The Peel Session (Syd Barrett album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Peel Sessions

| type = ep

| artist = Syd Barrett

| cover = Barrett_peel_original.jpg

| alt =

| released = 25 January 1987

| recorded = 24 February 1970

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| studio =

| genre = Psychedelic rock

| length = 12:32

| label = Strange Fruit SFPS043

| producer = John Walters

| prev_title = Syd Barrett

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Opel

| next_year = 1988

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = ep

| cover = Barrett-peel-session.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Syd Barrett: The Peel Session reissue cover

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|last=Unterberger |first=Richie |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/peel-sessions-mw0000200801 |title=Peel Sessions - Syd Barrett : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2 August 2012}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=0-85712-595-8}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=37}}

|rev4 = Trouser Press

|rev4score = very favourable{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=syd_barrett|title=Syd Barrett|author=Ira Robbins|author-link=|quote=The excellent Peel EP dates from February 1970 and contains cogent renditions of "Terrapin," "Gigolo Aunt," "Baby Lemonade," "Effervescing Elephant" and the otherwise unissued "Two of a Kind," performed energetically and reasonably cogently with simple accompaniment by Gilmour and Shirley.|website=Trouser Press|accessdate=April 15, 2020}}

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The Peel Session is a collection of recordings by Syd Barrett released on 25 January 1987. This EP contains the five songs he performed for the John Peel Top Gear show, recorded on 24 February 1970{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Malcolm|title=The Making of The Madcap Laughs|year=2003|publisher=Brain Damage|edition=21st Anniversary|page=13}} and broadcast shortly after.