Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs – 1970

 

Track listing

All songs written by Syd Barrett, except “Golden Hair” (music by Barrett, based on a poem by James Joyce). All track info taken from album booklet.[64]

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Notes	Length
1.	“Terrapin“	Take 1, recorded 11 April 1969, overdubs added 4 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	5:04
2.	“No Good Trying”	Take 3, recorded 11 April 1969, overdubs added 3–4 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	3:26
3.	“Love You”	Take 4, recorded 11 April 1969, overdubs added 3 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	2:30
4.	“No Man’s Land”	Take 5, recorded 17 April 1969, overdubs added 4 May Produced by Malcolm Jones	3:03
5.	“Dark Globe“	Take 1, recorded 5 August 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:02
6.	“Here I Go“	Take 5, recorded 17 April 1969 Produced by Malcolm Jones	3:11

Side two
No.	Title	Notes	Length
7.	“Octopus“	Take 11, recorded 12 June 1969, overdubs added 13 June Produced by Syd Barrett and David Gilmour	3:47
8.	“Golden Hair”	Take 11 (Remake), recorded 12 June 1969 Produced by Syd Barrett and David Gilmour	1:59
9.	“Long Gone”	Take 1, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:50
10.	“She Took a Long Cold Look”	Take 5, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	1:55
11.	“Feel”	Take 1, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:17
12.	“If It’s in You”	Take 5, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:26
13.	“Late Night”	Take 2, recorded 28 May 1968, overdubs added 11 April 1969 Produced by Pete Jenner, Malcolm Jones (overdubs)	3:10
Total length:			37:47

1993 reissue[edit]

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Notes	Length
14.	“Octopus”	Takes 1 and 2, recorded 12 June 1969 Produced by Syd Barrett and David Gilmour	3:09
15.	“It’s No Good Trying”	Take 5, recorded 11 April 1969 Produced by Malcolm Jones	6:22
16.	“Love You”	Take 1, recorded 11 April 1969 Produced by Malcolm Jones	2:28
17.	“Love You”	Take 3, recorded 11 April 1969 Produced by Malcolm Jones	2:11
18.	“She Took a Long Cold Look at Me”	Take 4, recorded 26 July 1969 Produced by David Gilmour and Roger Waters	2:44
19.	“Golden Hair”	Take 5, recorded 8 June 1968 Produced by Pete Jenner	2:28
Total length:			57:13

Personnel

• Syd Barrett – acoustic and electric guitar, vocals, production
• David Gilmour – bass guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, drums (on “Octopus”), production
• Jerry Shirley – drums (track 4, 6)
• Willie Wilson – bass guitar (track 4, 6)
• Robert Wyatt – drums (tracks 2, 3)
• Hugh Hopper – bass guitar (tracks 2, 3)
• Mike Ratledge – keyboards (tracks 2, 3)

Production personnel

• Syd Barrett – producer (tracks 7, 8)
• David Gilmour – producer (tracks 5, 7–11)
• Peter Jenner – producer (track 13)
• Malcolm Jones – producer (tracks 1–4, 6, 12, 13)
• Roger Waters – producer (tracks 5, 9–11)
• Phil McDonald – engineer
• Peter Mew – engineer
• Mike Sheady – engineer
• Jeff Jarratt – engineer
• Tony Clark – engineer
• Mick Rock – photography
• Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis – cover designs

Primeiro disco solo do gênio louco lançado pelo selo Harvest com apoio de seu ex companheiro de banda e amigo David Gilmour que produziu a maior parte do álbum eles de tocar vários instrumentos e de membros do Soft Machine.

O disco tem uma sonoridade simples, triste e chapada, folk na maior parte do tempo, com toques lisérgicos.

Lindas melodias, poesias e canções.

MUSICA&SOM

No Good Trying