BARRETT: THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL COMPANION
Russell Beecher & Will Shutes ROCKET 88
THE LYRICS OF SYD BARRETT OMNIBUS PRESS
A celebration of Syd’s words and art.
Half a century after he ceased to be a recording artist Syd Barrett continues to loom in our consciousness like a cautionary tale. The young, impishly goodlooking songwriter, who became lost and entangled in the dark woods of pop mythology, briefly reemerges as a bald, bloated wreck of his former self, ambling around Abbey Road unrecognised by Pink Floyd then working on Wish You Were only to then disappear for good. It’s the stuff of legends.