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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Baby Lemonade

| cover =

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| type =

| artist = Syd Barrett

| album = Barrett

| released = 14 November 1970

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| recorded = 26 February 1970

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| length = 4:10

| label = Harvest/EMI
Capitol (US)

| writer = Syd Barrett

| producer = David Gilmour

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"'Baby Lemonade'" is the opening track to Syd Barrett's second studio album, 'Barrett'. "Baby Lemonade", and another song, "Gigolo Aunt", were recorded by Barrett playing and singing over a prerecorded backing track. The solo was performed by Barrett, not David Gilmour as is often noted. The intro was actually Barrett simply warming-up on guitar, that Gilmour had managed to record and placed it at the start of the album, making it seem like an intro to the song. It was included on the multi-artist Harvest compilation, 'A Breath of Fresh Air A Harvest Records Anthology 19691974' in 2007.

Live



The song was performed along with four other songs (three songs that would later be recorded for 'Barrett', and one that was originally from 'The Madcap Laughs') and recorded for BBC Radio on 24 February 1970. These five tracks were later released on 'The Peel Session', and even later with three added songs (one being another version of "Baby Lemonade") from another BBC Radio show, as 'The Radio One Sessions'.

Personnel



*Syd Barrett vocals, acoustic and electric guitars

*David Gilmour 12-string guitar, bass guitar, producer

*Richard Wright Hammond organ, piano, producer

*Jerry Shirley drums

Lyrics



A "baby" is archaic public-house slang for a half-size bottle of mixer. "Baby lemonade" would be understood by Victorian barmaids to mean a small bottle of lemonade.

References



Category:1970 songs

Category:Syd Barrett songs

Category:Songs written by Syd Barrett

Category:Song recordings produced by David Gilmour

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