Octopus (=Clowns & Jugglers)
(Barrett)


RECORDED 12 JUNE 1969 (Take 11)
OVERDUBS ADDED 13 JUNE 1969
PRODUCED BY SYD BARRETT AND DAVE GILMOUR

Bonus Tracks since 1993 The Madcap Laughs
Octopus (Takes 1 and 2)
RECORDED 12 JUNE 1969 (Takes 1 & 2)
PRODUCED BY SYD BARRETT AND DAVE GILMOUR

1988 Opel
CLOWNS & JUGGLERS (OCTOPUS)
3:25
INITIAL SESSION 20th JULY, 1968
PRODUCED BY PETER JENNER
OVERDUBS RECORDED 3RD MAY, 1969
PRODUCED BY MALCOLM JONES
MUSICIANS : MIKE RATLEDGE / ORGAN
HUGH HOPPER / BASS
ROBERT WYATT / DRUMS

RECORDED 20 JULY 1968 (Take 2)
PRODUCED BY PETE JENNER
OVERDUBS ADDED 3 MAY 1969
PRODUCED BY MALCOLM JONES
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Bonus Tracks since 1993 Opel
RECORDED 20 JULY 1968 (Take 1)
PRODUCED BY PETE JENNER

2001 Syd Barrett Compilation 'Wouldn't You miss Me?'
(take 11, RS2)
Produced by Syd Barrett and David Gilmour
Basic track recorded 12th June 1969
Drums, vocal, bass guitar, electric guitar
overdubbed 13th June 1969
Mixed 5th August 1969
[RS = remix stereo, the number indicating which original mix was finally used.
This is EMI terminology; nothing has been remixed for this CD.
Any sonic differences you may detect come courtesy of original engineer Peter Mew's state-of-the-art remastering.)
Recording details provided by David Parker, author of "Random Precision
- Recording The Music Of Syd Barrett 1965-1974" (Cherry Red Books).

Lyrics

Trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro'
you have no word
trip, trip to a dream dragon, hide your wings in a ghost tower
sails cackling at every plate we break
cracked by scattered needles
the little minute gong
coughs and clears his throat
madam you see before you stand
hey ho, never be still
the old original favourite grand
grasshoppers green Herbarian band
and the tune they play is "In Us Confide"
so trip to heave and ho, up down, to and fro'
you have no word, Please leave us here
close our eyes to the octopus ride!
Isn't it good to be lost in the wood
isn't it bad so quiet there, in the wood
meant even less to me than I thought
with a honey plough of yellow prickly seeds
clover honey pots and mystic shining feed...
well, the madcap laughed at the man on the border
hey ho, huff the Talbot
"Cheat" he cried shouting kangaroo
it's true in their tree they cried
Please leave us here
close our eyes to the octopus ride!
The madcap laughed at the man on the border
hey ho, huff the Talbot
the winds they blew and the leaves did wag
they'll never put me in their bag
the seas will reach and always seep
so high you go, so low you creep
the wind it blows in tropical heat
the drones they throng on mossy seats
the squeaking door will always squeak
two up, two down we'll never meet
so merrily trip forgo my side
Please leave us here
close our eyes to the octopus ride!

® 1970 Lupus Music Ltd.