Syd Barrett served as the first leader of The Pink Floyd but once the pressures of fame and the unpredictable trip of LSD cut a destructive swath through his brain...
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You know the situation is getting desperate when a compilation recycles material from an outtakes collection released a decade prior. Such is the case with Wouldn't You Miss...
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In February 1970, Syd Barrett performed five songs for John Peel's show on the BBC, accompanied by Jerry Shirley on drums and Dave Gilmour on guitar. Besides reprising...
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Wisely, The Madcap Laughs doesn't even try to sound like a consistent record. Half the album was recorded by Barrett's former bandmates Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour, and...
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Produced by Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright, the sophomore solo outing is more polished than his previous work, prompting speculation that his "producers"...
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On his second solo album, Barrett was joined by Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley and Pink Floyd members Rick Wright (organ) and Dave Gilmour (guitar). Gilmour and Wright...
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A three-CD box set that enshrines Barrett's complete recorded legacy as a solo artist. Besides including his two 1970 albums, this collection includes the 1989 compilation...
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A budget-priced compilation of tracks from Syd Barrett's two proper solo albums, 1970's Barrett and The Madcap Laughs, plus a couple of tracks from the 1989 odds and ends...
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For several years, the existence of "lost" material by Barrett had been speculated on by the singer's vociferous cult, fueled by numerous patchy bootlegs of intriguing...
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