Syd Barrett - The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?
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Free Music Review: Syd Justice
Hit: 5 Stars
Allright, here's the deal...I'm going to get this right out into the open. We only had to wait some 15 or so years for, "Bob Dylan Blues." Now it's finally out, and the good people of the tower want us to shell out 28 bucks for it. Is it worth it? At face value, this scenario would normally leave a bad taste in my mouth. Not this time, though. What keeps me from being cynical about this package is the fact that it's just so well done. Everything from the re-mastering, song selection, photos, liner notes, and yes, the inclusion of "Dylan," make, "Wouldn't You Miss Me," the most essential and revelatory Barrett collection available. 'Nuff said.Oh, by the way...the liner notes contain a cryptic reference to a track titled, "Living Alone." Let's hope it doesn't take 'em 15 years to get that one out.
Free Music Review: Fascinating
Hit: 5 Stars
Compared to the ornate, almost Baroque quality of Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which Syd Barrett was largely responsible for, these songs are almost frightening in their sparseness and simplicity. Having said that, the lyrics completely overshadow the sometimes underdeveloped arrangements and the fragile vocals. Fractured and almost completely devoid of the playful innocence that was a highlight of his earlier work, songs such as Gigolo Aunt and Terrapin seem on the surface nothing more than the incoherant ramblings of a burned out Rock n Roll tragedy. Further inspection of the lyrics will reveal a poet of the first order. There is little doubt the laurels heaped upon Barrett are justified, and this is the rare case where the term Legend can be properly applied.Free Music Review: Great Introduction for New Syd Fans!
Hit: 5 Stars
The biggest obstacles encountered by many Syd Barrett fans in introducing His work to others is the inconsistency in material: the Madcap Laughs album is too passionate and unpolished for most new Syd listeners (the last three songs tend to alienate non-Syd fans), and Barrett is too pop-sounding to cover the emotional range of the Madcap Laughs. This colection, however, has most of Syd's accessable songs. This makes introducing Syd to others very easy; it isn't until Two of a Kind that Syd gets strange (though the Madcap version of Dark Globe should be on this, not the more melodic one).For hardcore Syd fans, Bob Dylan Blues justifies the purchase of this album. It is a great song.
Free Music Review: The perfect single disc Syd Barrett retrospective.
Hit: 5 Stars
Wouldn't You Miss Me?(2001) was a collection of Syd Barrett material that was released a few years back. The disc contains selected material from The Madcap Laughs, Barrett and Opel and it has two unreleased tracks. If you don't want to spend the money on Barret's three official discs or can't find them then this collection will do. The tracks are excellent and I can't find any complaints (except the CD booklet has lyrics for a couple of rare Barrett songs that have NEVER been released.
This disc and Pink Floyd's first two albums (and the rare singles collection) are musts for any serious fan of psychedelic music!
Highly recommended!
Free Music Review: For Syd Barrett Fans, I Think You Will Like This CD.
Hit: 5 Stars
Greetings Fellow Barrettophiles...this effort is much more polished than any other Barrett material availiable... The sound quality is a true improvement. This CD has much more more "depth" in sound, and not as "tinny" as the previously released CDs. This is a "must" for Roger Keith Barrett fans, and those of early "The Pink Floyd". I think this is a good purchase, and I am happy I got one! Enjoy some of the photos that you may have not seen yet. There is also a commentary included by Mark Paytress (dated Feb.01).Thank You, I hope you enjoy this CD as much as I have jcs202