Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
Tracklist
| A1 | Terrapin | 5:00 | |
| A2 | No Good Trying | 3:26 | |
| A3 | Love You | 2:25 | |
| A4 | No Man's Land | 3:50 | |
| A5 | Dark Globe | 2:10 | |
| A6 | Here I Go | 3:13 | |
| B1 | Octopus | 3:45 | |
| B2 | Golden Hair | 1:56 | |
| B3 | Long Gone | 2:47 | |
| B4 | She Took A Long Cold Look | ||
| B5 | Feel | ||
| B6 | If It's In You | ||
| B7 | Late Night | 3:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – E.M.I. Records
- Record Company – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Printed By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
- Made By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
- Published By – Lupus Music Ltd.
- Record Company – EMI Group
Credits
- Composed By – Syd Barrett
- Cover, Design, Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
- Engineer – Jeff Jarratt, Mike Sheady*, Pete Mew*, Phil McDonald, Tony Clark
- Lyrics By – James Joyce (tracks: B2)
- Photography By [Cover] [uncredited] – Mick Rock
- Producer – David Gilmour (tracks: A5, B1 to B6), Malcolm Jones (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B7), Roger Waters (tracks: A5, B1 to B6)
Notes
Specific to this release:
Released in an outside laminated gatefold sleeve with the disc housed in the rear opening and the front opening is glued shut with no inner flap.
The backcover states printing date 6911 (November 1969). This was clearly in advance of the 1970 release date.
Labels have the following:
1. Green / yellow Harvest label with no 'EMI' logo and 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' at 11 o'clock on the outer rim.
2. 'SYD BARRETT' appears higher up the label than on some versions above the 'HARVEST' logo at 9 o'clock.
3. Side 2 label has credits 'Barrett + Joyce'. Some versions have 'Barrett except + Joyce'.
4. On each label side there is a gap between 'Lupus Music Ltd' and 'Produced by...'.
On the sleeve tracks B4 to B6 have a combined running time of 7:59.
Runouts are stamped.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): SHVL.765A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): SHVL.765B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped, variant 1): SHVL 765 A-2G
- Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped, variant 1): SHVL 765 B-2G
- Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped, variant 2): SHVL 765 A-2G L 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped, variant 2): SHVL 765 B-2G O 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped, variant 3): SHVL 765 A-2G T 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped, variant 3): SHVL 765 B-2G H 1
- Other (Printer date code): 6911 TPS
Other Versions (5 of 100)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve) | Harvest, Harvest | SHVL 765, 1E 062 ◦ 04261 | UK | 1970 | ||
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve) | Harvest | SHVL 765 | France | 1970 | ||
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs = 幽玄の世界 (LP, Album, Promo, red) | Odeon | OP 8927 | Japan | 1970 | ||
Needs Changes | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Stereo) | Harvest | 3C 154 50350/1 | Italy | 1970 | ||
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs = 幽玄の世界 (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) | Odeon | OP-8927 | Japan | 1970 |
Recommendations
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Released1970 — UKVinyl —LP, Album
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Released1977 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1971 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Vinyl —12", 45 RPM, Album, Limited Edition
Released1977 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1978 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1964 — UKVinyl —LP, Album, Mono
Reviews
Sounds incredible. It is far superior to later presses in terms of texture and dynamics, as well as having a good amount of information that is inaudible on later versions. If you are a fan of Syd, this is the holy grail.
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