Syd's Recordings - Syd Barrett

Syd’s Records

See below for details of Syd’s records, both with Pink Floyd and Solo

1970: The Madcap Laughs

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 NightBonus Tracks:
Octopus (Takes 1 and 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)

Released on January 3rd 1970, THE MADCAP LAUGHS was the first of Syd’s two solo albums.

Produced By:

Malcolm Jones (Tracks 1-4, 6, 15-17)
David Gilmour & Roger Waters (Tracks 5, 9-12, 18)
Syd Barrett & David Gilmour (Tracks 7, 8, 14)
Peter Jenner/Malcolm Jones (Track 13)
Peter Jenner (Track 19)

1970: Barrett

Baby Lemonade
Love Song
Dominoes
It Is Obvious
Rats
Maisie
Gigolo Aunt
Waving My Arms In The Air
I Never Lied To You
Wined And Dined
Wolfpack
Effervescing ElephantBonus Tracks:
Baby Lemonade Take 1
Waving My Arms In The Air Take 1
I Never Lied To You Take 1
Love Song Take 1
Dominoes Take 1
Dominoes Take 2
It Is Obvious Take 2

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Released on November 14th 1970, BARRETT was Syd’s final solo album.

Produced By:

David Gilmour.

1988: Opel

Opel
Clowns And Jugglers
Rats
Golden Hair
Dolly Rocker
Word Song
Wined And Dined
Swan Lee (Silas Lang)
Birdie Hop
Let’s Split
Lanky (Part One)
Wouldn’t You Miss Me (Dark Globe)
Milky Way
Golden HairBonus Tracks:
Gigolo Aunt Take 9
It Is Obvious Take 3
It Is Obvious Take 5
Clowns And Jugglers Take 1
Late Night Take 2
Effervescing Elephant Take 2

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In 1988, EMI Records released an album of Syd’s studio out-takes and previously unreleased material recorded from 1968 to 1970 under the title ‘Opel’.

Produced By:

Malcolm Jones (Track 1)
Peter Jenner/Malcolm Jones (Tracks 2, 8)
David Gilmour (Tracks 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13, 15-17, 20)
Syd Barrett & David Gilmour (Track 4)
Peter Jenner (Tracks 11, 14, 18, 19)
David Gilmour & Roger Waters (Track 12)

2001: Wouldn’t You Miss Me

Octopus (2001 Digital Remaster)
Late Night
Terrapin
Swan Lee (Silas Lang)
Wolfpack
Golden Hair
Here I Go
Long Gone
No Good Trying
Opel11. Baby Lemonade (2001 Digital Remaster)
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)

‘The Best Of Syd Barrett: Wouldn’t You Miss Me?’ was released by EMI in the UK on April 16th 2001, and in the US on September 11th 2001.

Produced By:

David Gilmour.

1993: Shine On Your Crazy Diamond (Box Set)

Disc 1: The Madcap Laughs
Disc 2: Barrett
Disc 3: Opel

EMI issued ‘Crazy Diamond’ in 1993, a box set of all three albums, each loaded with further out-takes from his solo sessions.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (2-CD Set)

Astronomy Domine
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H.
Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
Interstellar Overdrive
The Gnome
Chapter 24
The Scarecrow
Bike

Produced By:

Norman Smith.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (3-CD Set)

Astronomy Domine
Lucifer Sam
Matilda Mother
Flaming
Pow R. Toc H.
Take Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk
Interstellar Overdrive
The Gnome
Chapter 24
The Scarecrow
Bike

Plus Disc 3:

Arnold Layne
Candy And A Currant Bun
See Emily Play
Apples And Oranges
Paintbox
Interstellar Overdrive (French Edit)
Apples And Oranges (Stereo version)
Matilda Mother (Alternative version)
Interstellar Overdrive (Take 6)

Produced By:

Norman Smith, except ‘Arnold Layne’ and ‘Candy And A Currant Bun’ produced by Joe Boyd.

3-CD Version includes Mono (Disc 1) and Stereo (Disc 2) versions of:

The Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story (DVD)

50-minute documentary originally produced in 2001 for BBC TV’s ‘Arena’ about the early days of Pink Floyd.

Features 2001 interviews with Bob Klose, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason.

Extras include Robyn Hitchcock performing ‘Dominoes’ and ‘It Is Obvious’, and Graham Coxon performing ‘Love You’.

Directed by John Edginton.

An Introduction To Syd Barrett

Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd
See Emily Play – Pink Floyd
Apples And Oranges (Stereo Version) – Pink Floyd
Matilda Mother – Pink Floyd (2010 mix)
Chapter 24 – Pink Floyd
Bike – Pink Floyd
Terrapin – Syd Barrett
Love You – Syd Barrett
Dark Globe – Syd Barrett
Here I Go – Syd Barrett (2010 mix)
Octopus – Syd Barrett (2010 mix)
She Took A Long Cool Look – Syd Barrett (2010 mix)
If It’s In You – Syd Barrett
Baby Lemonade – Syd Barrett
Dominoes – Syd Barrett (2010 mix)
Gigolo Aunt – Syd Barrett
Effervescing Elephant – Syd Barrett
Bob Dylan Blues

Syd Barrett David Gilmour & Roger Waters (Tracks 9, 12, 13)
Syd Barrett & David Gilmour (Track 11)
David Gilmour (Tracks 14-17)

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Released on October 4, 2010, this is the first compilation of Pink Floyd tracks together with Syd Barrett solo material. It includes all the song lyrics for the first time on any Syd Barrett album, plus a brand-new package by Storm Thorgerson’s StormStudios, including new photography, graphics and illustrations.

Produced By:

Joe Boyd (Track 1)
Norman Smith (Tracks 2-6)
Malcolm Jones (Tracks 7, 8, 10)

A DISCOGRAPHY OF SYD’S RELEASES:

PINK FLOYD ORIGINAL SINGLES FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

Columbia DB 8155 ARNOLD LAYNE/CANDY AND A CURRANT BUN (3/1967)

Columbia DB 8214 SEE EMILY PLAY/SCARECROW (6/1967)

Columbia DB 8310 APPLES AND ORANGES/PAINTBOX (11/1967)

EMI 7243 8 59895 2 01967: THE FlRST THREE SINGLES (CD EP, gate fold card sleeve. 1997)

PINK FLOYD ORIGINAL LPS’ FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

Columbia. S(C)X 6157 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (blue/black label. mono/stereo. 7/1967)

Columbia S(C))1X 6528 A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (blue/black label, mono/stereo

SYD BARRETT SOLO SINGLE:

Harvest HAR 5009 OCTOPUS/GOLDEN HAIR (12/1969)

SYD BARRETT SOLO EPS:

Strange Fruit SFPS 043 SYD BARRETT – THE PEEL SESSION (initial batch with metallic finish sleeve, 12′; also on CD: SFPSCD 043, 2/1988)

Strange Fruit SFPSCD 043 SYD BARRETT – THE PEEL SESSION (CD, reissue with revised artwork, 1995)

SYD BARRETT SOLO ORIGINAL LPS:

Harvest SHVL 765 THE MADCAP LAUGHS (laminated or matt gatefold sleeve 1/1970)

Harvest SHSP 4007 BARRETT (laminated or textured flip back sleeve, non flip back sleeve, 11l1970)

SYD BARRETT SOLO RE-ISSUE CDS:

Harvest SHSP 4007 BARRETT (CD Album, 1970

Harvest SHDW 404 0C 192-50 350/1 THE MADCAP LAUGHS (CD Album,1974)

EMI CDP 746606 THE MADCAP LAUGHS (10/1987, re-issued 4/94 with ‘Crazy Diamond’ bonus tracks)

EMI CDP 746602 BARRETT (10/87, re-issued 4/1994 with ‘Crazy Diamond’ bonus tracks)

EMI CDP 791062 OPEL (10/1988, re-issued 4/1994 with ‘Crazy Diamond’ bonus tracks)

EMI SYD BOX 1 CRAZY DIAMOND (3-CD box set includes ‘Madcap’, ‘Barrett’ & ‘Opel’ with 19 bonus tracks and booklet, 4/1993)

UFO MROK 1 THE MADCAP LAUGHS (unofficial box set including original EMI CD, 48-page book, reproduction of Syd’s shirt & postcard. 2500 copies only, late 1990s)

EMI 7243 5 32320 2 3 SYD BARRETT – WOULDN’T YOU MISS ME, CD, 2001

Harvest 50999 9 07736 2 4 AN INTRODUCTION TO SYD BARRETT, Compilation CD, 2010

Strange Fruit SFRSCD127 SYD BARRETT – THE RADIO ONE SESSIONS (CD Album, 29/3/2004)

PINK FLOYD CDS FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

EMI CDP 7463842 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN, stereo edition. 10/1994)

EMI CDEMO 1110 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (CD. box set with prints) 30th anniversary mono edition, 1997)

EMI CDP 7463832 A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (8/1994)

EMI CDP 8356032 RELICS (2/96, also on cassette)

See for Miles EACD 4 TONITE LET’S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON {sampler CD. 11/1991)

See for Miles SFMDP 3 PINK FLOYD: LONDON ’66/67 (CD EP: also available on 12″. p/s, 9/1995)

EMI 7243 8 59857 2 0 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN, (boxed mono edition with booklet and 4 card inserts, 1997)

ORIGINAL PROMOS:

Columbia DB 8156 ARNOLO LAYNE/CANDY AND A CURRANT BUN (demo in p/s. 3/1967)

Columbia DB 8214 SEE EMlLY PLAY/SCARECROW (demo copy in p/s. 6/1967)

Columbia DB 8310 APPLES AND ORANGES/PAINTBOX (Demo copy In p/s. 11/1967)

PINK FLOYD COMPILATIONS FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

Instant lNLP 002 TONITE LET’S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON (soundtrack. Includes Interstellar Overdrive. 1968

Starline SRS 5071 RELICS (budget issue, while textured sleeve. 5/1971)

Harvest SHDW 403 A. NICE PAIR 2-LP reissue of ‘Piper’ and ‘Saucerful’, special price, early copies with ‘Mr Phang’ dentist sleeve, 12/1973

EMI COS 7805572 SHINE ON (9-CD box set. includes ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ and ‘Pink Floyd: The Early Singles’ with hardback book and postcards.

EM17243 8 5989315 THE ’97 VINYL COLLECTION (7-LP die cut box set, including “Piper” and “Saucerful” in gate fold stickered sleeves with inners. withdrawn. 1971

EMI 50999 503919 2 9 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (3 disc set, mono/stereo, 2007)

Parlophone 0825646018611 PINKFLOYD 65, Their First Recordings (EP, ‘Lucy Leave’, ‘Double O Bo’, ‘Remember Me’ ‘Walk With Me Sydney’, Butterfly’, ‘I’m a King Bee’, 1000 copies only, 2015)

PINK FLOYD RE-ISSUE LPS FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

Columbia SCX 6157 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (re-pressing, silver & black label 1970

Columbia SCX 6258 A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (re-pressing, silver & black label, 1970)

EMI EMD 1113 RELICS (8/1997)

EMI 859 857-1 THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN (gatefold sleeve with inner, mono, 1997

SYD BARRETT SOLO re-issue LPs:

Harvest SHVL 404 SYD BARRETT (re-issue of ‘Madcap’ & ‘Barrett’, 2-LP, gatefold sleeve, 9/1974)

Harvest SHSP 4126 OPEL (gatefold sleeve, 10/1988)

Harvest 7423 855663 18 THE MADCAP LAUGHS (180gm vinyl re-issue, heavy quality sleeve, 2/1997)

Harvest 7423 821450 11 BARRETT (180gm vinyl re-issue, heavy quality sleeve, 10/1997)

Harvest SVLP 153 OPEL (2-LP,180gm vinyl re-issue, heavy quality sleeve with ‘Crazy Diamond’, 2/1999)

Simply Vinyl SVLP 153 OPEL (180gm vinyl re-issue, heavy quality sleeve, 12/1999)

Simply Vinyl SVLP 289 THE MADCAP LAUGHS (180gm vinyl re-issue, heavy quality gatefold sleeve, 12/2000)

Simply Vinyl, SVLP 281 BARRETT (180gm vinyl re-issue, heavy quality gatefold sleeve, 12/2000)

Syd’s Records

1970: The Madcap Laughs

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1970: Barrett

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1988: Opel

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2001: Wouldn’t You Miss Me

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1993: Shine On Your Crazy Diamond (Box Set)

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (2-CD Set)

Produced By:

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (3-CD Set)

Produced By:

The Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story (DVD)

An Introduction To Syd Barrett

Produced By:

A DISCOGRAPHY OF SYD’S RELEASES:

PINK FLOYD ORIGINAL SINGLES FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

PINK FLOYD ORIGINAL LPS’ FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

SYD BARRETT SOLO SINGLE:

SYD BARRETT SOLO EPS:

SYD BARRETT SOLO ORIGINAL LPS:

SYD BARRETT SOLO RE-ISSUE CDS:

PINK FLOYD CDS FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

ORIGINAL PROMOS:

PINK FLOYD COMPILATIONS FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

PINK FLOYD RE-ISSUE LPS FEATURING SYD BARRETT:

HERE ARE A COLLECTION OF SYD SINGLE AND ALBUM SLEEVES: