Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, guitarist and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965...
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Barrett is the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett. Recording began at Abbey Road Studios...
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The Madcap Laughs (redirect from Love You (Syd Barrett song))
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...
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Syd Barrett is a 1974 double-album pairing of Syd Barrett's two solo albums, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, both originally released in the UK in 1970...
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Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English musician who recorded 37 songs during his short two-year solo career. One of the founding members of English rock...
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Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English rock musician who was best known as the original frontman and primary songwriter of Pink Floyd. With the band,...
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and Syd Barrett Story is a 2001 television documentary produced by Otmoor Productions for BBC Two's Omnibus series and originally called Syd Barrett: Crazy...
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An Introduction to Syd Barrett is a 'best of' compilation featuring the work of Syd Barrett spanning the period 1967–1970, including both material written...
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Richard Wright (musician) (section With Syd Barrett)
After being joined by frontman and songwriter Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd found commercial success in 1967. Barrett was replaced by David Gilmour in 1968, who...
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Pink Floyd (category Syd Barrett)
by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals). With Barrett as their...
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the only Pink Floyd album made under the leadership of founder member Syd Barrett (lead vocals, guitar); he wrote all but three tracks, with additional...
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health of singer and guitarist Syd Barrett deteriorated during recording, so guitarist David Gilmour was recruited; Barrett left the band before the album's...
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to the Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett, who had left seven years earlier due to his deteriorating mental health. Barrett coincidentally visited during...
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List of unreleased songs recorded by Pink Floyd (category Syd Barrett songs)
Waters stated, in an interview for The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story, that upon realizing Barrett was deliberately making the tune impossible to learn...
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Carle. The name Syd Matters comes from the slight modification of the names of two Pink Floyd members: Syd Barrett and Roger Waters. Syd Matters is also...
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London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X. Palacios, Julian (2010). Syd Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd: Dark Globe (Rev. ed.). London: Plexus. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-85965-431-9...
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Madcap Laughs") is a song by Syd Barrett. In January 1970 it appeared on his first solo album The Madcap Laughs. Barrett reflected on the song's writing:...
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He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink Floyd had become one of the highest-selling...
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List of Legion characters (section Syd Barrett)
a young age. Also starring in the first season are Rachel Keller as Syd Barrett, Aubrey Plaza as Lenny Busker, Bill Irwin as Cary Loudermilk, Jeremie...
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Opel (album) (category Syd Barrett albums)
Syd Barrett between 1968 and 1970. The album is a compilation of unreleased material and alternative takes of recordings from sessions for Barrett's solo...
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Syd Barrett was an English singer, songwriter, musician and painter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. He was known to be reclusive. Reclusiveness...
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Pink Floyd were an English rock band founded in late 1965 by Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals...
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Arnold Layne (category Songs written by Syd Barrett)
on 10 March 1967, it was the band's first single and was written by Syd Barrett. The song is about a man whose strange hobby is stealing women's lingerie...
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Rye Keller is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sydney "Syd" Barrett in the FX television series Legion and as Simone Gerhardt in the second...
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The Peel Session is a collection of recordings by Syd Barrett released on 25 January 1987. This EP contains the five songs he performed for the John Peel...
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vocals by Syd Barrett, except for "Walk with Me Sydney" by Syd Barrett, Juliette Gale and Roger Waters. All tracks are written by Syd Barrett, except where...
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Jugband Blues (category Songs written by Syd Barrett)
1968. Written by Syd Barrett, it was his sole compositional contribution to the album, as well as his last published for the band. Barrett and Pink Floyd's...
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Roger Waters (section Formation and Barrett-led period)
Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the songwriter, Syd Barrett, in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual...
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reached No. 6 on the UK charts. By this time, guitarist and songwriter Syd Barrett's behavior had become difficult and unpredictable. On one occasion he...
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and reality. Rachel Keller as Sydney "Syd" Barrett: A young mutant woman who becomes David's girlfriend. Syd's mind trades places with that of anyone...
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