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TIL that during Pink Floyd’s recording session for ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’, a song about schizophrenic former band member Syd Barrett, he walked into the studio after 7 years of no contact with a shaven head and eyebrows acting strangely and had the band members in tears upon recognizing him.

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