The Madcap Laughs - Cover Artwork

Cover Artwork

For the album cover, Barrett painted the floor of his bedroom in Wetherby Mansions orange and purple. The nude woman appearing on the back of the record sleeve was an acquaintance of his known as "Iggy the Eskimo". Photographer Mick Rock says, "When I arrived for 'The Madcap Laughs' photo session, Syd was still in his underpants .. His lady friend of two weeks, 'Iggy the Eskimo', was naked in the kitchen .." Iggy met Barrett in the summer of 1966, through Barrett's then-girlfriend, Jenny Spires. A year after Barrett had moved into Wetherby Mansions, Iggy moved in after Spires suggested. Iggy didn't know who Barrett was, that he was previously was in Pink Floyd. Barrett had played to Iggy several songs that would later appear on the album, one being "Terrapin", which she called "quite catchy". In October 2010 she was interviewed, revealing that her name was Evelyn. The album was designed by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis. The original sleeve featured no musician credits, barring producer credit; later issues contain musician credits. On the original release, track 10 is listed as "She Took a Long Cold Look", although on the 2010 remaster the track is re-titled to "She Took a Long Cool Look", in similar vein to An Introduction to Syd Barrett.