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After a disappointing break, a keen Syd Barrett introduced further songs to a new producer, Malcom Jones, for a work eventually completed hastily by his former bandmates at the mixing desk.



A1. Terrapin

A2. No Good Trying

A3. Love You

A4. No Man's Land

A5. Dark Globe

A6. Here I Go

B1. Octopus

B2. Golden Hair

B3. Long Gone

B4. She Took a Long Cold Look

B5. Feel

B6. If It's in You

B7. Late Night

Written by

Syd Barrett

Produced by

Malcolm Jones (Tracks A1-A4, B7)

David Gilmour & Roger Waters (Tracks A5, B1-B6)

Recorded from 28 May 1968 to 5 August 1969 at EMI Studios, London

Engineered by Peter Bown

Cover photo by Vic Singh

Released on 5 August 1967

Notes: Syd Barrett did his own little drawing on the back cover. Because of Syd Barrett's quiet voice, he was placed in a vocal isolation booth to sing his parts. Automatic double-tracking was used to add layers of echo to the vocals and to some instruments. The album featured an unusually heavy use of echo and reverberation to give it its own unique sound. Peter Bown: "I had certainly never heard anything quite like it before."

Vic Singh: "It was unusual and different, and they were delighted with it."

John Cavanagh, on the back cover of his book on the album:

This second time Syd Barrett introduced further songs to David Gilmour... The magic of Syd's songwriting in the core of the overall result was the same.



A1. Astronomy Domine

A2. Lucifer Sam

A3. Matilda Mother

A4. Flaming

A5. Pow R. Toc H.

A6. Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk

B1. Interstellar Overdrive

B2. The Gnome

B3. Chapter 24

B4. The Scarecrow

B5. Bike

Written by

Syd Barrett (Tracks A1-A4, B2-B5)

Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason (Tracks A5, B1)

Roger Waters (Track A6)

Produced by Norman Smith

Recorded from 21 February to 21 May 1967 at EMI Studios, London

Engineered by Peter Bown

Cover photo by Vic Singh

Released on 5 August 1967

Notes: Syd Barrett did his own little drawing on the back cover. Because of Syd Barrett's quiet voice, he was placed in a vocal isolation booth to sing his parts. Automatic double-tracking was used to add layers of echo to the vocals and to some instruments. The album featured an unusually heavy use of echo and reverberation to give it its own unique sound. Peter Bown: "I had certainly never heard anything quite like it before."

Vic Singh: "It was unusual and different, and they were delighted with it."

John Cavanagh, on the back cover of his book on the album:

Due to the poor commercial reception, the only further record to add to during his solo career would have been only the previous single for the launch of his first LP. The same two LPs released as repackaged exactly four years after sold better, due to the massive success of his former band, but somehow it was already too late for his musical career well abandoned years before.

Performing many gigs turned out to be exhausting for their creative leader who, years after he left the band, said: "…there's a lot more to playing than travelling around universities and things."

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