Pink Floyds Album Wish You Were Here feiert 2025 sein 50-jähriges Jubiläum!

Die erste Bewährungsprobe hat Sony Music mit der Veröffentlichung von Pink Floyd At Pompeii bestanden! Damit sollte es aber dieses Jahr noch nicht gewesen sein. Denn ein großer Freund, Wish You Were Here, das Album, das am 12. September 1975 veröffentlicht wurde, wird dieses Jahr 50! Wie und wann wird gefeiert?

Wish You Were Here

Veröffentlichung: 12. September 1975
Label: Harvest Records, EMI Records, Columbia (USA)
Format: Vinyl, LP, the cover hidden under black shrink wrap with a round Wish You Were Here Sticker

Tracks:

1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1–5) (Gilmour/Waters/Wright) 13:31
   • Part 1 (Wright/Waters/Gilmour) 2:09
   • Part 2 (Gilmour/Waters/Wright) 1:45
   • Part 3 (Waters/Gilmour/Wright) 2:33
   • Part 4 (Gilmour/Wright/Waters) 2:15
   • Part 5 (Waters/Gilmour/Wright) 4:49
2. Welcome to the Machine (Waters) 7:31
3. Have a Cigar (Waters) 5:08
4. Wish You Were Here (Gilmour/Waters) 5:34
5. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9) (Gilmour/Waters/Wright) 12:23
   • Part 6 (Wright/Waters/Gilmour) 4:55
   • Part 7 (Waters/Gilmour/Wright) 1:29
   • Part 8 (Gilmour/Wright/Waters) 2:39 (incl. notes from See Emily Play)
   • Part 9 (Wright) 3:20
     • Gesamt: 44:28 Minuten

Pink Floyd:

• David Gilmour: vocals, guitars, pedal steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, additional bass, glass harmonica, tape effects
• Nick Mason: drums, percussion, timpani, cymbals, tape effects
• Roger Waters: vocals, bass guitar, EMS VCS 3, additional guitar, glass harmonica, tape effects
• Richard Wright: Hammond organ, ARP String Ensemble, Minimoog, Steinway piano, EMS VCS 3, Hohner Clavinet D6, Wurlitzer EP-200 electric piano, Rhodes piano, glass harmonica, backing vocals

With:

• Roy Harper: Vocals (Have A Cigar)
• Dick Parry: Saxophone (Shine On You Crazy Diamond)
• Venetta Fields: Backing Vocals (Shine On You Crazy Diamond)
• Carlena Williams: Backing Vocals (Shine On You Crazy Diamond)
• Stéphane Grappelli: Geige (Wish You Were Here, unreleased until 2011 WYWH Immersion Edition)

ICH WÜNSCHTE VON SONY GEHT WER INS ARCHIV

Was lässt sich Sony einfallen? Wie groß wird die „Geburtstagsparty“ ausfallen? Bislang ist nichts nach außen gedrungen. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass man dieses Jubiläum einfach mal auslässt.

Die letzte große Präsentation des Wish You Were Here Albums erfolgte im November 2011 mit Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Immersion Box (2CDs, 2DVDs, 1Blu-Ray)! Wir waren mit einigen nicht zufrieden damals. Erstens Verpackung, die Tonträger sind am Boden angebracht und man muss mal alles rausräumen um ran zukommen und außerdem schlittern die Scheiben da unten hin und her. Zweitens die Fotobücher von Throgerson und Furmanovsky schienen sehr günstig hergestellt worden zu sein, teils einfach kopierte oder gar abfotografierte Fotos, teils seitenverkehrt … es gab einiges zu kritisieren. Aber auf der Habenseite: Audio & Visuell ging was weiter! Großartig die zweite Minuten längere Version von Have A Cigar mit Waters und Gilmour als Sänger und selbstverständlich Wish You Were Here mit Stéphane Grappelli. Wine Glasses vom nie zuende gebrachten Haushaltsalbum und die Liveversionen von der 74 er Tour: Shine On 1-9, Raving & Drooling und You’ve Got To Be Crazy! Dazu 5.1, Quad und Stereo Remixe und die Screenfilme der 74 und 75er Tour!

Disc 2 – CD: Previously Unreleased

1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-6) (Live At Wembley November 1974, 2011 Mix And Previously Unreleased) 20:22
2. Raving & Drooling (Live At Wembley November 1974, 2011 Mix And Previously Unreleased) 12:35
3. You’ve Got To Be Crazy (Live At Wembley November 1974, 2011 Mix And Previously Unreleased) 18:09
4. Wine Glasses From The Unreleased ‚Household Objects‘ Project 2:12
5. Have A Cigar (Alternative Version) (Previously Unreleased) 7:07
6. Wish You Were Here, Featuring Stephane Grappelli (Previously Unreleased) 6:13
   Gesamt: 66:54 Minuten

Disc 3 – DVD: Multi Channel Audio Mixes

1. Wish You Were Here Multi, Channel Audio Mixes
2. Wish You Were Here, 5.1 Surround Mix (2009) 448 kbps
3. Wish You Were Here, 5.1 Surround Mix (2009) 640 kbps
4. Wish You Were Here, LPCM Original Stereo Mix (1975) remastered in 2011
5. Wish You Were Here, 4.0 Quad Mix (1975) 448 kbps
6. Wish You Were Here, 4.0 Quad Mix (1975) 640 kbps

Disc 4 – DVD: Audio & Visual

1. Concert Screen Films, 1975 (LPCM Stereo 48kHz/24 Bit) 20:00
   • Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1) 4:56
   • Shine On You Crazy Diamond 7:47
   • Welcome To The Machine animated clip 7:41
2. Storm Thorgerson short film 2000, 6:00
3. Concert Screen Films, 1975 (in Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound) 20:00
   • Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1) 4:56
   • Shine On You Crazy Diamond 7:47
   • Welcome To The Machine animated clip 7:41
     • Gesamt: ca. 75 Minuten

Box set Includes: Memorabilia

1. “Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here,” designed by Storm Thorgerson. Includes recording information, song lyrics, sleeve artwork, concert ticket and poster reprints. 40 page 27 cm x 27 cm booklet designed by Storm Thorgerson
2. Exclusive photo book “Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd Circa 1973 – 1975,” including photographs By Jill Furmanovsky and Hipgnosis, and edited by Furmanovsky
3. 27 cm x 27 cm Exclusive Storm Thorgerson Art Print
4. Black envelope of 5 Collectors’ Cards featuring art and comments by Storm Thorgerson
5. Black envelope of Memorabilia: including a replica of Wish You Were Here tour ticket from 23 Fevrier 1977 Pav. De Paris 7 cm x 16 cm and a replica of Wish You Were Here backstage pass 1975
6. Collectible printed scarf of 100% viscose
7. Black cloth draw-string sack containing 3 clear glass marbles
8. 9x Coasters (unique to this box) featuring early Storm Thorgerson
9. 12-page credits booklet

Happy Birthday, im September!

Ich bin gespannt ob und wann die WYWH Party angekündigt bzw. steigen wird! Vieles von dieser vertieften Edition aus dem Jahr 2011 könnte besser gemacht neu erscheinen. Ich hätte nichts dagegen. Viel interessanter wäre, ob noch weitere Schätze … in den Weiten des Archivs, Demos, Outtakes, Live-Material exsistieren? Das ganze als Vinyl Boxset mit den Singleauskoppelungen wäre eine Möglichkeit.

WISH YOU WERE HERE 50th ANNIVERSARY SUPPADUPPA BOX (Vinyl, Blu-ray, CD, Book & a lot of Krimskrams)

1. WISH YOU WERE HERE – VINYL NEW STEREO REMIX
2. HAVE A CIGAR – 7″ SINGLE
3. LIVE VARIATIONS FROM 1974/1975/1977 (mixing desk or Bootlegs)
4. WYWH COMPLETE LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM 1977
5. SHINE ON DEMO VERSIONEN – Unit Studio, Kings Cross, Januar 1974. David Gilmour hatte hier die viertönige Gitarrenfigur heraufbeschworen, die Shine On You Crazy Diamond entzündet. Gilmour: “Der winzige Proberaum lag in einer Gasse und war ein absolutes Drecksloch”.
6. DEMOS VON WELCOME, WYWH, …
7. 8MM PRIVATFILMS FROM BAND & CREWMEMBERS
8. FOTOBUCH VON JILL FURMANOVSKY
9. CONCERT SCREENFILMS RESTORED
10. MURMEL SET
11. STORY OF MAKING OF WYWH (Interviews)
12. WYWH ATMOS, Wilson Remix
13. …

Was fällt euch zu diesem schönen Thema so alles ein?

Ich esse noch ein Stück Apfelkuchen, ohne Kruste – versteht sich. Wish you a very nice Sunday, my fellow Floydians.

All kinds of WYWH’s

• JPC: Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (remastered) (180g)
• JPC: Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Hybrid-SACD)
• JPC: Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (Immersion Box) 2 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 DVD-Audio, 1 Blu-ray Disc

Wish You Were Here (Vinyl LP) [Vinyl LP]

Price: 29,99 €

12 used & new available from 29,99 €

Wish You Were Here Immersion Box (2 CDs, 2 DVDs, 1 Blu-ray)

Price: 119,19 €

12 used & new available from 97,04 €

Pink Floyd - The Story of Wish You Were Here [Blu-ray]

Price: 22,06 €

3 used & new available from

Wish You Were Here (Experience Edition in Digipack)

Price: 26,00 €

2 used & new available from 26,00 €

DANKE FÜR DEINE BESTELLUNG, Du unterstützt damit dieses Kleinod.