colleagues about bringing Syd back into the studio. It was this which had already seen him approaching his E.M.I. He tended to sign up the more alternative bands and artists, who were big on the London underground scene at the time. Malcolm Jones (pictured, second left, in 1971) had his own record label, Harvest Records, which had been bought out by E.M.I. Recorded in Studio Three of London's famous Abbey Road Studios, the first session began with just Syd Barrett and producer Malcolm Jones, on April 10th 1969. That Wizzley article also gives you the background to Syd's mental health and the internal politics behind the making of this album.įor the Pink Floyd context, they were putting the finishing touches to Ummagumma at the time and would be about to move onto Atom Heart Mother. But David altered the phrase into the present tense.įor more on the influence of Pink Floyd over The Madcap Laughs, please check out the link below. It's tantalizing to speculate that, for a few minutes maybe, it might have been called The Madcap Laughed. Syd hadn't named his album, so David Gilmour did it for him.
The madcap laughed at the man on the border Octopus was the first solo song recorded while David Gilmour and Roger Waters were in the studio. Syd was the founding member of that band, but had been ousted when his wandering mind and erratic behavior threatened their success. The album was almost completed, when two members of Pink Floyd took over the production. He described the photo session as 'magical'. He was not only a celebrated artist in his own right, but importantly he was also a childhood friend of Syd. It was The Madcap Laughs cover which had Bowie seeking Mick Rock out for some photographs of his own. Watching early Pink Floyd in concert is what convinced the teenage Bowie to become a singer. Mick Rock is better known today for his famous images of David Bowie. There was some suggestion that he might get dressed. When photographer Mick Rock turned up, he found Syd wearing just his under-pants carefully having kohl applied to his eyes by Iggy. Iggy wasn't the only person practically naked at the beginning of this session. She must have given her consent at the time, but it still took decades for her to discover that she was in The Madcap Laughs. This was the aftermath of the Summer of Love and Iggy just did it in a hippy daze. Nobody asked her to take her clothes off. Her family were of Anglo-Pakistani descent, with her mother harking from close to the Himalayas). This was Iggy the Eskimo (real name Evelyn and not an Eskimo at all. A naked woman dances and stretches artistically in the background. Inside the sleeve notes are more photographs. He just neglected to factor in a footpath back across wet boards. He'd been up all night, transforming his room in preparation for the photo shoot. Not captured was the spot in the corner showing bare floorboards. Syd Barrett's apartment smelled toxic with the fumes of it. The internet leeches colors, but the original photograph shows the floorboards to be alternately bright orange and blue. You are staring at an album cover, so let us start there.
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