UMMAGUMMA

There were about 20 albums that were a sure bet to take me to outer and inner space and be a great trip when mellowing out from multiple hits of Owsley, Windowpane, or Sunshine. This was one of them. Haven't listened to it since; it's in a storage shed... I've moved multiple times since then and haven't discovered any forgotten stash.....too bad. I just heard some Floyd on Sirius and it reminded me of Ummagumma.

I saw Pink Floyd live just a little before this album came out. I'll never forget it, so for me maybe this album brought back some of that nostalgia as well, and I'm over-rating it as I probably would all the 60's bands I saw. Then again, I probably only took the trouble to spend the money and time on the ones that I thought were great.

For those of you who missed this era, this album is quintessential psychedelic rock and is absolutely required listening. My ears aren't so good any more, but there really are some beautiful and weird sounds in this one that make great music as well. When they did the gong live, it was in 4-channel and went around the room one way while the drums went around the other. It was truly 'far out'.

Others rate more recent Pink Floyd albums as better; I disagree....this was their peak.