Ummagumma was released for the first time in 1970 on Harvest Records, EMI's underground sub-label. The double album is divided into a live and a studio album. Especially on stage Pink Floyd has grown and the group has left the playful sixties psychedelics of the first two albums behind. Old songs like Astronomy Domine and A Saucerful Of Secrets have turned into hypnotic space rock jams and already
… immerse you in the dark, dreamy and epic atmospheres that the group became so big with in the seventies. On the second record you can clearly hear that the quartet is also still looking. The four members each take care of a quarter of this former LP, without cooperation from each other. This led to forced avant-garde compositions by keyboardist Richard Wright and drummer Nick Mason and a flirtation with musique concrète by bassist / singer Roger Waters. The latter also features the fragile folk song Grantchester Meadows while guitarist / vocalist David Gilmour's suite The Narrow Way could have been a potential Pink Floyd piece, had he not had to play all the instruments (including drums) himself. The consensus of this experiment is therefore that Pink Floyd as a collective (however divided at times) is much stronger and more powerful than as four individuals. The live record fully testifies to that. (MR) if he hadn't had to play all the instruments (including drums) himself. The consensus of this experiment is therefore that Pink Floyd as a collective (however divided at times) is much stronger and more powerful than as four individuals. The live record fully testifies to that. (MR) if he hadn't had to play all the instruments (including drums) himself. The consensus of this experiment is therefore that Pink Floyd as a collective (however divided at times) is much stronger and more powerful than as four individuals. The live record fully testifies to that. (MR)more
