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  1. 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.

  2. May 11, 2015 · The Madcap Laughs is the album where, depending on your interest in Barrett’s work, things get truly interesting, or especially bizarre. Having been dismissed from the band he had helped create, the musician half-heartedly set about recording music on his own.

  3. Jan 7, 2020 · It was 50 years ago this month (3rd January 1970) that a most unique rock album was released, The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett – an example of “art brut” in music. In a distinctly non-commercial move, the album missed the Christmas market, in spite of a final recording session as early as July 26, 1969.

  4. Mar 11, 2024 · As a guitarist, he was influential for his free-form playing and for employing effects such as dissonance, distortion, echo and feedback. The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by the...

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  5. Bowie was a massive Syd Barrett fan. Watching early Pink Floyd in concert is what convinced the teenage Bowie to become a singer. It was The Madcap Laughs cover which had Bowie seeking Mick Rock out for some photographs of his own. Supervising it all was Storm Thorgerson.

  6. Jan 3, 2020 · Syd, however, was only semi-impressed with the results, and convinced his former Pink Floyd bandmates Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour to help him finish the planned album over June and July. The results, given the title The Madcap Laughs, were eventually released in the first days of 1970.

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  8. The Madcap Laughs is a debut album by Pink Floyd’s early member Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett left (or was thrown out of) Pink Floyd in the summer of 1968. It had five different...