Information pack


"Opel" credits
Syd Barrett: lyrics, music, vocals, guitars
Malcolm Jones: producer
Peter Mew: recording engineer, mastering
Neil Richmond: recording engineer
Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.: lyrics copyright, publisher
Rock Music Co. Ltd.: lyrics copyright, publisher
Anglo-Rock Inc.: lyrics copyright, publisher
EMI Records Ltd.: sound recording copyright, recording studios, manufacturer
Universal Music Group: sound recording copyright (from 2011)
"Opel" recordings
"Opel (False Starts, Takes 1-3) E91221-4T" (11 Apr 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London, Studio 3)
"Opel (Take 4) E91221-4T" (11 Apr 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London, Studio 3) [6:47]
"Opel (False Starts, Takes 5-8) E91221-4T" (11 Apr 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London, Studio 3)
"Opel (Take 9) E91221-4T" (11 Apr 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London, Studio 3) [6:24, Best]
"Opel" releases
Track 1, Side A on "Syd Barrett - Opel" (17 Oct 1988, UK) LP
Track 1 on other "Syd Barrett - Opel" releases
Track 1, Disc 3 on "Syd Barrett - Crazy Diamond" (26 Apr 1993, UK) 3 CD box set, compilation
Track 10 on "Syd Barrett - The Best Of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me?" (16 Apr 2001, UK) compilation
* A July 1988 official release on a 7” vinyl with Luca Ferrari's book Syd Barrett: Where is the madcap called Syd... was authorized in Italy by SIAE but not by EMI
"Opel" covers
Track 9 on "Full Dimensional - Auxiliary Subsidiary" (Feb 1999)
Track 1 on "RPWL - Stock" (11 Mar 2003)
Track 11 on "EZ-Play - Dirt Show – The Throat" (15 Jul 2010) Digital Album from ezplay.bandcamp.com
"Men On The Border - Opal (a.k.a. Opel)" (Track 6) on "Men On The Border - Shine!" (Jul 2012)
"TranselemenT - Opel" (Track 3) on "Various - On A Distant Shore: A Tribute To Syd Barrett" (Dec 2001)
"Luciano Chessa - Opel" (Track 19) on "Various - Let’s try it another way" (Apr 2003)
"Jennifer Gentle - Opel" (Track 4) on "Various - Clowns And Jugglers: A Tribute To Syd Barrett" (21 Oct 2009)
"Flaming Lips - Opel" live (19 Feb 1994, Chicago)
"Patrick Edera - Opel" live from 4 QUARTI (14 Sep 2005, Rome)
"Anthony Reynolds - Opel" live from Anthony Reynolds canta Syd Barrett (6 Jun 2009, Livorno)
"Supreme Reality - Opel" file from Bitsnoop.com
"Dingo Jr. - Opel" file from OurStage.com
Files from SoundCloud by Kristian Casey Staubach, Roman_ii, and Schubertiad
Videos from YouTube by Andy Witmyer, Arturo Bonifetti, Brian Fergus, Gavin Hastings, Mike Leonard, Steve Barlow, Team Evert's, BadassLicaone, Bill Ludwig, bozboz777, Dolorosaism, Finrod Artîwelë, floydsurfing, gliufrate, hoodoomemoryanomaly, Humpty Dumpty, Juupp, Matt Jay, m d, rkaos1987, thegnome85, Sairaj Borkar, and Tusk Johnson
Videos from YouTube by Enola Beahm, EugenioJorge, HLara58, Verruckt89, and from Facebook by Rich Hall (with added instrumentation) and Kashyap Iyengar