• 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 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 (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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • guitarist Syd Barrett deteriorated during recording, so David Gilmour was recruited; Barrett left the band before the album's completion. Whereas Barrett had...
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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • by Syd Barrett, released as his debut solo single in November 1969. In January 1970, it appeared on his first solo album The Madcap Laughs. Barrett reflected...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • See Emily Play (category Songs written by Syd Barrett)
    on 16 June 1967 on the Columbia label. Written by original frontman Syd Barrett, it was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track...
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  • a King Bee". In the documentary he also talked about Syd Barrett: "If you had said to a young Syd, 'Look, this is your bargain in life, you know, you're...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • also deal with the mental health problems of the former band member Syd Barrett, who had departed the group in 1968. New material was recorded in two...
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  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond (category Songs about Syd Barrett)
    written as a tribute and remembrance to Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett. Barrett was eased out of the band in 1968 because his LSD use and deteriorating...
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