The British version has the album Gigi leaning against the wall immediately above the 'Pink Floyd' letters. The cover of the original LP varies between the British, United States, Canadian and Australian releases. The cover artwork shows a Droste effect featuring the group, with a picture hanging on the wall showing the same scene, except that the band members have switched positions. The album was the first album by the band released on the Harvest label. Mason's three-part ' The Grand Vizier's Garden Party' featured his then wife, Lindy, playing flute, and Mason playing a seven-minute drum solo as part two of the piece. He asked Waters to write some lyrics for his compositions, but he refused to do so.

Gilmour said he 'just bullshitted' through the piece. Gilmour has since stated he was apprehensive about creating a solo work, and admits he 'went into a studio and started waffling about, tacking bits and pieces together', although part one of ' The Narrow Way' had already been performed as 'Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major' in a BBC radio session in December 1968. Waters' other contribution ' Grantchester Meadows' was a more pastoral acoustic offering and was usually played as an opening to concerts over 1969. Waters' ' Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict' contained a variety of vocal and percussion effects treated at various speeds, both forwards and backwards, and was influenced by Ron Geesin, who would later collaborate with both Waters and Pink Floyd. Although initially enthusiastic about making a solo contribution, Wright later described it as 'pretentious'. Wright's contribution, 'Sysyphus', was named after a character in Greek mythology, usually spelled ' Sisyphus', and contained a combination of various keyboards, including piano and mellotron. The studio album came as a result of Richard Wright wanting to make 'real music', where the four group members (in order: Wright, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason) each had half an LP side to create a solo work without involvement from the others. The band had also recorded a live version of ' Interstellar Overdrive' (from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) intended for placement on side one of the live album, and ' The Embryo', which was recorded in the studio before it was decided that the band members each come up with their own material. Note blue plaque commemorating the venue.ДЄlthough the sleeve notes say that the live material was recorded in June 1969, the live album of Ummagumma was recorded live at Mothers Club in Birmingham on 27 April 1969 and the following week at Manchester College of Commerce on 2 May of the same year as part of The Man and The Journey Tour. The site of Mothers Club, above shops in Birmingham's Erdington suburb, where some of the live album was recorded (seen on 27 April 2019 вЂ“ the 50th anniversary of the concert).

Nevertheless, the album has been reissued on CD several times, along with the rest of their catalogue. It was the last album cover to feature the band.ДЄlthough the album was well received at the time of release, and was a top five hit in the UK album charts, it has since been looked upon unfavourably by the band, who have expressed negative opinions about it in interviews.

The artwork was designed by regular Floyd collaborators Hipgnosis and features a number of pictures of the band combined to give a Droste effect. The first disc consists of live recordings from concerts at Mothers Club in Birmingham and the College of Commerce in Manchester that contained part of their normal set list of the time, while the second contains solo compositions by each member of the band recorded at Abbey Road Studios. It is a double album and was released on 7 November 1969 by Harvest Records. Ummagumma is the fourth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd.

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