![]() Barrett had an infamous 'reunion' with Pink Floyd in 1975, when he showed up at the mixing session for Shine On You Crazy Diamond, ironically a song written in tribute to him. £20.00 + £22.88 P&P + £22.88 P&P + £22.88 P&P. He continued with a brief solo career, releasing eclectic albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, before leaving the music industry and spending the rest of his life living in relative seclusion. NEW Syd Barrett The Madcap Laughs Vinyl LP. GATEFOLD SLEEVE (LIGHT RING MARK), & VINYL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Things went quickly downhill after this, both creatively and in terms of mental health, but "The Madcap Laughs" remains a testament to the colossal talent of one of England's greatest songwriters and something of an unlikely triumph. 'THE MADCAP LAUGHS / BARRETT' (SHDW 404 ). Elsewhere, "Octopus" careers as wildly and thrillingly as the fairground ride that Barrett seeks to recreate and even the quieter songs, let down as they frequently are by poor performances, are still often hugely touching in their vulnerability, especially the stardom-weary "Feel" and the desolate "Dark Globe". Barrett's scratchy guitar and nervy, swaggering vocal are underpinned wonderfully by Robert Wyatt's imaginative drumming, and indeed all the material here involving The Soft Machine is by and large the best realised on the album. In terms of highlights, "It's No Good Trying" is a splendid piece of acid rock, hazy and malevolent. However, despite the dropped chords and bum notes, the quality of the writing here largely shines through on a surprisingly enjoyable record. "Madcap" shifts around stylistically in the same way that 'Piper' did, but it doesn't hang together anything like as well as it's predecessor, with the acoustic songs that punctuate the record sounding unfinished and hastily added on. Whilst "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" was a masterpiece created by a man clearly in control of his art, "The Madcap Laughs" feels in some ways like a ragbag album from someone on the brink of falling to pieces. Syd Barrett's solo debut was recorded in the couple of years after he left Pink Floyd, but it sounds like those days were already light years away. This thread is to discuss Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs and is linked to from the Pink Floyd Discography section. Why is it taking so long for my vinyl to arrive?.How to be a more environmentally-friendly vinyl collector.New Music Friday: the top releases this week.
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