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The Narrow Way
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“The Narrow Way” is a section on the studio half of Pink Floyd’s fourth album Ummagumma. It was written and performed by David Gilmour and is divided into three parts. The only musician to feature is the composer (in this case, Gilmour), who recorded the song using multiple overdubs to play all the instruments himself.
Part one of the song was called “Baby Blue Shuffle in D minor” when played by the band in a BBC broadcast on 2 December 1968; it also strongly resembles the tracks “Rain in the Country (take 1)“ and “Unknown Song” recorded (but eventually not used) for the soundtrack of Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Zabriskie Point in November/December 1969. This portion features layered acoustic guitar with some spacey effects overtop.
Part two features an electric...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Before you the night is beckoning ... And you know you can't delay ... But you can't catch the words they say ♫
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