SYD BARRETT WAS HER FIRST BOYFRIEND. LIBBY GAUSDEN CHISMAN interview "He was an incredible boy"

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[@richalderson6069]

She's lovely and intelligent, I can see what Syd saw in her.

[@michaelrickard9890]

Many thanks. A very touching sensitive account of Syd Barret's early life. Lovely lady.

[@TheMrBennito]

Listening to her recollections I could instantly feel how these two souls easily connected. If only the whole world would be like that ..

[@aladinfox4098]

A great intervew ,no dramas or scandals just heart felt recollections and memories, thanks.

[@arnoldlayne6743]

Thanks for putting this whole interview up John. The work you have done is so huge in remembering Syd. Thank you

[@t3br00k35]

Thank you. What a beautiful lady Libby is. Fantastic and poignant interview.

[@craigl5729]

Almost makes me cry, lovely lady and treasured memories....

[@ronschwolsky1626]

Nice of Libby to share. I always get sad when I hear stories or think of what happened to Syd. Tragic.

[@barnabyhughes5643]

How touching this interview is and so sad what happened to Syd (Roger) Barrett

[@AB.BABY.]

Excellent interview. Thank you, John.

[@ianhill3446]

Thanks John for uploading Libby’s interview, you did a great job getting her to reflect on her time with Roger all those years ago. The amazing thing she has bought to our understanding of him is the sense of his large personality that people often hint at but rarely encapsulate so clearly. That image of Mary Quant gravitating to his side says it all. A truly rare and special person loved by his family and all who knew him.

[@silaslangsyd]

Wonderful, thank you both.

[@Neal_Schier]

As always, thank you so much John for these pure gems of interviews.

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Thanks so much Neal.

[@silverboots2934]

A really beautiful interview , you asked really nice questions. One just feels sad after watching, frustrating also , he was so talented .

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

Your relaxed style of interviewing and allowing your guests to speak without interruption is faultless. These interviews are gems and will stand the test of time. Thanks😊

[@appledoreman]

Much appreciated interview, very sensitively conducted, with a lovely lady. Syd's musical output may have been small, but his legacy is strong & will endure forever.

[@MichaelPryzdia]

Precious. Thank you so much. :)

[@OlafProt]

Its so interesting hear an interview with someone that knew Syd, that isnt placing the weight of intellect or hindsight on to him. Just a girl with her boy. His home sounds like a million homes back then, door open, always something on the stove. Just very regular and loving and nurturing.

[@davidandhelen4657]

She was still a very attractive lady.

[@markbrooks7157]

That was great to see. She’s very self possessed, a beautiful woman. I wish I could’ve known Syd in his teens.

[@hughoshea1986]

Beautiful interview John.

[@treasuremuch9185]

I have great respect for him and his unique contribution to music.

[@christopher9152]

I've never seen an interview with her until now. Thank you, John!

[@ChrisRileyMusicUK]

What a lovely lady. Great interview, John, as always. I've seen clips from this before on one of those DVDs about Syd, so it's very good to see the whole thing, thank you.

[@tikaedits]

Thank you so so much for sharing!

[@suntravellers]

Thank you so much for this, very sweet and lovely to remember him.

[@alainlefebvre4765]

Enjoying these interviews in the way that a student would enjoy learning about any significant artist who succeeded in foisting his originality upon the world! It’s mind expanding, makes my inner world less sad, more exciting.

[@flaviadidomenico9326]

love this ♥ thanks a lot john!

[@keithward3970]

This was fantastic!

[@booshting3520]

Great stuff. Thankyou

[@brettmillering1394]

Libby is a very sweet lady! I got to know a bit about her through our connection on social media and she shared some of those letters with me. Syd was very misunderstood. He deserves our respect and love as does Libby!!! This is a great interview John!!

[@libbychisman5298]

thank you Brett, so nice of you xxxxxxxxx

[@scottmooneyham5521]

Thanks so much, once again, for posting these interviews. This is tremendous, and doing this is helping create a valuable historical record.

[@jumpstar9000]

That was fascinating. Thanks a lot for sharing, and to Libby ❤️💫

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Thank you very much!

[@ChuckSchickx]

Thank you for sharing your memories. I do appreciate your unique perspective.

[@WatanabeDarko]

Incredible interview.

[@kevincampbell2032]

What a wonderful interview ❤

[@sydpink]

Thank you so much, John for posting these entire interviews. Such a treat. Sadly, this did not occur in the new documentary (although the film is quite good).

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@sydpink Glad you enjoyed it! What exactly does the new doc not have ?

[@sydpink]

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES It lacks the full interviews with the members of the Floyd, Libby, Gayla, Andrew, etc. It could have been a great resource, a film within the film. Your full interview with Andrew was amazing, very moving.

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

@@sydpink It's true that I did put the Floyd members' interviews on the first DVD back in 2002- although not totally uncut because of the DVD size limitations. But it has taken me 20 years to realise the value of revisiting all the 2001 interview tapes and slowly uploading them all to KZbin. Maybe the director of the new film will do the same eventually. It depends on who owns the copyright as well. That can be a stumbling block.

[@sydpink]

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES Well, I'm grateful YOU did it, John. The interviews are all wonderful and Andrew's, in particular, really hit me how much these folks loved Syd.

[@jamescorbett5729]

Very nice lady and delightful interview. Thank you for this.

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Thank you for posting the complete interview Mr Edginton.Lets hope you have an excellent weekend!

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Same to you

[@MrBenmanning]

What a fantastic interview to see Syd as a mod was incredible and to hear the joke about seeing him years later and saying he look like Arnold lane was fascinating. I'd love to know what year that was when she saw him years later .

[@libbychisman5298]

it was 1981 but I stayed in touch with him for many years x

[@MrBenmanning]

@@libbychisman5298 how extraordinary to hear what a wonderful lady you are and what fun it is to have these insights. I wrote a satire pro Syd somewhat anti the rest of the PF Syd narrative piece once it was fun! I do hope our paths somehow cross x

[@Ukedc259]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@charlestempest3474]

This is MORE revealing than ANY of the other documentaries...

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Thanks !

[@ShankarL-cg7kq]

Come on stranger, you legend, you martyr and shine!🙌🙌🙌

[@wallerian]

It is very lovely, and when you get to the end, it breaks your heart. Another healthy and wonderful boy with his life ruined by drugs.

[@pinanti]

It wasn't only the drugs,..............................

[@julietrask7497]

@@pinantiYes, the drugs brought forth a latent mental disorder.

[@pinanti]

@@julietrask7497 Indeed , but even without those drugs he would became ill , for sure they weren't good for his mental status.

[@avanti6058]

It is incredible how from bits and pieces here and there, even with details that might seem insignificant but no less interesting, we can get an idea of what Syd was like. It's like watching a movie that never ends and doesn't even have the intention of ending, or at least that's what one would like, that it never ends and there are still more of these little pieces.

[@davidshields948]

Incredibly good insight

[@mr.blackwell5423]

WOW! What a WOMAN!😉Libby is very elegant & totally mesmerizing. Such a magnificent British Lady! And THE WAY she speaks, nothing short of TOP NOTCH quality. I absolutely❤her sexy Cambridge accent.

[@scottkelly9052]

Hello John, I know your not aware of this but Roger Barrett, (I refuse to call him Syd as I feel he ran from that name all his life") is my all time favorite writer. I absolutely adored this interview with Libby, and the fact "Arnold Layne" was a real person!!! Now, it fact check time, did Libby have a child with Storm Thorgensen? Side story, Libby's daughter, one day, borrowed her mother's old fall coat and went out with a friend. Roger came peddling down the road on his bike, he noticed the coat, stopped, got off the bike, and bowed before Libby's daughter. He got up, and rode off, Libby's friend said "Did you know that was Roger Barrett? And Libby's daughter said, "Oh my God, I know who he is, he was my mom's old boyfriend".....Hope that story is true as I really can't remember where I heard it ...thanks John for this trip down (Syd) Roger Layne (Lane)......🤣😎

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That’s a wonderful story Scott !

[@windhorse-poet]

Libby has a daughter with her husband, Neil. Storm Thorgerson had a child with another Libby, Libby January. I saw the same typo in a book.

[@scottkelly9052]

@@windhorse-poet Your the best!!!!! You hear these stories and as time goes on you can't remember where or when you heard these things. Thank you for solving a puzzle that's had me for some time.....😎 Peace Brother

[@scottkelly9052]

Here's another story maybe you can debunk, after Libby had her first child, Syd showed up at her job insisting that the child was his!!!!! True or not?????😎

[@windhorse-poet]

@@scottkelly9052 I am familiar with the story. My understanding is that Libby and Roger Syd were always friends. Libby went to visit him with her young son one day. Roger Syd did indicate that the child was theirs. Libby realized that it was clearly a troubled time for Roger Syd. She always did whatever she could to do right by him. We are all blessed that Libby takes the time to share truths with us. She recognizes that many love him as an artist and musician and that we are grateful for all the gifts he gave us. All who love Roger Syd wish he could have been happier throughout his life. ♥️

[@jamesmaxdavissands]

BRAVO! Well done . . . the pacing & mood is so consistent throughout that it suspends a fragility of emotion weightlessly. I very, very much enjoyed this. I have a film of Sid that I cherish, very brief but priceless to me. A wonderful man\boy in a brilliant shining spirit. My best friend & myself used to argue over what his greatest song was. My friend LOVED "Bike" & I cherished "See Emily Play". Really appreciate all the effort so carefully conveyed like an orchid blooming. Just beautiful, Thank You -

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Very regal, very attractive woman.

[@dermotoblong]

This is brilliant. Really insightful 👌

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Thanks !

[@FAGV]

Thanks for sharing. Very nice interview that gives us interesting highlights about Syd. Mental disorders are really a terrible thing that can affect a person's life tragically. I had a friend that went through something similar.

[@VanishedPNW]

Very tragic stuff. Guys (and girls) like Syd never make it very long. They're always thebones gone before their time. Only in his case, his body carried on.

[@osivot]

"You look like Arnold Layne" 🤣🤣🤣 Im dead

[@HaBenOni]

Incredible interview for posterity! Thanks for uploading this. I suppose you wouldn't have the love letters he wrote to her? Would be an interesting read.

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Thanks for your appreciation. I'm sure Libby will still have the letters.

[@scottmooneyham5521]

Thanks!

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Thank you so much! 👏

[@shawnhensley4884]

She's a beautiful woman now. I also love her Chanel necklace, rich, intelligent, and articulate. I wonder if she's married.

[@ame3963]

Lovely 🥰

[@adamfindlay7091]

Nicely conversational. Some interviews involving ex's, usually get bogged down with off over uninteresting details. Not thus. Focused, very refreshing. Can see Syd's attraction to the young pixie.

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@adamfindlay7091]

​​@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIESEarly Pink is psychedelia personified There is No comparison whatsoever..

[@raymondkb2nzo788]

Very very good

[@pallhe]

Somehow this one really brings home to me the sadness of Syd's story. But I hope he found enjoyment anyway.

[@ChrisRileyMusicUK]

Thanks

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Thanks so much!

[@pmoran7971]

So it was always the case of 'us and them' with Pink Floyd, I would like to have known if she met any of the other members and also if she liked their later music? guess I will never know, she certainly looks good, nice interview

[@JqnVld]

Me hubiese gustado saber mas de ese encuentro que tuvieron en el supermercado

[@semmcstevenson]

I think SOMEONE put an irreversible “ dose” in his drink or something. It don’t add up. To go from THAT to THAT, that quickly. Someone or someTHING ruined him. His bright light went out. Fried. Very sad. 😔

[@kirstinline]

lol. that 'someone' was him.

[@AmoFree]

that. + he was electrocuted by his microphone before one of their concerts. he could’ve died then and there but nobody even got him to the hospital. just left him staring at a wall… im suprised that everyone seems to ignore this.

[@StevieZero]

❤

[@SluffAdlin]

She’s still very beautiful

[@janpierzchala2004]

Cool

[@jipangoo]

I've been a bit harsh. Apologies

[@lemonlime8949]

Is this a recent interview? Is she still alive?

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2001. Yes she is very much alive.

[@ARyan-nf5my]

That Gala Pinion was the one Syd really wanted; she was a quality redhead best of the bunch but he scared her off one last time with some really shitty advances and that was that.

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Frankly this is a very misleading and insensitive statement. Libby was his first girlfriend. They met when they 15 years old. It was much later on - after Syd left Pink Floyd - that he met Gala. Syd and Gala were engaged to be married in 1970. As his mental health deteriorated, his behaviour became increasingly erratic. That caused him to act towards Gala in a disturbing fashion. It resulted in their engagement being terminated.

[@ARyan-nf5my]

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES yes that is true but Gala Pinion. Fulham Road. As late as 1977; do check it out insensitive doesn’t even begin to describe.

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Of course I know about the 1977 incident you refer to. My point about your comment being “insensitive “ is referring to Gala as “the best of the bunch “ and that she “was the one Syd really wanted” in relation to my interview with Libby Gausden. You’re trying to diminish the importance of his relationship with Libby. It’s a false equivalence.

[@ARyan-nf5my]

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIESsorry John it was an excellent interview, I’ll leave it there.

[@RichardSFord]

A couple of things: Firstly, wasn't Syd supposed to be an uncommunicative, disjointed wreck who barely knew where he was by the end of the American tour? Didn't they had to cut it short because he was in such a bad way? Although she acknowledges he was unwell and something was definitely wrong, her descripition hardly fits that of somebody suffering from a crippling mental illness. Maybe he'd just had enough of fame and the obligation of performing to people who were often hostile made him rebel against it. Secondly, given that the other members of the band had apparently earned so much money they could afford to buy "big houses in London" and he would have earned even more from songwriting royalties, what did he blow all of his money on aside from the car? There is never any mention that he owned any property and when he went to live with Duggie Fields a year later, the only posessions he had were a guitar, a stereo and his paintings.

[@waynesilverman3048]

I've seen personality s get robbed threw other drugs ,the music business blew syds brains out as Peter Jenner said in syds recent film bio,I've only seen the preview

[@wethepeople3340]

Amazing lady. She reminds me of an ex girlfriend.

[@charlestempest3474]

I guess, the 'real deal'...

[@laurenceat9136]

Merci !

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Merci beaucoup Laurence !

[@bonzoboots]

Quite a strange, distant, cold interviewee. Maybe she's fed up with talking about it all.

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

This was the first time she had ever talked about it on camera. It was filmed in 2001. She was understandably nervous but she certainly did come across as distant to us.

[@michaelholtermann9129]

Syd Barrett took drugs before his time with Pink Floyd. He was filmed doing it 🎞️🎥 On top of that, he lived in a bad shared apartment. He took LSD several times a week. No brain can handle that!!! The healthy Syd Barrett wrote 52 songs. Syd's second solo album was better than Pink Floyd's albums 2, 3 and 4. The sick Syd Barrett failed as a painter and musician!!! He didn't do anything anymore. Couldn't or didn't want to. Nobody knows exactly how Syd lived from 1975 to 2006 ??? The last documentary showed nothing new!!! No new information. How long did he battle his drug addiction ??? What illness did Syd have ??? Was Syd in a psychiatric hospital ??? He painted pictures and then burned them in his garden. Why did he live so isolated ??? He obviously had the illness of catatonia. I don't know if he ever found redemption or peace for his soul ??? A sad story.

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If you're interested in answers to your questions ... Read " A very Irregular Head " by Rob Chapman.

[@michaelholtermann9129]

@@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES Thank you. I've already asked about that. I'm from Germany. Unfortunately, the book is no longer available in German. I'm writing with a translator. Have a nice weekend.

[@BDD627]

B.DELP...NEPHEW OF BRAD DELP LEAD SINGER OF "BOSTON"... WAS MY FIRST AND ONLY 18 YRS... BUT UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE... I CHOOSE PRIVACY OVER ANYTHING ELSE...

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Why are you posting this now ? You’re implying that your choice of privacy is morally preferable to speaking openly about it - like Libby talking about Syd.

[@NicoTiko]

[@seamonkey000001]

Literally just a month ago we went punting 🚣‍♀️ on the Mill part of the cam. Lovely scenery

[@scottkelly9052]

Thanks!

[@JOHNEDGINTONDOCUMENTARIES]

Thanks so much Scott! Very much appreciated!

[@tonyrobles2696]

Thanks❤