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| Ummagumma | ||
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| Two Disk LP by Pink Floyd | ||
| Released | October 25 1969 | |
| Recorded | 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 86 min 11 sec | |
| Record label | Harvest Records (UK) Capitol Records (US) | |
| Producers | Pink Floyd, Norman Smith | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| RollingStone review | 3½/5 | link |
| Pink Floyd Chronology | ||
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Ummagumma is a rock album by Pink Floyd.
Ummagumma is a double album. One disc was recorded live at Mothers ClubMothers (formerly the Carlton Ballroom) opened above an old furniture store in Erdington High Street, Birmingham England in 1968. The club opened on 9 August 1968 and closed its doors on 3 January 1971. In this time more than 400 acts performed there, man, 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 is generally underestimated, which, as far as the music alone is concerned, is probably understandable. The studio album did not yield anything that the Floyd would use later, while the live album was generally OK, but sincerely nothing new.
However, it had a definite impact to the new rock movement (sometimes called "Prog Rock")
It did show that the new, more "british" rock formula was essentially able to sustain more experimental approaches to popular music while still being able to sell acceptably.
Many English and Continental European rock groups have referred to it in interviews as "a ground breaking exercise in studio management".
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. The album would be certified Gold in the US in February, 1974 and Platinum in March, 1994.
In 1987, the album was re-released on a two CD set. A digitally re-mastered two CD set 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 original vinyl issue.
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.