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ataraxia · 01-22-2003 05:15 PM

can't wait! One more album to add to the list...

From the February 2003 issue of Mojo:

CRACKED ACTOR
Ayers trawl yields unique Syd find

A legendary Syd Barrett recording, cut with Kevin Ayres
in December 1969, is set for release later this spring.
The track, "Singing a Song in the Morning," featuring
Barrett on guitar and the subject of much speculation
over the years, is Syd's only known guest appearance.

"It was totally chaotic, as I remember," says Ayres,
who apparently turned up at Barrett's flat in order to
tempt him out to the session at Abbey Road studios. "I
don't think it was together at all. We couldn't use
any of the stuff because it was all over the place."

Archivist Mark Powell, who is masterminding the
forthcoming Ayres reissue series for EMI, disagrees,
"I've listened to around 84 versions of that song,
including one that clearly mentions Syd at the start
of the take. Yes, there's weird guitar all over it,
very wayward, but as a whole it's surprisingly together."

Syd recorded his overdub on the song - at this early
stage titled "Religious Experience" - on Decembeer 17,
1969, though by the time it appeared on (a) single in
1970, his contribution had been edited out. Now, says
Powell, the Syd-enhanced version is likely to appear
as one of the bonus tracks on the remastered edition
of Ayers' "Joy of a Toy" album from 1970. History may
yet prove Ayers' assessment wrong.

"I'd be delighted if it was more together than I
remember it," he says today.

Meanwhile Ayers - a reclusive cult figure in his own
right - is about to record his frist solo album in
over a decade.

(Page 125, in The Buzz, with a b/w
foto of Our Hero, and a smaller
colour pic of Ayers.

-Pink

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**Jintzey** · 01-25-2003 12:17 AM

Nice! Hey, we take what we can get!

simps · 01-25-2003 06:45 AM

Yes, I received that issue of Mojo through the post yesterday and read the article. The song will probably be avilable on mp3 soon. I haven't collected any mp3s for a year or so now. Are there any major mp3 sharing services (like Napster, Audiogalaxy, etc) that haven't been shut down yet? Is Gnutella still running?

wowser · 01-25-2003 09:31 PM

kazaa is polular

simps · 01-27-2003 02:24 AM

Jintzey has a great dislike for Kazaa, I believe. I'd forgotten about that one.

**Jintzey** · 02-02-2003 03:31 AM

Yeah, my computer suffered major probems and the hard drive crashed shortly after installing and using Kazaa, making me lose 99% of my files and eventually rendering the entire computer useless (wouldn't even turn on at all after awhile, while I was salvaging what few files were left). I'm never touching that thing again. Apparently, Kazaa is currently being sued for copyright infringement in a Los Angeles court (according to wired.com) so who knows how much longer it will last anyway.

What was that one that you really liked simps - Limeware or Limewire or something?

wowser · 02-02-2003 08:50 PM

Kazaa does is kinda hench as regards spyware. My flatmate uses a good one with more results than kazaa. i'll find out its name.

Mr Musichead · 02-08-2004 04:53 PM

micke · 03-24-2004 11:30 PM

hm...
sorry guys,but syd aint on that one.
really,he aint.
im sorry for crashing your illusions.
:(

he also never did play with the beatles...

hope i didnt make anyone pi**ed

Edited By micke on 1080200836

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