Barrett only released two solo albums during his career. Those who want a fuller history of his time with the group will want to get Piper and also the box set Cambridge St/ation 1965-1967.
The compilation Relics contains many of the most important tracks from Barrett's time with Pink Floyd, while Piper at the Gates of Dawn is his one full album with them. In this and future episodes on Pink Floyd I'm also relying on Nick Mason's Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd and Pink Floyd: All the Songsby Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin. Information about Joe Boyd comes from Boyd's book White Bicycles. Crazy Diamond by Mike Watkinson and Pete Anderson is much less reliable, but does have quite a few interview quotes that aren't duplicated by Chapman. Some of the information has been superseded by newer discoveries, but Chapman is almost unique in people writing about Barrett in that he actually seems to care about the facts and try to get things right rather than make up something more interesting. I referred to two biographies of Barrett in this episode - A Very Irregular Head by Rob Chapman is the one I would recommend, and the one whose narrative I have largely followed. Check out Tilt’s irregular podcasts at and Resources No Mixcloud this time, due to the number of Pink Floyd songs. Tilt Araiza has assisted invaluably by doing a first-pass edit, and will hopefully be doing so from now on. Patreon backers also have a twenty-five-minute bonus episode available, on "First Girl I Loved" by the Incredible String Band. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode. Episode one hundred and fifty-seven of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “See Emily Play", the birth of the UK underground, and the career of Roger Barrett, known as Syd.
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