Baby Lemonade

"Baby Lemonade" is the opening track to Syd Barrett's second studio album, Barrett. "Baby Lemonade", and another song, "Gigolo Aunt",^[2] they were a go for Barrett to play and/or sing to an existing backing track.^[3] The solo was performed by Barrett, not David Gilmour as is often noted.^[1] 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.^[1] It was included on the multi-artist Harvest compilation, A Breath of Fresh Air – A Harvest Records Anthology 1969–1974 in 2007.^[4]

Live

The song, was performed along with 4 other songs (3 songs that would later be recorded for Barrett, and one that was originally from The Madcap Laughs) was recorded for BBC Radio on 24 February 1970.^[5][6] These five tracks were later released on The Peel Session,^[5] and even later with 3 added songs (one being another version of "Baby Lemonade") from another BBC Radio show, as The Radio One Sessions.^[7]

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