Pink floyd ummagumma album artwork3/16/2024 (See above right) This was the time when I realised I could really do it. The second Floyd album we did was ‘Ummagumma’ in 1969. Through being a bit pushy and full of ourselves. Po (Aubrey Powell, of Hipgnosis) and I did the cover for Pink Floyd’s first album with Gilmour, ‘A Saucerful of Secrets,’ not having a fucking clue what we were doing. And he, in turn encouraged them to use me. They’d recently asked me whether David Gilmour, (who joined the line-up as Syd’s replacement), who I also knew, was stable and I told them that he was. So anyway, I was eaves dropping nosily at the door when they were talking about the album cover and I arrogantly said “Why don’t I do it?” This was during a difficult time for the band as Syd was going bonkers. We began socialising once we’d all moved to London. I knew the band because I’d been at school with Syd Barrett and Roger Waters in Cambridge. In 1968 the Floyd were about to ask an artist friend of mine to do their album cover. I started doing what I do through luck and being pushy. Even though I can’t sing a note or play a guitar. Was it Shakespeare that said music is the food of love? This is a firm belief of mine. It’s the most precious commodity you could buy, and it costs just a few quid. The reason it is very special is that the item that you’re buying or downloading is something that might change your life. Music is a very special “commodity”, as you put it.
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