![]() The back cover was taken at Biggin Hill aerodrome, Bromley, Central London, UK. On the Australian edition, the Gigi cover is completely airbrushed, not even leaving a white square behind.Ĭover Location: At Storm Thorgerson’s then girlfriend’s house in Cambridge, UK. On most copies of US and Canadian editions, the Gigi cover is airbrushed to a plain white sleeve, apparently because of copyright concerns, but the earliest US copies do show the Gigi cover, and it was restored for the US remastered CD edition. As their graphics department was non existent and they were learning their trade, the lettering was made from polystyrene and placed in front of the GiGi album, cheap but effective. This recursive process is known as the ‘Droste Effect’ after a design on a Droste cocoa tin in the 1900s. The idea was to convey the complexity of Floyd’s music by having layer upon layer within a photograph. Īlbum’s cover utilizes infinity mirror 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 album by the English rock band Pink Floyd. ![]()
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