Syd Barrett : The Madcap Laughs/Opel

 

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The Madcap Laughs

 is the debut

 solo album

 by the

 English 

singer-songwriter

 Syd Barrett

 It was recorded after

 Barrett had left 

Pink Floyd

 in April 1968. 

The album had a 

lengthy recording history, 

with work beginning

 in May 1968, 

but the bulk of 

the sessions

 taking

 place between

 April and July 1969, 

for which 

five different producers 

were credited 

 including Barrett, 

Peter Jenner

 (1968 sessions), 

Malcolm Jones

 (early-to-mid-1969 sessions),

 and fellow

 Pink Floyd members 

David Gilmour 

and

 Roger Waters 

(mid-1969 sessions).

 Among the

 guest musicians 

are

 Willie Wilson

 from Gilmour's

 old band 

Jokers Wild 

and 

several members 

of 

Soft Machine.

The Madcap Laughs, 

released in 

January 1970 

on Harvest 

in the UK 

but not released

 in the US

 until 1974, 

enjoyed minimal 

commercial success

 on release, 

reaching number 40 

on the UK's 

official albums chart.

 It was re-released

 in 1974 

as part of 

Syd Barrett 

which contained 

The Madcap Laughs 

and Barrett

 which saw the first 

US issue of

 the two LPs.

 The album was

 remastered and reissued

 in 1993, 

along with 

Barrett's other albums, 

Barrett (1970)

 and 

Opel (1988),

Opel

 is a 1988 album 

compiled from 

recordings made

 by former 

Pink Floyd 

frontman 

Syd Barrett 

between 1968 

and 1970. T

he album is a 

compilation of 

unreleased material 

and

 alternative takes 

of recordings 

from sessions for 

Barrett's solo albums, 

The Madcap Laughs

 and

 Barrett.

Opel 

was released

 in October 1988 

on Harvest

 in the UK, 

and on 

Capitol Records

 in the US. 

The album was

 remastered and reissued 

in 1993, 

along with

 Barrett's other albums, 

The Madcap Laughs

 and 

Barrett 

(both 1970)

TRACKLIST

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 Night

It's No Good Trying

 (Take 5)

Opel 

(Take 9)

Clowns and Jugglers (Octopus) 

(Take 2)

Rats 

(Demo)

Golden Hair (Vocal Version) 

(Take 6)

Dolly Rocker

 (Take 1)

Word Song

 (Take 1)

Wined and Dined 

(Demo)

Swan Lee (Silas Lang)

 (Take 9)

Let's Split 

(Take 1)

Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)

 (Take 1)

Milky Way

 (Take 5)

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