The Radio One Sessions is an album by early Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist Syd Barrett.
It features the complete Peel Sessions recordings, plus three unreleased songs recorded for a Bob Harris show in 1971.
Track List:
1. Terrapin - 0:00
2. Gigolo Aunt - 3:09
3. Baby Lemonade - 6:51
4. Effervescing Elephant - 9:27
5. Two of a Kind - 10:30
6. Baby Lemonade - 13:03
7. Dominoes - 15:27
8. Love Song - 18:30
Syd Barrett's music has a stillness about it...it's like sitting at home on a rainy day when everyone else it at work, just staring out the window and letting your thoughts wander. Quiet, thoughtful, odd, unhurried...quite a nice place to be really.
Well said!
True
I’ve been here for a long time.. im not thinking of leaving any time soon.
Yes! This, exactly. It’s the tranquillisers-the Mandrax, which we called Quaaludes in the States. His solo stuff is grand to listen to on opioids.
I have no words to describe how I feel about Barrett's songs. It's a very singular experience.
Sioux Costa I think that's a very honest and valid thing to say. Much has been said and written about his work, but there just isn't anything like hearing it.
Thank you for your insight, Ben. I believe that music is something to hear and feel, a song might sound differently depending on the listener. So, let's enjoy his wonderful songs, Ben Culture. Peace!
I love it too. Kinda feels like what a waste. Because of him having to walk away. But he didn't want to be a start. So he did what he had to do.
Well, there's eighteen of them ...
It´s like John McGeoch , I also love his peculiar guitar playing which is absolutely his . Nobody I know can reproduce those apparentely " simple " guitar lines . Basically people who are endowed with a unique gift which is simultaneously their curse .
The "Two of a Kind" song was a gift from Richard Wright to Syd when he left Pink Floyd. Hope you're two are jamming in the beyond.
Yes! This was such a sweet story. I remember I first read about it in *A Saucerful Of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Story*. Before the Internet made Syd famous all over again, that was one of the best sources for details on the Syd Barrett era.
I just love Syd . His singing and guitar playing are just unique. His lyrics are just fantastic.
Syd lives forever
now i m 54 in 2020 i started to listen Syd Barrett wen I was 11 , love this genius
It's weird falling for someone 50 years late.
love Syd's solo recordings. yeah they might've been a pain to get on tape but I am grateful they are!
Likewise. Syd was one of my top heroes in my adolescent years. I was an eccentric bloke in a small town, and I felt much las if Syd and I could relate. Both of us had artistic temperaments, we were both on something of a spiritual quest, we both adored psychedelics. I had to make my own Syd Barrett t-shirts, in those days; I had a mate what worked at a silk-screening shop, and we just made black&white t-shirts using images I d/l’ed from the Syd Barrett web ring and photoshopped Syd’s name onto.
i honestly think that Syd was the great musical genius in 60's
He was number 1 with out doubt... Dylan number 2... Robbie Basho number 3.
Agreed. Some disagree with me (and will cite Beatles etc), but I really think the only other one who can keep up with Syd for sheer creativity is Brian Wilson. Of course, Brian and Syd are radically different styles, but they both use a lot of really unusual vocal melodies, that other artists of the era, as good as they are, don't come close to. And I'm a huge Beatles fan, but man, Syd's stuff is just that bit different. I mean the vocal melody on Baby Lemonade is totally unexpected. He does that a lot, and combined with lyrics that convey imagery really effectively, it's some really unique stuff. Pop songs typically become very tired, but the timing of the lyrics on Dominoes keeps you on your toes. I will never get tired of listening to that song.
Not only in sixties, Syd Barrett and Frank Zappa are probably the best musicians ever
@@artemisvega8940 imagine if Syd & Brian played together…
@@artemisvega8940 Sorry but Bob Dylan utterly destroys BW.
Baby lemonade is a masterpiece.
I can't compare Syd to anyone hes a true star
These sound better then what was on his albums...shine on you crazy diamond...love you forever..Syd
Listening to this song helps me live a quiet life.
Terrapin is an absolute masterpiece.
Agreed. This is by far the best version, as well. I would love to know what kind of acoustic guitar Syd played on this recording of the tune.
He is clearly very together on these late recordings....David Gilmour said he needed a lot of coaxing to record his solo albums(which we cant dispute),but he knocked out these tracks with apparent ease.....it upsets me that he let himself rot not long after this....God bless him...
I feel a great respect for this man.He makes me happy in our over the top society.
i listen to syd reminded of all these mythical mississippi delta blues musicians whose recordings were never really heard. his music was so lost in time and space, it's as if it never existed.
he a was a patient player. what a voice
He's not nutz, he's genius...fabulous album ✌️🕉🎶
These versions sound better than the official album versions, wow
I think Barrett's fragile genius layed down the foundations and inspiration for many of floyds later classics. somehow after reading a few Floyd books, I cant help get the feeling that barrett was left in the trenches with his illness whilst the rest of the band were more concerned about the the bands progression and stardom. perhaps this is fragmented human nature, but I think its so unfair how Syd was left whilst the band gained worldwide recogntion. no wonder he took a turn for the worst....
Yup, pretty much. Syd didn't want to be a sell out. But saw his fellow band mates willing to sell themselves which He wanted no part of. He explains it all in Jugband Blues, and the Music Vedeo pairs so beautifully for the situation.
@@Ethan-mn9jh i used to buy this "acid thing", but I see his situation so differently. Rob Chapman wrote amazing book 'A Very Irregular Head' in which he describes exactly what you said. He did a lot of research, interviewed Syd's mates and relatives, listened to a bunch of tapes from recordings of concerts from 1965-1966, and so on. After reading the book, I began to strongly doubt the narrative that PF have been feeding us with for decades. For example detuning his guitar on stage was a performance piece that a seemingly healthy Syd was doing back in 66 that the audience loved. Roger, Rick and Nick have since come out and said that this was when they knew he had gone crazy - only he "went crazy" by their own accounts 1,5 year after he had started doing this. He was sabotaging those shows in America on purpose as a way of protesting against the other members. But on one night, he was electrocuted on stage and this is often referred to as the one where he stood there limp armed. He was just getting ready to sing See Emily Play, all there, with it, and the mic shocked him. He was problematic during mandrax, he could be inhibited and aggressive, but this wasn't his permanent state.
They all tried to help Syd , Syd just kept the acid trips coming until he deteriorated to far down then just disappeared !!!
Yes, there is some affinity between Syd Barrett and Bob Dylan (especially in the free flowing word play) but vocally and even musically, Syd and Donovan remind me of each other even more.
Barrett is number 1- Dylan 2...
Syd was a rare gem, crazy or not!
Syd, Roy Harper, David Bowie and Damon Albarn all specialise as totally original 'English eccentrics'
Nothing crazy about being crazy .
@@cw7792 Not sure about Albarn - more a specialist in plagarism.
@@conkadonk4976 i think every friend i have is actually crazy
@@betweendreams5 lol yes seems all humans are full of personality disorders
There's something so compelling about Syd's work, i thinks Its that his signing and playing seems morose and distant but his lyrics are still profound, shine on Syd!
Joseph Grady shine on!
Hey don't be so blunt. Two of a Kind is brilliant.
But there is something oddly cheery about it too. His deadpan delivery is like no one else.
@@alwaysknow3356 i agree, maybe he saw something we dont
Distant .. perfect word to describe. Like staring at mountains on 1500 mics of acid.
It sounds like the others are struggling to keep with Syd, he sounds reasonably together but his timing, chord and lyric changes make playing with him challenging !
Definitive version of Terrapin.
Syd is so far ahead of his time!
was... unfortunately was... so sad
@@fiefenduddch Perfect profile picture
Syd is more alive now back in his true spirit form, than the human predicament we are dragging through. i don't feel sorry for anyone that's passed away. Earth is a fallen animalistic nature. i think Syd was expressing the mix of joy toward future and depression toward being here
The lyrics of Effervescing Elephant are genius
Yeah , like Baby Lemonade´s are not ... or Dominoes for that matter - the whole thiing !
Written when he was just 14!
Underrated guitar player, His songs never stop moving me!
Syd Barratt is so refreshing to listen to. I've done trips like so many people and I picture his lyrics as a story and try to make sense of it all rather than just dismiss stuff. I find I giggle to some lyrics on Baby Lemonade such as these :"It's a sad town, Cold iron hands (clap). there's a party of clowns outside". I translate that in my own mind to a very autumnal dismal day made opposite to that which LSD's splashes of beautiful colours (to the point where passers by are turned into clowns) and being somehow myself an audience where I'm expected to clap but my hands have turned into a metallic material like iron
The Radio One Sessions (Syd Barrett album) Syd Barrett: Acoustic Guitar, vocals. David Gilmour: Bass guitar, organ, electric guitar, backing vocals. Jerry Shirley: Percussion. The BBC no longer held the tapes for he three unreleased songs. The source tape used for this album was an off-air bootleg-sound recording of the show made during its original broadcast.
All 1 Soul I don’t think Dave Gilmore is playing electric guitar on Terrapin. It sounds like Syd and it is not that great.
This is just further proof that Syd was far, far, from non functioning back then. Shit, you would need to be hyper functioning to make a masterpiece like this. One of the best ''Live'' albums i've ever heard.
Le génie est toujours à la frontiere de la folie ....Comme c'est souvent le cas avec les poetes,écrivains ,peintres ....etc
Indeed. He just was on a different level, He was not able to communicate. There is no doubt the LSD had something to do with it. But he was far from crazy, just misunderstood
@@richflorio8616 Well put 8] and thank you. Now I don't need to type what I think
vermonster non conformist Syd , who can relate?
Pretty sure this is the result of patient recording take after take and very good after production.
After several head injuries, and dozens upon dozens of trips, no musician ever spoke to me like Syd. The strange thing is that I've recovered my memory, my sanity, and myself. Yet, still he's my all time my favorite singer/songwriter without question. Thx for uploading these renditions
Me too.
I think that there is a special connection between Syd and those of us who have taken a lot of lsd - not that I would ever recommend doing so, just that you can't really understand a place if you've only ever visited it through other people's descriptions and never in person.
Gigolo aunt is a masterpiece.
How I have gotten through my live so far without this treasure is beyond me, me being the lover of Pink Floyd and worshipping "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" which is actually a Requiem to Syd. Well, better late then NEVER........
this version of terrapin sounds better IMO than the version on the madcap laughs because the guitar strings aren't muted , still love both
So unbelievably beautiful.
Who knew being alive could be this awesome.
whatever happened to Syd ? It seems impssible that someone so talented could completely disregard music and never play again. From what I've read When Syd moved back to Cambridge in his later years, he never spoke about music, never played and seemed shocked that anyone was interested in his music. you would of thought that someone who put such emotion and thought into their music would have that love and passion for their art for life ? Who knows maybe Syd was just an outragesly talented individual who could turn their hand to anything spectacularly as second nature, or maybe his experience of the commercial music industry and personal life tarnished music for life for him and brought back unnerving memories. Really sucks that there are is barely any footage of him let alone proper interviews...elusive to say the least. Still I guess that makes the attraction of the legend of Syd Barrett ever stronger. Shine on you crazy diamond !
PikaSka that's what the government wants you to think.
according to some, he tripped just as much if not less than a lot of people around the same period. I dont know if these are accurate accounts or not. He was also a chronic pot user but more importantly mixing it with vast amounts of Mandrax heavily sedated him and made him isolated and may have exacerbated his mental illness as much as doing high quantities of acid would.
J'ai connu des gens qui sont devenus fou ,débile ,schizo ,avec seulement quelques doses de lsd ,lui en prennait des quantités énormes et parfois meme contre son gré ,on lui mettait en cachette dans ses verres, dans la communauté ou il vivait ....
drugs and no one really looking out for him was the cause I believe. but despite that we got some incredible unique music and the Syd Barrett (Roger) name will remain up there with the greats
Is that because he was primarily an artist who ended up fronting a band that became famous because of his uniquely gifted and original song writing and guitar playing, but couldn't deal with the pressures of the 'industry', and wanted to retreat to his comfort zone. Let's face it, he didn't even like the recording of "See Emily Play"...…….
Exactly. Plus, Syd knockers need to understand that tons of later Floyd simply would not exist without the stunningly original template Syd provided for them in 'Astronomy Domine'. There'd be no Echoes, for a kick-off. Domine's influence is still going strong even in Animals.
How is it possible for there ever be such a thing as a "Syd Knocker"???
I've often said Pink Floyd laid tribute to Syd in most of their music.
Syd was the only truly creative person in Pink Floyd.
Syd Barrett: Acoustic Guitar, vocals. David Gilmour: Bass guitar, organ, electric guitar, backing vocals. Jerry Shirley: Percussion. Recorded Feb. 1970 & Feb, 1971
I believe Syd overdubbed the electric guitar, and Gilmour and Syd both played acoustic on Terrapin. Woulda loved to be a fly on the wall here and on the Barrett sessions.
@@jasonmoskowitz246 Syd did play electric git on those.
Great version of two of a kind !
I love this man
Me too!
You and I and dominoes; time goes by.
Happy birthday Syd!!! ❤
Really love the jazziness of the Baby Lemonade solo at 7:57.
There's something about this recording of Dominoes that sticks with me, it sounds ghostly
Thanks for this, love Syd, spent 30 years trying to turn people onto Syd, GENIUS
Dark Globe bless you.
Nice name
@@robyn051 good you
You don't find Syd, he finds you. Atleast thats what I've learned trying to turn people onto his music as well...
15 year old son put me onto Syds solo work , As I put him onto pink Floyd, I reckon I got the better deal 😉
No doubt about his inherent flow of genius. ..indelible..lets leave those moments be 💖✌
Pink Floyd spent their next 3 or 4 albums trying to recapture the Syd essence, and failed. Then, when their own sound came into full maturity, they still chose to write about Syd. He pointed the way for them, but only went part of the way with them.
"recapture"... Wrong
He still made good music after Floyd sacked him for having gone bonkers. Honestly I think it was just a matter of going different directions careerwise and musically. Floyd wanted to be big, and Syd wanted his artistic integrity. It's really quite silly this crazy-story. Syd at least got his solitude.
Yes, omg thank you. Someone who actually looks into his story
if you looked into the story you'd know he was taking shit-tonnes of LSD, when he turned up up at the studio randomly, the band members didn't even recognise him the man had a break-down.... you're just making an apologetic, imaginary version of history, trying to imply his band members adandoned him, there's nothing wrong with accepting what really happened, it doesn't make him any less a star
@@DarkShroom In my opinion, most likely an encounter with DOM (STP, aka "super trip pill") at the time. It was exploding in California at the time and it made it's way into the UK right around the same time. All constant LSD use does is cause the drug to no longer work, and quickly. I don't think it's too far out to think he wanted something stronger, and there was all that talk about how it was 10x as potent as LSD, with a trip that lasts 3 days minimum.
The main issue was that Syd was too unreliable. On occasions he wouldn't show up for gigs, and at other times when he was in a bad state he just stood on stage endlessly strumming the same chords on his guitar.
@@DarkShroom doesnt have to be 100% one way or another, he was not completely mentally stable but I do believe that he was displeased with being a part of the music industry and wanted a way out and in that way his "breakdown" and retirement may be at least in part intentional.
Dominoes gives me anxiety man, so haunting
I've never heard these three songs from the Bob Harris show before. I wish there were more undiscovered Syd performances in good quality.
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🔥🔥🔥🔥 beyond amazing!
syd and gilmour, the best pink floyd's musicians
Do not forget Wright
and masson ,water ?
i dont think syd like roger. i base this solely on a lack of bass on all of syds solo works tho lol
@@713ddc Waters has said he's "never been interested in playing any instrument." Gilmour played bass on most of Pink Floyd's studio recordings, and on Syd's albums, and here on the BBC. Roger's "production" work on Madcap consisted of adding reverb in random parts, and leaving some of the false starts and mistakes on the album "to punish him."
Hugo was stating that Barrett and Gilmour (who are both playing these sessions) were the best musicians in Pink Floyd.
My favorite Floyd member even though it was short lived
Every song has more here than what was on the album with his guitar and vocals... seems less depressed i wonder why
Wow! Reminds me of listening to The Madcap Laughs for the first time, back in 1976. Absolute magic - thanks for sharing this.
Alguien en #2018??? Syd Barrett por siempre 💎💎💎
Aca 2020
They need to release a clean recording of the second batch of performances starting at 13:03 ('Lemonade'). Those versions are in some ways better than the official release, and Gilmour's bass playing is stellar, too.
What a collection. Perfect,somehow picking my favorite Syd tracks for me.Bravo!
This songs shows his answer to “shine on you crazy Diamond” almost in a sense. This song is so bluesy it’s such a great addition to history!❤️
The older I get, the more firmly I feel he is the greatest songwriter ever, and the simple fact that David Bowie would have likely agreed makes my opinion not as crazy as it seems. Bob Dylan is trash in comparison, Jim Morrison a schoolyard bully shouting Tennyson at us as if we'd never heard it. Barret was human experience defined, the happy seconds and the painful seconds blended with the millenia of sensory deprivation.
Thanks I'm inspired and crazy now🖤
My life is so near to syd
favorite syd album ever!
oh... man..... the baby lemonade from the peel sessions brings tears to my eyes.. what a gorgeous song.... I often wonder why this version wasn't the one selected- the guitar work is stunning.... so much feeling...
I had the same feeling! He seems discouraged.
Badday1normal So sincere : ) I always wondered if it was Syd or David that played the opening solo in the commercial version of Baby Lemonade. This version blows it away..
+paul A 100% Syd.. I had the same question years ago and eventually I ran into an interview with David where he credits Syd.
Indeed David credited Syd saying he recorded Syd warming up and was impressed such that he added it as the intro.
@@Hootiebird61 If I remember correctly David refused to play any leads on ANY Syd recordings. He felt it would be insulting to Syd...
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Syd, you sensitive beauty.
Great radio music!
Syd Barrett simplemente un genio Mi favorita es Dominoes Gracias Syd
Now I can hear so much of Syd's influence on the album, 'Relics'.
A legend who's fire blew out to quickly
yup...i remeber i got hooked onto syds early stuff was interstellar overdrive...when i first heard it i was blown away it sounded better than dark side...after that i got Pink Floyd's PATGOD man was i BLOWN away by his lyrics and use of rhymes, ever since then i got hooked onto his stuff
+elconejito99 Have you heard the mono mix? It's even more psychedelic than the stereo. More overdubs and effects, such as Rick's organ playing during the guitar intro for "Interstellar Overdrive".
psychedelicpiper yea man i heard the mono mix, its really BAD ASS different expereince overall :)))))
Amazing!
This is pure gold, thanks Syd for the inspiration
Perfectly lucid !!
SYD BARRETT a SHADED BEAUTY; a WASTED MIND (from drugs); a TRUE GENIUS who left a precious legacy to the whole world and to future generations: PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC. Barret writes some songs of that musical genre, never heard before, around YEARS 1965/1966 and anticipates the already famous BEATLES who will "give birth" to the famous album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967; this detail of the musical "authorship" of PSYCHEDELIA says a lot about the innate qualities possessed by SYD BARRET. I repeat the adjectives with which I describe SYD BARRETT from my point of view: a TRUE GENIUS; the CREATOR of PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC; a PRECURSOR who musically anticipated his times: a musician who had VERY CLEAR IDEAS in his mind when he "punched" the guitar strings and sang over them HARMONIES AS WONDERFUL as they were DELICIOUS. I would add that I still consider the album THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN, in which BARRET's work is predominant, "a relic" and those "out of time" songs will pave the way for the very first PINK FLOYD with DAVID GILMOUR . BARRETT's two solo albums from 1970 are still to be appreciated even now despite having already celebrated "53 BIRTHDAYS"...Unfortunately BARRETT's musical lucidity was unfortunately too short-lived, otherwise today HE would undoubtedly be on the PODIUM OF BEST MUSICIANS IN THE WORLD: SYD BARRETT will still have a VERY important place in many hearts of people of all ages FOREVER...!!! R.I.P. Syd 💔 ❤
SYD BARRETT
Till this day idk why syds name isnt mentioned when talking about the greats of psychedelic music. He had the musicianship and sound, for example his music with pink floyd and he had the lyrics with his solo work like this. He has a solid discography and you can include opel with its unreleased tracks and all his albums and work is great. Why does everyone just focus on his mental breakdown and addiction but not his music? Yes all that other stuff is fascinating and a weird interesting story to learn but his music far proceeds that. Even in the depths of darkness, where its been said he'd just look at you with a dead mans stare and say not a word he released these songs and 2(3) solo albums. I wish to keep seein him more and more and be talked about more and more his name shouldnt be snuffed out of history when he has made history by help making pink floyd. If your a real barret fan spread his music tell your friends and family about it.
it's true, your a good man.
Could you just Imagine if these sessions had been filmed??!!! So cool I’d imagine!!!
Terrapin is amazing :)
dear syd thanks for stopping by and gifting us with these gems, dear Pinkyfl0yd thanks for sharing these gems with our family
Love this song....1st one...but I love about a dozen more. He needed help and a different band.... unfortunately it turns out all of everybody either makes it or not. He did well enough in retirement. Casualty of man’s inhumanity to man....but that’s not recognized....nope....you don’t cut through that kind of stuff it’s on you...you’re the wrong one
Cynthia Marston Hi Cynthia. I get sick of reading the dysfunctional ranting about this genius. Each and every one of these songs bears testament to the hallmark sound of early pink floyd being due to Syd himself. Ever since I heard Relics in the early 70’s, I knew it was Syd above all that epitomised the brilliance of Pink Floyd. As far as I am concerned, his gift never stopped giving, and it meant so much to me. God bless him.
Ugh
Pinkyfl0yd I haven't heard this little treasure since I owned a turntable, 24 years ago. I still have my vinyl records tucked away in a box. Thanks very much for uploading it.
Ben Culture "Wined and Dined" and "Late Night" would have rounded out this collection of live performances very nicely. For you guitar players, I loved that Syd's open-C-major chords usually included the low G on the bottom. I generally play them that way because of Syd.
Ben Culture wish i had all my vinyl--hundreds of hours of various syd and pre dsom floyd. all stolen. well, glad i can at least get all the music back, and it doesn't pain me *too* much (the live stuff) as much of it is actually improved in all the digital recordings. now, the studio albums, those i feel very blue over losing--they're irreplaceable to me... o, well. listening to this makes me happy.
+circe801 Does vinyl really sound better to you? I remember vinyl sounding really massive, which digital really doesn't -- it's loud, but not "big". OTOH, I notice all sorts of details in digital versions, which I never noticed on vinyl. It could be that I've just become a better listener.
@@BenCulture Seems that at that time, we were taught to voice it that way, 'cos I do it too, though it makes it a 2nd inversion.
-¿Por qué crees que Syd se cambió al Folk? -Porque estaba solo.
amaizing!!!!best between bester!!!!!!!!! i love you Syd!!
Top!!!
Gigolo Aunt : )
shine on!
+Ben G. crazy diamond...
Ben G. Shine on!
shine on syd
Chloe H shine on!
Dominos sounds like a man already singing at his funeral, similar to Layne Staley on MTV Unplugged in 1996 with Alice in Chains
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
Excellent Finding this tonight Thank you for sharing this with us Sincerely ➕ 🌹 AEC(J)
Thanks for posting!
Thanks Syd!!!
Too pure for the industry. They just couldn't swallow him like they did with the others.
Wow, his musical awareness was powerful and strong. Great melodies, lyrics and thought. For a good length of time he wrote really cool songs with uncanny ease. Too bad it went south in the later days of his life
Thanks a lot PinkyflOyd for posting this album. I have Madcap Laughs and Barrett, and have heard Opal, but not this recording.
Rock Star for me