• "Octopus" (originally recorded as "Clowns and Jugglers" and also known as "The Madcap Laughs") is a song by Syd Barrett. In January 1970 it appeared on...
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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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  • Best of Syd Barrett (1992) Octopuss, a 1983 album by Cozy Powell Octopus (Kris Davis and Craig Taborn album) (2018) "Octopus" (Syd Barrett song) (1969)...
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  • Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett, released 29 May 1992, is a one-disc compilation of songs by Syd Barrett. It contains songs from his two solo albums,...
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Hop is named after a Syd Barrett song; the title of their debut album, Welcome To The Insanity Ride, recalls a line from "Octopus" and producer and singer-songwriter...
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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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  • The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? is a compilation album by Syd Barrett released in 2001 that spans Barrett's entire solo career. It was released...
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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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  • Bob Dylan Blues (category Syd Barrett songs)
    "Bob Dylan Blues" is a song written in 1965 by Syd Barrett, the founder of Pink Floyd. Recorded during sessions for Barrett, it was unreleased until it...
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  • "Terrapin" is the opening song on Syd Barrett's first solo album The Madcap Laughs. Its arrangement is sparse, like much of the album, and features only...
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  • Dark Globe (category Syd Barrett songs)
    Miss Me") is a song by Syd Barrett, released on his first solo album The Madcap Laughs. Syd Barrett recorded "Dark Globe" and other songs during a session...
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  • Crazy Diamond (category Syd Barrett albums)
    Crazy Diamond is a 1993 triple-CD boxed set of Syd Barrett's two 1970 albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, and Opel, an out-takes compilation from 1988...
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  • Go" is a song by former singer/songwriter of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett and is the sixth track on his first solo album, The Madcap Laughs. The song tells the...
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  • Opel (album) (redirect from Opel (song))
    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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  • Stars (British band) (category Syd Barrett)
    number of live concerts in Cambridge in February 1972. Its members were Syd Barrett on guitar, Twink on drums, and Jack Monck on bass. After a spell in Morocco...
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  • influenced by The Beach Boys and The Beatles as well as The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett (where they get their name). Only five of the album's fifteen tracks...
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    the Syd Barrett song "Octopus", the Bloc Party song "Octopus", and the Salmonella Dub song "Octopus" all incorporate octopuses in their song titles or...
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  • Bear Ffolly" – Bakerloo "Round And Round" – Panama Ltd. Jug Band "Octopus" – Syd Barrett (from The Madcap Laughs 1970) "Painter" – Deep Purple "Country Morning"...
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  • Beyond the Wildwood (category Syd Barrett tribute albums)
    All songs written by Syd Barrett, except where noted. "Syd Barrett > Overview", Allmusic, Rovi Corporation, retrieved 13 July 2012 "Syd Barrett > Credits"...
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    lead singer. The rumour was eventually debunked by Pink Floyd leader Syd Barrett, who outed Simon Dupree and the Big Sound as the band behind the record...
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  • sharpshooter. His uniform sports the number 1. Jack doesn't know when he was born. Syd, however, offered to share her birthday with him. Schuyler "Sky" Tate (played...
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  • use of the technique to split Syd Barrett's vocals between the stereo channels. In some cases, Smith (or possibly Barrett himself) used such extraordinarily...
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  • first cover song, "Octopus" by Syd Barrett, for the Dwell Records tribute compilation, Like Black Holes In The Sky: A Tribute to Syd Barrett. Since Sutton...
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  • season on June 1. Dan Stevens as David Haller Rachel Keller as Sydney "Syd" Barrett Aubrey Plaza as Lenny Busker Bill Irwin as Cary Loudermilk Navid Negahban...
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  • Gabriel then embarks on a solo career. Former Pink Floyd frontman, Syd Barrett, overweight and bald, goes to Abbey Road Studios to ask if he can rejoin...
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  • Hawk, Leslie Hall, Mark Mothersbaugh, Cults Kids: Kai Sablan, Paige Hoke, Syd Hoke Christian Jacobs, Matt Chapman Christian Jacobs, Scott Schultz, Matt...
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