Terrapin (song)

"Terrapin"
Song by Syd Barrett
from the album The Madcap Laughs
Released3 January 1970
Recorded11 & 26 April 1969
Genre
Length5:04
Label
Songwriter(s)Syd Barrett
Producer(s)Malcolm Jones
The Madcap Laughs track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "Terrapin"
  2. "No Good Trying"
  3. "Love You"
  4. "No Man's Land"
  5. "Dark Globe"
  6. "Here I Go"
Side two
  2. "Octopus"
  3. "Golden Hair"
  4. "Long Gone"
  5. "She Took a Long Cold Look"
  6. "Feel"
  7. "If It's In You"
  8. "Late Night"
An Introduction to Syd Barrett track listing
18 tracks
  1. "Arnold Layne"
  2. "See Emily Play"
  3. "Apples and Oranges"
  4. "Matilda Mother"
  5. "Chapter 24"
  6. "Bike"
  7. "Terrapin"
  8. "Love You"
  9. "Dark Globe"
  10. "Here I Go"
  11. "Octopus"
  12. "She Took a Long Cool Look"
  13. "If It's In You"
  14. "Baby Lemonade"
  15. "Dominoes"
  16. "Gigolo Aunt"
  17. "Effervescing Elephant"
  18. "Bob Dylan Blues"

"Terrapin" is the opening song on Syd Barrett's first solo album The Madcap Laughs. Its arrangement is sparse, like much of the album, and features only acoustic and electric guitar accompaniment to the vocals.[1] This song, along with "Maisie" and "Bob Dylan Blues";[2] reflected Barrett's early interest in the blues.[2] Iggy the Eskimo, one of Barrett's acquaintances, had called the song "quite catchy".[3]

The song reappeared on the Harvest Records compilation Picnic – A Breath of Fresh Air and is The Madcap Laughs' sole representative on The Peel Session.[4]

The Syd Barrett Appreciation Society titled its official magazine Terrapin (published 1972–1976), in tribute to the song.

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  2. ^ a b Manning, Toby (2006). "The Early Years". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 9. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.
  3. ^ Blake, Mark (21 January 2011). "Exclusive: The Strange Tale Of Iggy The Eskimo". p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The complete guide to the music of Pink Floyd. Omnibus Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-7119-4301-8.