Syd Barrett - Discography (1970-2010)

1970 The Madcap Laughs
1970 Barrett
1988 Opel

1988 The Peel Sessions
2004 The Radio One Sessions

1974 - The Madcap Laughs And Barrett  (2 cd)
1993 - Crazy Diamond (3 cd)
1993 - Octopus
2001 - Wouldn't you miss me? - The Best Of Syd Barrett
2010 - An Introduction To Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett (English Syd Barrett, real name Roger Keith (Kiss) Barrett (Eng. Roger Keith Barrett)) (January 6, 1946 - July 7, 2006) is a participant and one of the founders of the English rock band Pink Floyd. One of the pioneers of psychedelic trends in rock music.
Barrett authored the name of the band Pink Floyd, as well as most of the band’s early material, including the first single (Arnold Layne and See Emily Play), as well as the first album of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The overwhelming success, the mad touring rhythm and the use of psychedelics (LSD, Mandrax) led to nervous breakdowns and decomposition of the personality against the background of progressive schizophrenia, inability to further concert activities and, as a result, leaving the group. As a result, on the second album of the group A Saucerful of Secrets, Sid's creative contribution consisted of only one song (Jugband Blues), and his place was taken by David Gilmore.
In 1968, Barrett began his solo career. On May 14, 1968, he began work on his first album, which never came out, as the management of Harvest, where Syd was recording, found the material incomprehensible to the listener. However, some recordings from there later entered albums such as The Madcap Laughs and Opel. Later, on April 11, 1969, Sid began recording his first record, later called The Madcap Laughs. The work progressed very slowly, and the album was released only in 1970. During the recording of the album Barrett was assisted by the group The Soft Machine and several other musicians. Barrett himself played guitars and sang. However, the musicians of The Soft Machine refused to participate in the recording of some songs of the album, because Barrett played very confusedly and did not keep the general rhythm. As a result, the album was added with the help of former colleagues in the group Roger Waters and David Gilmore. At the same time, some of the material was left as is: for example, in the song “If It's In You”, Barrett’s false start was preserved during the recording session, and in the song “Feel” - voices from the sound engineering console.
Pink Floyd band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour with Jerry Shirley helped Cid work on the second album, called Barrett. The songs for this album were recorded by two main methods. The first was that the arrangers first recorded the musical accompaniment, which was then superimposed on the vocals of Barrett and his part on the acoustic guitar. These songs were distinguished by a special monotony of rhythm, some critics sarcastically compared them with the work of a wind tunnel. The second method repeated the recording of the first album - the arrangers put their parts on the already recorded vocals and Barrett's guitar. Accordingly, these songs had a ragged rhythm and tempo. The most striking example was the song Wolfpack, where chords are replaced in an unpredictable chaotic order.
Barrett did not wait for the release of the second album and at the end of 1970 went home to Cambridge, where he has led the life of a quiet recluse ever since. Several times he tried to resume his musical activity: he joined the Stars group (and gave several concerts), which, however, soon broke up; during 1972-1973 also gave a few concerts. A few more bands and performers (T-Rex, Twink) in the co-authors of the songs appear mysterious A. Syd and Crazy Dimond. It is possible that Sid could record in the course of 1972-1974. as a session musician. In 1974, Peter Jenner was able to invite Sid to the studio, but after a few days the recordings stopped, as Sid did not appear in the studio.
In 1975, Barrett, plump and trimmed, suddenly appeared in the London Abbey Road studio where Pink Floyd recorded the album Wish You Were Here, the title song of which was dedicated to Barrett.
In 1988, the Opel compilation was released, containing Barrett's previously unreleased songs recorded from 1968 to 1970.
Since the early 1980s, Barrett practically did not appear in public and lived extremely secluded in his mother's house, engaged in painting and gardening. Barrett is rightly considered one of the most interesting and mysterious personalities in the history of rock music.
On July 7, 2006, he died in his home in Cambridgeshire at the age of 60. As the musician's relatives told the Guardian newspaper, the cause of death was complications caused by diabetes.