This is as satisfying an account of Barrett's life and music as we are ever likely to receive. Palacios has done an incredible amount of research. He is at his best recounting details of Syd's formative years, artistic and musical influences, and the mid-60s London scene in which he flourished. His sympathies for his subject do not obscure his honesty in rendering the truth of Barrett's psychological collapse, nor does he spare us the violence Syd inflicted on friends and lovers. I really enjoye [...]

Dark Globe 2010 is not an amended or appended Lost In The Woods, Palacios didn't use the easy trick Mike Watkinson & Pete Anderson fell for when they re-issued their Crazy Diamond biography, leaving the (many) errors uncorrected and just adding an extra chapter about Syd Barrett's passing. But I wouldn't go as far as the one critic who claimed that Crazy Diamond is full of 'unsubstantiated nonsense' and that it should come 'with a government health warning on the dust jacket'. Crazy Diamond [...]

Dark Globe 2010 is not an amended or appended Lost In The Woods, Palacios didn't use the easy trick Mike Watkinson & Pete Anderson fell for when they re-issued their Crazy Diamond biography, leaving the (many) errors uncorrected and just adding an extra chapter about Syd Barrett's passing. But I wouldn't go as far as the one critic who claimed that Crazy Diamond is full of 'unsubstantiated nonsense' and that it should come 'with a government health warning on the dust jacket'. Crazy Diamond [...]

musicformyeyes/2016/05/Przymiotnikiem "legendarny" szasta się teraz na lewo i prawo. Legendarne są już kosmetyki, sprzęty gospodarstwa domowego, a w odniesieniu do branży muzycznej, to mało kto jest teraz nielegendarny, podczas gdy - moim zdaniem - określenie to jest tak naprawdę adekwatne do niewielkiej grupy artystów. Syd Barrett, bo dzisiaj o nim mowa, z pewnością należy do tej elitarnej gromadki.Zanim jednak świat będzie bił się w licytacjach o pamiątki po nim, a na słowo P [...]

A must read for any rock fan.One of the best books about a rock artist I've ever read. A reconstruction filled with details, infos, notes and references; musical analyses are correct and not exaggerated; and, above all, it puts things in relation with all the other great artists and events of those years in the psych/experimental rock field: the influence of The Byrds and The Fugs on Barrett's songwriting, the role of DJ John Peel, gigs, live performances, strange friends, etc. You'll never read [...]

Very detailed, well written, very passionate account of Syd Barrett. It seems thorough in the research and gives a grounding for understanding the man, the times, and the 'illness'. Would have liked a complete discography and some times the dates were left out which made it difficult to read. Overall, fans will enjoy.

Brilliant! Moving and poignant. Syd, the enigma.