Syd Barrett

KevW · Post by **KevW** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:33 am

Dunno if anyone else is a fan...

1 Vegetable Man (Studio Outtake)
2 What a Shame Mary Jane (Beatles)
3 Swan Lee (Studio Outtake)
4 Milky Way (Studio Outtake)
5 Instrumental 1 (Studio Outtake)
6 The Word Song (Studio Outtake)
7 Birdy Hop (Studio Outtake)
8 Opel (Studio Outtake)
9 Clowns and Jugglers (Studio Outtake)
10 Long Gone (Studio Outtake)
11 Dark Globe (Studio Outtake)
12 Instrumental 2 (Studio Outtake)
13 Singing a Song in the Morning (Kevin Ayers W/ Syd Barrett on Guitar)
14 Vegetable Man (Studio Outtake)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AKT4RLN2

alan_cohaul · Post by **alan_cohaul** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:44 pm

I only have the Opel album. I loved his stuff in Floyd, but the solo stuff is too weird for me!

MUFCSPACEMAN · Post by **MUFCSPACEMAN** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:29 pm

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:39 pm

alan_cohaul wrote:I loved his stuff in Floyd, but the solo stuff is too weird for me!

Same here. I don't find all of it weird but some of it is, well, a bit obscure for me.

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:41 pm

The Jig wrote:
alan_cohaul wrote:I loved his stuff in Floyd, but the solo stuff is too weird for me!
Same here. I don't find all of it weird but some of it is, well, a bit obscure for me.

ahh man, these are all the reasons that i love Syd's work.

tsk tsk what a shame.

well you always have led zeppelin.

me.

MUFCSPACEMAN · Post by **MUFCSPACEMAN** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:50 pm

Shaun · Post by **Shaun** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:56 pm

a beautiful noise wrote:well you always have led zeppelin.

That's a good thing then, i'm in safe hands...

Post by **runcible** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:02 pm

I love Syd's solo stuff - more 'Madcap Laughs' than 'Barrett' although both are wonderful. Sure I find some of the outtake moments funny, when Syd is rambling and trying to get the thing together, but I think that's why they were included. All reports I've encountered of those sessions are similar. He was obviously totally impossible to work with on those albums, constantly changing arrangements, tunes, lyrics... everything it seems. But the genius shines through, the songs are charming, witty and, somewhat bizarrely, they haven't dated at all. And when we're talking ditties like 'Here I Go' (which must rate amongst my all time favourite songs) I find it impossible not to smile while listening.

But Led Zep. Well, that's another story and a few notches higher on the all time great list. Possibly notch number 11.

Post by **BzaInSpace** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:39 pm

I'll throw my muso oar in here and say that the much rumoured Beatles/Barrett collaboration 'What's the new Mary Jane' is not anything of the sort.

It is in fact a Beatles track only - in the loosest sense, probably just John Lennon, although I believe at one point it was touted as a b-side, then a Plastic Ono single...

...why do i know this stuff? Jeez...

EMI are putting out yet another anniversary edition of 'Piper at the gates of dawn' , 3 discs in total but no 'Scream Thy Last Scream'/'Vegetable Man' on there. WHY NOT???

MUFCSPACEMAN · Post by **MUFCSPACEMAN** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:29 pm

scratch · Post by **scratch** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:19 pm

I have everything he did solo and I love it.. but not because itÂ´s obscure..

and vegetable man is pinkfloyd dammit!!!

MUFCSPACEMAN · Post by **MUFCSPACEMAN** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:33 pm

a beautiful noise · Post by **a beautiful noise** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:15 pm

ohh that's a good question,

hmmm fav track, yep "baby lemonade"

ahh i do luv syd.

me.

dselevan · Post by **dselevan** » Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:51 am

My favorite EP is the Peel Sessions that came out in the '80s but was recorded live in the '60s. I got it for about $15.