Syd
Barrett - Studio sessions
Note:
continued = This mean that the recording in question is not another version, but
the continuing of a previous session.
All
the following sessions was held at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London
Collaborations:
15.04.67
With the Beatles, performing “What a shame, Mary Jane” (unconfirmed,
may be bogus)
00.04.69
With Kevin Ayers, “Religious experience” (later re-titled “Singing
a song in the morning”) - unreleased.
Solo
sessions
Produced
by Pete Jenner:
06.05.68
“Silas lang” (later
re-titled “Swan lee”); “Late night” (erased when re-recorded on
21.05.68)
14.05.68
“Rhamadan”; “Lanky (pt. 1)” (Issued - “Opel”. The first and
only take of “Lanky (part 1)” was recorded along with “Lanky (part 2)”);
“Lanky (part 2)” (7 minutes, consist on two drum tracks only); “Golden
hair” instrumental (take 1. Issued - “Opel”)
21.05.68
“Late night” version 2 (partly
used for the album); “Silas lang” (continued).
28.05.68
“Golden hair” version
1 (continued); “Swan lee” (continued, take 5); “Rhamadan” (continued).
08.06.68
“Swan lee” (overdubs added on 28.05.68 session).
20.06.68
“Swan lee” (continued);
“Late night” version 2 (continued); “Golden hair” version 1 (continued).
27.06.68
20.07.68
“Clowns and jugglers”,
produced by Barrett alone (later re-titled “Octopus”. This is the initial
sessions for “Clowns and jugglers”, overdubs were added on 3.05.69. Last
sessions until 10.04.69).
00.03.69
Syd contact EMI about finishing his first album.
Produced
by Malcom Jones:
10.04.69
“Swan lee” (continued);
“Clowns and jugglers” version 1 (continued)
11.04.69
“Opel” (take 9. Issued
- “Opel”); “Love you” version 1 (fast); “Love you” version 2 (slow);
“Love you” (take 4. Issued); “It's no good trying” (Issued); Terrapin (Issued);
“Late night” version 2 (continued. Issued); “Golden hair” version 1 (continued).
17.04.69
“No man's land” (Issued); Here I
go (Issued). In this session, Shirley on drums, John “Willie” WIlson on bass.
23.04.69
“Rhamadan” (continued);
Motorbike effects.
25.04.69
Transfer session. The following title were
transferred from the original 4 track masters to 8 track tape for overdubs at a
later date. No new songs was done other than on “Love you”, but it's
included as a session as it's a indication as the song than Syd was planning to
continue with, and Syd supervising the coping himself.
“It's
no good trying” (Issued); “Terrapin” (Issued); “Opel”; “Clowns and
jugglers” (re-recorded later and issued); “Love you” (issued); “Golden
hair” (re-recorded later and issued); “Late night” (Issued); “Swan lee”
(final session of 28.05.68. Issued). “Love you” was overdubbed.
03.05.69
“Love you” (continued);
“It's no good trying” (continued); “Clowns and jugglers” (overdubs on
20.07.68 tape. Issued).
04.05.69
“It's no goog trying” (continued); “Terrapin” (continued); “No
man's land” (continued).
Produced
by Gilmour and Waters:
12.06.69
“Golden hair” version
1 (take 6. Issued - “Opel”); “Octopus” version 2; “Golden hair”
version 2 (take 11. Issued); “Octopus” version 3 (Issued); “Dark globe”
version 1 (Issued); “Long gone” version 1; “Dark globe” version 2.
13.06.69
“Octopus” version 3 (continued).
26.07.69
“She took a long cold
look” version 1; “Long gone” version 2; “Wouldn't you miss me” (incorrect
announcement for “Dark globe” re-make, version 3, take 1. Issued - “Opel”);
“She took a long cold look” version 2; “Feel”; “If it's in you”.
Mixing sessions for multitracks to stereo master
The
mixing of the album was accomplished in two days, in a total of three sessions,
by Gilmour and Waters.
05.08.69
Session 1 (morning session).
Session
2 (afternoon session).
16.06.69
(oppure 16 agosto?) Mixing session by Gilmour alone.
“It's
no good trying”; “Love you”; “No man's land”; “Here I go”.
06.10.69
Gilmour and Barrett, spicing and runnig order of “The madcap laughs”.
The
Madcap Laughs
(other musicians: Elton Dean, Alto, saxello, electric piano; Mike Ratledge organ, electric piano; Hugh Hopper, bass; Robert Wyatt drums).
“Terrapin”
11.04.69
Take 1 - guitar and voice (both double tracked)
04.05.69
Lead guitar overdubbed.
“No
good trying”
11.04.69
Take 3 - guitar and voice.
03.05.69
Organ, bass and drums
overdubbed (Soft Machine).
04.05.69
Syd's backwards guitar
part overdubbed.
“Love
you”
11.04.69
Take 4 - guitar and voice.
03.05.69
Piano, bass and drums overdubbed (Soft Machine).
“No
man's land”
17.04.69
Take 5 - Barrett and
Shirley (drums), Willie Wilson bass (bass & vocals re-made later on same
session).
04.05.69
Barrrrett overdubbed lead
guitar.
“Dark
globe”
12.06.69
Take 2 - guitar and voice.
“Here
I go”
17.04.69
Take 5 - Barrett (voice,
guitar), Shirley (drums), Wilson (bass), recorded live.
“Octopus”
12.06.69
Take 11 - guitar and voices.
13.06.69
Electric guitar, bass and drums overdubbed by Gilmour, Shirley and
Barrett.
“Golden
hair”
12.06.69
Take 11 - guitar, vocie,
vocal, vibes, organ, cymbals overdubbed after.
“Long
gone”
26.07.69
Take 11 - guitar, voice. Organ overdubbed later with second vocal.
“She
took a long cold look”
26.07.69
Take 5 - guitar and voice.
“Feel”
26.07.69
Take 5 - guitar and voice.
“If
it's in you”
26.07.69
Take 5 - guitar and voice.
“Late
night”
21.05.68
Take 2 - backing vocals. Unknown musicians (maybe Pink Floyd?)
11.04.69
Vocals and guitar overdubbed.
“Barrett”
recording sessions
00.02.70
Remixed sessions of the 8.0.6.68 & 11.04.69 sessions.
26.02.70
“Baby lemonade”; “Maisie”; “Gigolo aunt”; “Wolfpack”.
27.02.70
“Wolfpack”; “Waving my arms in the air”; “Living alone”;
“Bob Dylan blues”.
02.04.70
03.04.70
05.06.70
Produced by Gilmour. “Rats”
(original 2 track demo. Issued - “Opel”. The version with overdubs was
published on “Barrett”); “Wined and dined”; “Birdie hop” (original 2
track demo. Issued - “Opel”).
07.06.70
Produced by Gilmour.
“Milky way” (take 5. Issued - “Opel”); “Rats”; “She was a
millionaire”.
11.06.70
11.07.70
“Love song”; “It is obvious”; “Untitled”.
14.07.70
Produced by Gilmour. “Effervescing elephant”; “Dolly rocker” (Issued);
“Untitled” (“Love song”); “Let's split” (Issued); “Dominoes”.
The
only existing takes of “Dolly rocker” and “Let's split” were recorded
during this session.
17.07.70
Produced by Gilmour. “Word song” (Issued - “Opel”).
The
only existing take of “Word
song” was recorded during this session.
Third
unreleased album - Sessions
00.11.74
Syd was in the studio for two or
three days. Only backing tracks were recorded. These material was very strange,
and never has been released. This is the last known time that Syd was in a
studio to record.