Ummagumma

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(1970)\n|} Ummagumma is a rock album by Pink Floyd.

Background

Ummagumma is a double album. One disc was recorded live at Mothers Club, Birmingham, on April 27, 1969 and the following week at Manchester College of Commerce, on May 2; the other included four solo segments, one by each of the band, recorded in the studio. The album was released in the UK on October 25, 1969 and then in the USA on November 10. The album would reach #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 US. In 1987, the album was re-released on a two CD set. A digitally re-mastered two CD set was released in 1994. Neither CD release includes the picture of Waters' first wife, which had appeared on the original. The cover of the album varies between the British (and Canadian) and American releases. The British version has the album 'Gigi' laying against the wall immediately above the 'Pink Floyd' letters. On the American version, however, this has been airbrushed to a plain white sleeve, possibly due to copyright concerns.

Personnel

\n*David Gilmour - Guitar and Vocals\n*Roger Waters - Bass Guitar and Vocals\n*Nick Mason - Percussion\n*Richard Wright - Keyboards\n*Lindy Mason (Nick's wife) - Flute (uncredited)

Track listing

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Studio album

\n#"Sysyphus Part 1" (Wright) - 1:08\n#"Sysyphus Part 2" (Wright) - 3:30\n#"Sysyphus Part 3" (Wright) - 1:49\n#"Sysyphus Part 4" (Wright) - 6:59\n#"Grantchester Meadows" (Waters) - 7:26\n#"Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict" (Waters) - 4:59\n#"The Narrow Way Part 1" (Gilmour) - 3:27\n#"The Narrow Way Part 2" (Gilmour) - 2:53\n#"The Narrow Way Part 3" (Gilmour) - 5:57\n#"The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part 1—Entrance" (Mason) - 1:00\n#"The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part 2—Entertainment" (Mason) - 7:06\n#"The Grand Vizier's Garden Party Part 3—Exit" (Mason) - 0:38\n

Live album

\n#"Astronomy Domine" - 8:29\n#"Careful With That Axe, Eugene" - 8:50\n#"Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun" - 9:12\n#"A Saucerful of Secrets" - 12:48\nCategory:Pink Floyd albums Category:1969 albums Category:Progressive rock albums Category:Fourth albums Category:Double albums

Quotes

• "What was your inspiration for The Narrow Way (on Ummagumma) your first major Floyd composition?"\n**"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

Category:Birmingham, England