Syd Barrett Third Man Records Vinyl Boxset X 3 LP 7 Pink Floyd.
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Well, that s the last we ll ever hear of Pink Floyd.
With his presence looming so large over the band, it s not hard to believe the apocryphal quote that Pink Floyd was genuinely considered without a future upon the 1968 exit of cofounder and primary songwriter Syd Barrett.
Barrett led the legendary band and helped steer the surrounding scene out of the limiting constraints of its blues-based R B roots and full speed into the expanse of the lysergic late 1960 s. Yet his subsequent solo work, in the shadow of Floyd s impending world-spanning omnipresence, exists as a quixotic, mythical output that s equally confounding and delightful, earning a cult following of adventurous ears over the ensuing fifty years.
All three LPs - The Madcap Laughs, Barrett, and Opel - are pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Third Man Pressing in Detroit and will come housed in a newly-designed slipcase featuring a recursive portrait of Syd by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Greg Ruth. An added bonus to this collection is a 7-inch single by David Gilmour covering two Barrett compositions.
