Ummagumma is the first Pink Floyd live album recorded in 1969 with early psychedelic space rock classics.
It was a double LP with one LP live and the other recorded in the studio and featuring compositions by the individual members of the group. Only one song, Grantchester Meadows is really worthwhile.
Pink Floyd Ummagumma Live 1969
Ummagumma Set List
The Live Album
- Astronomy Domine – 8:29 (originally from the album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn)
- Careful with That Axe, Eugene – 8:50 (originally the B side of a Pink Floyd single Point me At The Sky – I remember buying it in a rare visit to London)
- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun – 9:12 (A Saucerful of Secrets)
- A Saucerful of Secrets – 12:48 A Saucerful of Secrets
The Studio Album (it wasn’t the best idea to ask each of them to come up with about ten minutes of music)
- Sysyphus (Wright) – 12:59
- Grantchester Meadows (Waters) – 7:19
- Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict (Waters) – 5:01
- The Narrow Way (Gilmour) – 12:17
- The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party” (Mason/Ron Geesin) – 8:44
Ummagumma Performance
Very impressive performance of their early space rock style with more drive than the studio versions.
Here is a video of Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun taken from the Live At Pompeii performance in 1972.
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Links To Other Pink Floyd Live Albums
- 1981 – Is There Anybody Out There
- 1988 – Delicate Sound Of Thunder – review rating 20/30
- 1995 – Pulse – review rating 22/30
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What Else Was Happening In This Year?
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