Not Really a "Dollar Record" - Pink Floyd: Ummagumma
Do you like them?
We didn't listen to very much of this; instead we just talked about growing up with Pink Floyd. College kids praising their CD box sets of Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. Another Brick in the Wall was fun when heard on the school bus radio, but then you saw the video with clips from the disturb-a-thon movie.
Of course there’s a high level of craft going into their records which later inspired lots of elaborate sound design. We talked about the pompously-titled A Momentary Lapse of Reason which also had a good sound but it didn’t carry the same weight when heard on a Pizza Hut jukebox. We discover it was recorded by one member arguing over the rights to the band's name on a houseboat.
So that album may not be a “Dollar Record”, but is categorized under Houseboat Rock.
It then dawns on one of us that, at his age, he only has a few more years left for Houseboat Living. “I need to find a good tributary system of rivers to connect to the Mississippi. How will I take college girls to New Orleans? A U-Haul going to Branson is not as sexy.”
What we heard of the actual groundbreaking album was some tinkly noises with Syd Barrett suddenly shrieking. Perhaps one day we will revisit this to hear the best-titled track “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun” (it’s also used in the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune).