Crazy Diamond

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Crazy Diamond
Box set by Syd Barrett
Released	26 April 1993
Recorded	Abbey Road May 1968 – July 1970
Genre	Rock
Length	2:58:37
Label	Harvest
Producer	Syd Barrett, Peter Jenner, Malcolm Jones, Roger Waters and David Gilmour
Syd Barrett chronology
Octopus: The Best of Syd Barrett (1992) Crazy Diamond (1993) Wouldn't You Miss Me? (2001)

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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.

"Our main plan was to find Syd's acoustic takes, before the other musicians were drafted in to overdub them. But we stumbled across some fascinating material that sheds new light on Syd's working methods." — Phil Smee^[2]