Syd Barrett 2 Cd set Barrett / Madcap Laughs - Bonus tracks! MINT Pink Floyd

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import 2 Cd set - both with bonus tracks - MINT CONDITION -
AllMusic Review by Stewart Mason
Wisely, The Madcap Laughs doesn't even try to sound like a consistent record. Half the album was recorded by Barrett's former bandmates Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour, and the other half by Harvest Records head Malcolm Jones. Surprisingly, Jones' tracks are song for song much stronger than the more-lauded Floyd entries. The opening "Terrapin" seems to go on three times as long as its five-minute length, creating a hypnotic effect through Barrett's simple, repetitive guitar figure and stream of consciousness lyrics. The much bouncier "Love You" sounds like a sunny little Carnaby Street pop song along the lines of an early Move single, complete with music hall piano, until the listener tries to parse the lyrics and realizes that they make no sense at all. The downright Kinksy "Here I Go" is in the same style, although it's both more lyrically direct and musically freaky, speeding up and slowing down seemingly at random. Like many of the "band" tracks, "Here I Go" is a Barrett solo performance with overdubs by Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, and Robert Wyatt of the Soft Machine; the combination doesn't always particularly work, as the Softs' jazzy, improvisational style is hemmed in by having to follow Barrett's predetermined lead, so on several tracks, like "No Good Trying," they content themselves with simply making weird noises in the background. The solo tracks are what made the album's reputation, though, particularly the horrifying "Dark Globe," a first-person portrait of schizophrenia that's seemingly the most self-aware song this normally whimsical songwriter ever created. Honestly, however, the other solo tracks are the album's most oblique tracks, with the exception of the plain gorgeous "Golden Hair," a musical setting of a James Joyce poem that's simply spellbinding. The Madcap Laughs is a surprisingly effective record that holds up better than its "ooh, lookit the scary crazy person" reputation suggests.
Tracklist
1. Terrapin 5:04
2. No Good Trying 3:26
3. Love You 2:30
4. No Man's Land 3:03
5. Dark Globe 2:02
6. Here I Go 3:11
7. Octopus 3:47
8. Golden Hair
Lyrics By – James Joyce 1:59
9. Long Gone 2:50
10. She Took A Long Cold Look 1:55
11. Feel 2:17
12. If It's In You 2:26
13. Late Night 3:11
Bonus Tracks
14. Octopus (Takes 1 & 2) 3:09
15. It's No Good Trying (Take 5) 6:22
16. Love You (Take 1) 2:28
17. Love You (Take 3) 2:11
18. She Took A Long Cold Look At Me (Take 4) 2:44
19. Golden Hair (Take 5)
Lyrics By – James Joyce
AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
On his second solo album, Barrett was joined by Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley and Pink Floyd members Rick Wright (organ) and Dave Gilmour (guitar). Gilmour and Wright acted as producers as well. Instrumentally, the result is a bit fuller and smoother than the first album, although it's since been revealed that Gilmour and Wright embellished these songs as best they could without much involvement from Barrett, who was often unable or unwilling to perfect his performance. The songs, however, are just as fractured as on his debut, if not more so. "Baby Lemonade," "Gigolo Aunt," and the nursery rhyming "Effervescing Elephant" rank among his peppiest and best-loved tunes. Elsewhere, the tone is darker and more meandering. It was regarded as something of a charming but unfocused throwaway at the time of its release, but Barrett's singularly whimsical and unsettling vision holds up well.
Tracklist
1. Baby Lemonade 4:11
2. Love Song 3:05
3. Dominoes 4:09
4. It Is Obvious 3:00
5. Rats 3:02
6. Maisie 2:51
7. Gigolo Aunt 5:47
8. Waving My Arms In The Air
2:07
9. I Never Lied To You 1:52
10. Wined And Dined 2:59
11. Wolfpack 3:41
12. Effervescing Elephant 1:54
Bonus Tracks
13. Baby Lemonade (Take 1) 3:46
14. Waving My Arms In The Air (Take 1) 2:13
15. I Never Lied To You (Take 1) 1:48
16. Love Song (Take 1) 2:32
17. Dominoes (Take 1) 0:40
18. Dominoes (Take 2) 2:36
19. It Is Obvious (Take 2)
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