excerpt)
- Steptoe & Son Theme (excerpt)
- In the Beechwoods (unprocessed)
- Vegetable Man (1967 mix, unprocessed)
- Vegetable Man (1967 rehearsal, unprocessed)
Magnesium Proverbs
- Lucy Leave
- King Bee
- See Emily Play (alternate mix)
- Arnold Layne
- Candy and a Currant Bun
- Flaming (alternate mix)
- Pow R. Toc H. / Astronomy Domine
- Interstellar Overdrive
- Reaction in G
- Stoned Alone
- Vegetable Man
- Scream Thy Last Scream
- Apples and Oranges
- Baby Lemonade
- Dominoes
- Love Song
- Terrapin (live)
- Gigolo Aunt (live)
- Effervescing Elephant (live)
- Octopus (live)
- Octopus
- Jugband Blues (mono LP mix)
- Jugband Blues Coda (mono LP mix)
- [unknown]
Rhamadam: Syd Barrett & the Dawn of Pink Floyd
- Love You
- Love You II
- Long Gone
- Rhamadam
- Octopus
- Clowns and Jugglers
- Untitled
- Dark Globe
- Singing a Song in the Morning
- Mathilda Mother
- Interstellar Overdrive
- Interview
- Sunshine
- Interstellar Overdrive
- Arnold Layne
- Candy and a Currant Bun
- Interstellar Overdrive
- Don't Ask Me
- Why Do Fools Fall in Love
- Interstellar Overdrive
Born: 1946-01-06
Died: 2006-07-07
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