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Originally Posted by Jack Pat
Great album. The story behind recording it was kind of strange/sad, though.
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Right around the first time I listened to The Madcap Laughs I had a friend who was succumbing to acid influenced mental illness. The scary thing about it was how similar he sounded to Syd Barrett.
Despite being sad, as you said, it is also a very interesting musical experiment. Syd never played a song the same way twice, so they would use his best take and dub over it, working around bad notes and off times. I think the result is actually really good...the whole album is very interesting.