Syd Barrett
U.K.
CD Discography

by Vernon Fitch

© copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives


This is a discography of compact discs (CDs) that have been released in the United Kingdom by Syd Barrett.

Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography are appreciated.


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Albums


[For additional U.K. releases after 1993, please see the European Union Discography]

  1. Syd Barrett

    1. The Madcap Laughs
      1. EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue
      2. EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue

    2. Barrett
      1. EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue
      2. EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue

    3. Opel
      1. EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue
      2. EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue

    4. The Peel Sessions - Syd Barrett
      1. Strange Fruit Records 1st issue
      2. Strange Fruit Records 2nd issue

    5. Syd Barrett - The Radio One Sessions

  2. Box Sets

    1. Crazy Diamond 3-CD box set

  3. Compilations

    1. The Best Of Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me
      1. EMI / Harvest Records advance issue (promo CDR)

  4. Samplers

    1. A Breath of Fresh Air - A Harvest Records Anthology 1969-1974
    2. Art School Dancing
    3. Before the Fall - The Peel Sessions 1967-1977
    4. Hippy Chic - RCD Classic Collection 11
    5. Hippydip
    6. In Session Tonight
    7. The Age of Enlightenment

  5. Magazine Samplers

    1. Vox - Chemistry
    2. Uncut - Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 6
    3. Uncut - Acid Daze

  6. Sessions

    1. Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band - Six Hour Technicolour Dream, Cambridge 1972


Syd Barrett


Syd Barrett
The Madcap Laughs CD
EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue

Title: The Madcap Laughs (EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: CDP 7 46607 2
Bar Code: 0 77774 66072 3
Matrix Information:
1) Top: CDP 7 46607 2 AR 1A1 TO
2) Top: CDP 7 46607 2 AR 1A2 TO
Release Date: May 1987
Release Information: First U.K. issue. CD made in Japan.
Total Time: 37:52
Track Peak Levels: 68.2 / 84.7 / 72.9 / 88.4 / 79.5 / 51.1 / 71.3 / 47.2 / 64.8 / 44.1 / 46.4 / 54.6 / 54.0
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett in his apartment. Title in the upper right corner.
Back Cover: White with song titles. Credits. Bar code in the upper right corner. Above the bar code it says: CDP 7 46607 2 / UK: CD-SHVL 765. In the lower left corner is the EMI logo.
Booklet: [front] [1-2] [3-4] [5-6] [back] 8-page booklet.
Label: Silver label with text in black.
To the right of the center hole is a rectangle divided into four areas. In each of these sections of the rectangle, clockwise from the top left, it says:

STEREO
CDP 7 46607 2
[blank]
JASRAC

Below the rectangle, it says: UK: CD-SHVL 765.

To the left of the center hole is the text:
"All Rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work are reserved. Unauthorized public performance, broadcasting and copying of the record prohibited. Mfd. by TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN"

There is nothing written around the edge of the label.



Syd Barrett
The Madcap Laughs CD
EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue

Title: The Madcap Laughs (EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 7243 8 28906 2 1
Bar Code: 7 24382 89062 1
Country Codes: I: / F:PM 555 / UK: CDGO 2053
Release Information: Second U.K. issue. CD made in the U.K. European Union release. Includes the bonus outtakes: Octopus, It's No Good Trying, Love You, Love You, She Took a Long Cold Look at Me, and Golden Hair.
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett in his apartment. Title in the upper right corner. Blue Harvest Records logo in lower left corner. 8-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett. Song listing. Credits.
Label: White Harvest Records label with picture of flowers in a vase. LC 0542. "Made in the U.K."



Syd Barrett
Barrett CD
EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue

Title: Barrett (EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: CDP 7 46606 2
Bar Code: 0 77774 66062 4
Matrix Information:
1) Top: CDP 7 46606 2 AR 1A1 TO
2) Top: CDP 7 46606 2 AR 1A3 TO
Release Date: May 1987
Release Information: First U.K. issue. CD made in Japan.
Total Time: 38:34
Track Peak Levels: 81.4 / 74.9 / 80.7 / 57.9 / 92.9 / 97.8 / 79.5 / 81.1 / 73.3 / 55.0 / 72.0 / 62.1
Description:
Front Cover: Insects. Title at the top. Harvest Records logo in upper left corner.
Back Cover: White with song titles. Credits. Bar code in the upper right corner. Above the bar code it says: CDP 7 46606 2 / UK: CD-SHSP 4007. In the lower left corner is the EMI logo.
Booklet: [1] [2-3] [4-5] [6-7] [8] 8-page booklet.
Label: Silver label with text in black. LC 1305.
To the right of the center hole is a rectangle divided into four areas. In each of these sections of the rectangle, clockwise from the top left, it says:

STEREO
CDP 7 46606 2
[blank]
Jasrac

Below the rectangle, it says: UK: CD-SHSP 4007.

To the left of the center hole is the text:
"All Rights of the manufacturer and of the owner of the recorded work are reserved. Unauthorized public performance, broadcasting and copying of the record prohibited. Mfd. by TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN"

There is nothing written around the edge of the label.



Syd Barrett
Barrett CD
EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue

Title: Barrett (EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 7243 8 28907 2 0
Bar Code: 7 24382 89072 0
Country Codes: I: / F:PM555 / UK:CDGO2054
Release Information: Second U.K. issue. CD made in the U.K. European Union release. Includes the bonus outtakes: Baby Lemonade, Waving My Arms in the Air, I Never Lied to You, Love Song, Dominoes, Dominoes, It is Obvious.
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of insects. Title in the upper right corner. EMI logo in upper left corner.
Back Cover: A picture of Syd's guitar leaning against a car. Song listing. Credits.
Label: White EMI label with a picture of an insect. LC 0542. "Made in the U.K."



Syd Barrett
Opel CD
EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue

Title: Opel (EMI / Harvest Records 1st issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: CDP 79 1206 2
Bar Code: 0 77779 12062 8
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: CDP 791206 2 AR 1:1:5.EMI SWINDON [BC1]
2) Bottom: CDP 791206 2 AR 4:3:4 EMI SWINDON
Release Date: November 1988
Release Information: Original U.K. issue.
Total Time: 45:52
Track Peak Levels: 61.1 / 87.0 / 67.9 / 74.3 / 77.5 / 74.6 / 62.5 / 100 / 59.4 / 64.4 / 77.8 / 88.9 / 63.4 / 72.0
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett. Title in the upper left corner.
Back Cover #1: A picture of Syd Barrett. Song lisitng. Bar code in the upper right corner. Above the bar code is the catalog number. In the lower center is the EMI / Harvest Records logo. "Printed in Holland by EMI Services Benelux B.V. Uden." at the bottom of the back cover.
Back Cover #2: A picture of Syd Barrett. Song lisitng. Bar code in the upper right corner. Above the bar code is the catalog number. In the lower center is the EMI / Harvest Records logo. No country indicated on the back cover.
Booklet: [front] [2-3] [4-5] [6-7] [back] 8 page booklet with pictures, song listing and credits.
Tray: Gray tray with 8 or 12 spokes and "Patents pending 192," and "WK6" on the lip.
Label: Silver label with text in black. UK CZ 144.
To the right of the center hole, it says:

Compact Disc Digital Audio
CDP 79 1206 2
BIEM / MCPS
MADE IN UK

There is nothing written around the edge of the label.



Syd Barrett
Opel CD
EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue

Title: Opel (EMI / Harvest Records 2nd issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 7243 8 28908 2 9
Bar Code: 7 24382 89082 9
Country Codes: I: / F:PM555 / UK:CDGO2055
Matrix Information:
1) Top: 828908 2 . 4 :2:4 EMI SWINDON IFPI L041 [IFPI 1428]
Release Information: Second U.K. issue. CD made in the U.K. This CD was also a European Union release. Includes the bonus outtakes: Gigolo Aunt, It is Obvious, It is Obvious, Clowns and Jugglers, Late Night, and Effervescing Elephant.
Total Time: 65:13
Track Peak Levels: 60.1 / 79.0 / 69.2 / 70.8 / 61.0 / 72.2 / 65.0 / 97.8 / 63.6 / 58.8 / 79.2 / 78.0 / 68.9 / 73.5 / 77.9 / 68.5 / 57.1 / 67.6 / 57.6 / 42.1
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett. Title in the upper left corner.
Back Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett. Song lisitng. Bar code in the upper right corner. Next to the bar code is the Harvest Records logo. Printed in U.K.
Booklet: [front] [2-3] [4-5] [6-7] [back] 8 page booklet with pictures and credits.
Label: White EMI label with a picture of Syd Barrett. LC 0542. "Made in the U.K."



Syd Barrett
The Peel Sessions - Syd Barrett CD
Strange Fruit Records 1st issue

Title: The Peel Sessions - Syd Barrett (Strange Fruit Records - 1st issue)
Record Company: Strange Fruit Records
Catalog Number: SFPSCD043
Bar Code: None.
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: SFPSCD043 123061 01 % MADE IN U.K. BY PDO
2) Bottom: SFPSCD043 02 5 IFPI L135
Release Information: U.K. issue of Syd Barrett preformance on the BBC Top Gear Show on February 24, 1970. Single sheet insert cover.
Songs: Terrapin, Gigolo Aunt, Baby Lemonade, Effervescing Elephant, Two of a Kind.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A listing of bands that appeared on John Peel's Top Gear Show. Back of cover says "Manufactured in Gt. Britain."
Back Cover: None.
Label: Silver label with text in black. "Made in U.K."



Syd Barrett
The Peel Sessions - Syd Barrett CD
Strange Fruit Records 2nd issue

Title: The Peel Sessions - Syd Barrett (Strange Fruit Records - 2nd issue)
Record Company: Strange Fruit Records
Catalog Number: SFPSCD9043
Bar Code: 5 017644 204324
Release Information: Second issue of Syd Barrett preformance on the BBC Top Gear Show on February 24, 1970.
Songs: Terrapin, Gigolo Aunt, Baby Lemonade, Effervescing Elephant, Two of a Kind.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A picture of Syd Barrett.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing. A picture of Syd Barrett. Bar code. "Manufactured in Gt. Britain."
Label: Syd Barrett picture label.



Syd Barrett
The Radio One Sessions CD
Strange Fruit Records

Title: Syd Barrett - The Radio One Sessions
Record Company: Strange Fruit Records
Catalog Number: SFRSCD127
Bar Code: 6 05563 61272 3
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: SFRSCD127 STRANGE FRUIT 59441 IFPI LD12 [IFPI 5Q07]
Release Information: U.K. release of Syd Barrett's preformances on the BBC Top Gear Shows on February 24, 1970 and February 16, 1971.
Songs: Terrapin, Gigolo Aunt, Baby Lemonade, Effervescing Elephant, Two of a Kind, Baby Lemonade, Dominoes, Love Song.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A picture of Syd Barrett. 4-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: Song listing. Bar code. "Made in the U.K."
Label: Red label. "Made in the U.K."


Box Sets


Syd Barrett
Crazy Diamond 3-CD box set
EMI Harvest Records 1st issue

Title: Crazy Diamond (EMI Harvest Records 1st issue)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: SYD BOX 1 / 0777 7 81412 2 8
Bar Code: 0 7777 81412 2 8
Country Codes: D: / F: PM 520 / UK: SYDBOX 1
Release Date: April 26, 1993
Release Information: U.K. issue of a 3 compact disc box set of Syd Barrett's three albums. Outtakes, in the form of bonus tracks, were added to each album for this release. Bonus tracks mixed by Gareth Cousins. Compilation and re-mixing supervision by Phil Smee and Brian Hogg. Package design by Phil Smee. Illustrations by Alan Rogers. Syd Barrett story by Brian Hogg. Project coordination by Tim Chacksfield.
Description:
Box Front Cover: Title. A painting of images from the songs of Syd Barrett.
Box Back Cover: Title. Song listing. Harvest logo in lower left corner. Bar code in lower right corner. "Printed in the U.K."
Booklet: Tall 24-page booklet. Includes stories, pictures, lyrics, credits and studio logs
The Crazy Diamond box set includes the following CDs:


1) The Madcap Laughs
Catalog Number: 0777 7 81413 2 7
Bar Code: 0 7777 81413 2 7
Country Codes: D: / F: PM 616 / UK: CDGO 2053
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: 781413 2 . 1 :1:4.EMI SWINDON
2) Bottom: 781413 2 . 1-1-11 EMI SWINDON
Front Cover: Title. A painting. 4-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett. Song listing. Bar code in upper right corner. "Printed in the UK."
Label: Blue art label. LC 0542. "Made in the UK."
Songs: Terrapin, No Good Trying, Love You, No Man's Land, Dark Globe, Here I Go, Octopus, Golden Hair, Long Gine, She Took a Long Cold Look, Feel, If It's In You, Late Night. Bonus Tracks: Octopus, It's No Good Trying, Love You, Love You, She Took a Long Cold Look at Me, and Golden Hair.


2) Barrett
Catalog Number: 0777 7 81414 2 6
Bar Code: 0 7777 81414 2 6
Country Codes: D: / F: PM 616 / UK: CDGO 2054
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: 781414 2 . 1:1:4.EMI SWINDON
2) Bottom: 781414 2 . 1-1-18 EMI SWINDON
Front Cover: Title. A painting. 4-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of a guitar leaning against a car. Song listing. Bar code in upper right corner. "Printed in the UK."
Label: Brown art label. LC 0542. "Made in the UK."
Songs: Baby Lemonade, Love Song, Dominoes, It Is Obvious, Rats, Maisie, Gigolo Aunt, Waving My Arms in the Air, I Never Lied to You, Wined and Dined, Wolfpack, Effervescing Elephant. Bonus Tracks: Baby Lemonade, Waving My Arms in the Air, I Never Lied to You, Love Song, Dominoes, Dominoes, It is Obvious.


3) Opel
Catalog Number: 0777 7 81415 2 5
Bar Code: 0 7777 81415 2 5
Country Codes: D: / F: PM 616 / UK: CDGO 2055
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: 781415 2 . 1:1:8.EMI SWINDON
2) Bottom: 781415 2 . 1-1-19 EMI SWINDON
Front Cover: Title. A painting. 4-page booklet cover.
Back Cover: A picture of Syd Barrett with a guitar. Song listing. Bar code in upper right corner. "Printed in the UK."
Label: Green art label. LC 0542. "Made in the UK."
Songs: Opel, Clowns and Jugglers, Rats, Golden Hair, Dolly Rocker, Word Song, Wined and Dined, Swan Lee (Silas Lang), Birdie Hop, Let's Split, Lanky (Part One), Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe), Milky Way, Golden Hair. Bonus Tracks: Gigolo Aunt, It is Obvious, It is Obvious, Clowns and Jugglers, Late Night, and Effervescing Elephant.


Compilations


The Best Of Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me promo CDR

Title: The Best Of Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me (promo CDR)
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: None.
Release Date: 2001
Release Information: A promotional U.K. issue on CDR of the upcoming best of Syd Barrett album.
Description:
Cover: White cover with title and song listing. Harvest logo in lower right corner. 4-page foldout cover.
Label: Silver CDR label with title and Harvest logo.


Samplers


A Breath of Fresh Air - A Harvest Records Anthology 1969-1974 3-CD

Title: A Breath of Fresh Air - A Harvest Records Anthology 1969-1974
Record Company: Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 0946 388613 2 4
Bar Code: 0 94638 86132 4
Country Codes: UK: SHTW 801 / F:
Release Date: May 2007
Release Information: A 3-CD sampler from Harvest Records that features the Syd Barrett songs Octopus, and Baby Lemonade. Also includes the Pink Floyd songs Careful With That Axe Eugene, and Embryo, and the Roger Waters & Ron Geesin song, Breathe.
Description:
Front Cover: Title. A man on a beach.
Back Cover: Title. Song listing. Bar code.
Label: Green Harvest Record labels.



Art School Dancing sampler CD

Title: Art School Dancing
Record Company: EMI / Harvest Records
Catalog Number: 538 7762
Bar Code: 7243 5 38776 2 0
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: 2-1-3 NL EMI UDEN 5387762 @ 2 IFPI L046 [ifpi 1505]
Release Date: 2002
Release Information: A U.K. sampler CD that features the Syd Barrett song, Love You, and the Roger Waters & Ron Geesin song, Our Song. Other artists include Kevin Ayers, Barclay James Harvest, Edgar Broughton Band, Third Ear Band, Deep Purple, Battered Ornaments, The Move, Babe Ruth, Forest, Shirley & Dolly Collins, Electric Light Orchestra, Spontaneous Combustion, Wizzard, and Piblokto.
Description:
Front Cover: Four pictures. Title.
Back Cover: [back] [inside] Title. Song listing. Bar code.
Booklet: 12 page booklet.
Label: Harvest picture label.



Before the Fall sampler CD

Title: Before the Fall - The Peel Sessions 1967-1977
Record Company: Strange Fruit Records
Catalog Number: SFRCD 203
Bar Code: 501764422032
Release Date: 1991
Release Information: A U.K. sampler CD that features the Syd Barrett song, Baby Lemonade, as recorded on the BBC sessions. Also includes songs by Jimi Hendrix, Queen, Elton John, Lindsfarne, The Pretty Things, Arthur Brown, Chicken Shack, Kevin Coyne, Medicine Head, T. Rex, Soft Machine, Family, Thin Lizzy, Tim Buckley, June Tabor, The Bonzo Dog Band, and Nico.
Description:
Cover: Title cover.
Label: Strange Fruit label.



Hippy Chic - RCD Classic Collection 11 sampler CD

Title: Hippy Chic - RCD Classic Collection 11
Record Company: None.
Catalog Number: RCD11
Release Date: 1993
Release Information: A Rock Concert Disc magazine on CD that includes the Syd Barrett song, Dominoes.
Description:
Cover: Title. Art.
Label: RCD label.



Hippydip sampler CD

Title: Hippydip
Record Company: EMI Records
Catalog Number: 7243 8 59339 2 9
Release Date: 1997
Release Information: A U.K. sampler CD that features the Syd Barrett song, Octopus. Also includes songs by The Electric Light Orchestra, Captain Beefheart, The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Donovan, Barclay James Harvest, Jethro Tull, the Bonzo Dog Band, Hawkwind, High Tide, Hourglass, Al Stewart, Deep Purple, and Canned Heat.
Description:
Cover: Title. A flower.
Label: EMI label.


Title: In Session Tonight (book)
Record Company: Strange Fruit Records
Catalog Number: BOOKCD1
Release Date: 1993
Release Information: A U.K. sampler CD that accompanied the book, In Session Tonight by Ken Garner. The CD that came with the book featured the Syd Barrett song, Gigolo Aunt.
Description:
Cover: None.
Label: Silver Strange Fruit label.



The Age of Enlightenment sampler CD

Title: The Age of Enlightenment - Prog Rock - Volume One
Record Company: Chrysalis Records
Catalog Number: CDCHR 6097 / 7243 8 32263 2 0
Release Date: 1995
Release Information: A U.K. sampler CD that features the Syd Barrett song, Baby Lemonade. Also includes music by Hawkwind, Blodwyn Pig, The Nice, Heavy Jelly, Deep Purple, Quintessence, Van Der Graaf Generator, Jethro Tull, The Groundhogs, Gong, Ten Years After, and Man.
Description:
Cover: Title. Psychedelic art.
Label: Chrysalis label.


Magazine Samplers

Magazine Title: VOX
Issue Number:
Release Date: November 1997
Release Information: A sampler CD, titled Chemistry-A Hundred Years of EMI, that was issued with the magazine VOX. Includes a the Syd Barrett song, Octopus.


Magazine Title: Uncut
Issue Number: UG-7 13
Release Date: July 1999
Release Information: A sampler CD, titled Unconditionally Guaranteed-Volume 6, that was issued with the magazine Uncut. Includes a the Syd Barrett song, Golden Hair.


Magazine Title: Uncut
Issue Number: 73
Release Date: June 2003
Release Information: A sampler CD, titled Acid Daze, that was issued with the magazine Uncut. Includes a the Syd Barrett song, Octopus.


Sessions


Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band
Six Hour Technicolour Dream, Cambridge 1972 CD

Title: Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band - Six Hour Technicolour Dream, Cambridge 1972
Record Company: Easy Action Records
Catalog Number: EARS052
Bar Code: 5 060174 955204
Matrix Information:
1) Bottom: EARS052
Release Information: U.K. issue of a live recording of the Last Minute Put Together Boogie Band at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on January 27, 1972. The band features Syd Barrett on the songs Drinkin' That Wine, Number Nine, and Gotta Be a Reason.
Description:
Front Cover: A picture of a concert poster. Title.
Back Cover: Song listing. Credits.
Inside Cover: Artwork.
Spine: Title.
Booklet: 12 page booklet with info on the concert, tape, and an interview with Twink.
Label: Art label with a picture from the concert poster.