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--> }} ''Barrett'' is the second and final studio album of new material released by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett. Recording began at Abbey Road Studios on 26 February 1970, and lasted for 15 sessions until 21 July.〔 The album was produced by Pink Floyd's guitarist David Gilmour, who also contributed on bass guitar, and features contributions from fellow Pink Floyd member Richard Wright on keyboards and previous ''Madcap'' contributor Jerry Shirley on drums. ''Barrett'' was released in November 1970 on Harvest in the United Kingdom and Capitol in the United States, but failed to chart in both markets; it was re-released in 1974 as part of ''Syd Barrett''. No singles were issued from the album. It was remastered and reissued in 1993, along with Barrett's other albums − ''The Madcap Laughs'' (1970) and ''Opel'' (1988) − independently and as part of the ''Crazy Diamond'' box set. A newly remastered version was released in 2010. ==Background== From mid to late 1967, Syd Barrett's erratic behaviour became more apparent, and at one performance of the band's first US tour, Barrett slowly detuned his guitar. The audience seemed to enjoy such antics, unaware of the rest of the band's consternation. Interviewed on Pat Boone's show during this tour, Barrett's reply to Boone's questions was a "blank and totally mute stare". Initial sales and reaction of Barrett's first solo album, ''The Madcap Laughs'', were deemed sufficient by EMI to sanction a second solo album. On 24 February 1970, a month after releasing ''Madcap'', Barrett appeared on John Peel's ''Top Gear'' radio show, where he performed only one song from the newly released album ("Terrapin"), three that would later be recorded for ''Barrett'' ("Gigolo Aunt", "Baby Lemonade" and "Effervescing Elephant") and a one-off ("Two of a Kind", possibly written by Richard Wright). The session producers had no verbal contact with Barrett, having only communication to him via Gilmour. For the radio session, Gilmour and Humble Pie drummer Jerry Shirley accompanied Barrett on bass and bongos, respectively. The version of "Gigolo Aunt" recorded for the radio session (and later released on 1988's ''The Peel Session'') was unfinished, as Barrett had sung the opening verse three times.〔 Barrett played slide guitar on the radio version of "Baby Lemonade", with Gilmour on organ.〔 Two days later, he began working on his second album in Abbey Road Studios, with Gilmour as producer,〔 and a trio of musicians: Richard Wright, Shirley and Gilmour himself.〔 The main aim for the ''Barrett'' sessions was to give Barrett the structure and focus many felt was missing during the long and unwieldy sessions for ''The Madcap Laughs''. Thus, the sessions were more efficiently run and the album was finished in considerably less time than ''The Madcap Laughs'' (six months, compared to ''Madcaps one year). On 6 June 1970, Barrett gave his one and only official solo performance, at the Olympia in Kensington, backed once more by Gilmour and Shirley. At the end of "Octopus", the fourth number of the set, Barrett baffled the audience and his backing musicians by abruptly taking off his guitar and walking off stage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barrett (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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