"Cirrus Minor" is a song written and performed by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is the first track on their 1969 album Soundtrack from the Film More. It is approximately 5 minutes 15 seconds long. It was written by Roger Waters and performed with David Gilmour (vocals, guitar) and Richard Wright (organ). The song has a hallucinogenic, pastoral quality, with prominent organ and bird sound effects, like those that later featured on the Ummagumma track "Grantchester Meadows".

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  • "Cirrus Minor" is a song written and performed by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is the first track on their 1969 album Soundtrack from the Film More. It is approximately 5 minutes 15 seconds long. It was written by Roger Waters and performed with David Gilmour (vocals, guitar) and Richard Wright (organ). The song has a hallucinogenic, pastoral quality, with prominent organ and bird sound effects, like those that later featured on the Ummagumma track "Grantchester Meadows". It was also included on Pink Floyd's compilation album Relics. The song features no drums, which creates a rather unusual feeling. The Hammond and Farfisa organ coda is similar to that found on the "Celestial Voices" section of "A Saucerful of Secrets". While the Hammond provides a stately foundation with a Em-Bm-D-A-G-D-B sequence, about 1/4 way into the coda Wright introduces the Farfisa which, run through a Binson Echorec platter echo, once owned by Syd Barrett, produces the swirly, trembly, echoey sound that hovers over the Hammond. The opening birdsong is from a 1961 recording entitled "Dawn Chorus" and the single bird featured over the organ part is a nightingale also from 1961. Both featured on an HMV sound effects single (together with a recording of owls) but presumably the band just borrowed the originals from the EMI sound effects library as EMI owned HMV.
  • Cirrus Minor és una cançó de Pink Floyd, que apareix en la primera posició de l'àlbum More de 1969. És un tema escrit per Roger Waters i cantat per David Gilmour. Fou composta principalment al piano i al sintetitzador i s'hi pot sentir nombrosos cants d'ocell, cosa que dóna un ambient al·lucinogen, gairebé pastoral. Aquests mateixos cants d'ocells són molt propers a aquells que apareixen a Grantchester Meadows de l'àlbum Ummagumma. TAmbé s'hi troben diferents percussions. Cirrus Minor apareix també en la compilació Relics.
  • "Cirrus Minor" es una canción escrita e interpretada por la banda de rock progresivo Pink Floyd. Es la primera pista del álbum de 1969 Music from the Film More. Dura aproximadamente 5 minutos y 15 segundos. Fue escrita por Roger Waters e interpretada con David Gilmour (voz, guitarra) y Richard Wright (órganos). La canción tiene una calidad alucinante gracias a los órganos y efectos de sonido de aves, como aquellos que más tarde aparecerían en la canción "Grantchester Meadows", del álbum Ummagumma. También fue incluida en el disco de recopilación Relics. Esta canción no tiene percusiones, lo que crea un sentimiento algo inusual. La coda del órgano Hammond y Farfisa es similar a la encontrada en la sección "Celestial Voices" de la canción "A Saucerful of Secrets". El canto de las aves del inicio es de una grabación de 1961 titulada "Dawn Chorus" y el ave que acompaña al órgano es un ruiseñor, también de 1961. Ambas grabaciones fueron incluidas en un álbum de efectos de sonido de HMV (junto con grabaciones de búhos) pero probablemente la banda solo tomó prestados los originales de la bibloteca de efectos de sonido de EMI ya que EMI adquirió a HMV.
  • Cirrus Minor est une chanson de Pink Floyd, figurant sur l'album More. C’est le premier morceau de l’album. La chanson, écrite par Roger Waters, est chantée par David Gilmour. Accompagnée à la guitare acoustique et à l'orgue Farfisa, on y entend de très nombreux chants d’oiseaux, ce qui donne une ambiance hallucinogène, presque pastorale. Ces mêmes chants d’oiseaux sont très proches de ceux présents dans le morceau Grantchester Meadows de l’album Ummagumma. On ne trouve aucune percussion dans cette chanson. Cirrus Minor apparaît aussi sur la compilation Relics.
  • "Cirrus Minor" é a primeira faixa do álbum Music from the Film More, da banda inglesa Pink Floyd. A canção tem uma atmosfera serena e pastoril, com contribuição forte dos teclados de Rick Wright e de efeitos de som como o som de pássaros usado em "Grantchester Meadows" do Ummagumma, música com a qual se assemelha tematicamente. "Cirrus Minor" também não possui bateria, o que a torna mais diferente ainda. A música foi incluída na compilação Relics, de 1971.
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  • "Cirrus Minor" is a song written and performed by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It is the first track on their 1969 album Soundtrack from the Film More. It is approximately 5 minutes 15 seconds long. It was written by Roger Waters and performed with David Gilmour (vocals, guitar) and Richard Wright (organ). The song has a hallucinogenic, pastoral quality, with prominent organ and bird sound effects, like those that later featured on the Ummagumma track "Grantchester Meadows".
  • Cirrus Minor és una cançó de Pink Floyd, que apareix en la primera posició de l'àlbum More de 1969. És un tema escrit per Roger Waters i cantat per David Gilmour. Fou composta principalment al piano i al sintetitzador i s'hi pot sentir nombrosos cants d'ocell, cosa que dóna un ambient al·lucinogen, gairebé pastoral. Aquests mateixos cants d'ocells són molt propers a aquells que apareixen a Grantchester Meadows de l'àlbum Ummagumma. TAmbé s'hi troben diferents percussions.
  • "Cirrus Minor" es una canción escrita e interpretada por la banda de rock progresivo Pink Floyd. Es la primera pista del álbum de 1969 Music from the Film More. Dura aproximadamente 5 minutos y 15 segundos. Fue escrita por Roger Waters e interpretada con David Gilmour (voz, guitarra) y Richard Wright (órganos).
  • Cirrus Minor est une chanson de Pink Floyd, figurant sur l'album More. C’est le premier morceau de l’album. La chanson, écrite par Roger Waters, est chantée par David Gilmour. Accompagnée à la guitare acoustique et à l'orgue Farfisa, on y entend de très nombreux chants d’oiseaux, ce qui donne une ambiance hallucinogène, presque pastorale. Ces mêmes chants d’oiseaux sont très proches de ceux présents dans le morceau Grantchester Meadows de l’album Ummagumma.
  • "Cirrus Minor" é a primeira faixa do álbum Music from the Film More, da banda inglesa Pink Floyd. A canção tem uma atmosfera serena e pastoril, com contribuição forte dos teclados de Rick Wright e de efeitos de som como o som de pássaros usado em "Grantchester Meadows" do Ummagumma, música com a qual se assemelha tematicamente. "Cirrus Minor" também não possui bateria, o que a torna mais diferente ainda. A música foi incluída na compilação Relics, de 1971.
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