November 8, 2021

20,000 vinyl LPs 319: Pink Floyd ‎~ Ummagumma

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vinyl LP front cover 
cover by Hipgnosis
photo of album cover by Styrous®


Fifty-one years ago today, on the 7th of November in 1969, Pink Floyd released their fourth studio album, Ummagumma, on Harvest Records. The album's title supposedly comes from Cambridge slang for sex, commonly used by Pink Floyd friend and occasional roadie, Iain "Emo" Moore, who would say, "I'm going back to the house for some ummagumma". According to Moore, he made up the term himself.           

The artwork for the album was designed by regular Floyd collaborators Hipgnosis and features a number of pictures of the band combined to give a Droste effect. It was the last album cover to feature the band. For this reason, this is in the "Just the cover, Ma'am" category (link below).                   




The album also holds the distinction of containing one of the strangest titled Floyd songs: Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict by Roger Waters. There's been much debate on what, in fact, a pict is. According to the Echoes FAQ, a pict is "a member of a possibly non-Celtic people who once occupied Great Britain, carried on continual border wars with the Romans, and about the 9th century became amalgamated with the Scots."       
     






The photograph below was used for the back cover of Ummagumma. It features roadies Alan Stiles and Peter Watts with the band's equipment laid out on a runway at Biggin Hill Airport in London.         
 

vinyl LP back cover 
photo by Hipgnosis
photo of album cover by Styrous®













vinyl LP Gatefold interior
photos by Hipgnosis
photo of album gatefold by Styrous®
           



















The first disc consists of live recordings from concerts at Mothers Club in Birmingham and the College of Commerce in Manchester that contained part of their normal set list of the time, while the second disc contains solo compositions by each member of the band recorded at Abbey Road Studios.    


       












 
 

 








   
Tracklist:
       
Side 1:
        
        Live Album   
A1        Astronomy Domine, written by Barrett* - 8:25
A2        Careful With That Axe, Eugene, written by Gilmour*, Mason*, Wright*, Waters* - 8:47
       
Side 2:
       
B1        Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, written by Waters* - 9:21
        A Saucerful Of Secrets, written by Gilmour*, Mason*, Wright*, Waters* - (12:51)
B2a        Something Else   
B2b        Syncopated Pandemonium   
B2c        Storm Signal   
B2d        Celestial Voices   
       
Side 3: 
 
        Studio Album   
        Sysyphus, written by, Featuring – Wright*
C1        Part I    4:29
C2        Part II    1:45
C3        Part III - 3:07
C4        Part IV - 3:38
C5        Grantchester Meadows, written by, Featuring – Waters* 7:23
C6        Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict, written by, Featuring – Waters* - 4:47
       
Side 4:
       
D1        The Narrow Way - Parts I, II & III, written by, Featuring – Gilmour* - 12:14
        The Grand Vizier's Garden Party, written by, Featuring – Mason* - (8:55)
D2a        Part I - Entrance   
D2b        Part II - Entertainment   
D2c        Part III - Exit   
       
Companies, etc.
       
    Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
    Recorded At – Mothers Club, Birmingham
    Mastered At – Capitol Studios, New York City
    Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
       
Credits:
       
    Bass Guitar, Vocals – Roger Waters
    Composed By – David Gilmour (tracks: D1), Nick Mason (tracks: D2), Richard Wright (tracks: C1 to C4), Roger Waters (tracks: C5, C6)
    Design [Sleeve], Photography By – Hipgnosis (2)
    Engineer – Brian Humphries (tracks: A1 to B2), Peter Mew (tracks: C1 to D2)
    Lead Guitar, Vocals – David Gilmour
    Organ, Keyboards, Vocals – Richard Wright
    Percussion – Nick Mason
    Producer – Norman Smith (tracks: C1 to D2), Pink Floyd (tracks: A1 to B2)
       
Notes:
       
First US pressing with no EMI logo on front cover and pink Harvest Records sticker.

Winchester, Virginia pressing.
       
Barcode and Other Identifiers
       
    Matrix / Runout (Label side A): STBB 1-388
    Matrix / Runout (Label side B): STBB 2-388
    Matrix / Runout (Label side C): STBB 3-388
    Matrix / Runout (Label side D): STBB 4-388
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Var 1): STBB-1-388-X7
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Var 1): STBB-2-388-X7
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, Var 1): STBB-3-388-W6
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, Var 1): STBB-4-388-X2
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, Var 2): STBB-1-388-P8 ─◁
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, Var 2): STBB-2-388-X7
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, Var 2): STBB-3-388-X2 #2 ─◁
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side 3, Var 2): STBB-4-388-X2 ─◁
    Rights Society: ASCAP
 
Pink Floyd – Ummagumma
Label:    Harvest – STBB-388, Capitol Records – STBB-388
Format:    2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Winchester Pressing
Country: US
Released: November 7,1969
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

         
Viewfinder links:        
        
all things Pink (Floyd)         
David Gilmour        
Nick Mason        
Roger Waters         
Richard Wright            
        
Net links:        
         
Echoes ~ The Piper at the Gates of Dawn        
Floydianslip ~ Ummagumma       
Pinkfloydz ~ Thank Heavens For Ummagumma        
        
         
        
        
YouTube links:        
        
Astronomy Domine         
A Saucerful Of Secrets               
Sysyphus             
The Narrow Way            
              
        
        
         
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Sunday, November 7, 2021       
       
 
 
















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