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| Album
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| Released:
25 October 1969 |
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| Recorded:
1969 |
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| Genre:
Psychedelic rock |
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| Length:
86:11 |
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| Label:
Columbia (EMI) (UK) |
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| Tower/Capitol
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| Producer:
Pink Floyd/Norman Smith |
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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 David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Nick Mason and
Roger Waters.
The album was released in the UK on 25 October
1969 and then in the U.S. on 10 November 1969.
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. Once released,
critics have been quoted as saying it sounded
like "Rick Wright and Roger Waters had sex
on a bunch of instruments and recorded the sound
they made."
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. Neither
CD release includes the picture of Waters' first
wife, which had appeared on the inner-gatefold
sleeve of the original vinyl issue.
The cover of the original LP varies between the
British (and Canadian) and American releases.
The British version has the album Gigi leaning
against the wall immediately above the 'Pink Floyd'
letters. On the original American album version,
however, this was airbrushed to a plain white
sleeve, apparently because of copyright concerns
(though the Gigi cover appears in U.S. CD version's
booklet). Inside the cover is a picture of David
Gilmour in front of the Elfin Oak. Nick Mason
came up with the idea for the rear cover (or cover
of the Live Album), which shows the band's equipment
laid out on a runway at Biggin Hill Airfield.
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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