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Crazy Diamond is a 1993 triple-CD boxed set of Syd Barrett's two 1970 albums The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, and Opel, an out-takes compilation from 1988. All discs are further augmented by various alternate takes.
- 26 April 1993
- Abbey Road May 1968 – July 1970
The song was conceived and written as a tribute and remembrance to Pink Floyd founder member Syd Barrett. Barrett was eased out of the band in 1968 because his drug use and deteriorating mental health were affecting his ability to integrate with the other band members and create and perform as a musician. He was replaced by his former school ...
- 13 January– 28 July 1975 ("Wine Glasses" on 5 January 1971)
- 25:57 (all parts), 13:33 (parts I–V), 12:24 (parts VI–IX), 3:53 (single edit)
- 15 September 1975
Syd Barrett: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Pink Floyd’s ‘Crazy Diamond’. From a song about an underwear thief to an unreleased art-history tome, read fascinating facts about the doomed...
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Sep 20, 2022 · But it was obvious whom Shine On You Crazy Diamond was about. The ‘seer of visions… you painter, you piper, you prisoner’ was Floyd’s co-founder Syd Barrett, who’d quit the group in 1968 suffering mental health issues. “I remember feeling very sad about Syd,” said Waters. “And there was guilt there, too.”
This is a tribute to Syd Barrett, an original member of Pink Floyd - notice the title, S hine On Y ou Crazy D iamond. He was their lead guitarist and wrote most of their early hits, but he gradually went nuts and was kicked out of the band in 1968, three years after the group started. Drugs played a big role in his mental illness.
May 13, 2023 · Bookending Wish You Were Here, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” is a nine-part tribute to Barrett, written by David Gilmour, Rogers Waters, and Richard Wright. “‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’...
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Pink Floyd recorded several tributes and homages to him, including the 1975 song suite "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and parts of the 1979 rock opera The Wall. In 1988, EMI released an album of unreleased tracks and outtakes, Opel, with Barrett's approval. In 1996, Barrett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd.
