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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Astronomy Domine (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 2. Careful With That Axe Eugene (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster) | |||
| 4. A Saucerful Of Secrets (Live) (1994 Digital Remaster) | |||
| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Sysyphus (Part 1) | |||
| 2. Sysyphus (Part 2) | |||
| 3. Sysyphus (Part 3) | |||
| 4. Sysyphus (Part 4) | |||
| 5. Grantchester Meadows | |||
| 6. Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict | |||
| 7. The Narrow Way (Part 1) | |||
| 8. The Narrow Way (Part 2) The Narrow Way (Part 3) | |||
| 9. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entrance) | |||
| 10. The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Entertainment) | |||
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From 1969, Ummagumma was the band’s first double album and has one of their most iconic cover images. Ummagumma is an eclectic mix of both live and studio recordings. The new Discovery version presents the original double album, digitally remastered by James Guthrie and reissued with a newly designed Digipak and a new 16 page booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson.
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(2CD) 2011 'Discovery' Edition: 2-part (live/studio) extravaganza newly remastered with upgraded packaging
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Ummagumma", a half-live, half-studio double album released in 1969 is one of the band's most underrated efforts - apparently the band don't think much of it. However it's wonderful.
The live tracks are atmospheric and show why the Floyd were such a highly-regarded live act in 1969 - they're nothing short of awesome here.
The studio album - half a side for each band member - is the bit that causes people problems - many regard it as unfocussed and self-indulgent. One reviewer once memorably described it as "four middle class boys trying to be avant-garde in their Sunday best". I prefer to look at it as the Floyd at their most experimental, a record that's sometimes a bit short on catchy tunes but one which rewards repeated listening.
This is an impressive remaster, with a lot of hitherto unheard detail subtly revealed. Not a good place to start for Floyd newbies perhaps, but a great album nonetheless.
The live tracks are atmospheric and show why the Floyd were such a highly-regarded live act in 1969 - they're nothing short of awesome here.
The studio album - half a side for each band member - is the bit that causes people problems - many regard it as unfocussed and self-indulgent. One reviewer once memorably described it as "four middle class boys trying to be avant-garde in their Sunday best". I prefer to look at it as the Floyd at their most experimental, a record that's sometimes a bit short on catchy tunes but one which rewards repeated listening.
This is an impressive remaster, with a lot of hitherto unheard detail subtly revealed. Not a good place to start for Floyd newbies perhaps, but a great album nonetheless.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Pink Floyd's awesome qualities as a live act are brilliantly captured on the first part of this recording. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" covers the whole gamute of the band's sonic armoury. Always atmospheric it unfolds as eerie - beautiful interplay between keyboards and guitar - then climaxes with a stunning crescendo impelled by furious percussion playing. Similar territories are explored during "Sauceful of Secrets" - the band's most ambitious composition prior to "Atom Heart Mother" and "Echoes" - and this piece concludes in a majestic finale. Fantastic stuff.
Ummagumma part two is given over to studio material wherein the band each do their own thing in turn opening with Rick Wright's "Sysyphus." A rather ponderous piece that I only enjoy listening to on a very occasional basis after making a sisyphean effort. "Granchester Meadows" by Roger Waters is a pleasant pastoral piece that is more compelling. That's followed by "Several species of Small Furry Animals..." which is a terrific and eccentric collaboration between Waters and Ron Geeson. David Gilmour's "Narrow Way" has nice guitar playing but doesn't stand up as a composition. Finally "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" from Nick Mason has moments of nice whimsy, best visited infrequently.
So, the album drops to an overall "4 star" rating because three quarters of the studio content is lack lustre. In my view it's worth getting Ummagumma for the live material alone. The remastering really does enhance the listening experience.
Ummagumma part two is given over to studio material wherein the band each do their own thing in turn opening with Rick Wright's "Sysyphus." A rather ponderous piece that I only enjoy listening to on a very occasional basis after making a sisyphean effort. "Granchester Meadows" by Roger Waters is a pleasant pastoral piece that is more compelling. That's followed by "Several species of Small Furry Animals..." which is a terrific and eccentric collaboration between Waters and Ron Geeson. David Gilmour's "Narrow Way" has nice guitar playing but doesn't stand up as a composition. Finally "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" from Nick Mason has moments of nice whimsy, best visited infrequently.
So, the album drops to an overall "4 star" rating because three quarters of the studio content is lack lustre. In my view it's worth getting Ummagumma for the live material alone. The remastering really does enhance the listening experience.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After the dire dull DSOTM studio remaster, I feared the worst, but this remaster is absolutely superb !! You can hear every nuance and fine detail that just is not there on the already great original, whilst avoiding the over-blown remaster efforts by Queen and Led Zep. I have to give it 5 starts although I'd take off a half-star if I could due to the crappy cardboard sleeve, but that would only be nit-picking over a just wonderful release that is all the more surprising as the masters are now some 42 years old.
I just wanted to add that although the Amazon post lists the first 4 tracks as "1994 digital remaster", I just played both side-by-side and this new version sounds significantly better.
If you wonder about my DSOTM comment, just listen and compare the Amazon samples of the studio and much better live version (that makes the whole thing worth buying)
I just wanted to add that although the Amazon post lists the first 4 tracks as "1994 digital remaster", I just played both side-by-side and this new version sounds significantly better.
If you wonder about my DSOTM comment, just listen and compare the Amazon samples of the studio and much better live version (that makes the whole thing worth buying)
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