Syd Barrett
The Madcap Laughs (1970)
Harvest SHVL 765 - 2G/2G (1st Master)
Sides
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Matrix: SHVL 765 A-2G G (stamped)
A1 - Terrapin
A2 - No Good Trying
A3 - Love You
A4 - No Man's Land
A5 - Dark Globe
A6 - Here I Go
Matrix: SHVL 765 B-2G RA (stamped)
B1 - Octopus
B2 - Golden Hair
B3 - Long Gone
B4 - She Took A Long Cold Look
B5 - Feel
B6 - If It's In You
B7 - Late Night
All songs (Barrett) except B2 (Barrett+Joyce)
Lupus Music Ltd.
Recorded 28 May 1968 – 5 August 1969
Abbey Road Studios, London
Personnel:
Syd Barrett – Guitar, vocals
David Gilmour – Bass, 12-string acoustic guitar, drums (on "Octopus")
Jerry Shirley – Drums
Willie Wilson – Bass
Robert Wyatt – Drums (tracks A2, A3)
Hugh Hopper – Bass (tracks A2, A3)
Mike Ratledge – Keyboards (tracks A2, A3)
Production:
Syd Barrett – Producer (tracks B1, B2)
David Gilmour – Producer (tracks A5, B1−B5)
Peter Jenner – Producer (track B7)
Malcolm Jones – Producer (tracks A1−A4, A6, B6, B7)
Roger Waters – Producer (tracks A5, B3−B5)
Phil McDonald –Eengineer
Peter Mew – Engineer
Mike Sheady – Engineer
Jeff Jarratt – Engineer
Tony Clark – Engineer
Mick Rock – Photography
Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis – Cover designs
Equipment
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Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntable
KAB TD-1200 tonearm fluid damper
KAB Cardas tonearm rewire
KAB PS-1200GX external power supply
KAB SX-1200 strobe disabler
Dynavector 17d3 Karat (low output moving coil cartridge)
Sumiko HS12 Headshell
Pro-Ject Tube Box II SE preamp
2x JJ Electronic ECC803 S Gold Pin 12AX7
ART Jazz Mogami interconnects
ZOOM H4N recorder
Procedure
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Cleaned on KAB EV-1 using a Hunt EDA Mark 6 brush
Fluid:
Distilled water
0.0625% Tergitol 15 S-3 oil soluble surfactant
0.0625% Tergitol 15 S-9 water soluble surfactant
Preamp output recorded to 24-bit/96kHz WAV using Zoom H4N (neutral gain)
Manually declicked used Izotope RX
FLAC encoded using XLD
Additional Notes:
My approach is based on keeping the transfer process simple as well as preserving the presentation of the original LP playback as closely as possible. Unless otherwise noted, the preamp output has not been resampled.
In order to retain the sequencing and timing of the original LP, each side is presented as a single file. A CUE file is provided for navigating between individual tracks. For those who prefer individual tracks the CUE file can also be used to split the FLAC files into individual tracks using a program such as Foobar 2000.
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