1974 Syd Barrett Sessions (finished)

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  • čas přidán 15. 12. 2014
  • Ever wonder what it would sound like if Syd Barrett had actually finished this record? I sure did. I added some layers and fleshed it out a bit. I'm not sure why people refer to these sessions as the work of some madman. I strongly believe Syd was in the process of making a really killer record.
    I have a version of Opal with added layers here:
    • Syd Barrett - Opal wit...
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Komentáře • 608

  • @themadcap1898
    @themadcap1898 Před 8 lety +13

    Great job Syd! Just because he was having a hard time doesn't mean that he should have been abandoned. Such a truly rare talent...

    • @pervotheclown2199
      @pervotheclown2199 Před 7 lety +2

      Metallica gave up on Dave Mustaine and left him for dead and look how that turned out(megadeth) Syd had more money than most of us yahoos and he chose not to make any more music. You can't possibly blame the Floyd from moving on when in hindsight had they kept Barrett there never would have been a Dark Side Of The Moon or a Wall . Its sad but Barrett leaving Floyd actually made the band grow up and become much better than if he would have stayed .

    • @frankrizzo5710
      @frankrizzo5710 Před 3 lety +1

      @steven Brunton simmer down spazz

    • @Mojo19692
      @Mojo19692 Před 4 měsíci

      He wasn't. abandoned , he way to far gone , he needed mental health services from all the acid he was taking !!!

  • @danuggman
    @danuggman Před 7 lety +17

    Love YOUR intro words, Syd never went mad.. he was a kid, who left behind him one hell of a legacy~! And the imitators of his work.. were always called on it, his style and the risky way his music sometimes went always taking chances.. is TOO recognizable to his faithful fans.

  • @jeffstewart4648
    @jeffstewart4648 Před 6 lety +27

    I've been listening to Syd's music for 50 years, and I'm still amazed.

    • @squirrelguirrel7010
      @squirrelguirrel7010 Před 6 lety +3

      Jeff Stewart I understand completely being amazed. He is far beyond “time”. He’s still around tho... His dark humor comes in mischievous spurts when you pay him mind... Just Imagine... “Traveling by telephone” as he said ...Long ago... before we could even try to understand)

    • @cathyr2419
      @cathyr2419 Před 6 lety +3

      I hear ya. I'm a few years younger than Syd, and I still listen. I've always loved music and will when I'm in a wheel chair. I just wish they'd all been a little more forgiving with Syd and the way his mind works.

  • @polikkk6702
    @polikkk6702 Před 6 lety +28

    Only Syd can make something like this 🤘

  • @JamJells
    @JamJells Před 2 měsíci +5

    Anyone playing like this would be considered average, and hack. Syd brought something magical no matter how he strummed the strings. His loss was felt the day I bought A Nice Pair back in 73' RIP Syd.

  • @CarloMarchiori
    @CarloMarchiori Před 7 lety +121

    many more technical guitarist cannot achieve in a lifetime the expressiveness of a single strum of his

    • @thebetbetunderground9548
      @thebetbetunderground9548 Před 7 lety +9

      Carlo Marchiori Yes! Truest thing I've read today. Expressive is the word.

    • @tassiogomes
      @tassiogomes Před 2 lety +3

      that's an intense sentence! i like it!

    • @Tarsus790
      @Tarsus790 Před 2 lety +2

      Technical guitarists play music for themselves not people. As for comparing and placing value judgements technical guitarists are not painters poets and often can not write a song. So your point and observation is dull and typical for someone that can not think for themselves or even understand syd

    • @wispa1a
      @wispa1a Před 2 lety +1

      Fragile tension

    • @themellonfactory
      @themellonfactory Před 2 lety +6

      Oh FFS, get over your simpering fanboi selves, Syd did some great work but this is just a load of zombie 12 bar wank

  • @MsRuncibleSpoon
    @MsRuncibleSpoon Před 9 lety +14

    This is absolutely remarkable...I've always rated the '74 sessions and thought that if Syd had been nurtured and given the producer and sensitive musicians required at the time, he would have made an album that pushed into new realms of psych blues. Instead, Peter Jenner seemed disappointed that Syd didn't turn up with ten new hits up his sleeve, and lacked the ability to provide Syd with the framework he needed to make another record.
    This is a brilliantly realised glimpse of what could have been, I unreservedly take my hat off to you. I think Syd would have dug the hell out of this too, nicely done. I hope this gets released by hook or crook, it deserves to be heard!

    • @RichHall1
      @RichHall1  Před 9 lety

      Charlie Francis-Pape Thank you very much for your kind words.

  • @ricktherrien8235
    @ricktherrien8235 Před 2 lety +17

    They say Syd went mad from brain damage but in his later recordings after his demise he still retained a sense of insight and he could arrange and create songs which requires not only creativity but cognitive ability to create progressions and conclusions so he still maintained some conscious awareness to the present and reality as it is.
    I think Syds childlike mind and nature made it hard for him to understand the manners of modern society and living and easy for him to regress into his own state of mind.
    He was seen frequently buying sweets and going about town but no one talked to him and he no one I believe.
    But this tells me he was able to calculate on a minor scale and he had the conscious mind to chose his sweets and knew how to get from home and back and he was never diagnosed with any mental illness nor took medication so for all intents and purposes he was simply choosing to exist within his own “walls” of reality and escape the world his childlike nature was to unable to understand and which impeded his sense of well being so he thought he was not going feel uncomfortable and have to see the consequences of human greed and hate and jealousy.
    He watched his art be turned into a commercial product in which he lip synced and pretended to play guitar for a camera.
    It must have felt fake to Syd and being told he had to do this and do that and ware this and go there and look and smile and get paid to do it.
    He was not interested in money as such other wise he would have had more luxury in his life.
    He wanted to live his life in peace freely and happy or not but just be able to chose for himself.
    And don’t get me wrong all the acid he did must have effected this and his real state of mind but I think he was much more aware and in tune then people thought.
    Because everyone already thought he was a mad man so that’s his there going to see him.
    But RIP Roger Kieth “Syd” Barrett you will always be remembered by me and have been a major influence in my whole world.
    Since childhood I wondered about the enigma that was the lead singer of Pink Floyd and what the truth was out of all the myths that people made up trying to make a explanation.
    But I always kinda knew because of the fractured information I learned for sure about him but wanted tge whole story and know more about this mystical and wild Syd Barrett who was the one who influenced all varieties of styles and arts of playing as well as unique playing effects and sounds he made on guitar and his uncanny ability to form the most majestic and mesmerizing sonic psychedelic creations ever heard by anyone.
    Here’s To you the most enigmatic musical creators there is Roger Kieth “Syd” Barrett.

    • @AndyMcGuireAndyCat
      @AndyMcGuireAndyCat Před 2 měsíci

      Hi. I'm just now beginning to look thru these responses, sorry!!! Hope you're still with us, and still in one piece! This post is 2 years old. I need to start digging deeper, I think. So I will. Syd Barrett was brilliant! Even his band members didn't understand, and didn't want to. And I love them, too, I mean they WERE his band members. Dunno if you just couldn't speak English or were simply inebriated, or both, but whatever. I'll be back, and we'll finish this final track...

    • @ricktherrien8235
      @ricktherrien8235 Před 2 měsíci

      @@AndyMcGuireAndyCat just out of curiosity why did you think I could not speck English or was inebriated??
      I read my post and it was legible and made sense.
      I think you just had a hard time because of how I worded it.
      Sorry about that I write a lot and use a lot of uncommon forms of expression and it can get to elaborate for some sometimes.
      Sorry!!

    • @AndyMcGuire-jc4wx
      @AndyMcGuire-jc4wx Před 2 měsíci

      @@ricktherrien8235 Ooops, dammit! Hope this sends. I'm not fluent with internet yet, let alone You Tube. Anyway I may have thought you 'inebriated' because I was?? First time in years, honestly, just some old wine but sheesh wadda bad night. Would have never found your post otherwise, tho, likely, so let's call it a blessing. Anyway I do 'remember' your words were very sincere & from your heart, so thank you for that. We both truly love Syd, so let's just bask in the glow for a moment... Well lemme just see if this will go thru, I may well come back & write summore to you! It's 3 am but I'm straight as an arrow (hee-hee)

  • @dommirra5429
    @dommirra5429 Před 6 lety +28

    I don't give a shit what anybody says it's so great to hear some extra jams of Syd never heard before fantastic I love it!!! Long Live Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd!!!!

  • @Truckngirl
    @Truckngirl Před 3 lety +19

    Thank you for your work on this. I lament every day Syd didn't get to achieve his potential, but I know he didn't want what Pink Floyd wanted. Brilliant, sensitive, artistic, and a deep soul. RIP Syd (Roger)! We miss you!

    • @tictoc5443
      @tictoc5443 Před 3 lety +1

      Imo he achieved his potential

  • @blueraven7273
    @blueraven7273 Před 8 lety +18

    Boogie #1: 0:00
    Boogie #2: 1:28
    Boogie #3: 2:58
    If You Go #1: 4:23
    If You Go #2: 6:38
    Untitled: 8:23
    Slow Boogie: 9:40
    Fast Boogie: 12:22
    Ballad unfinished: 13:31
    John Lee Hooker: 15:16
    Chooka-Chooka-Chug-Chug: 18:17

    • @RichHall1
      @RichHall1  Před 8 lety +6

      +Austin Staab Dude, you are awesome. Thank you.

    • @Avalonrick1
      @Avalonrick1 Před 8 lety +2

      Reminds me of T Rex

    • @lucasrocha7571
      @lucasrocha7571 Před 8 lety +1

      +Austin Staab Thank you

    • @blueraven7273
      @blueraven7273 Před 8 lety +2

      +Richard Michael John Hall I know you replied to this comment 6 months ago; but I really should thank you for making such a good cover of this session by Barrett. Thanks for this, you really did do an astounding job. Also, no problem with the playlist comment. I figured someone had to do it haha.

    • @RichHall1
      @RichHall1  Před 8 lety +1

      +Austin Staab I thank you again and appreciate you both taking the time to listen to the project and for the kind words.

  • @matthewhuntzinger524
    @matthewhuntzinger524 Před 8 lety +14

    Sid is at peace. his mark in music is heard everywhere. but only those that listen can hear it. Just listen to
    the music around you..........do you hear it. Its the music in your head.

    • @frankrizzo5710
      @frankrizzo5710 Před 3 lety

      I can’t get the music out of my head and it really used to piss off my teachers something wicked.

    • @slimtimslide
      @slimtimslide Před 2 lety

      'At peace' ? He's DEAD.

  • @riphopfer5816
    @riphopfer5816 Před rokem +12

    That tone between 02:20 and 02:30 was so absolutely distinctive. Nobody else sounds like that.

    • @periscopio6401
      @periscopio6401 Před rokem +1

      👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💝💝💝💝

  • @xdef1ne
    @xdef1ne Před rokem +14

    You did an amazing job here. You're totally right about Syd not being some crazed loon. Once you add the drums and other bits, it really starts to come together. It's a brilliant mix of old Floyd, the blues, even sounded like Gilmour Floyd at some points but we all know where they got their sound... so it's not like Syd is taking the inspiration.

  • @anthonyballard9051
    @anthonyballard9051 Před 6 lety +22

    I hate like hell that "Acid" had to be the means of how Pink Floyd dumped Syd to add David Gilmour, I wish they'd added David anyway in the beginning, he is a genius also, and that fifth member wouldn't have hurt... Syd was indeed a Genius and greatly talented, and it's so sad that the band lost him...

    • @squirrelguirrel7010
      @squirrelguirrel7010 Před 6 lety

      Anthony Ballard ... so pessimistic... Perhaps much was gained through the SYD that he chose to be. Pink Floyd became quite successful and maintains a top level fan base. Even after decades of beautiful art, created through experiences of loss, pain and all the other life experiences.
      Perhaps, we may have never known them at all... if the cards were stacked differently.
      If someone takes a different perspective or path in the short course of life, we can not judge or be saddened by a person “lost” hypothetically .

    • @RPowell1980
      @RPowell1980 Před 4 lety

      I think Syd wanted David to join the band as early as 1965

    • @RPowell1980
      @RPowell1980 Před 2 lety

      @@RetroOnSpeedDial I think Brian Jones suffered a similar fate with the Rolling Stones. Acid and similar substances messed up the lives of a lot of musicians of the late 60's.

  • @luisgarza3375
    @luisgarza3375 Před 9 lety +4

    Excellent work ! ... It brings to life Syd Barrett and the 1974 sessions ! ... Now I have the third album ! ...

  • @TheGuitarrr
    @TheGuitarrr Před 9 lety +6

    This should be an offical release by a major label, like EMI, or Capital. You turned this into a GREAT Album. You had the vision that the origal producers didn't have in 1974. I would like to be a copy of this CD from you. How can I get one? Excellent job!! You a great musician and producer. I t gives all of us Syd fans more music to enjoy. Thank you!

  • @ColorUsBlue
    @ColorUsBlue Před 8 lety +5

    Jesus, I'm glad somebody finally realized there was a pearl in that shell...... Great Freakin Job!

  • @sporty05
    @sporty05 Před rokem +14

    Syd turned me into a huge Bo Diddley fan

  • @feather3563
    @feather3563 Před rokem +11

    I've been a huge Barrett fan for years and never heard any of this. Your additions sound great and I'm glad you brought this to completion. Great stuff!

    • @antoniojesuel6644
      @antoniojesuel6644 Před rokem +1

      Syd Barret,o garoto ingênuo q foi seduzido pela a silada do LSD .mas, um talentoso artista. Sou muito fã dele 🎸🎸🙏

  • @acidium6
    @acidium6 Před 7 lety +7

    thank you. ive been of the same opinion for years.. he was putting a universal charge into his idea of what music should be..or as he put it.."the songs have got to feel-like a painting"

  • @steliosposeidon6871
    @steliosposeidon6871 Před 3 lety +8

    Great to hear Syd was still doing his thing on guitar in ‘74. His tone and unique approach is unmistakeable! Thanks for editing and putting this together for us fans to hear.

  • @zenbabaloo1931
    @zenbabaloo1931 Před 8 lety +5

    LOL. Great job! You truly made something out of nothing. I downloaded it and used around 7 or 8 minutes of it to fill out my best of Syd compilation. Thanks a lot. You've made more than a few Syd fans smile. Kudos!

  • @user-qt2ok6gd6s
    @user-qt2ok6gd6s Před 2 měsíci +3

    The mark of great talent is glaringly obvious in all Syd recordings, un duplicatable technique and tone.

  • @alex79teramo49
    @alex79teramo49 Před rokem +3

    Yes, this Barrett live is wonderful,
    full of fantasy, and out of each logic
    scheme, or rule................
    An authentic genius.
    R.I.P. Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett.
    Alex from Italy.

  • @bent2
    @bent2 Před 8 lety +6

    Great job man! If think this would be what Syd originally wanted the songs to be. Peter Jenner and John Leckie said that a lack of musicians around him when he was in studio in 1974 maybe discouraged him from finishing the songs. He needed to be pushed to get the work done. Sad really, it could have been a great last album from him.

    • @cynthiamarston2208
      @cynthiamarston2208 Před 6 lety

      Invisible Drummer I suspect that was about half his troubles.

  • @destfuehler9724
    @destfuehler9724 Před 9 měsíci +4

    i remember listening to these about ten years ago.... its so cool to see all the new ppl listening

  • @allisonobrien-cn6is
    @allisonobrien-cn6is Před rokem +6

    Oh man! I’ve just discovered this as I’ve just started delving into Syd and early PF in 2023! It’s never too late! Thanks so much for this!! Kiss❤

    • @tigerlillyfeelfree1695
      @tigerlillyfeelfree1695 Před rokem +2

      My syd discovery date is 6 February 2022 and I've been to Cambridge to see his homes, colleges etc. You should go x

  • @evelbasturd5692
    @evelbasturd5692 Před 14 dny +1

    Wow! Well done. Shows there was more going on than anyone or of us could have ever imagined. This is a great listen! I hope he found comfort in his life past of all of the pop star nonsense.

  • @BaronVonPenguin
    @BaronVonPenguin Před 7 lety +8

    This is fucking legend mate. 10 out 10 for effort and execution. I could never hear anything in the original demos but you filled in all the blanks like a true impressionist. Incredible work

    • @RichHall1
      @RichHall1  Před 7 lety

      Thank you BaronVonPenguin.

    • @thepad4197
      @thepad4197 Před 7 lety +1

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    • @vano758
      @vano758 Před 7 lety

      this comment is a real work of art, i reckon ))

  • @SteveBobinskiSJB
    @SteveBobinskiSJB Před 9 lety +3

    I think you put a lot of passion into this and with respect to Syd's guitar work...well done, Rich

  • @ileeshmach
    @ileeshmach Před 6 lety +7

    Very well done Richard Michael John Hall. Shine On!

  • @SukkaPunch321
    @SukkaPunch321 Před 7 lety +8

    Postumous records are remixed and released of old Hendrix, Cash and Zappa material all the time. I'll accept this as cannon.

  • @birdiehope8231
    @birdiehope8231 Před 3 lety +23

    Great job! He never became mad. All lies around a kid who wanted to live his normal life. He wanted to be a painter not a musician

    • @tictoc5443
      @tictoc5443 Před 3 lety

      He was on another wavelength

    • @Canyon2023
      @Canyon2023 Před 2 lety

      You refuse to believe what EVERYONE around Syd - who knew him very well (his sister, band, close friends, etc) - say about him. As if YOU know better!!! That really cracks me up.

    • @brianorakpohit
      @brianorakpohit Před 2 lety

      I think you'll find without question he suffered mental illness. 'Mad' vaguely and inadequately terms some advanced psychopathology. Depends what you mean. Please don't say he wasn't mentally ill cos the poor sod plainly had a history of issues, but he came to terms with them and lived a decent life after music.

  • @juanalbertostheeman1563
    @juanalbertostheeman1563 Před 4 lety +10

    So fresh! So many things are there that actually were about to happen, I think of Marc Bolans T-Rex,

  • @groaningupright
    @groaningupright Před 6 měsíci +5

    Syd loved Bo Diddley and you can hear the influence in the opening song.

  • @ileeshmach
    @ileeshmach Před 6 lety +19

    Barrett was a genius... i can sense it. These guys living like fish out of water, their realities not really understood by many. They cannot do the regular stuff in the accepted way and it must be humungously difficult, when you are such a bloody creative genius, to pipe down. I don't believe he was a madman at all, just that he did not fit in the accepted social agreements. Most geniuses had this problem of adjusting. Let's say he was the Vincent Van Gogh of Rock Music.

    • @ileeshmach
      @ileeshmach Před 6 lety

      And i do wish he did not LSD'd. :(((

    • @colonelmogolee958
      @colonelmogolee958 Před 6 lety

      Nomita Chakravorty,

    • @cathyr2419
      @cathyr2419 Před 6 lety

      Yes, yes, and yes.

    • @graceantonio3573
      @graceantonio3573 Před 4 lety +1

      Thats exactly what I thought, he's like the Van Gogh of music, not of a mainstream, common commercial value of his time then & even after. Perhaps soon the whole world recognizes.

    • @RPowell1980
      @RPowell1980 Před 4 lety

      Ironically a lot of his paintings remind me of the works of Van Gogh

  • @douglasfernandez7737
    @douglasfernandez7737 Před rokem +6

    ALWAYS heard he was a huge Bo Diddley fan and now finally hearing it from himself!!! Thank you for this.

  • @auronpk
    @auronpk Před 7 lety +5

    my jam.. your production is perfect,you should have been there in 1974 lol.. nothing else to say really love you and thank you very much!

  • @blueraven7273
    @blueraven7273 Před rokem +14

    Reuploading this comment cause I still jam to this. Sorry just tired of scrolling down for my old comment lol!
    Boogie #1: 0:00
    Boogie #2: 1:28
    Boogie #3: 2:58
    If You Go #1: 4:23
    If You Go #2: 6:38
    Untitled: 8:23
    Slow Boogie: 9:40
    Fast Boogie: 12:22
    Ballad unfinished: 13:31
    John Lee Hooker: 15:16
    Chooka-Chooka-Chug-Chug: 18:17

    • @RichHall1
      @RichHall1  Před rokem +3

      That’s crazy that your other comment is already six years old! Man time flies.

    • @TheGraveyardDog
      @TheGraveyardDog Před 11 měsíci

      I am also a diehard John Lee Hooker fan, and that particular segment was possibly my favorite. I also think John Lee Hooker would have thoroughly enjoyed that as well. Loved the whole thing, btw, wonderful to hear.

  • @twistedspanner
    @twistedspanner Před 5 lety +12

    The mistake Jenner did in these 3 day sessions was not provide Syd with backing musicians. Just a drummer and a bass player. Syd on his own had no one to guide him like David Gilmour did in 1970 with the album 'Barrett'. Getting Barrett to play on his own out of time without a metronome would be very hard for a drummer to add his drums to a pre recorded track. A classic example is Robert Wyatt drumming on No Good Trying. It's bang out of time but they used it. Other songs the Soft Machine tried to overdub was Clowns and Jugglers which proved to much of a mess and was shelved until Opel in 1988. Had the song been in time with Robert Wyatt's drumming it would have turned out much better than the later Octopus which Dave Gilmour played drums on and recorded the bass and acoustic parts. All Syd had to do on it was sing and play a small lead guitar part. Jenner made the same mistake in 1968 when he produced Syds first solo attempts after leaving the Floyd. Those were great songs. Some of his best but he never finished them properly. Opel and Swan Lee etc..

  • @2dotsonamap
    @2dotsonamap Před 8 lety +2

    Simply astounding. Lovingly crafted and perfectly accentuates Syd's fascinating and painterly guitar style. The man was an artist of infinite talents. It's of strange comfort to speculate that as an artist he squeezed his musical and lyrical gifts dry in an astonishing splash of originality and beauty and simply retired to a life of sedate calm and quiet introspection.
    Thank you Rich for such a respectful and beautifully crafted piece of work.
    Ps Opel is also stunning

  • @sporty05
    @sporty05 Před rokem +8

    Fantastic job, wow you really brought these tracks to life. Thank you! I bet if he could Syd would also thank you man! The piece that starts at 13:40 I could totally imagine him adding lyrics to that and what a beautiful song it would be. Syd was not done in 1967/8 as some would claim, he just needed time to get away from bad people and I believe, the music business. At that time it was too overbearing for him and he didn't have the thick skin that it requires.

    • @brianfergus839
      @brianfergus839 Před rokem +1

      Agreed. That tune you mention has a bit of a Gigolo Aunt feel to it.

  • @unclejohn1962
    @unclejohn1962 Před 9 lety +2

    Killer job my friend. This would have been a masterpiece had it of been realised,thanks so much for pointing things in the right direction

  • @egodust11
    @egodust11 Před 6 lety +14

    For critics of Syd,..
    1. He created a whole new sound. 2. His well-meaning fans kept spiking his food with LSD.

    • @cathyr2419
      @cathyr2419 Před 6 lety +3

      You are correct, and his tea, and coffee. I wish he had chosen his friends more wisely.

    • @egodust11
      @egodust11 Před 6 lety +5

      Cathy R .. Yes, they were actually his friends. I see you know a lot about him. Beautiful.
      Not sure if you're into astrology, but his and Hendrix's charts are the most amazing in terms of talent (genius) in the arts, FAR beyond any other famous musicians...and this would be *obvious* to anyone by virtue of their planets' symmetrical configurations. (My field is metaphysics...astrology is an adjunct)

    • @scottudell7202
      @scottudell7202 Před 6 lety +1

      Actually, his friends never spiked him. That's a myth. Syd was always willing to be dosed and never needed to be forced or coerced into doing it. I know people who were friends of his from that period, all of them maintain that Syd was never spiked by them or any other friend. He could have been spiked by fans and hangers-on, but never by actual friends.

    • @scottudell7202
      @scottudell7202 Před 6 lety +4

      Plus, the "Mad Jock and Mad Sue" stories that went around are false as well. I know from ultra-reliable sources that both those people were good friends to Syd and would never spike a soul. They did however use copious amounts of LSD with him, but it was always his decision to partake in doing it.

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic Před 5 lety +1

      That story has been debunked. Rob Chapman's biography. Well, I say debunked, it's more that there's no hard evidence it happened, and the friends who were supposedly involved have strongly denied it.

  • @5jerry1
    @5jerry1 Před 5 lety +6

    ~ I enjoyed listening to this; it was interesting to hear what he was up to at the end.
    ...and P.S....
    That "Opel" treatment was _heavy._

  • @christophermichaelczechowi19

    Now that's a fan. Well done.

  • @friendofsyd
    @friendofsyd Před 7 lety +6

    rich, what a beautiful job you did on Opel, maintained the integrity, with all the nuances a Floyd fan wants. just think, if you'd have been around this guy, you would've been the ally he needed, the poor guy was left all alone with his songs. I'm sure glad the rest of the band was around to add the layers on piper , but I'm fairly sure as young kids, they gave up on him way too soon.......

    • @krollpeter
      @krollpeter Před 6 lety

      He was dysfunctional until into the nineties. I suspect his mother had something to do with that, too.
      There is not much anyone could do for him for a long time.

  • @messthetics
    @messthetics Před 7 lety +15

    Got some lyrics for it:
    Pick at the fruit inside my golden boot
    Underwear wave fish at the corners of a dream
    Time is a pool of windows looking for a trace
    cooking up a little pot of mirrors
    Jangle thy keys in a circular motion
    purple haired children laugh at the moon coloured face
    no time to disagree (i think you'll see)
    Hypochondriac garden gate timpany
    egg timer trampoline
    grazing a birds wing
    little yellow camera forging memories
    I wave a finger at the olive branch kitten
    framing frames with monkey response
    no no no, i didn't like the dancing limpet
    caring from a higher branch i smell colour
    yes yes, your a silly little pair of jugs
    yes i see you hanging out your wet clothes
    laughing with a little mouse called david
    Pink pillow slips forge a small opening in a tree
    nice to see you holding a carrot shaped word
    bringing forth an opportunity to be devoured
    breaking crockery by the sea with fisherman
    oh no i'll fade into a curtain
    oh no i'm feeling grey
    he was forteen

    • @ringolevio5921
      @ringolevio5921 Před 7 lety

      messthetics it's a big no from me

    • @jamesparthos6811
      @jamesparthos6811 Před 7 lety +1

      those lyrics are pretty fuckin gay to be honest.

    • @messthetics
      @messthetics Před 7 lety

      Why? Can you suggest some lyrics instead?

    • @ringolevio5921
      @ringolevio5921 Před 7 lety +1

      I'm only joking man.

    • @ringolevio5921
      @ringolevio5921 Před 7 lety +1

      Keep writing. The Syd song is crap though and I'm a huge fan. Write to a better tune.

  • @francovaderno3532
    @francovaderno3532 Před rokem +11

    It sounds a little bit like music of bands from the beginning 60ies. - included the first years of Beatles (in Germany).

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose Před rokem +3

      Agree, there's an early sixties vibe to this. About two years later, there was an attempt to get him to produce the Sex Pistols (!!). That would never have worked of course, but it's interesting to imagine what such a collaboration might have sounded like... 🙂😃

  • @toddseals2792
    @toddseals2792 Před 3 lety +6

    That is some of the best Syd Barret I ever heard...Cool, thanks...

    • @markhall42
      @markhall42 Před 3 lety +2

      totataly what a find cant believe my luck never thought in my wildest dreams i find some new syd and from 74 the so called height of his madnesss well this madman plays a mean guitar and unique as always i know from people who play the old wah wah pedal was incredibly difficult to play this old psycho seems to have no difficultys what treasure.

  • @gregmark1688
    @gregmark1688 Před 11 měsíci +4

    Really well done! It's surprising how much more coherent you manage to make these recordings sound.

  • @therenewedpoet4292
    @therenewedpoet4292 Před 5 lety +5

    Ha! This is great. Honestly love the little extra work, but love that's it's Syd. He didn't want to front anyways. He wanted to Jam with his friends.

  • @davidlammey9880
    @davidlammey9880 Před 6 lety +5

    Remarkable job. Absolutely incredible. Thanks!

  • @21skysky
    @21skysky Před 7 lety +2

    Fantastic effort RMJH, the entire work becomes seamless !!

  • @AlexBaker-soccer-writer
    @AlexBaker-soccer-writer Před 7 lety +3

    Wow, just heard the original earlier today for the first time. It was intriguing with some truly Syd moments, but what you've done is fantastic, very contemporary as well. If someone told me it was a BJM, Warlocks or BRMC record in progress I'd believe it.

  • @cathyr2419
    @cathyr2419 Před 6 lety +7

    Thanks for this! He was good, and would have gotten even better. The others knew it. He was forced out. I suspect some jealousy and backstabbing. RIP you handsome, talented, sensitive man! I've read everything I can about Syd. I don't believe all I've read. I believe if he would have never got involved with music in that era, there would be no madman to speak of. And any person who spikes your food and drinks is not well-meaning. I can't stand a sneak. If someone did that to me or someone I cared about, they better have left the country, you have a ass beating coming you won't ever forget!

    • @frankrizzo5710
      @frankrizzo5710 Před 3 lety

      I love Syd’s work but I don’t think he was forced out because he was too good. He didn’t want that lifestyle and was coming apart at the seams.

    • @frankrizzo5710
      @frankrizzo5710 Před 2 lety

      @steven Brunton If you’re talking about Roger I agree. Mistakes were made Syd’s sister acknowledged that. The band wanted to keep going Syd was unwilling/able to do so.Syd had too much integrity as an artist for the pop music world. Couple that with too many drugs and……the rest is history.

  • @chelybocho9552
    @chelybocho9552 Před 5 lety +13

    I Love Barrett!

    • @_Ramen-Vac_
      @_Ramen-Vac_ Před 5 lety

      hear hear hear! Syd could play no crap!

  • @pmanning69pm
    @pmanning69pm Před 6 lety +3

    nice effort fella....made my day to find this....i think your right......there are embers of a great record ......shine on

  • @danieldiaz535
    @danieldiaz535 Před 2 lety +5

    Impresionante se nota que si es syd su sonido único de guitarra ese riff de el del Piper pero aquí está más rock and roll preciso como para estar un sábado por la tarde con un pisco sour disfrutando en casa shine onnnn 😎👋🎸

  • @BigSky1
    @BigSky1 Před 2 lety +2

    I think you have done a marvellous job considering what you had to work with. Well done.

  • @eucaryot
    @eucaryot Před 3 lety +9

    Forever young

  • @StaffsTransport
    @StaffsTransport Před 9 lety +3

    You have made a lovely job. Very enjoyable. And ought to be released.

  • @emilyoshiro
    @emilyoshiro Před 5 lety +4

    well, i dig this just FINE, glad i wait'd for the upload...thanks 4 sharin' this bit ov le "holy grail"

  • @tigerlillyfeelfree1695
    @tigerlillyfeelfree1695 Před rokem +10

    The music industry made his paintings feel dead so he killed syd barrett. Long live the music and artistry of RKB ❤

  • @HimborDonutstrom
    @HimborDonutstrom Před 7 lety +4

    Some good moods in here! Long live syd

  • @MsBluecat
    @MsBluecat Před 4 měsíci +1

    Superb! I like that you've intergrated Syd's work with yours seamlessly. If you didn't know any better you'd think this was genuinely all recorded in 1974. Thanks for this!

  • @MrGazosa
    @MrGazosa Před 8 měsíci +2

    Thank you for posting this❤

  • @Heatherofscots
    @Heatherofscots Před 8 lety +3

    Thank you , I really enjoyed this. Well done.

  • @finalboss8514
    @finalboss8514 Před 5 lety +6

    Years late but, the reason he never finished it is because every track had to be done in one take. The producers were like, we can edit. But syd was stubborn

  • @rubeng3
    @rubeng3 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Oh do I love this!! Syd, the legend.

  • @jeffstewart9622
    @jeffstewart9622 Před 8 lety +1

    Syd was and still is the symbol of psychedelic music. He will always be loved and missed ,shine on Syd!

  • @VirginiaWolf88
    @VirginiaWolf88 Před rokem +2

    Nice!!! Thank you for Sharing this Richard!!!!

  • @cathyr2419
    @cathyr2419 Před 6 lety +5

    It's all good. Love it, thank you Syd! RIP you diamond! Not crazy.

  • @rayrose4961
    @rayrose4961 Před rokem +3

    You did a really fantastic job on this you should be very proud

  • @denniskretschman9827
    @denniskretschman9827 Před 9 lety +3

    Rich,, That is kick ass... Syd would have been proud of it..

  • @Furcatt
    @Furcatt Před 8 lety +3

    Wish you were here buddy. RIP Syd

  • @flynchchannel
    @flynchchannel Před 4 měsíci +1

    I can dig it. Nice work. I listen to these final Syd sessions every once in a while. There's a poignancy to them, and I don't mind listening to blues licks. This is definitely a fun take.

  • @azimuthenigma6621
    @azimuthenigma6621 Před 4 lety +2

    Marvellous job !

  • @graceantonio3573
    @graceantonio3573 Před 4 lety +3

    Syd needed more time but as the music biz goes by schedule well..... too bad. He truly was unique & beyond. 💜

  • @tassiogomes
    @tassiogomes Před 2 lety +2

    you did something i always wanted to do! great mix bro! you played very well, it's not easy to put overdubs on syd tracks as you did, specially the drums!

  • @francovaderno3532
    @francovaderno3532 Před rokem +10

    Insane people often work wonders in art! Think of others too - musicians, painters, poets...
    There is no doubt that Syd has made a great change in a short space of time in his character. This record is much different from his former compositions. Remember, that he was the musical head and composer of P.F: Also consider that members of P.F. helped him release a new album. For a long time they wanted to help their old friend in many ways - also financially.
    If Syd became insane, why he should have lost his musical genius? Sure seems that he changed from a friendly, lovable, respectable young freak to a strange personality turned away from reality.

    • @ezekialalvarado2444
      @ezekialalvarado2444 Před rokem +1

      EXACTLY! he was supposed to be completely not there but that is far from the truth because he acknowledges what was going on and kept making coherent music even when he was supposed to be gone. I think he meant what he did you know. He knew it was a joke

  • @monicacouto4575
    @monicacouto4575 Před 2 lety +8

    kind of reminds me of early velvet underground a very garage sounding style which is more interesting to me then polished rock gibberish

  • @veronicahsidwell
    @veronicahsidwell Před 7 lety +1

    This is really well done!

  • @therollingbeachfloyd645

    This sounds really good! Well done!

  • @nickmullins1975
    @nickmullins1975 Před 2 lety +3

    Good job my friend, love it!

  • @fredklein9752
    @fredklein9752 Před 7 lety +1

    Sounds cool. Thanks for being brave and doing this.

  • @chuckdee66
    @chuckdee66 Před 3 lety +5

    Yeah, that type of backing would have helped Syd to get a groove. If he had sung some of his amazing lyrics on top, these would have been groovy songs. I agree, I don't Syd was all that crazy.

  • @annipaisley7837
    @annipaisley7837 Před 9 lety +1

    Bravo with cheese on top! You have really taken this to a whole new level and I bet Syd would dig it too!

  • @simonagenoa74
    @simonagenoa74 Před 9 lety +2

    davvero fenomenale, mi chiedo anche io come sia possibile. nel 72 lo davano già x spacciato. ma ha creato melodie simili.... che perdita

  • @steveamaya6623
    @steveamaya6623 Před 8 lety

    Dude this is some really good stuff! Thank you

  • @stephensams9784
    @stephensams9784 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Excellent job.

  • @stewartherbertson5166
    @stewartherbertson5166 Před 9 lety +3

    Great work Rich

  • @Avalonrick1
    @Avalonrick1 Před 9 lety +3

    Thank you . Great job.

  • @kristenlanum
    @kristenlanum Před 2 lety +3

    I really enjoyed this and think Syd would have too, thanks for sharing!

  • @paulmessis1985
    @paulmessis1985 Před 6 lety +9

    Syd would have invented Mandrax Glam Rock, which would've influenced a more trippy Punk Rock genre come 76'-77'.

  • @suchapill3077
    @suchapill3077 Před 4 lety +8

    Yes Syd OD'd on cid but he got some bad breaks too. How could they not like this. This is most of the Pink Floyd sound right here. Bet he was about to create some killer lyrics too.

  • @oxymoron1329
    @oxymoron1329 Před 2 lety +1

    This is very good. Thanks.

  • @MyIRRI
    @MyIRRI Před 8 lety

    Close your eyes and hear Syd sing from somewhere behind the trees on this excellent work. Thank you!

  • @jeffstewart3342
    @jeffstewart3342 Před 2 lety +2

    Great upload Syd lives forever