[gawatchman]

Yes, while I think "Piper" was a brilliant album, "Saucerful" seemed rather fragmented and came at a time when Floyd was redifining itself, but it was still very good in my opinion, esp the title track. Syd's one song on that album "Jugband Blues" seemed to me to be a commentary on his own demise, and departure from the group. But, Syd wrote and recorded some other material with Pink Floyd that sadly, never made on any Floyd albums save for bootlegs such as "Vegetable Man", and "Scream Thy Last Scream". Wish I had those recordings.

[pro libertate]

I'd love to have those recordings as well. I agree about Jugband Blues, but the big problem I have when I listen to
it is I get reminded of what might have been.

[Spandau]

If you haven't heard Vegetable Man and Scream thy Last Scream, you aren't missing anything. Piper at the Gates of Dawn is good, and so is their early single See Emily Play. The rest of the Syd Barrett stuff is pretty bad. He has two solo albums produced by Rick Wright and David Gilmour, but they are just not like Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I think that was Pink Floyd's best moment and it was downhill from there. Animals was OK. All of it except that first one are too depressing for me anymore.