CLEAN 1969 GIGI PINK FLOYD UMMAGUMMA Acid Prog Psych

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SUPERIOR ORIGINAL LAMINATED MINT GATEFOLD                               

HIGHLY COLLECTED EUROPEAN HARVEST RECORDS                               

 ORIGINAL 1969 GIGI GATEFOLD TOP MINTY COLLECTIBLE                                 

                                 

                          

                   PINK FLOYD

                UMMAGUMMA

  

\                                                    France - HARVEST RECORDS - SHDW 1/2

 

Beautiful clean 1970 original first pressing with nice laminated gatefold sleeve that includes the famous GIGI cover which was quickly airbrushed out due to law suit threats, such covers were only around a short time upon initial release...

The album's title supposedly comes from a Cambridge slang word for sex, commonly used by one of Pink Floyd's friends and occasional roadie, Ian "Emo" Moore, who would say 'I'm going back to the house for some Ummagumma'  The cover of the original Lp first pressings for European & British releases has the album Gigi leaning against the wall immediately above the "Pink Floyd" letters. The Gigi cover was soon airbrushed out, to show only a plain white sleeve, apparently because of copyright concerns.

Although the sleeve notes say that the live material was recorded in June 1969, the first disc of Ummagumma 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 second disc included four solo segments, one half-side of vinyl each by, in order: Richard Wright, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason.

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. 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. 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.)

"Ummagumma" is a sort of fractured double album with the first album representing the studio work and 2nd taking on 4 great live tracks. Many fans and collectors love the two extremes of this album (live & studio) some times prefering the live album and other times the studio. "Ummagumma" is representative of classic psychedlic-era PINK FLOYD. Atmospheres are dark and foreboding with ravishing psychedelic squawls, sonic distortion and guitar frenzies. Moods change from still quiet to heavy droned out psych. "Ummagumma" explores on both albums a wide range of tympanic beats and sounds and is truely an album of exploration. Live material on this album is simply stunning with excellent versions of FLOYD Classics... "Astronomy Domine", "Careful With That Axe... Eugene", "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" and "A Saucerful Of Secrets"

Live album

• "Astronomy Domine" (Syd Barrett) – 8:29
• "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (Roger Waters, Rick Wright, David Gilmour, Nick Mason) – 8:50 B:
• "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (Waters) – 9:12
• "A Saucerful of Secrets" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright/Mason) – 12:48

• • "Something Else"
  • "Syncopated Pandemonium"
  • "Storm Signal"
  • "Celestial Voices"

Studio album

1. "Sysyphus" (Wright) – 12:59
   • Part 1 – 4:29
   • Part 2 – 1:45
   • Part 3 – 3:07
   • Part 4 – 3:38
   • B:
2. "Grantchester Meadows" (Waters) – 7:26
3. "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" (Waters) – 4:59
4. "The Narrow Way" (Gilmour) – 12:17
   • Part 1 – 3:27
   • Part 2 – 2:53
   • Part 3 – 5:57
5. "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" (Mason) – 8:44
   • Part 1: "Entrance" – 1:00
   • Part 2: "Entertainment" – 7:06
   • Part 3: "Exit" – 0:38   

 

CONDITION: The richly laminated gatefold cover is clean, crisp and stiff M- no problems, looks like a wall display item. TOP level!

The vinyl records -- all 4 sides are glossy clean and clear with at worse a couple superficial soft scuffs that are not audible, visual: "EX" (excellent to mostly M- and you can expect playback to clean M- 

       

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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