Candy and a Currant Bun
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| Single by Pink Floyd from the album The Early Singles |
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| A-side | "Arnold Layne" | ||||
| Released | March 11, 1967 (UK) April 24, 1967 (US) |
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| Recorded | January 29, 1967 Sound Techniques Studios, London February 27, 1967 EMI Studios, London |
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| Genre | Psychedelic rock | ||||
| Length | 2:38 | ||||
| Label | Columbia (EMI) (UK) Tower/Capitol (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Syd Barrett | ||||
| Producer | Joe Boyd | ||||
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"Candy and a Currant Bun" was the B-side to Pink Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne. When performed live in 1967, the song was known as "Let's Roll Another One" and contained the line "I'm high - Don't try to spoil my fun", but the record company forced Syd Barrett to rewrite it without the controversial drug references. It features the first released Waters scream, which would reappear in Careful with that Axe, Eugene, Run Like Hell and others.
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| Single by The Mars Volta from the album The Bedlam in Goliath |
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| Released | January 28, 2008 | |
| Format | VinylDisc | |
| Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock | |
| Length | 2:20 | |
| Label | Warner Bros./Amnesty International | |
| Writer(s) | Syd Barrett | |
| Producer | Omar Rodriguez-Lopez | |
[edit] The Mars Volta cover
The Mars Volta's cover of "Candy and a Currant Bun" was released in some U.S. indie stores as free 5" VinylDisc. It was given away with purchase of the album (The Bedlam in Goliath). The VinylDisc is a new format that has a digital side and a vinyl side. One side plays in a CD player, while the other side plays on a turntable. The vinyl side contains the Pink Floyd cover "Candy and a Currant Bun", while the CD side contains the audio track for "Candy and a Currant Bun" as well as the Wax Simulacra video as enhanced content. It also comes with a removable foam spindle insert to switch between CD & vinyl.
The track was a regulation bonus track on the UK and Australasian releases of the album.
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