Syd Barrett Solo Works LP Box Set Package Third Man Vault 57, UNOPENED MAILER
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In original, unopened mailer!! Mint condition contents.
Third Man Records vault 57, Syd Barrett’s solo albums - The Madcap Laughs, Barrett, and Opel. Individually out of print for close to ten years, and never previously available together on vinyl, Barrett’s complete solo works are featured in this set on 180-gram vinyl packaged together in a custom slipcase with new exclusive artwork.
The set also includes a 7-inch single by Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour covering two Barrett compositions, “Dominoes'' and “Dark Globe.”
Originally released in January 1970, The Madcap Laughs serves as Barrett’s best-known and most fully-realized solo effort. Standout tracks like the debut single “Octopus” charm with whimsy and consciousness-expanding lyrical exploration. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (then known as EMI Recording Studios) with production help from former Floyd bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters, the album reached number 40 on the UK charts. The reissue is pressed lovingly on golden hair colored vinyl.
Released in November of 1970, Barrett again enlisted former bandmates’ production guidance (Gilmour again in addition to Richard Wright) at Abbey Road Studios. Featuring surreal gems like “Baby Lemonade” and the explorative “Gigolo Aunt” the album compels with a softly focused hazy introspection. Here it is presented on baby lemonade colored vinyl.
Consisting of outtakes and previously unreleased material from the 1968-1970 era, 1988’s Opel fills in the blanks of the two previous albums. Properly illuminating the full picture of Barrett’s studio work, where no two takes were ever the same, the significance of Opel is two-fold. First, as an early example of a record label reacting to an underground, cult following. At that time it was almost odd for an imprint to dig into the vault. But with Syd being held in such high regard and interest in his work unflagging, countless illicit bootlegs would be rendered obsolete by the depths dug on Opel. For these purposes it is offered on milky way opal colored vinyl.
All three LPs are pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man Pressing in Detroit and will come housed in a newly-designed slipcase featuring a recursive portrait of Syd by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Greg Ruth. Executed in one continuous line without lifting the pen, the image is hypnotizing, mesmerizing and easy to get lost in, just like Barrett’s music.
An added bonus to this collection is a 7-inch single by David Gilmour covering two Barrett compositions. “Dominoes” was recorded at Royal Festival Hall in January 2002. The take on “Dark Globe” was recorded live, as a tribute, shortly after Syd’s death in 2006.
VAULT PACKAGE #57:
THE SOLO WORKS OF SYD BARRETT 3xLP BOX SET
TRACKLISTING
The Madcap Laughs
Terrapin
No Good Trying
Love You
No Man’s Land
Dark Globe
Here I Go
Octopus
Golden Hair
Long Gone
She Took A Long Cold Look
Feel
If It’s In You
Late Night
Barrett
Baby Lemonade
Love Song
Dominoes
It Is Obvious
Rats
Maisie
Gigolo Aunt
Waving My Arms In The Air
I Never Lied To You
Wined And Dined
Wolfpack
Effervescing Elephant
Opel
Opel
Clowns And Jugglers
Rats
Golden Hair
Dolly Rocker
Word Song
Wined And Dined
Swan Lee (Silas Lang)
Birdie Hop
Let’s Split
Lanky Pt. 1
Wouldn’t You Miss Me (Dark Globe)
Milky Way
Golden Hair - Take 1
David Gilmour 7-inch single
“Dark Globe” b/w “Dominoes”
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