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Ummagumma

Ummagumma is a double rock album by Pink Floyd.

It was a double album. One disc was recorded live at Mothers Club, 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 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.

In 1987, the album was re-released on a two CD set. A digitally re-mastered two CD set was released in 1994.

Personnel

Track Listing

For the studio album:

  1. Sysyphus (Parts 1-4) [Wright]
    1. band 1. PART I
    2. band 2. PART II
    3. band 3. PART II
    4. band 4. PART IV
  2. Grantchester Meadows [Waters]
  3. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict [Waters]
  4. The Narrow Way (Parts 1-3) [Gilmour]
  5. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party [Mason]
    1. Part 1 Entrance

    2. Part 2 Entertainment
    3. Part 3 Exit

For the live album:
  1. Astronomy Domine
  2. Careful With That Axe, Eugene
  3. Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun
  4. A Saucerful of Secrets