Syd Barrett - Pink Floyd - HYGIY v1.0 Vol 5-10

Disc 5

"Sound Opinions," WXRT-FM, Chicago
January 3, 2001 Length: 78:52 (condensed from a 2-hour program)

Radio show / discussion devoted to Syd Barrett: A retrospective of his career, tracing his influence on Pink Floyd through all eras of the band's history. To our knowledge, the first-ever radio program -- on commercial American airwaves, anyway -- devoted solely to Syd (and Pink Floyd in relation to Syd).

Hosted by Jim DeRogatis (author of "Kaleidoscope Eyes," the definitive history of psychedelic rock from 1960s through 1990s, and "Let It Blurt," pioneering biography of Lester Bangs), and Greg Kot. Includes previously-unheard interviews with Gilmour and Mason.


Disc 6

1) Pink Floyd interview w/Interstellar Overdrive (CBC) 1/67 10:35
2) Barrett/Waters interviewed by Hans Keller (BBC-TV) 5/14/67 03:42
3) Syd, unknown studio chatter 1969 00:06
4) Waters interview, Stockholm (Tonarkvall P3) 9/10/67 02:56
5) John Peel, Waters, Jenner interviews (1970s FM) 04:02
6) Jenner interview, one channel of Piper underneath (1970s FM) 06:08
7) Jenner, Mason, Gilmour interviews (1970s FM) 06:29
8) Pink Floyd interview Blackpool, UK 03/21/69 04:58
9) Pink Floyd interview NYC 09/28/70 05:57
10) Waters interviews Roger The Hat (for "Dark Side" background voices)1972 07:36
11) Paul Breen interview (BBC) 10/27/88 05:18
12) Octopus rough mix (Malcolm Jones fragment) 6/13/69 00:25
13) ytpmE sescapS (hidden msg on "The Wall") 1979 00:20
14) eltiT oN (excerpt) 9/4/67 01:16
15) eeL nawS (excerpt) 6/8/68 00:31
16) seonimoD (solo as Syd played it) 7/14/70 03:35
17) sampling loop #1 ("One In A Million") 00:06
18) sampling loop #2 ("Pow R Toc H") 00:36
19) sampling loop #3 ("King Bee") 00:04
20) Scream Thy Last Scream excerpt (chipmunk voices at 16rpm) 01:21
21) My Little Red Book (Love, 1966) the riff that inspired Int Overdrive 00:15
22) Steptoe & Son theme (edit - another Interstellar influence) 01:09
23) In the Beechwoods (raw unprocessed) 04:49
24) Vegetable Man 1967 mix (raw unprocessed) 02:57
25) Vegetable Man 1967 rehearsal (raw, unprocessed) 03:26


Disc 7

1) Nick Mason interview (1995) for the book, "Kaleidoscope Eyes" 47:51
2) David Gilmour interview (1991) promoting the "Shine On" box set 27:32
3) Nick Mason interview (1986) excerpt 01:31


Disk 8 - "Esoterica" length -- 79:24

01 Corporal Clegg (Belgian vid mix, 31Jan68) 2:53
02 Paintbox (Belgian vid mix) 3:29
03 Set the Controls (Belgian vid mix) 4:53
04 It Would Be So Nice (promo single edit, 21Mar68) 3:15
05 Julia Dream (echo mix, 13Feb68) 2:32
06 Let There Be More Light (promo single edit, mono) 3:01
07 Remember A Day (promo single edit, mono) 2:42
08 Vegetable Man (mono mix, 11Oct67?) 2:32
09 It Would Be So Nice (stereo enhanced) 3:41
10 Relics LP, radio ad #1 1:03
11 Relics LP, radio ad #2 1:03
12 No Man's Land (spoken, semi-audible) 17Apr69 1:06
13 Octopus (Malcom Jones fragment, 13Jun69) 0:25
14 Octopus (Left channel mix, unplugged version) 3:45
15 Love You (Right channel mix, with synth) 2:28
16 Rats (Right channel mix, more guitar) 2:57
17 Gigolo Aunt (Left channel mix, more guitar) 5:47
18 Wined And Dined (Left channel mix, unplugged) 2:59
19 Wolfpack (Right channel mix, more guitar) 3:45
20 Let's Split (edit, minus the "mistakes", 14Jul70) 1:37
21 soesimoD (the solo as Syd played it, 14Jul70) 3:35
22 eltiT oN (04Sep67) 1:17
23 eeL nawS (Malcolm Jones fragment, 08Jun68) 0:32
24 secapS ytpmE (The Wall secret message, 1979) 0:21
25 My Little Red Book riff (Love, 1966 -- inspired IO) 0:15
26 Steptoe & Son/Old Ned (TV theme, also inspired IO) 2:29
27 Interstellar Overdrive ("Love In London" edit/mix, 12Jan67) 9:43
28 Scream Thy Last @ 16rpm (chipmunks become Syd) 1:21
29 AMMusic - Later During A Flaming Riviera Sunset (edit, AMM Jun66) 3:56


Disk 9 -- "Distorted View"

01 Astronomy Domine 4:12
02 Lucifer Sam 3:07
03 Matilda Mother 3:08
04 Flaming 2:46
05 Pow R Toc H 4:26
06 Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk 3:07
07 Interstellar Overdrive 9:42
08 The Gnome 2:13
09 Chapter 24 3:42
10 Scarecrow 2:11
11 Bike 3:22
12 Scream Thy Last Scream (1974 mix) 4:41
13 Vegetable Man (1974 mix) 2:31
14 Paint Box 3:29
15 No Title (04Sept67) 1:36
16 Apples and Oranges 3:06
17 Remember A Day 4:33
18 Set The Controls 5:28
19 Corporal Clegg 4:13
20 Scarecrow (Left channel, not OOPS) 2:08
21 Astronomy Domine (Left channel, not OOPS) 4:05

Syd / Pink Floyd OOPS (Out Of Phase Stereo) Mixes- These are fan-created remixes. These are NOT session outtakes. OOPS is a process by which a home user can remix a stereo track, thus revealing musical details that were less evident in the commercial mix. Depending on how the original track was put together, the differences may be subtle or dramatic, varying from song to song and in different parts of the song.

This CD consists of nearly every available stereo Pink Floyd track Syd is either on or ever been rumored to be on. We left off "See Saw" and "Jugband Blues" because they wouldn't hold up to repeated listening. ("Jugband" whispers for most of the track, except for some of the Salvation Army band when the volume spikes. "See Saw" fades in and out with vocal and mellotron.)
length -- 77:48


Disk 10 -- "OOPS I Did It Again."

01 Late Night, take 2 (slide guitar) 3:14
02 Swan Lee (backing track) 2:44
03 Golden Hair, take 5 2:18
04 Clowns And Jugglers 3:28
05 No Good Trying 3:26
06 Love You 2:30
07 No Man's Land 3:03
08 Dark Globe (choral version) 2:58
09 Here I Go 3:12
10 Octopus 3:48
11 Golden Hair 2:00
12 Late Night 3:11
13 Swan Lee 3:14
14 Rats (Left Channel, not OOPS) 2:57
15 Gigolo Aunt, take 9 3:48
16 Baby Lemonade 4:12
17 Dominoes 4:10
18 It Is Obvious 3:00
19 Rats 3:02
20 Maisie, alt mix 3:00
21 Gigolo Aunt 5:48
22 Wind And Dined 2:59
23 Wolfpack 3:41
24 Effervescing Elephant 1:55
25 Golden Hair (instrumental) 1:56

This is the best of the Barrett solo material, as rendered into out-of-phase More tracks could be included, but the OOPS process didn't yield a particularly interesting mix, and considerations of space won out.

It goes without saying that acoustic songs could not be used. With nothing to work with beyond a guitar and a vocal, OOPS is beside the point. By necessity, this disc features Syd with a band, or at least some overdubs.

(CDs 9-10 feature a few single-channel mixes left over from CD8, noted as such. These are not OOPS mixes, but feature one channel of the original panned to stereo. A few of these tracks are good enough to stand alone as such, and so we present them this way.)

Every OOPS and mono track in HYGIY 8-10 has been rendered as a dual-signal expansion: one channel is a mirror image of the other. For the listener, this means a richer soundfield and a more natural ambience than could be expected from pure mono, yet without any obvious attempt at a stereo result from a mono source.
length -- 79:36