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| Studio album / live album by Pink Floyd | |||||
| Released | 25 October 1969 | ||||
| Recorded | 1969 | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, art rock, progressive rock, experimental rock | ||||
| Length | 86:11 | ||||
| Label | Harvest, EMI (UK) Harvest/Capitol, Capitol (U.S.) |
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| Producer | Pink Floyd (disc one) Norman Smith (disc two) |
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The US cover which omitted the cover of Gigi. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Pink Floyd are Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre and/or which pushes the boundaries In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Harvest Records was a Record label created by EMI in 1969 to promote Progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Harvest Records was a Record label created by EMI in 1969 to promote Progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Norman Smith aka Hurricane Smith ( February 22 1923 – March 3 2008) was an English Musician and Record allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Blender is an American music Magazine that bills itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more" Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002 Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services including Internet radio music videos news artist information and original programming Pink Floyd are A Saucerful of Secrets is the second Album by rock band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic to Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 Progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown Not to be confused with Gigli. Gigi is a 1958 motion picture musical set in Paris France.
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Ummagumma is a progressive rock double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969. Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved Pink Floyd are Events Perhaps the two most famous musical events of 1969 were concerts The first disc is a live album of their normal setlist of the time, while the second one contains individual compositions by each member of the band.
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Background
Ummagumma is a double album. One disc was recorded live at Mothers Club, Birmingham, on 27 April 1969 and the following week at Manchester College of Commerce, on 2 May 1969; the other included four solo segments, one half-side of vinyl each by Richard Wright, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason. Mothers (formerly the Carlton Ballroom was a club in Birmingham, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard Wright may refer to Richard Wright (musician (1943–2008 also known as Rick Wright founding member of Pink Floyd Richard B George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason (born 27 January 1944 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England) is the Drummer for Pink Floyd.
The album was released in the UK on 25 October 1969 and then in the U.S. on 10 November 1969. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The album reached #5 on the UK album charts and #74 on the US album charts, marking the first time the band reached the top 100 in the U. S. The album was certified Gold in the U. S. in February 1974 and Platinum in March 1994. In 1987, the album was re-released on a two CD set. A digitally re-mastered version was released in 1994 in the UK and 1995 in the US.
Cover art
The cover shows the members of the band, with a picture hanging on the wall showing the same scene, except the band members have switched positions. The picture on the wall also includes the picture on the wall, creating a recursion effect, with each recursion showing band members exchanging positions. Recursion, in Mathematics and Computer science, is a method of defining functions in which the function being defined is applied within its own definition After 4 variations of the scene, the final picture within picture is the cover of a previous Pink Floyd album, A Saucerful of Secrets. A Saucerful of Secrets is the second Album by rock band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic to
The cover of the original LP varies between the British and American (and Canadian) releases. The British version has the album Gigi leaning against the wall immediately above the 'Pink Floyd' letters. Not to be confused with Gigli. Gigi is a 1958 motion picture musical set in Paris France. On most copies of the American album version, the Gigi cover was airbrushed to a plain white sleeve, apparently because of copyright concerns. Original American and Canadian copies do show the Gigi cover[1], and it was restored for the U. S. CD edition.
On the rear cover, roadies Alan Stiles and Peter Watts are shown with the band's equipment laid out on a runway at Biggin Hill Airport; a concept proposed by Nick Mason. "Roadie" redirects here For the 1980 movie see Roadie (film. Peter Watts is a Canadian Science fiction Author and marine-mammal biologist London Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill on the southern edge of the United Kingdom 's capital city of London.
Song titles on the back are laid out slightly differently in British vs. North American editions, the most important difference being the inclusion of sub-titles for the four sections of "A Saucerful of Secrets" which appeared for the first time anywhere on American and Canadian editions, but not on the British edition.
The inner gatefold art shows separate black and white photos of the band members. David Gilmour in seen standing in front of the Elfin Oak. The Elfin Oak is a 900-year-old tree stump in Kensington Gardens in London, carved and painted to look as though elves gnomes and small animals Original vinyl editions showed Waters with his first wife, but she has been cropped out of the picture on all CD editions.
Track listing
Disc one: live album
Side one
- "Astronomy Domine" (Syd Barrett) – 8:29
- "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Roger Waters, Rick Wright, David Gilmour, Nick Mason) – 8:50
Side two
- "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Waters) – 9:15
- "A Saucerful of Secrets" (Gilmour/Waters/Mason/Wright) – 12:48
- "Something Else"
- "Syncopated Pandemonium"
- "Storm Signal"
- "Celestial Voices"
Disc two: studio album
Side one
- "Sysyphus" (Wright)
- Part 1 – 4:29 (on LP); 1:08 (on CD)
- Part 2 – 1:45 (on LP); 3:30 (on CD)
- Part 3 – 3:07 (on LP); 1:49 (on CD)
- Part 4 – 3:38 (on LP); 6:59 (on CD)
- "Grantchester Meadows" (Waters) – 7:26
- "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" (Waters) – 4:59
Side two
- "The Narrow Way" (Gilmour)
- Part 1 – 3:27
- Part 2 – 2:53
- Part 3 – 5:57
- "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" (Mason)
- Part 1: "Entrance" – 1:00
- Part 2: "Entertainment" – 7:06
- Part 3: "Exit" – 0:38
The 4 subtitles of "A Saucerful of Secrets" appeared for the first time on the USA edition of the album. " Astronomy Domine " is a song by British Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd. Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist " Careful with That Axe Eugene " is a song by the British band Pink Floyd. George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 &ndash 15 September 2008 was a pianist and Keyboardist best known for his career with Pink Floyd David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason (born 27 January 1944 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England) is the Drummer for Pink Floyd. " Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun " is a song by British Psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured on their second album " A Saucerful of Secrets " is a multi-part instrumental by the rock band Pink Floyd from an album of the same name, released in 1968. " Sysyphus " is an Avant-garde, instrumental four part suite written by progressive rock band Pink Floyd 's keyboardist Richard Wright. " Grantchester Meadows " is a song from the second half of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. " Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict " is a track written and performed by Roger Waters from the two-part 1969 " The Narrow Way " is a section on the studio half of Pink Floyd's fourth album Ummagumma. " The Grand Vizier's Garden Party " is a three part instrumental from Pink Floyd 's Ummagumma album They did not appear on the UK edition, nor on any edition of the original "A Saucerful of Secrets" album. A Saucerful of Secrets is the second Album by rock band Pink Floyd, and marks the group's stylistic change from psychedelic to
On the remastered CD, "Part 1" of "Sysyphus" was split into two tracks and called "Part 1" and "Part 2". "Part 2" on vinyl became "Part 3" on CD, and "Part 3" and "Part 4" were combined into the CD's "Part 4". (The original "Part 4" begins with the large orchestral thud. )
The record was also released as a double cassette, featuring the tracks in a different order.
The band had also recorded a live version of "Interstellar Overdrive" (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn), intended for placement on side one of the live album. " Interstellar Overdrive " is a psychedelic composition by Pink Floyd, which appears on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd 's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett 's leadership although he made some contributions to The track was dropped at the last minute, some say to maintain the sound fidelity of the record, but numerous test pressings with the original track list were given to friends of the band, including John Peel. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio Other sources have claimed that the song was dropped because of a conflict over the music publishing rights. (It would have been one of only two songs on the record to include Syd Barrett as a writer. Syd Barrett (born Roger Keith Barrett; 6 January 1946 - 7 July 2006 was an English singer songwriter guitarist and artist )
Personnel
- Roger Waters – bass guitar; vocals on "Careful with That Axe, Eugene", "Set the Controls…" and "Grantchester Meadows"; acoustic guitar on "Grantchester Meadows"; tape effects and voices on "Several Species…". George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician
- David Gilmour – guitars; vocals on "Astronomy Domine" and "A Saucerful of Secrets"; all instruments and vocals on "The Narrow Way"
- Richard Wright – keyboards; vocals on "Astronomy Domine"
- Nick Mason – drums and percussion
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- Lindy Mason (then Mason's wife) – flute on "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
- The title Ummagumma comes from a British slang word for sexual intercourse. David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers Richard William "Rick" Wright (28 July 1943 &ndash 15 September 2008 was a pianist and Keyboardist best known for his career with Pink Floyd Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason (born 27 January 1944 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England) is the Drummer for Pink Floyd. Regional slangs See also Yorkshire colloquialisms, London slang, Cockney rhyming slang Differences with American slang Spelling Sexual intercourse, in its biological sense is the act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals enters the female reproductive tract [2]
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- In the "Weird Al" Yankovic mockumentary, The Compleat Al, Al is trying to describe the synchronicities between famous rock albums and "ancient astronauts". The Compleat Al is a Mockumentary about the life of "Weird Al" Yankovic, from his birth to 1985. He holds up an Ummagumma LP and jokingly says, "Remember this? Well, I did a little research and found out that "Ummagumma" is actually an ancient word for: 'We're running out of ideas for songs, help us. '"
- MFSL announced their plans to release Ummagumma on their ultrasound series, but later withdrew those stating that the master tapes were below quality [2]. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab ( MFSL or MoFi) is a company that produces reissues of classic albums
- After Pink Floyd's May 16, 1970 performance at The Warehouse in New Orleans, the equipment shown on the rear cover of Ummagumma was stolen. The Warehouse, located at 1820 Tchoupitoulas Street, was the main venue for rock music in New Orleans in the 1970s New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The remaining concerts on this U. S. tour were cancelled. After the theft, and the Grateful Dead's drug bust after their January 31, 1970 performance, also at The Warehouse; New Orleans was shunned by most rock bands for the first half of the 1970s. "Truckin'" is a song by the Grateful Dead, which first appeared on their 1970 album American Beauty. The Grateful Dead would not play in New Orleans for another 10 years. Pink Floyd wouldn't play there for another 24 years.
- The original intention of the band with the live album was to release those songs and then stop playing them. However, with the popularity of the album, the public kept wanting to hear songs from the live album, and so they stayed in their set lists for some time. [2]
- Although the sleeve notes say that the live material was recorded in June of 1969, these tracks were actually recorded at shows in April and May of 1969.
- Part 3 of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" is amongst the shortest Pink Floyd studio recordings ever released. Only "Stop", which was 0:32, from The Wall, and "A New Machine (Part 2)", which was 0:38, from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, are of equal or shorter length. The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late " A New Machine " parts 1 and 2 are songs from Pink Floyd 's 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason. A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyd 's 1987 Album, the band's first release after the departure of Roger Waters from the band in 1985
- This album, More, Atom Heart Mother, and Obscured by Clouds were the only Floyd studio albums to not be represented on Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd
- The sequencing of the studio album later inspired the arrangement for the Minutemen double album Double Nickels on the Dime[3]. Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 Progressive rock album by Pink Floyd, engineered by Alan Parsons and Peter Bown Obscured by Clouds is a rock Album by Pink Floyd based on their Soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Echoes The Best of Pink Floyd is a compilation album by Pink Floyd. Minutemen were members of teams of select men from the American colonial militia during the American Revolutionary War. Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by American Punk rock trio the Minutemen, released on the Californian Independent record label
Quotes
"What was your inspiration for The Narrow Way (on Ummagumma) your first major Floyd composition?"
- "Well, we'd decided to make the damn album, and each of us to do a piece of music on our own. . . it was just desperation really, trying to think of something to do, to write by myself. I'd never written anything before, I just went into a studio and started waffling about, tacking bits and pieces together. I haven't heard it in years. I've no idea what it's like. " - David Gilmour - Sounds "Guitar Heroes" Magazine, May 1983
"What do you think of your early records like Atom Heart Mother and Ummagumma today?"
- "I think both are pretty horrible. Well, the live disc of Ummagumma might be all right, but even that isn't recorded well. " - David Gilmour - German news magazine Der Spiegel No. 23 - 5 June 1995
"When you listen to Ummagumma, you get the feeling that each one of you is doing his own music, not caring much about the others. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 "
- "That's right. I can't be precise, but we were very individualistic at the time. " - Nick Mason - March 1973
"The back of Ummagumma comes from something Nick Mason did. " - Storm Thorgerson - Guitar World - February 1998
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1969 | UK Albums Chart | 5 |
| 1969 | Billboard Pop Albums | 74 |
References
- ^ Neil Umphred, Goldmine Price Guide to Collectible Record Albums, Fifth Edition, 1996, Krause Publications
- ^ a b c Echoes FAQ
- ^ Azerrad, Michael. Storm Thorgerson (born 1944 in Potters Bar, which was in Middlesex at the time and is now in Hertfordshire) is an English Graphic designer. The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Our Band Could Be Your Life Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad (ISBN 0-316-78753-1 Little Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-78753-1. p. 82
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