Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (live)Ħ. There followed numerous global number-one albums, including The Wall, Animals, Wish You Were Here, The Final Cut and 2014's finale, The Endless River.ģ. Pink Floyd featuring Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Rick Wright, and Nick Mason first broke onto the music scene in 1967 with the hit single "Arnold Layne." Despite the departure of Syd Barrett, the group, which soon recruited David Gilmour, recorded some of the most innovative and ground breaking records of their era, culminating in 1973 with one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, The Dark Side Of The Moon. Mastered from the original analog tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman and pressed on 180-gram vinyl, Ummagumma is part of the long-overdue Pink Floyd catalog-reissue campaign that is restoring the group's prized works to analog. Graced with iconic artwork by Hipgnosis, the record finally sounds as it should on vinyl LP. The second half, comprised of solo contributions from every member, still ranks as one of the most unique and visionary strokes of Pink Floyd's incomparable career. The eclectic set's first half features four live songs captured in Birmingham and Manchester that document just how powerful, edgy, explorative, and loud the band had become in just a few short years. The edition of "Ummagumma" we play on "Floydian Slip" is the remastered EMI UK import CD from 1994, in the deep green box.Release date: 17-06-2016(originally released in 1969)Ģ016 EU reissue on 180g LP=Pink Floyd's 1969 Double Album Available With Audiophile-Quality Sound on Vinyl: UmmagummaMastered from the Original Analog Tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante, and Bernie GrundmanĪ fan favorite ever since its release in 1969, the double-album Ummagumma gives Pink Floyd fans the best of both worlds. Because of a copyright snafu, the "Gigi" design had to be removed from the album cover in the States, leaving a plain, white cover in its place. edition, shown here, features the soundtrack album to the musical "Gigi" propped up against the wall, beneath the picture frame. The American version of the album cover, one of many Floyd covers designed by Hipgnosis, differed slightly from the U.K. Judging from our interview with Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson, Brits seem to pronounce it OOH-ma GOO-ma, while Americans seem to favor UH-ma GUH-ma. Its choice for the album's title apparently had no literal significance. The album's title is a euphemism for the sex act that band members picked up from their early days in Cambridge. 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 album also holds the distinction of containing one of the strangest titled Floyd songs: Roger Waters' "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving With a Pict." There's been much debate on what, in fact, a pict is. "Ummagumma" was also the first Floyd album to break the top 100 album chart in the United States. "Pulse," released in late-spring 1995, was the group's third live work, followed by "Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live" released April 18, 2000. It would be nearly 20 years before the band would put out its second live album, 1988's "Delicate Sound of Thunder," after Roger Waters' exodus. Secondly, the live disc constituted the group's first live album. For the studio work, Floyd turned to Norman Smith, who had produced the group's first and second albums. The other platter was a studio work, intended to allow each member of the band to shine in his own light, a result of keyboardist Rick Wright's concern that individual group members were confined by writing and playing in a strict "rock group" format. One disc was composed of live material recorded at Mother's Club in Birmingham, England, and at the Manchester College of Commerce. To begin with, it was the group's first double-album. "Ummagumma" marked several firsts for Pink Floyd: