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An 8mm film of Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett's first mushroom trip

2021-09-14 00:00:00

In the summer of 1966, Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd went on his first psychedelic trip and his life was forever changed. Nigel Gordon directed this 8mm film which includes a segment of the day when Barrett tripped on mushrooms at the Gog Magog hills in England. The following footage shows Barrett climbing around the hills, observing everything around him, and staring at his palms as he contemplates this profound experience.

Was this day the beginning of the end for Barrett, who was ejected from the band in 1968 and died in 2006? Or was it a new beginning of a brief but brilliantly creative period in his life?

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