SYD BARRETT The Madcap Laughs (Second issue 1970 UK 13-track vinyl LP, on an EMI box Harvest label with 'Gramophone Co' perimeter text. Syd's debut solo album finally appeared two years after leaving Pink Floyd, with Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters producing. This is a brilliant but brittle album, with every strum of the electric guitar seeming to take its toll on Barrett's increasingly frayed nerve strings, front laminated gatefold sleeve with company catalogue inner. The sleeve shows obvious shelfwear, mainly to the back with creasing to corners and edges, with the record showing a few light scuffs, not affecting play. Not Mint, but an ideal play copy SHVL765).