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    Syd Barrett: Steel Breeze
    Format: LP
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    Date:<no info>
    Cover: A closeup picture of Syd and the boys in a church or hall. Same as one that appears in Schaffners book.
    Sources: Various RoIO's, 1967 recording sessions, 1970-71 recording sessions, 1974-75 recording sessions (allegedly).

    Tracks:

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              Side One
     1. Love You (fast version)
     2. Love You (slow version)
     3. Long Gone
     4. Rhamadam
     5. Octopus
     6. Clowns and Jugglers
     7. Untitled
     8. Dark Globe
     9. Singing a Song in the Morning

              Side Two
     1. Matilda Mother (live at UFO)
     2. Interstellar Overdrive (live at UFO)
     3. Interview with Syd and Roger
     4. Interstellar Overdrive (alternate version)
     5. Sunshine
     6. Interview w/ PF
    Band:
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   Syd Barrett
   Roger Waters
   Rick Wright
   Nick Mason
   Mike Ratledge
   Hugh Hopper
   Robert Wyatt
   Kevin Ayers

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    Quality:<no info> VG - Greg
    Comments:<no info> The first three are common enough, Rhamadam is believed to actually be Lanky Part 2, since Rhamadam was supposed to have overdubbed motorcycle noises on it, and this take has only drum tracks (it's in the Opel booklet). 5 and 6 merge into one another to become, in essence, one song. 7 is, according to the sleeve, from recording sessions in 1975. Track 9 is a Kevin Ayers song that Syd supposedly played guitar on and sang backing vocals. It does sound like him, but most disagree with this conclusion. After "Singing a Song..." there are two unlisted bonus tracks. The first sounds like the Beach Boys (why it was included, I don't know), and the second is an entirely unknown insturmental. Noone seems to recognize it. The first two tracks on side two are literally ruined by some DJ's moronic prattling throughout them. 3 is an interesting interview with Syd and Rog, that has appeared before, but apparently never in it's entirety. Track 4 on side two is nonexistent. Track 5 is a previously unreleased insturmental from the piper sessions. Track six is another interview, this time with the whole of Pink Floyd. - Greg


    The [truncated] segments are all that are available. These segments came from Malcolm Jones' tapes. Years ago, he gave a friend who was a big Syd fan a tape of some segments of unreleased Syd tracks. I'm sure he cut them off as he didn't want to let the complete songs out. Even the segments were supposed to remain uncirculated but, obviously, they fell into the wrong hands. Although it would be great to have the complete versions, this is an ROIO we are talking about after all.


    Syd did play lead guitar in the studio for Kevin Ayers' Singing a Song in the Morning. However, the producer mixed out Syd's guitar on the final release of the song. However, for years it has been known that there exists an acetate of the original mix with Syd's guitar left in.


    As for the version on the Steel Breeze roio, it is from an acetate of Singing a Song in the Morning. Therefore, it was probably assumed to be the version with Syd. However, as we discussed earlier about acetates, they can be just prereleases of officially released songs. So, this could just be an acetate of the officially released version. Or it could have Syd. It's hard to tell from listening to it. - ECHOES



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