Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
Tracklist
| A1 | Terrapin | 5:00 | |
| A2 | No Good Trying | 3:26 | |
| A3 | Love You | 2:25 | |
| A4 | No Man's Land | 3:50 | |
| A5 | Dark Globe | 2:10 | |
| A6 | Here I Go | 3:13 | |
| B1 | Octopus | 3:45 | |
| B2 | Golden Hair | 1:56 | |
| B3 | Long Gone | 2:47 | |
| - | (7:59) | ||
| B4 | She Took A Long Cold Look | ||
| B5 | Feel | ||
| B6 | If It's In You | ||
| B7 | Late Night | 3:12 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – E.M.I. Records
- Manufactured By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
- Made By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
- Made By – Trade Platemaking Services
- Printed By – Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd.
- Published By – Lupus Music Ltd.
- Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Credits
- Composed By – Syd Barrett
- Design [Cover], Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
- Engineer – Jeff Jarratt, Mike Sheady*, Pete Mew*, Phil McDonald, Tony Clark
- Lyrics By – James Joyce (tracks: B2), Syd Barrett (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B7)
- Photography By [Cover] – Mick Rock
- Producer – David Gilmour (tracks: A5, B1 to B6), Malcolm Jones (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B7), Roger Waters (tracks: A5, B1 to B6)
Notes
UK first pressing.
Specific to this release and not found on subsequent releases are:
Released in a front laminated gatefold sleeve with the disc housed in the rear opening and the front opening is glued shut with no inner flap.
The backcover states printing date 6911 (November 1969). This was clearly in advance of the 1970 release date.
White straight corner cut inner sleeve with:
Variation 1: 'PATENT APPLIED FOR' and 'MADE IN ENGLAND'.
Variation 2: 'PATENT No. 1,125,555' and 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN'.
Only first pressing labels have all of the following:
1. Green/yellow Harvest Label with no 'EMI' Logo and 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' at 11 o'clock on the outer rim.
2. 'SYD BARRETT' appears just above the 'HARVEST' logo at 9 o'clock. Later pressings move this higher up the label.
3. Side 2 label has credits 'Barrett except + Joyce'. Later pressings have 'Barrett + Joyce'.
4. On each label side there is no gap between 'Lupus Music Ltd' and 'Produced by...' Later labels have a gap.
On the sleeve tracks B4 to B6 have a combined running time of 7:59.
℗ 1970
Specific to this release and not found on subsequent releases are:
Released in a front laminated gatefold sleeve with the disc housed in the rear opening and the front opening is glued shut with no inner flap.
The backcover states printing date 6911 (November 1969). This was clearly in advance of the 1970 release date.
White straight corner cut inner sleeve with:
Variation 1: 'PATENT APPLIED FOR' and 'MADE IN ENGLAND'.
Variation 2: 'PATENT No. 1,125,555' and 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN'.
Only first pressing labels have all of the following:
1. Green/yellow Harvest Label with no 'EMI' Logo and 'The Gramophone Co. Ltd.' at 11 o'clock on the outer rim.
2. 'SYD BARRETT' appears just above the 'HARVEST' logo at 9 o'clock. Later pressings move this higher up the label.
3. Side 2 label has credits 'Barrett except + Joyce'. Later pressings have 'Barrett + Joyce'.
4. On each label side there is no gap between 'Lupus Music Ltd' and 'Produced by...' Later labels have a gap.
On the sleeve tracks B4 to B6 have a combined running time of 7:59.
℗ 1970
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A, in parentheses): SHVL.765A
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B, in parentheses): SHVL.765B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout stamped): SHVL 765 A-2G
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout stamped): SHVL 765 B-2G
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout stamped, variant 2): SHVL 765 A-2G R 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout stamped, variant 2): SHVL 765 B-2G A 1
- Other (Printer's date stamp / code): 6911 TPS
Other Versions (5 of 95)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Gatefold Sleeve) | Harvest | SHVL 765 | France | 1970 | ||
| The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) | Harvest, Harvest | SHVL 765, 1E 062 ○ 04261 | UK | 1970 | |||
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Promo, red) | Odeon | OP 8927 | Japan | 1970 | ||
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Stereo) | Harvest | 3C 154 50350/1 | Italy | 1970 | ||
New Submission | The Madcap Laughs (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve) | Odeon | OP-8927 | Japan | 1970 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- love my new 2014 pressing, good quite vinyl, Syd's guitar and voice are vibrant like all the music here, feels like he's in the room at times, a real wow for me. I really enjoyed the 'Barret' 2014 pres of the same label too, not quite a wow but good, tempted to buy 'Opel' too.
I’ve got the original sleeve variant (6911), but label on disc has boxed EMI - any ideas which pressing this is anyone?
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