Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 30. Chapters: American Poet (album), Coney Island Baby, David Bowie (1969 album), Don't Be Fooled by the Name, End of the Century, Growing Up in Public (Lou Reed album), I Love Rock 'n' Roll (album), Out of the Vein, Queen II, Raw Power, Rock and Roll Heart, Rory Gallagher (album), Sheer Heart Attack, The Madcap Laughs, Transformer (album). Excerpt: The Madcap Laughs is the debut solo album by British singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was recorded after Barrett had left Pink Floyd in April 1968. The album had a chequered recording history, with work beginning in mid-1968, but the bulk of the sessions taking place between April and July 1969, for which five different producers were credited including Barrett, Peter Jenner (1968 sessions), Malcolm Jones (early-to-mid 1969 sessions), and fellow Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Roger Waters (mid-1969 sessions). Among the guest musicians are Willie Wilson from (Gilmour's old band) Jokers Wild and Robert Wyatt of the band Soft Machine. The Madcap Laughs, released in January 1970 on Harvest in the UK, and on Capitol Records in the US, enjoyed minimal commercial success on release, reaching number 40 on the UK's official albums chart, while failing to hit the US charts. Re-released in 1974 as part of Syd Barrett (which contained The Madcap Laughs and Barrett). The album was remastered and reissued in 1993, along with Barrett's other albums, Barrett (1970) and Opel (1988), independently and as part of the Crazy Diamond box set. A remastered version was released in 2010. In the second half of 1967 and through to early 1968, when Syd Barrett was still part of Pink Floyd, Barrett's behaviour became increasingly erratic and unpredictable. Many report having seen him on stage with the group during this period, strumming on one chord through...