Pink Floyd : Wish You Were Here / Wish You Were Here Extraction ( Extended )
Wish You Were Here
is the ninth
studio album by
English rock band
Pink Floyd
It was released on
September 12 1975
by Harvest Records
in the
United Kingdom
and a day later by
Columbia Records
in the United States.
Inspired by
material the group
composed while
performing
around Europe,
Wish You Were Here
was recorded during
numerous
recording sessions
at Abbey Road Studios
in London, England.
Two of the album's
four songs criticize
the music business,
another expresses
alienation and
the multi-part track
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
is a tribute to
Syd Barrett.
Barrett's
mental breakdown
had forced him to
leave the group
seven years earlier,
prior to the release
of the group's
second studio album
A Saucerful of Secrets
on which he only appeared
on three tracks.
It was lead writer
Roger Waters' idea to split
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
into two parts that would
bookend the album
around three
new compositions
and to introduce
a concept linking them all.
The band had used a
linking concept for
their previous album,
The Dark Side of the Moon,
to great success.
As with
The Dark Side of the Moon,
the band used
studio effects
and synthesizers
and brought in
guest singers to
supply vocals
on some tracks
of the album.
These singers were
Roy Harper,
who provided the
lead vocals on
"Have a Cigar",
and
the Blackberries,
who added
backing vocals to
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
Wish You Were Here
was an instant
commercial success
despite the fact that
Harvest Records'
parent company EMI
was unable to
print enough copies
of the album to
satisfy commercial demand
and although it initially
received mixed reviews,
the album has since gone
on to receive critical acclaim.
It appears on
Rolling Stone's
lists of
"The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time"
and the
"50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time".
Band members
Richard Wright
and
David Gilmour
have cited
Wish You Were Here
as their favorite
Pink Floyd album.
Wish You Were Here
Extraction
( Extended )
TRACK LIST
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
(Parts 1-8 )
[ Full Version ]
Welcome To The Machine
(Studio Version )
Have A Cigar
(Studio Demo)
Money
(Demo Version 1972)
Wish You Were Here
(Studio 1970)
Have A Cigar
(Alternative Version )
Money
(1981 Dance Version)
Brain Damage / Eclipse
( Trance Version )
Oh,By The Way ....
Which One is ...PINK ?
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