Syd Barrett – An Introduction To Syd Barrett

It really does sound good. At first, I was disappointed that more of the early Floyd was not mono, but the first 2 mono single tracks — while great — sound quite dull compared to the stereo tracks.

Sounds quite good but if you’ve got originals or Uk/European copies of A Nice Pair and the Barrett/Madcap Laughs twofer and a decent Relics pressing, this is not essential to have.

Great album must have for any early Pink Floyd fans

Great album must have for any early Pink Floyd fans

An absolutely excellent collection on x2 lps. Cynically I thought the pressing and sound production would be average, low gain and just no real effort. What Parlophone have done with this is marvelous. A joyous eclectic eccentric collection of great 60's and early 70's folk avant garde tunes. The records are faultless, if all 180g re-issues and new records were as good as this I would be happy.

This album - a very good 2023 Sony repress of a the 2011 Capitol Record Store Day exclusive - is well-pressed on very quiet vinyl. Starting with 6 Floyd numbers, including an alternate version of "Matilda Mother," the flow feels appropriate. The mono masterings of their two earliest singles "Arnold Layne" and "See Emily Play" are ok, but that's where things begin to get interesting. Having heard most of Barrett's solo stuff, everything after those tracks feels new, open and fresh ("Dominoes" hasn't ever sounded this good). As the tracks progress, one gets a sense of how difficult it must have been to polish these into finished pieces. The ebb and flow of Barrett's capabilities seem indicated as each track passes. David Gilmour deserves credit for making sure these songs got the best production possible.

Fantastic sound. High quality vinyl ! What a packaging ! A must ! Perfect !

I was unimpressed by the mastering of the first two mono-tracks. The remainder sounds great. Generally speaking, it is a pretty good intro to Syd Barrett, sans Astronomy Domine (which wouldn't necessarily have gone with the album "theme") and Lucifer Sam.

Surprisingly, I’m very satisfied with this. Pretty good sounding master, and a quality purchase. All the essential Syd stuff is here. Really good record.

Great álbum al arround, great sound and great pressing. I do something strange to test this records, and i don't clean them in wet, only whit the record antestatic brush, and sounds spectacular from one move. The only thing to report is my has a small scrach, doesn't affect the sound, but only in view, and this is again for the paper inner sleeves insted of polyline ones. The rest was exelent. Recommended!