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• By 1967, Pink Floyd were synonymous with London’s counterculture. And in the band’s early days, Syd Barrett was the band’s driving creative force. He wrote the two psychedelic hit singles Arnold Layne and See Emily Play, but then he unfortunately went downhill psychologically and was therefore at some point no longer – especially at live gigs – portable. After that he recorded “Barrett” and “The Madcap Laughs.”
  His solo debut, The Madcap Laughs, in particular, revealed his diverse, sometimes revolutionary ideas, which he would have preferred to implement all at once. But the album is also a document of his philosophy, according to which the first take, even if bungling, should always be the best and a repetition of the recordings should be rejected on principle, as it would only rob the son