PINK FLOYD "Ummagumma" 1969 UK HARVEST 2LP 1st PRESSING
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£ 103
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Dec 20, 2010
Sold Date
Dec 10, 2010
Start Date
£ 22
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Great Britain
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Description
PINK FLOYD "Ummagumma" 1969 UK HARVEST 2LP 1st PRESSING
LAMINATED EJ DAY GF, NO EMI, GREAT COPY - CLEAN SOUND
PINK FLOYD
Ummagumma
ORIGINAL UK HARVEST (SHDW 1/2) FIRST PRESSING (November 1969) OF PINK FLOYD'S SUPERB DOUBLE LP SET, "Ummagumma" - CONTAINING ONE LIVE LP OF FOUR LONG TRACKS WITH POSSIBLY THE DEFINITIVE VERSION OF 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene' - WHICH SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, AND A SECOND LP OF FLOYD AT THEIR EXPERIMENTAL FINEST WITH EACH BAND MEMBER GIVEN SPACE TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN PSYCH WORKOUTS
THIS IS A FANTASTIC SET IN LIGHTLY PLAYED, CAREFULLY HANDLED CONDITION AND IT DELIVERS PRACTICALLY FLAWLESS AUDIO (ON MY SYSTEM - AT A VERY LOUD VOLUME!) WHICH IS RARE, AS THE RECORDS HAVE MANY QUIET, ALMOST SILENT PASSAGES COMMONLY SPOILT BY EXCESSIVE SURFACE NOISE
PRESSED ON TWO QUALITY MID/HEAVYWEIGHT RECORDS WITH THE FIRST HARVEST YELLOW/GREEN LABELS WHICH CARRY "The Gramophone Co.." RIM TEXT AND HAVE NO EMI BOX LOGO
AND WITH THE SIDE FOUR PRINTING ERROR: "The Gand Vizier's Garden Party"
FIRST ISSUED MATRIX: SHDW 1 A-1 / SHDW 1 B-2 and SHDW 2 A-1 / SHDW 2 B-3
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 2/GH, 1/RA and 1/GO, 1/RL
THE LPS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL OUTER LAMINATED GATEFOLD SLEEVE “Printed in England by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London” DATE CODED '6911' (1969, November)
AND THE SET COMES COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVES WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN GREY/SILVER TEXT (this release pre-dates the Harvest advertising inner bags which were not issued until mid 1970)
Track Listing:
LIVE ALBUM (recorded at MOTHERS Birmingham & Manchester College of Commerce, June 1969)
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: RICHARD WRIGHT: Sysyphus Parts 1 - 4 / ROGER WATERS: Grantchester Meadows / Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict
Side 4: DAVID GILMOUR: The Narrow Way Parts 1 - 3 / NICK MASON: The Grand (mis-spelt 'Gand') Vizier's Garden Party, Part 1: Entrance - Part 2: Entertainment - Part 3: Exit
LABELS: Clean, bright and unmarked with light/moderate spindle traces (record two has been played more than record one) - this copy has been played but not over-played and it has also been extremely well handled and cared for - EXCELLENT+
VINYL Visual: Both records retain their original deep, glossy sheen with just a few superficial light marks none of which have any real audio consequence - both records play beautifully - EXCELLENT+
VINYL Audio: Pink Floyd's soundscapes cover an amazing dynamic range from the smallest, almost silent details to the loudest crescendos (which makes it difficult to find early pressings which will play without excessive clicks/pops and/or surface noise - but this copy plays beautifully throughout - certainly one of the cleanest I have heard in a while). On playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my records prior to listing and it's always a great pleasure to return to this one) there are no scratches, no sticks/jumps and barely any surface noise (just a little at the beginning of "Set The Controls..." which soon disappears). There is the occasional (not unexpected) light 'click' (non continuous apart from a few seconds on "Part 2: Entertainment") but nothing I found at all intrusive. The sound quality throughout is simply sensational - crystal clear, rich, strong and vibrant and both LPs play beautifully to a very high standard with great clarity, no distortion and no groove-wear and are very critically graded EXCELLENT for audio - lovely copy
SLEEVE: The original outer laminated gatefold cover is also in great condition with virtually no wear to speak of on the edges or spine - where all text is clear and bold. The outer laminated surfaces have a deep, glass-like gloss (with no rubbing) and the untreated inside is clean and unmarked. There is some fading to the spine (from storage) but otherwise, this is a very, very fine example indeed - critically graded EXCELLENT+
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POST & PACKING
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