Syd Barrett - Rhamadan

[@TheMarlon59]

Syd was miles ahead of his time. He was one of the most influential musicians of the 60‘s. In this composition you can hear which is the path which he would have taken. He will never be forgotten.

[@joycenkenes]

no syd no floyd .. simple as that

[@gavincampbell6595]

More like light years ahead.

[@Godloveszaza]

​@@joycenkenes me personally I was always more into syd so I'd much prefer: no momma barrett no syd barrett

[@nathanbellamy3308]

No he wasnt. He woke up and moved on. Miles behind the rest

[@ciberneticatrading]

I agree that he is great. a legit genius. but he's gonna be forgotten. very very likely. 99%

[@alex79teramo49]

Syd was a big guitarist and composer, a genius. Really good for bass, voice keyboards and percussion too. We' ve lost a genius. R. I. P., Syd. You' ll be forever in our hearts. Alex from Italy.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🪦🪦

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

All we know is what he did as a kid. He lived more years alone than we knew him

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

From what I heard he was insane but the fool usually knows everything in Shakespeare

[@bernd1963rei]

the best music is often not for the public. thats an perfect example, what a treasure, thanks or sharing.

[@peppermintpatty5089]

4♡U R.I.P. 1997 was the year that we had found this one. Rhamadan is rare and unique, like a memory.

[@Kylegatzke1997]

That's the year I was born haha. And day and month same as the wall release date

[@stevedickson4744]

Syd lives on in our trips. I'll see him soon and pass on these compliments !

[@R4therD4shing]

Amazing use of free spirit here. Weird man, amazing artist.

[@fredyfrutos4344]

this song is rare..

[@dee66daniel72]

And the Record is rare .. c`aunt ..on discogs ...is A Bootleg ;) Enjoy !

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Not anymore

[@jasonbastian9901]

Im class of 95.. B4 Internet,lol . Took me until 1999 to ever actually see any videos of him ( tyvm KZbin the very 1st video I ever looked up was ASTRONOMY DOMINE).. I had only gotten to hear his solo work when MADCAP LAUGHS set came out in (?) 96? I was late to the show ..

[@maximofernandez196]

He was 100 trips ahead of us

[@ricardooliva4034]

Very easy with LSD

[@sandygrungerson1177]

and he didnt want to be

[@Qwacked8999]

Deadass yo! Nothing was ever wrong with Syd. Lived till he died in his own residence. People got to change bro.

[@Natharsus]

@@Qwacked8999He was definitely on the edge of schizophrenia according to people who were very close to him such as Roger Waters. He even talks about it on the Joe Rogan Experience. Syd was a genius and incredibly creative, but mental disorders are no laughing matter and unfortunately he seemed to have fallen victim to something of that nature, causing his break from Pink Floyd and eventual reclusion from the world as he lived out his final years. Such a beautiful yet sad story.

[@straightreject2947]

​@Natharsus Roger decided not to pick Syd up one night as arranged. Basically, he kicked Syd out of his own group. And wrote IF as a guilty sorry. Acknowledging his mistake.

[@TigerRocket]

Recorded during a 1970 session for 'Madcap Laughs,' featuring Steve Peregrin Took from T. Rex on congas.

[@c.chelseathedog7987]

I have always thought the association of Syd Barrett ,Marc Bolan &Kevin Ayers would have been a good idea!...if! From deep south of France, C.&Chelsea the Dog 🐉🔬🐲

[@friendlier]

Makes sense. Another acid-damaged human.

[@supervidere7]

Had Steve Peregrin Took also had his band stolen & become an outcast?

[@PereFerrerSorribas]

Very diferent people .the beautifull artistes in avand Gard .

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

That's good info, is it true

[@chriscatton705]

I could not be more of a fan of this beautiful mind. RIP, Roger Keith Barrett.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

You could carve his name into your right arm using your left hand while singing "gigalo aunt"

[@satriotuhu9058]

Genius.. 🔥 Marhaban ya Ramadhan 2022 🤲

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Hannukah 5784🎉

[@nephologi]

Don’t know why, but had to hold my glass of water in the air for this one. Shine on You crazy Diamond

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Are you blind feeling the vibrations?

[@michaelfuria4257]

amazing bass guitar, too..

[@Ethan-uq5qd]

Can’t believe I’ve never heard this

[@jackries6575]

Came here to say this.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

This is not happening. Is it?

[@jdpro2222]

Me, neither!

[@1976stoney]

It's tucked away as an extra track on a 2010 compilation- unlisted

[@charlesharper7292]

Saved to my Floyd file. Thanks.

[@jasonbastian9901]

Im a huge fan of syd.. been obsessed w his genius for over 30 years.. this is my FIRST TIME hearing this.. tyvm

[@J.R.Psych74]

Strangely enough, I could say that precise thing. This is my first time as well. How remarkable that I stumbled upon your comment. Shine on ✌😊

[@jdpro2222]

For me it's been over 50 years, but I'm hearing this for the first time.

[@Rescoase]

me too jason; this is a treasure for sure sounds like a freeform dream forest totally trippy

[@davidludwig2755]

How gay you all are.

[@michaelmoore1697]

Really good. Thanks for sharing

[@bodhiapurva3887]

Thanks for uploading this ditty which sounds like an acid jam and is of the experimental music genre that many artists played around with during this era.

[@cono4949]

Experimental is not a genre lol

[@cono4949]

It's just experimental

[@DrMetaNoia]

@Cono Don't be silly and stupid for it can be dangerous. Experimental can be a genre especially in Bodhi's prelusory context. Maybe you prefer the term avant garde and just enjoy being sophomoric. If you want to split hairs further I'm your tetrapyloctomist.

[@cono4949]

@@DrMetaNoia defining experimentation and turning it into a genre, ruins it, it's overthink it. In addition, you are being very pretentious Mr. tetrapyloctomist

[@bodhiapurva3887]

@@cono4949Found these comments; 1 Experimental music is, of course, a musical genre. Still, the genre seems to fit somewhat uncomfortably within the music industry as a whole ... 2 Experimental music is an umbrella label for a diverse array of contemporary music, from classical and jazz to electronic music. 3 Experimental music consciously deviates from established musical norms (of a particular genre, or of music in general). Music of almost any genre can be considered experimental - but the term is often associated with the more abstract and challenging strains of electronic music, jazz, and rock.

[@MetaphysicalMusicMaven]

Very jazzy of you Syd. love it ❤️

[@Amphirrhox311]

I love Roger "Syd" Barrett! He is simply poetry in motion!

[@fullcompositionalcoaching]

Non-rock, non-jazz... Simply amazing!

[@brubeck1]

slightly non jazz.

[@pepperachu]

Thanks for the post👍

[@chanchaiphermphol8793]

The Genius

[@BlindSniperz]

I see what you did there. lol

[@royferguson3909]

found this by chance , thank you downloader

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

How is Chance?

[@verdegrisbrass6332]

@@JSTNtheWZRD still riding his luck (allegedly)

[@mathieuhernandez6328]

GENIUS

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

The weather is here , wish you were beautiful

[@royferguson3909]

poetic man

[@marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974]

Cool music thank you for sharing…I love Syd He was such a great guitarist such a beautiful singer great writer love them and a great visual artist

[@EduardoAlbertoPoe]

A genius.

[@armandosolorzano570]

This sounds like miles davis

[@ginjazz2836]

Absolutely

[@michaelsalmon3450]

Could you imagine that team up

[@burnsraps7884]

Thanks for sharing

[@Sandwich13455]

If you play this backwards, its a Stringed quartet.

[@BlindSniperz]

maybe a few bits and pieces ... gotta smoke up some more and check again :p

[@frankalbin1957]

Did you grow up with the Stringed Quartet?

[@CoreyW6292]

Not all of us grow up in a string quartet.

[@Sandwich13455]

@@CoreyW6292 forgive me,if i don't find your answer not all together too convincing !

[@shawn6669]

@@frankalbin1957 That guy was the worst.

[@johnbeaney1237]

Pretty groovy!! I like.

[@leemagrish3432]

I think Syd did messages from the Cosmos.

[@hoon_sol]

This is some Zappa-style next-level sound.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

What?!

[@stikcler]

Exactly. I was getting Trout Mask Replica vibes in places. The bass especially; very Rockette Morton / Mark Boston.

[@hoon_sol]

@@stikcler: I was thinking more along the lines of _Civilization Phaze III_ myself, but yeah, it's a similar sound to some of the things Zappa touched for sure. Great musical minds make music alike.

[@miked6426]

Love all syd. Just out there.

[@ruadaspapoulas]

Post-stellar overdrive

[@rizkhan3368]

Was Syd Fasting when he made this music 😊😊😊😊

[@luigisarosincero8674]

Syd ♥️

[@coquelicot323]

Un vrai musicien tout simplement.

[@bendream544]

This just has to be one of those things when he was recording with Soft Machine as that is definitely Mike Ratledge on keys. And bass could be anybody from Kevin Ayers to whoever played after him. Drums again could be Robert Wyatt. As for the rest could be anybody or the same musicians just having some fun....

[@handwriting8804]

It’s mostly syd just overdubbing with himself. Apparently there’s supposed to be someone from t.rex on congas

[@BrendonT-g2e]

Yeh, a link with Bolan for sure

[@Angel-VTek]

This is absolutely alternative version of interestellar OD. It's like the start off

[@tomholschbach5966]

I’m reminded of Les Claypool with that bass guitar

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

What?!

[@solsunson262]

nice interstellar sound

[@TheMrBennito]

So this is Syd, all overdubbed so he plays base as well? Fantastic. Love the base part.

[@davidludwig2755]

Bass.

[@davidludwig2755]

Bass

[@TheFlamingBridges]

Anyone coming here expecting The Division Bell ain't gonna be happy. Me? I dig it. Expand your tastes x

[@JeronimoPerfeito]

SYD BARRETT 💎

[@tomislavvladic3203]

THANKYOU

[@gianlucaparedi2834]

Always creative

[@Shanehutcheson841]

WOW, I bet this sped up with the right timing would sound freaking awesome to a house music mix for a DJ.

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Slowed down

[@burzicamir]

Jazzy. Bravo. RIP dear Syd.

[@rotunda_]

This would be weird to me, but after trying to listen to miles davis' bitches brew and trout mask replica by cpt. beefheart & his magic band, this doesn't even phase me. in fact it's kind of calming in a way

[@pigshitpoet]

Pink Floyd Co-Founder's Madcap Genius 👄

[@BlindSniperz]

Not sure why held this for review... just said "words" or something... but here you go 😎

[@peterconstantino6651]

Nothing shambolic or meandering or self indulgently aimless or unfocused or undisciplined in all that. Clearly he really was a genius

[@BlindSniperz]

sarcasm?

[@PatrickZiggy]

Definitely sarcasm. Lol

[@TheSeafordian]

And that's jazz...

[@alex79teramo49]

Yes, for me too, this is a Jazzy jam Alex from Italy.

[@thomasmazur6916]

When Pink Floyd was Pink Floyd. Afterwards egos got in the way.

[@Swat-ed5bt]

Legend ❤

[@MauroSbiellO-mx9ws]

Genius!

[@РэджУайт]

Это бриллиант...

[@johncoltrane7899]

Does Syd play the guitar in this, if so he's very restrained and holds back to let the others fill the space...

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

..That was Pink Floyd as I still loved them..

[@Pablo-nc6qu]

It's not Pink Floyd

[@RadioMartyT1B]

@@Pablo-nc6qu It's not Syd, either.

[@TeTio0476]

This is the first time I've heard this, it was OK I think 🎸🎸🎺🎹🥁

[@nathanlansford1882]

Not unlike King Crimson, a year or two later!

[@fabianenlazadordemundos2650]

Trip sound.,

[@MrHyde11976]

i saw the in absentia profile pic & thought Syd also how sweet

[@colinwhiteneck7463]

I love nicks purple turtleneck. It's rad

[@jdpro2222]

colin: 😊

[@aalexjohna]

I love nicks purple porridge slinger.

[@reelloopy]

A S T O N I S H I N G

[@pigshitpoet]

thanks so much! never heard this before.. ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪

[@howardkleger]

.25 speed. Pleasant dreams.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

i can see where john lennons two virins eminated sounds-mellotrone

[@campbellfiles9019]

Needs yoko babbling

[@charlesseiderman29]

Reminiscent of Dr. Johns first album.

[@comfortablynumb9342]

Sounds like early Pink Floyd, which makes sense.

[@felipebenavides7886]

i dont understand, this is Pink Floyd jam or is Syd with another musicians? in Syd on Guitar??? thanks for the help

[@cthomish]

I've never tried acid, but i imagine this is what it sounds like.

[@cthomish]

I'm also hearing a little soft machine flavour near the end i think. Nice. :)

[@BlindSniperz]

@@cthomish Well, good analogy I suppose. I didn't pay attention to any music while I was tripping. It was all visual for me 😎 I would say there is too much commonality throughout the song. For me, it was let's do this thing.. next minute I needed to do something else. Suppose it's different for everyone. Glad you enjoyed.

[@markmower6507]

Accurate, but with lots of colors and flavors and Textures...

[@skinovtheperineum1208]

Keep it that way. Never allow anyone to talk you into taking that poison.

[@williamgreenfield9991]

@@skinovtheperineum1208 Psychedelics are great. All the major religions are based on visions somebody had while high, either on psychedelics or fasting.

[@lordha-ha4242]

Seems to have an Eastern touch of Islamic Sufi. Not bad at all.

[@gloriablack6508]

Just like the name.

[@grinsomore4000]

i feel Like i was stuck in an elevator with Syd for an hour

[@cullingthegenepool6842]

Needs more didgeridoos and some braying goats.

[@fabianenlazadordemundos2650]

Shenais or mijwizz.,jajajajaja

[@jessenowells2920]

Mix those in.

[@pedrodmelo]

Isso é Syd, uma viagem na imensidão, entra acordes dissonantes, entre cores alucinantes. 🎶🍁🎶

[@juliocesarpereirasaldanha7093]

Fera demais.

[@yonikeshet7629]

Great, can i get it on cd or lp?

[@BlindSniperz]

It's not available on any medium that I know of. It was a one time MP3 download that was on 'An Introduction to Syd Barrett' disc. Maybe Dave, Roger or Nick will include it on something in the future. edit:spelling

[@theo9952]

This sounds like a group improvisation piece, not a Syd Barrett song.

[@MarzLast]

Early Pink floyds sound was Syd .

[@justinjames2436]

Sounds like something from trout mask replica

[@BlindSniperz]

Finally got around to listening to this. agreed. interesting.

[@fg3673]

Hey, where''s syd?

[@ruranaki_yeung]

It's remind me Atom Heart Mother suite

[@uniqueexistence9064]

can you email the song file to me?

[@michtyman1]

You can download it here, just put the URL in

[@Sandwich13455]

@@michtyman1 may I ask what an url is?I'm old and useless.

[@BlindSniperz]

URL is the address of a World Wide Web page. As in type a URL into a browser's address bar. I don't know what philip is talking about either but, there are ways to record what is going through your computers speakers ;)

[@Sandwich13455]

@@BlindSniperz thank you for the information.

[@floydian4evr]

Just use a KZbin ripper google it

[@DM-hh7wl]

Can't see why that isn't Waters, Wright and Mason. If it's early '68, then Syd was still in the process of being ousted from PF. This is very Interstellar/Set The Controls IMHO. :-)

[@SomnambulistInternationale]

Because we know the date of the recording. May 14th 1968. While PF were busy finishing ASFOS without him. Syd was left behind in January.

[@DM-hh7wl]

​@SomnambulistInternationale having read the other comments, it seems it might be Ayers, Ratledge and Wyatt, which seems reasonable. There's a full drumkit there.

[@SomnambulistInternationale]

@@DM-hh7wl That seems to be the consensus opinion. However, they all deny it. By their own accounts Syd approached them after a gig at the 100 Club (27 March 1969) and they came down to EMI for just one day (3rd May) for 'Love You', 'No Good Trying', 'Clowns & Jugglers'. That was a whole year later. Jerry Shirley & Willie Wilson who play on 'No Man's Land' & 'Here I Go' (17 April) also deny being the musicians on 'Ramadan'. It's most likely Steve Peregrin Took (Tyrannosaurus Rex) on congas. You'd think that, after all this time, someone would step up & say "That's me!" Maybe whoever it was was just too stoned to remember,

[@DM-hh7wl]

@SomnambulistInternationale Hmm that's interesting. I doubt Ratledge would forget, he seems pretty straight, even back then. And Wyatt was more of a drinker, he seems to remember stuff well. Are there definitely congas there? I was listening to the whole rather than parts, but I didn't notice any. The drumkit was being played mostly on the toms which can sound conga-like. I read an interview with Jerry Shirley recently, he discussed the final gigs, but iirc didn't mention recording in 68.

[@albaker4827]

@@DM-hh7wl Jerry Shirley & Willie Wilson play backing on one of the early Malcolm Jones sessions in April '69, not the Pete Jenner sessions from '68. I believe they are congas not tom-toms. I can't be sure, I'm no musician. But I hear percussion, cymbal, bass, guitar, piano & mellotron. It's still a mystery who is playing what. Some people think that Syd is playing Everything! He does play guitar, bass & mellotron on Swan Lee but this seems so much looser in structure it has to be a jam. The original session just has percussion, cymbal, guitar & piano. 2 weeks after Ramadan was recorded there were bass, mellotron & organ overdubs, with 3 session musicians listed but not named beyond the drummer noted as receiving double payment 'to cover last weeks session'. All that you can glean from 'Random Precision' by David Parker.

[@dee66daniel72]

Who is playing the Bass - Drum`s & Piano ? Over-Taping - and all Syd ?

[@BlindSniperz]

All I can say is check the other comments. There was no description of members at the time I downloaded this. It's a mystery wrapped in an enigma.

[@dee66daniel72]

@@BlindSniperz Mistery-Song! :)

[@Sandwich13455]

@@dee66daniel72 Pereguin took from t rex on bongo drums, allegedly,from what ive read in comments.

[@larstangmark]

Some very influental fans of Steve Took claims it's an established fact, but I have yet to see sources. They want to be him so bad.

[@dee66daniel72]

@@larstangmark why ? Ego- Games ! Than :N o - friend-ship-feelings around there..MEANS- NO-BAND-CREW..

[@vladimirmaximov8947]

How lonely was he here...

[@shakyba6412]

I felt that too:,(

[@dannyhood7433]

Syd replaced door handles (at his moms house) with toys. When Floyd's band members finally got Syd to see a doctor 'shrink'. At the end of meeting Syd says to the doctor,'' But don't you think this is,"Syd's problem"? LMAO!! As if Syd was different person.

[@3ns0mh3t]

Not "as if." You think you are dannyhood7433? 🤣

[@brubeck1]

it was the doc who said that ....to the rest of the band . Implying that they were all mad and that madness is relative .

[@dhanyzaffry4829]

Rhamadan?? Wait ! What?? Its Holy Month of Islam !! Fasting month !!

[@AB-mt9nf]

Yeah clearly he lost his mind.

[@Joshua-gr2eq]

The stomach is empty in the day, and then filled at night. Which is the effort to retrieve the soul from the north. That, has with it inspiration and perhaps the hope of visitation. The clear thought purging and sobriety. it is not always interpreted so, but logically a good time for innovative music.

[@teelurizzo8542]

1) Is this from those early Peter Jenner produced solo session from spring/summer 1968 sessions? 2)What is the personnel?

[@BlindSniperz]

I would say it's around his solo sessions

[@SomnambulistInternationale]

May 14th 1968. Same session as 'Lanky' & 1st takes of 'Golden Hair'. Pete Jenner producing. Rumoured to be Steve Took on percussion.

[@teelurizzo8542]

@@SomnambulistInternationale Thanks for confirming the info

[@howardkleger]

Bruce jenner. His exercise music for the upcoming decathlon.

[@teelurizzo8542]

@@SomnambulistInternationale So it's actually Syd overdubbing himself on all other instruments - Piano, bass, guitar, drums?

[@GeorgeAlexander3370]

...

[@BlindSniperz]

I don't know how to respond to 3 dots...sorry... i'm old...

[@GeorgeAlexander3370]

@@BlindSniperz 3 dots means perfect ...

[@brentdelaurentis8114]

Oh by the way which one's Pink?

[@LoyalOpposition]

Roger Waters obviously

[@suzetteanne]

Syd

[@federicolobello9846]

Syd and Waters

[@chicklets4ever51]

This is great! Who's on bass?

[@BlindSniperz]

nobody really has concrete info on who played what. read description and other comments. Steve Took probably played congas

[@robyn051]

Probably Gilmour

[@chicklets4ever51]

@@robyn051 Incorrect. I have since found out that the band accompanying Syd here are the Soft Machine. So it may be Kevin Ayers (with whom Syd collaborated several times, post-Floyd), or it may be the bassist who replaced Ayers, whose name escapes me.

[@like3762]

Nick Mason, great!

[@BlindSniperz]

Be sure to check my vids of Nick live on my main page. If you get a chance, go see and support him. Great show!

[@864gel8]

wonders me who played what on this one------any informations........

[@BlindSniperz]

Sorry. I do not recall any information on the download link from the official CD. I believe I just plugged in the URL and maybe a password code and was asked where to save the download. I am not so sure it was Pink Floyd members on this. Syd seemed to have surrounded himself with many musically talented friends. Unfortunately we may never know. There's talk of Glen Sweeney on drums. From the band, Third Ear Band. Cannot confirm.

[@BlindSniperz]

I would still take that article with a grain of salt... "according to some accounts and a suggestion" Edit: this was a reply to someone linking a Rolling Stone article.. said person and comments have disappeared from YT apparently

[@Sandwich13455]

I think peregrine took from t-rex plays bongos on this.

[@jarrettgardner0628]

... And I wouldn’t be surprised if Stephen Ross Porter aka Steve Peregrin Took aka “Tookie” aka “Shagrat” also played Electric bass guitar on this as well... In Tyrannosaurus Rex, Tookie also played bongos, African talking drums, tabla, finger cymbals, maracas, tambourine, kazoo, pixiphone... IN ADDITION to electric bass as well.

[@RasberrySkittle]

When was this recorded?

[@1976stoney]

About April 68- one of the earliest sessions for what would become The madcap Laughs.

[@philrussell1094]

Wow, whats all this?

[@BlindSniperz]

Syd's adventure into free form trippyness? It's been said the he did all the instruments while someone else is on drums/conga's. Definitely an experiment and I am glad it was captured to tape.

[@Videosop23]

@@BlindSniperz There's no way Barrett played all or most of the instruments. For one thing, the bass guitar doesn't sound like Barrett's style, and I doubt Barrett had the chops to do those bass lines in the first place. The same can be said of the piano playing.

[@BlindSniperz]

@@Videosop23 Maybe so... hence the "it's been said". Kind of wish the remaining members or even EMI studio people would lay down the facts behind this. I had a guy denying that Syd was even on this. Guess he didn't read where I got this download. The CD had to be in my computers CD player to even get it. I'd just like to think he was melting into his guitar while doing this.

[@sigmasix3719]

Yeah sounding like that track from Woodstock and on the stones satanic majesties request among other sixties freak out stuff the Beatles got up to

[@Tarrassacordoba]

Mothers of invention