The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett


Cover

Vinyl L.P - Harvest Records - SHVL 765.
1970 - U.K.

Cover design, photographs (S. Thorgerson): HIPGNOSIS.
Photographs: Mick Rock.


Back cover

Gatefold

Inner gatefold

Disc side 1

Disc side 2

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Syd Barrett


1946 - 2006





Memorabilia:

Harvest Records


Syd Barrett by Mick Rock


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  1. WIKIPEDIAJune 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM


    The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968.

    The album had a lengthy recording history, with work beginning in May 1968, but the bulk of the sessions taking place between April and July 1969, for which five different producers were credited –including Barrett himself, Peter Jenner (1968 sessions), Malcolm Jones (early-to-mid-1969 sessions), and fellow Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Roger Waters (mid-1969 sessions). Among the guest musicians are Willie Wilson from Gilmour's old band Jokers Wild and several members of Soft Machine.

    The Madcap Laughs, released in January 1970 on Harvest in the UK but not released in the US until 1974, enjoyed limited commercial success on release, reaching number 40 on the UK's official albums chart.

    It was re-released in 1974 as part of Syd Barrett (which contained The Madcap Laughs and Barrett), which saw the first US issue of the two LPs.

    The album was remastered and reissued in 1993, along with Barrett's other albums, Barrett (1970) and Opel (1988), independently and as part of the Crazy Diamond box set. A newly remastered version was released in 2010.

    For the album cover, Barrett painted the floor of his bedroom in Wetherby Mansions, orange and purple. with the help of the nude woman appearing on the back of the record sleeve, who was an acquaintance of his, Indian born, of English and Mizo parentage, Evelyn Rose, better known by the misnomers "Iggy the Eskimo" and "Iggy the Inuit".

    Photographer Mick Rock says, "When I arrived for The Madcap Laughs photo session, Syd was still in his underpants. His lady friend of two weeks, 'Iggy the Eskimo', was naked in the kitchen." Iggy met Barrett in March 1969, through Barrett's then-girlfriend, Jenny Spires. Barrett had moved into Wetherby Mansions, and Jenny took Iggy there one evening. Iggy stayed on at the flat when Jenny left for The States a couple of weeks later.

    Iggy didn't know who Barrett was or that he was previously in Pink Floyd. Iggy heard Barrett play several songs that would later appear on the album, one being "Terrapin", which she called "quite catchy". In October 2010 she was interviewed, revealing that her name was Evelyn.

    The album was designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis.

    The original sleeve featured no musician credits, barring producer credit; later issues contain musician credits. On the original release, track 10 is listed as "She Took a Long Cold Look", although on the 2010 remaster the track is re-titled to "She Took a Long Cool Look", in similar vein to An Introduction to Syd Barrett.

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