Product Description
Rare Early New Zealand Pressing With High Gloss Laminated Original ‘Gigi’ Gatefold Cover! A Vintage Pink Floyd 2LP Set With Vinyl Still In Top Condition!
Early pressings of ‘Ummagumma’ show the album, ‘Gigi’ leaning against the wall on the front cover photo. This was removed from later pressings, due to copyright concerns, making originals even more collectable.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT! So well preserved for almost 50 years!
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Light ring wear, some bending on inner gatefold.
The first record is live, containing material from the first two Pink Floyd albums, recorded in concert after Syd Barrett had left the band. The second record contains studio recordings of solo compositions by each member of the band.
Although the record cover claims: “Live Album recorded at Mothers Birmingham & Manchester College Of Commerce June 1969”, the actual dates are: Mothers, Birmingham, on April 27 1969 and Manchester College Of Commerce on May 2 1969.
LIVE ALBUM
Side 1:
Astronomy Domine
Careful With That Axe, Eugene
Side 2:
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
A Saucerful Of Secrets
STUDIO ALBUM
Side 3:
Sysyphus (Parts 1 – 4)
Grantchester Meadows
Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict
Side 4:
The Narrow Way (Part 1 – 3)
The Grand Vizier’s Garden Party
Part 1 – Entrance
Part 2 – Entertainment
Part 3 – Exit
Geoff –
....and let’s not forget the mind-bending "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"!
AMG –
One of the most popular albums in Pink Floyd's pre-Dark Side of the Moon output, containing a live LP & a studio LP. The live material, recorded in 1969, is all drawn from the group's first two albums or their then recent singles. The set shows off a very potent group, their sound held together on-stage by Nick Mason's assertive drumming & Roger Waters' powerful bass work, which keep the proceedings moving no matter how spaced out the music gets. "Astronomy Domine," "Careful with That Axe Eugene," "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," & "A Saucerful of Secrets" are all superior here to their studio originals, done longer, louder, harder, with a real edge to the playing. The studio sides are more experimental, each member getting a certain amount of space on the record to make his own music -- Richard Wright's "Sysyphus" was a pure keyboard work, featuring various synthesizers, organs, and pianos; David Gilmour's "The Narrow Way" was a three-part instrumental for acoustic and electric guitars and electronic keyboards; and Nick Mason's "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" made use of a vast range of acoustic & electric percussion devices. Roger Waters' "Grantchester Meadows" was a lyrical folk-like number unlike almost anything else the group ever did.