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    Posted: October 05 2007 at 13:42
"Psychedelic Renegades" by Mick Rock is now available.  An amazing treasure for the Syd Barrett fan.  Rock was a close friend of Syd and one of the few who had access to him in his strange post-Floyd days.  Rock is a professional photographer who captures his friend Syd at ease and unguarded, in stunning photo after photo.  It's a large hardcover tome packed with rare personal photos of Barrett, his girlfriend, and Rock taken in Syd's flat, his Mum's garden, and on the street between 1969-1971.  The photos are the emphasis, but Rock does provide some thoughtful text insight into Syd and his essence, obviously the two were quite close during this time. 

The reader is left to form his own opinions of the most interesting photos and their subject.  Some will think him mad.  Others, like myself, will see an artist with a contempt for convention living his life without apology or compromise.  Few who ridicule him will ever experience such freedom, and the uniqueness of the highs and lows that accompany one who marches to his/her own drummer.  Bless you, Syd.

The book was previously published in a fancy limited release selling for hundreds of dollars.  Much to the horror of the folks who spent that much on what they assumed would be the only release, it is now available in a standard wide release for $20-30 US depending on the seller. 

An absolute must-have for all Barrett fans.  Big thumbs up.  Get it while you can. 
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