“But the Lulubelle III,” he joked of the slaughtered bovine. “Frankly, I don’t see how it got to number one in the UK.” It’s pretty good, and you can hear snatches of melody and techniques put to better use on later, more cohesive albums there’s just something missing.” For me, only ‘Fat Old Sun’ stood out.”Īccording to Higson, gone was all of founder Syd Barrat’s “psychedelic whimsy” as well as (“mercifully”) the “extended improvisation and pretentiousness” of the previous year’s Ummagumma, to be replaced with a “pastoral inclination” which he said was reflected in the sleeve. He cited keyboardist Richard Wright’s “Summer ’68” as “typical of the album.

“I thought was ambitious, especially Ron Geesin’s orchestration. “We had a listening party on the Hi-Fi that Friday night, got a few beers in, you know,” he recalled. In exchange for allowing album designer Storm Thorgerson on his property to take pictures of his herd, Higson said the Hipgnosis photographer brought him a copy of the album when it came out. Higson was less impressed with the actual Lp itself, calling it “a transitional album that betrays its casting-about-for-direction a little too desperately.”

“We ate those with roast potatoes and carrots. “The Rib-Eyes were the best,” he said, licking his lips. Higson claims he personally butchered the “tender, succulent” Lulubelle III and served her in “about eighteen” different ways. So says Hertfordshire farmer Ian Higson of the famous cow on the front cover of art rock band Pink Floyd’s fifth Lp Atom Heart Mother. (Potters Bar, Hertfordshire) – Her name was Lulubelle III and she was “simply delicious”.

HERTFORDSHIRE FARMER FONDLY REMEMBERS ATOM HEART MOTHER COW AS ‘TENDER, SUCCULENT’ Actual Album, However, Called ‘Fair, Middling’

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