 Official celebration of the life and songs of Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.
Format: CD / Cat No: SYDGZ101CD / PRE-ORDER Release Date: 09/10/2026
Track Listing: CD 1: 1. Arnold Layne (Live At The Barbican) – Pink Floyd / Rick Wright Vocal / 2. Astronomy Domine (Live At The Roundhouse) – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets / 3. See Emily Play – Martha Wainwright / 4. Love You – Mystery Jets / 5. Chapter 24 (Live In São Paulo) – Violeta De Outono / 6. No Good Trying/Interstellar Overdrive – Kula Shaker / 7. Apples & Oranges – Voyage 35 / 8. Octopus – Diana Silveira X The Psychedelic Circus / 9. Lucifer Sam – Rosalie Cunningham / 10. Golden Hair – Tim Bowness / 11. Effervescing Elephant – Jim Sclavunos / 12. Rhamadan – Soft Machine / 13. Scream Thy Last Scream – Men On The Border / 14. Bike – Pünk Barrett
CD 2: 1. Matilda Mother – Rhadika feat. Norman Blake & Future Pilot Aka / 2. Gigolo Aunt (Live At Acheron) – Robyn Hitchcock / 3. Baby Lemonade – Love With Johnny Echols / 4. Terrapin – Henge / 5. Two Of A Kind – Dave Harris & Zeus B Held / 6. Long Gone Uncle – Acid And The Deadbeats / 7. Late Night – Theo Travis & Richko Vocal / 8. Love Song – La Forma Delle Nuvole / 9. Golden Hair – Jennifer Gentle / 10. Scarecrow – Pünk Barrett / 11. Here I Go – Martin Stephenson / 12. Apples & Oranges – Men On The Border / 13. Dominoes – Mary Stuart and Tre / 14. Opel Stone – Anthem / 15. No Man’s Land – David Devant And His Spirit Wife / 16. Maisie – Warmduscher / 17. Candy And A Currant Bun – Crystal Teardrop / 18. Wined & Dined – Dream Machine / 19. Arnold Layne (Live At The Albert Hall) – David Gilmour / David Bowie (vocal)
More information: Without Syd Barrett, there would have been no Pink Floyd. Their music never dates; it feels timeless. They were utterly unique, and people remain as fascinated by their origins today as when they first heard them.
They sounded unlike anyone else when they started in the 60’s. They were not simply imitating Black American music, as so many British bands were then doing; this was something entirely new and exciting. As Nick Kent once observed, Pink Floyd seemed to arrive fully formed from the very beginning, and much of that was due to Syd’s startling talent as both a songwriter and a musician experimenting with new sounds using what was, by today’s standards, primitive equipment.
Alongside The Beatles, Syd Barrett pushed the boundaries of instrumental innovation. While The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band down the hall at Abbey Road Studios, Pink Floyd were working on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Through avant-garde experiments with backwards guitar techniques and multi-track recording, Syd explored far beyond the limits of conventional popular music.
Featuring exclusive covers by Kula Shaker, Soft Machine, Voyage 35, Robyn Hitchcock (with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones), Tim Bowness, and Rosalie Cunningham, plus recordings by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets, David Gilmour with David Bowie, Pink Floyd and more. All profits will be donated to charities chosen by the Estate of Syd Barrett.
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