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Syd Barrett

Syd Barrett is a person from the UK, active from 1946.

Person GB 1946–2006 rock psychedelic rock psychedelic folk
TOTAL PLAYS
344
SONGS PLAYED
48
STATIONS
2
FIRST PLAYED
2005-03-01 23:38 · 6 Music — "Effervescing Elephant (BBC session)"
LAST PLAYED
6 months ago · 6 Music — "Octopus"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025
40 30 20 10 0
'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 342 99%
Radio 2 2 1%
Radio 1 0 0%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 21:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Baby Lemonade 97 2025-05-12
2 Effervescing Elephant 47 2025-03-12
3 Octopus 15 2025-11-02
4 Golden Hair 15 2025-07-09
5 Two of a Kind 13 2020-12-13
6 Terrapin 11 2025-10-15
7 Gigolo Aunt 11 2023-12-05
8 Gigolo Aunt - 1970 10 2012-08-23
9 Two Of A Kind 10 2011-06-22
10 Gigolo Aunt (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Feb 1970) 8 2023-02-22
11 Baby Lemonade (Radio 1 Session, 24 Feb 1970) 7 2016-07-07
12 Love You 6 2025-02-20
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-02 17:51 Octopus 6 Music
2025-10-15 04:32 Terrapin 6 Music
2025-07-09 23:12 Golden Hair 6 Music
2025-05-12 02:44 Baby Lemonade 6 Music
2025-05-08 03:44 Baby Lemonade 6 Music
2025-03-12 01:59 Effervescing Elephant 6 Music
2025-02-20 22:02 Love You 6 Music
2025-02-09 21:08 Wolfpack 6 Music
2024-11-07 21:39 Terrapin 6 Music
2024-08-11 07:49 Effervescing Elephant 6 Music
2024-08-01 21:19 Golden Hair 6 Music
2024-06-17 22:36 No Good Trying 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

48 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
Baby Lemonade — 97 ▶
Baby Lemonade - 1970 — 1 ▶
Baby Lemonade (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 5 ▶
Baby Lemonade (Radio 1 Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 7 ▶
Baby Lemonade (Top Gear session 24th Feb 1970) — 1 ▶
Baby Lemonade - BBC Session 24/02/1970 — 6 ▶
Clowns & Jugglers — 1 ▶
Clowns and Jugglers (octopus) — 2 ▶
Dark Globe — 2 ▶
Dominoes — 5 ▶
Effervescing Elephant — 47 ▶
Effervescing Elephant (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Effervescing Elephant (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 3 ▶
Effervescing Elephant (Radio 1 Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 1 ▶
Effervescing Elephant (Top Gear session 24th Feb 1970) — 1 ▶
Effervescing Elephant - 1970 — 1 ▶
Effervescing Elephant - BBC Session 24/02/1970 — 5 ▶
Gigolo Aunt — 11 ▶
Gigolo Aunt (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 8 ▶
Gigolo Aunt (Radio 1 Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 4 ▶
Gigolo Aunt (Take 9) — 1 ▶
Gigolo Aunt (Top Gear session 24th Feb 1970) — 1 ▶
Gigolo Aunt - 1970 — 10 ▶
Gigolo Aunt - BBC Session 24/02/1970 — 4 ▶
Golden Hair — 15 ▶
Golden Hair (Take 5) — 1 ▶
Here I Go — 4 ▶
Late Night — 6 ▶
Love You — 6 ▶
No Good Trying — 2 ▶
No Man's Land — 1 ▶
Octopus — 15 ▶
Rats — 1 ▶
Terrapin — 11 ▶
Terrapin (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 4 ▶
Terripin (Radio 1 Session, 24 Feb 1970) — 3 ▶
Terripin (Top Gear session 24th Feb 1970) — 1 ▶
Terripin - 1970 — 4 ▶
Terripin - BBC Session 24/02/1970 — 4 ▶
Two of a Kind — 13 ▶
Two Of A Kind — 10 ▶
Vegetable Man — 1 ▶
Waving My Arms in the Air — 1 ▶
Waving My Arms In The Air — 1 ▶
Wined and Dined — 5 ▶
Wolfpack — 1 ▶
Wouldn't You Miss Me — 1 ▶
Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe) — 5 ▶