Syd Barrett - Rhamadan (2010 New Stereo Mix - Part 1)

[posthumanhero]

i appreciate all the musicians on here...........in a right world rock musicians would achieve a status similar to jazz musicians were it not for the mythologies heaped upon them.........thumbs up/americas greatest voices/gold platinum/great sufferers........that sort of thing.

[twistedspanner]

I wonder how much of this track is fake and not actually recorded back in 1968?

[IAMTHEKINGBEE70]

Change the artist bio.... Syd rarely appears in public these days???? You know why right?????

[skoopism]

AMM inspired... King Crimsonesque... what the 'Floyd should've sounded like... not that architectural rubbish (good as it is) we love you Terrapin <3 xxx

[thevitalogy77]

goddamn, this guy is a fucking genius

[Celebduath]

Any clues as to personnel? Wyatt and Ayers perhaps?

[gahrzahk]

When DSotM first came out, I asked ma for a Floyd album and she bought me Relics. As a ten year old, I was like WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS SCARY! It's now one of my favorite albums. Do they have the master (or at least original tapes for veggie man, "Scream Thy Last Scream," etc. so they can make a halfway decent (official) rarities album? This is awful.

[bowenmcconnie]

this sounds like Syd let Lucifer Sam possess him, I'm sure at least Sam was in the room...it's not so easy to improve upon Sam's version of "Voodoo child" but this pleasantly zen...

[Ghoopty]

Actually, I take that back - "Vegetable Man" & "Scream Thy Last Scream" have never been officially released. It's ridiculous that they haven't been.

[nightmuffin937]

So thats how Johnny Depp got that Willy Wonka costume from........<3 Syd Barrett<3

[Ghoopty]

Is Syd even playing on this? Did he "write" it? I honestly think it's uninspired garbage.

[thevoidconsumes]

@Ghoopty nothing is ever uninspired

[Ghoopty]

@thevoidconsumes Sure it is. You're gonna tell me no music in the '80s was uninspired?!?

[thevoidconsumes]

@Ghoopty the 80's never count. I like to pretend they didnt happen lol. but yeah they were inspired by cocaine and glitter

[Ghoopty]

@thevoidconsumes It would be (SO) nice if they didn't happen. I had to grow up then, and it seems we'll never escape the goddamn idiotic nostalgia for that shittiest of decades. Anyhoo, back to this post.....it just seems they're scraping the bottom of the Syd barrel here. Let's face it - everything of worth from him has already been released. I'm a "Piper" man myself - that and the '67 singles. By "Madcap" the magical innocence had definitely faded.

[4braineater]

Anyone know which musicians are on this recording? I know Syd'd buddy Steve Peregrin Took (T. Rex) is on hand-drums, and since members of Soft Machine helped Syd with The Madcap Laughs sessions, I'm guessing that's Hugh Hopper on bass, perhaps Robert Wyatt or Mike Ratledge on piano? It certainly displays their jazz influence.

[egyptianminor]

@4braineater Wasn't this track actually recorded in around may 1968, during Pete Jenner's first attempt to produce/record Syd's initial solo material, right after his 'official' departure from the Floyd? I mean, from the same sessions that produced the tracks 'Lanky' and 'Swann Lee" ?

[Meowingass]

Finally years of waiting to hear this recording! Now how about the other tapes Gilmour has his hands on.

[ledzeppelin536]

Incidently, I think the Bike sounded good.One would think Syd was run out of the music business by those who were jealous of his talent.He was taken advantage of for sure...but now it looks like some may be trying to right it all.Syd Barrett...the ghost that haunted the Floyd to the end.

[Nic1973KISS]

Sounds like Tim Bogert on bass.....