Gary Kemp took the lead vocals for Arnold Layne as the focus remained on Nick with a hairier, younger Nick dominating the backdrop. Japanese artist Hokusai’s artwork adorned the stage, drum kit, and T-shirt to set the atmospheric scene as the countdown merged into the familiar opening to One Of These Days with some wonderful slide pedal steel guitar work from Lee Harris and Nick’s driving beat provided the impetus for a grand opening. It was a cool experiment, but pretty much everything else they did was better.‘Games For May’ – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – Manchester Apollo – 6th May 2022 Given that, Atom Heart Mother is my 6th favorite Floyd record while Ummagumma ranks dead last. I usually don’t count the live album as part of Ummagumma when comparing them, it’s not really fair since we’re usually talking about studio material in these. Summer ‘68 and Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast aren’t bad either. AHM has a similar take, letting each of (except Mason) the members kinda take charge of a song, only here they are all actually listenable songs. some of that stuff is barely recognizable as music. I absolutely love each of the live performances included, but the AHM suite is one of my favorite Pink Floyd pieces, almost as good as Echoes imo. The live half of Ummagumma vs the Atom Heart Mother suite is tough. Well, half by half is a pretty interesting comparison.
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